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Chilean Black Metal Fan Kills Priest, Attempts Suicide: Nation In Shock
A Chilean black metal fan killed an Italian Catholic priest two weeks ago, slitting his throat just after the priest had finished giving Mass at Santiago's Metropolitan Cathedral (photo#1, photo#2). Horrified churchgoers heard Father Faustino Gazziero (photo#1, photo#2, photo#3) scream as he was att...August 9, 2004
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SOULFLY, ILL NINO, DEATH ANGEL Confirmed For WINDOW ROCK FEST II
SOULFLY have been confirmed as the headliners of "Window Rock Fest II" on August 14, 2004 in Window Rock, Arizona. Dubbed the largest metal music festival on Native American Soil, the one-day event will feature performances by 34 bands of hardcore, rock, punk, and blues music on three stages, a rave...August 6, 2004
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Norwegian Church Draws Black Metal Fans
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten is reporting that the restored stave church (photo) in Fantoft in Bergen, Norway has become a pilgrimage site for European black metal music fans who want to visit the site of the church-burning that Varg Vikernes (a.k.a. Count Grishnack) of the one-man band BURZUM wa...August 5, 2004
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BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION To Give Away Limited-Edition Guitar Picks
BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION are giving away one complete set of limited-edition guitar picks to one lucky fan at the end of August. These rare B.O.D. picks are all numbered #4 out of 200 which makes them a great collectors item for any B.O.D., MÖTLEY CRÜE or L.A. GUNS fan. To enter the contest, simply pla...August 2, 2004
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COUNT RAVEN, REVEREND BIZARRE Confirmed For Germany's AUTUMN OF DOOM Festival
COUNT RAVEN, REVEREND BIZARRE, MIRROR OF DECEPTION and OFFICIUM TRISTE are among the bands confirmed for Autumn of Doom, a one-day doom festival set to be held September 11 in Obereuerheim, Germany (near Schweinfurt). Other acts scheduled to perform at the event include RISE AND SHINE, DREAMING and...July 27, 2004
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SKYCLAD Live At Germany's BURGFOLK FESTIVAL: Photos, Set List Available
A bunch of photos from SKYCLAD's co-headliner gig at the Burgfolk Festival in Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany last Saturday (July 24) have been posted online at this location. The group's set list for the show was as follows: 01. Pipes Intro 02. Great Blow For A Day Job 03. Anti-Body Politic 04. The Cry Of .....July 26, 2004
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Massive Lawsuit Filed Over GREAT WHITE Concert Tragedy
Tracy Breton of the Providence Journal is reporting that a 70-count civil lawsuit was filed this morning in Superior Court on behalf of 226 people who died, lost loved ones or were injured in The Station nightclub fire — by far the largest suit stemming from the worst blaze in the state's ...July 22, 2004
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STORMWITCH Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS
Classic German power metallers STORMWITCH have signed with Nuclear Blast Records. The group, who count HAMMERFALL guitarist Oscar Dronjak as one of their biggest fans (HAMMERFALL used to play a cover version of the STORMWITCH track "Ravenlord"),will release their ninth album, "Witchcraft", on Novem...July 16, 2004
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SCOTT WEILAND Pleads No Contest To DUI
VELVET REVOLVER lead singer Scott Weiland pleaded no contest Friday (July 2) to a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, according to the Associated Press. His sentencing was set for July 8. The 36-year-old singer was ordered in January to return to a live-in drug detoxification center af...July 3, 2004
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Inferno
Dependable as snow in winter, MOTÖRHEAD keeps releasing albums. The band has also stuck to a pretty reliable routine as far as the quality of those albums go, usually putting out one very good disc and then following it up with a mediocre offering. This pattern probably started with 1986's terrific...June 30, 2004
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METALLICA Filmmakers Explain Movie's Limited Release
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, the filmmakers behind the much-anticipated $4.3-million METALLICA documentary "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster" have posted the following message on the group's official web site: "Dear friends, "As you've probably heard, our new movie 'Metallica: Some Kind of Monst...June 29, 2004
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Report: KORN Singer Sued Over Crime Museum
Reuters reports: KORN singer Jonathan Davis has been sued by a former business associate for breach of contract after announcing plans for a museum of American serial killers to be promoted by a show featuring bikini-clad women. Arthur Rosenblatt, a collector of criminal artefacts, sued Davis, a for...June 24, 2004
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CATHEDRAL Set Working Title For New Album
U.K.-based cult doom rockers CATHEDRAL have set "Seeds of Decay" as the working title of their eighth studio album, tentatively due in early 2005 through Nuclear Blast Records. Songtitles set to appear on the follow-up to 2002's "The VIIth Coming" include "Oro the Manslayer", "Corpsecycle", "Sabbada...June 24, 2004
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THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT Break The Law, Announce New Album
THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT, the California-based band featuring former P.O.D. guitarist Marcos Curiel, were recently greeted with a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys of the American Red Cross. According to the letter, THE ACCIDENT EXPERIMENT's logo was in direct conflict with the interests of the...June 24, 2004
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Portrait Of The Abyss Within
Although you might not hear their name spoken in the same reverential tones as, say, RHAPSODY or LABYRINTH, fellow Italian power metal diehards ELDRITCH have been there (since '91),seen it, done it and slain just as many dragons along the way. Probably. Although not nearly as prolific as Luca Turil...June 24, 2004