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GREAT WHITE: Lawyers In Nightclub Fire Case Want Foam Testing To Proceed

The Associated Press has issued the following report: The legal battle over soundproofing foam blamed in a deadly nightclub fire resumed Friday with lawyers for the families of fire victims renewing their request to test the foam recovered from the club's wreckage. Pyrotechnics lit during a February...

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Former STATIC-X Guitarist Is A Free Man — For Now

MTV.com is reporting that former STATIC-X and DOPE guitarist Tripp Eisen was released from a California state prison last week, a little more than six months after his arrest on a single crimes-against-children count. Eisen's freedom could end up being short-lived, depending on what next week brings...

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Former GORGOROTH Drummer Pens Book About Norwegian Black Metal Scene

Norway's Aftenposten is reporting that former GORGOROTH drummer Erlend Erichsen is coming out with his debut novel, which focues on the black metal music scene. Entitled "National Satanist" (Nasjonalsatanisten),Erichsen's debut book already is being translated into French. Publishing house Damm is...

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NECROPHOBIC Music To Be Featured In New Swedish TV Series

Swedish death metallers NECROPHOBIC have posted the following message on their official web site: "As mentioned earlier here on the website, NECROPHOBIC will have a small piece of soundtrack in a new criminal series, 'Medicinmannen' (The Medicine Man),on national Swedish television (TV4) which [sta...

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GRIMFIST: New Album Samples Available For Download

Norway's GRIMFIST have uploaded an eight-minute MP3 file containing samples from their upcoming second album, "10 Steps to Hell", due on October 4 via Candlelight Records (one day earlier internationally). Check it out at www.grimfist.com. Recorded at Subsonic Society Studios (DISMEMBER, SUSPERIA) a...

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GREAT WHITE Tour Manager Receives Legal Help From Top Specialist

The Associated Press is reporting that an attorney who represented former Providence Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci Jr. in his appeal of a corruption conviction is joining The Station nightclub fire criminal case. John "Terry" MacFadyen will help defend Daniel Biechele, the former tour manager for the...

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GRIMFIST Shoot Two New Videos From Upcoming Album

GRIMFIST guitarist Ole Walaunet has issued the following update on the Norwegian band's upcoming activities: "Lots of stuff happening at the moment. Just got the promos for [the sophomore album] '10 Steps to Hell', and starting to get feedback on the album. So far, it's all VERY fuckin' good!! The g...

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RAZORBACK: Sophomore Album Pushed Back To November

Massacre Records has pushed back the projected release date of the sophomore RAZORBACK album, "Criminal Justice", to November 18 from the previously announced October 24. RAZORBACK is the new band consisting of Rolf Munkes (guitar, MAJESTY, ex-VANIZE),Stefan Berggren (vocals, ex-COMPANY OF SNAKES),...

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DYING FETUS Reveal New Songtitles, Continue Drummer Search

DYING FETUS have posted the following message on their official web site: "While DYING FETUS are diligently looking for a drummer, we are also hard at work on our next album, which we intend to complete and begin recording sometime in the fall to winter of this year. We currently have six new songs...

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GREAT WHITE Nightclub Fire Defendants Want Charges Tossed

The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owners of a nightclub where 100 people died in a fast-moving fire in 2003 asked a judge Friday to throw out manslaughter charges against them. A motion seeking partial dismissal of counts against Michael and Jeffrey Derderian, owners of The S...

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GREAT WHITE Fire: Judge Sets Trial Date For Nightclub Owners

The Associated Press has issued the following report: The owners of a nightclub where 100 people were killed in a 2003 fire are scheduled to go to trial Sept. 30 to determine whether they are able to pay tens of thousands of dollars to the families of workers killed in the blaze, a judge said ...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager Comments On OZZFEST's 'Disgusting' And 'Unprofessional' Behavior

IRON MAIDEN's manager, Rod Smallwood of Sanctuary Artist Management, has issued the following statement regarding the band's final Ozzfest performance this past weekend in Devore, CA: "MAIDEN are currently returning from America and preparing for U.K. festivals this weekend and don't wish to waste t...

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POISON Guitarist: 'I Do Not Hit Women And I Do Not Believe In Violence'

POISON guitarist C.C. DeVille (real name: Bruce Johannesson) has released a statement to Metal Sludge regarding his arrest this past weekend on charges that he beat up his former girlfriend Shannon Malone. DeVille was arrested Sunday night (August 21) at 10:30 p.m. and booked into Valley Jail in Van...

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TRACII GUNS: DIMEBAG's Death Has Affected So Many People In Such A Negative Way

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION guitarist Tracii Guns (ex-L.A. GUNS) recently spoke to Glam-Metal.com writer Deb Rao about the BRIDES' new album, "Runaway Brides", which is due on September 27 via Shrapnel Records. Asked about the special song that was wriiten for late PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" D...

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CKY Fans Wage 'Harassment Campaign' Against ROLLING STONE Critic

The following item was published in today's edition of the New York Post's "Page Six" (web site): Rolling Stone writer Jenny Eliscu has complained to Island/Def Jam chairman L.A. Reid that one of his label's bands, CKY, is waging a harassment campaign against her — including the wish that she "die s...