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SHADOWS FALL Singer Wants To Retain Control Of Band's Career

SHADOWS FALL singer Brian Fair recently spoke to the FourteenG.net about the impressive commercial success of the group's latest release, "The War Within", and the band's current standing in the metal scene, among other topics. Several excerpts from the interview follow: FourteenG.net: How do you fe...

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'Live Aid' DVD Final Track Listing To Include JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH

Bob Geldof, the internationally acclaimed rock star philanthropist and the organizer of the twin British and American Live Aid concerts in 1985, has announced the complete track listing for the "Live Aid" DVD, due in North America on November 16 via Warner Vision International. Among the songs featu...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION Founder Reunites With ALEX MARQUEZ In New Project

APOCALYPSE RISING members Alex Marquez (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION, DEMOLITION HAMMER, SOLSTICE) and Dennis Munoz (ex-SOLSTICE) have teamed up with MALEVOLENT CREATION founder Phil Fasciana and former MALEVOLENT CREATION drummer Gus Rios in an as-yet-unnamed new band. Alex will be handling the vocal dut...

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OBITUARY, NUCLEAR ASSAULT Members To Guest In NECRO Video

OBITUARY members John Tardy and Trevor Peres, along with Danny Lilker (NUCLEAR ASSAULT, ex-BRUTAL TRUTH) and Danny Diablo (a.k.a. Lord Ezec of SKARHEAD/CROWN OF THORNZ) will be making guest appearances in the video for hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO's track "Empowered". The video shoot will take pla...

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HAMMERFALL: New Album Track Listing Revealed

HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I'm pleased to see the studio diary I have been writing is to everyone's liking! That makes it much more fun to continue, even though I most likely would have done it anyway. These records are a ton...

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BABOON RISING Sign With STATUE RECORDS

Virginia-based metal band BABOON RISING have inked a deal with Statue Records. The group's latest album, "Megland", is available through the label at this location. BABOON RISING formed in 1987 as a satirical underground rock and metal band and has since grown into a speed metal band with a touch of...

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Bassist TONY DOLAN Quits MANTAS, Blames Record Company Politics

Bassist Tony Dolan (ex-VENOM, ATOMKRAFT) has officially left MANTAS, the new band led by ex-VENOM guitarist Mantas. "After short deliberation, I have been forced to walk away from MANTAS owing to the decision from the [group's record] label, Demolition Records, to hinder and obstruct the [MANTAS] de...

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AMEN Singer Rejects Ex-Guitarist's 'Fraud' Accusations

AMEN frontman Casey Chaos has disputed the claims of his former bandmate Matt Montgomery branding him a "fraud" and claiming that he "hadn't been paid for two years." Speaking to the U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, Chaos said, "It's all lies. Anyone who read the recent Metal Hammer cover feature I did...

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AMEN Guitarist Quits, Calls CASEY CHAOS 'A Fraud'

AMEN guitarist Matt Montgomery has quit the band, branding the group's leader Casey Chaos "a fraud." In a statement posted at the Metal Hammer web site, Matt writes, "If I joined AMEN to be famous or be a 'rock star', I joined for the wrong reasons. I joined it purely for an intense ...

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STEVE GAINES: Solo CD Samples Available For Download

Thrash metal veteran Steve Gaines (ABATTOIR, BLOODLUST, DREAMS OF DAMNATION, PAGAN WAR MACHINE, BITCH) has uploaded two tracks from his recently released solo CD, "Anger as Art", at this location. Says Gaines: "Critics, fans, musicians, and journalists have responded favorably to it, and I appreciat...

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POWERMAN 5000: New Songs To Be Featured In Video Game, Rarities Collection Planned

POWERMAN 5000 have set an October 26 release date for their collection of rarities, "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Vol. 1". The 20-track disc, due via singer Spider One's Megatronic Records (distributed by iMusic),will include B-sides and rare early recordings made between 1991-1996 at the very b...

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KURT COBAIN Christmas Card Sells For $16,000

A Christmas card made by late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain when he was six years old sold at an auction for $16,200, according to The Courier-Mail. A drawing Cobain created in high school of ex-U.S. president Ronald Reagan raised another $14,400, while an MTV music award won by Cobain guitarist fetc...

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MANTAS: Live Photos Posted Online

MANTAS, the new band featuring former VENOM guitarist Mantas and ex-ATOMKRAFT/VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition" Dolan, have uploaded photos from the group's recent appearances at the London Underworld and Earthshaker festival in Germany. Check them out: Earthshaker, Underworld. Regarding thei...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Talks About The ATHENS OPEN AIR Festival Disaster

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian has penned a column for the Greek-language Metal Hammer magazine about the disastrous events that led to a partial cancellation of the Athens Open Air festival in Athens, Greece in early July. A partial reprint of the article follows: "I will try to keep a long story shor...

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GORGOROTH Complete Songwriting Process For New Album

Norwegian black metallers GORGOROTH have completed the songwriting process for their upcoming album, "Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam". The group will be holding drummer auditions later this month for their planned European tour this autumn and an eventual album recording. More information about the tou...