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SHINING's Controversial Concert: An Eyewitness Account

A BLABBERMOUTH.NET visitor by the name of Peter has submitted the following report from Swedish black metal band SHINING's controversial concert at Diezel in Halmstad, Sweden on February 3: "I attended the gig and thought I'd give a report since there were so many conflicting stories...I felt that I...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING On Early Musical Inspirations: 'To Me, It Was All About VENOM'

Aaron Beck of The Columbus Dispatch recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. The question-and-answer session follows: The Columbus Dispatch: How went the recording of the first album, "Christ Illusion", in five years? Kerry King: We'd played together for a few years before w...

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SLAYER Frontman: 'We Enjoy Aggressive And Just Fast, Energetic Stuff'

Chris Macias of The Star Online recently conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya. A few excerepts from the chat follow: On whether the group's new album, "Christ Illusion", is faster than what the band has done before: "I listen to that record and it doesn't sound fast to me. But it's...

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Ex-OZZY OSBOURNE Bassist To Perform Tracks From Solo Album At Sherman Oaks Gig

According to All About Jazz, former OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Phil Soussan and friends will perform tracks from Phil's recent release "Vibrate" at Cafe Cordial in Sherman Oaks, CA on January 10, 2007 at 9:00 p.m. Cafe Cordial is located at 14015 Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks (Tel: 818-789-1985). Soussan'...

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GRAND LUX Signs With ULTERIUM RECORDS

Ulterium Records has announced the signing of the Norwegian '80s heavy metal band GRAND LUX. The group's new album, "Carved in Stone", is scheduled for a January 26 release. The track listing is as follows: 01. 1000 Paper Cranes 02. Fallen Angel 03. Escaping the Clouds 04. Eye of the Storm 05. Throu...

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Threshold

Six albums in, and a darker wind seems to be blowing through the HAMMERFALL camp, ruffling the frilliest of shirts and injecting a little minor-chord pomposity into the band's helium odes to how much rocking, well, rocks. Don't get me wrong, the band isn't reinventing their sound, or even trying any...

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MOUNTAIN Legend LESLIE WEST Teams Up With DEAN GUITARS

Rock legend Leslie West, from the band MOUNTAIN, has teamed up with Dean Guitars to create a Leslie West Signature Model — a custom, single cutaway, co-designed by West and company founder Dean B. Zelinsky. West's legend became synonymous with tone when he dialed a ton of it out of his Jr. for the c...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: These Days, I Say 'VELVET Who?'

Dan LeRoy of the Charleston Daily Mail reports: A few years ago, Sebastian Bach almost became the lead singer of VELVET REVOLVER, the band started by three ex-GUNS N' ROSES members. Now he's opening for a revitalized GUNS N' ROSES on a sold-out arena tour, and even got the chance to fill in ...

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PROFUNDI Featuring Ex-NAGLFAR Frontman: North American Release Date Announced

Profound Lore Records has set a November 21 North American release date for the new PROFUNDI album, "The Omega Rising". PROFUNDI is the sole vision of ex-NAGLFAR (Sweden) vocalist Jens Ryden, who has also put out a solo album previously under the moniker of DEAD SILENT SLUMBER in 1999. But with PROF...

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KIRK HAMMETT's Pacific Heights House Is 'Estate Of The Day'

Santa Monica's Luxist web site has selected METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett's home, located in Pacific Heights, California, as its "Estate of the Day." A Georgian home dating back to around 1899, this exquisite example of classic San Franciscan excess is located on a hill and offers privacy and a t...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist Sings Praises Of Vegetarian Diet

Terry Bunk of Market-Day.net reports: Legendary rock band DEF LEPPARD is enjoying critical acclaim for its 12th studio album, "Yeah!", and — in the midst of a whirlwind world tour — guitarist Phil Collen took time out of his busy schedule to record a public service announcement (PSA) for PETA in whi...

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BESTIAL MOCKERY Is 'Back From Beyond The Grave!'

Swedish black/thrash metal band BESTIAL MOCKERY, who previously announced on its web site that the group was "going down into the grave" following the alleged passing of its bassist Devilpig, has issued the following update: "After extensive nocturnal rites under the harvest fullmoon with the guidan...

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Sahg 1

If Norway's SAHG could keep the vibe they launch at the beginning of this lead-heavy album, they'd be serious Album of the Year contenders. It's a doomy, crushing SABBATH stomp with soaring melodic vocals and ponderous, coffin-lidded grooves, the kind of monumental doom birthed by "Children of the S...

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HAMMERFALL Debuts New Song At Sweden's GATES OF METAL Festival

HAMMERFALL debuted its new single "The Fire Burns Forever" — the track the band recorded with some of the Swedish participants in the European Athletics Championships — on Saturday (August 5) at their exclusive headlining show at the Gates Of Metal festival in Hultsfred, Sweden. They will perform th...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

Sweden's HAMMERFALL has set "Threshold" as the title of its new album, due in the U.S. on October 31 via Nuclear Blast Records (October 23 in Europe, except in Germany, where it will arrive on October 20). The complete track listing for the CD is as follows: 01. Threshold 02. The Fire Burns Forever...