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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'BOB MULDOWNEY Was One Of The Early Believers In The Cause'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET regarding the passing of influential heavy metal journalist Bob Muldowney, who died Monday, November 5 after a long battle with cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease). Bob was 44 years old. Said Ulrich: "Bob was one of the ear...

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Influential Metal Journalist BOB MULDOWNEY Dies At 44

Influential heavy metal journalist Bob Muldowney died Monday, November 5 after a long battle with cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease). He was 44 years old. Muldowney was best known for his fanzine/magazine Kick*Ass which helped expose, support and feature such bands as RAVEN, MOTÖRHEAD, VENOM, THE...

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The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A

Riding a career wave that's reached the point of statistical impossibility, EXODUS deliver their second album with vocalist Rob Dukes and their third since reforming. Hell, if Gary Holt is to be believed, and the album title to be trusted, they're racking up number four as we speak and will have it...

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TANK: 'Live And Rare' Track Listing Revealed

Soundhouse Records, the new London-based label started by Cliff Evans, guitarist for the UK bands TANK and KILLERS, has set an October 15 release date for the new TANK collection entitled "Live and Rare". The CD will include nine tracks from the band's 1981 tour supporting MOTÖRHEAD, four 1981 studi...

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Former TOKYO BLADE Singer's Comedy Series Available Online

Former TOKYO BLADE/JOHNNY CRASH vocalist Vick Wright's pilot episode for his TV comedy series "The Village Idiot Show" is available for viewing below. "The Village Idiot Show" is described as "a glimpse into the lives of two lovable old imbeciles, Sherman (John Foreman) and Tank (Vick Wright) who sq...

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TANK: 'Live And Rare' Due This Month

Soundhouse Records, the new London-based label started by Cliff Evans, guitarist for the UK bands TANK and KILLERS, has set an October 15 release date for the new TANK collection entitled "Live and Rare". The CD is expected to include nine tracks from the band's 1981 tour supporting MOTÖRHEAD, four...

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Rise To Ruin

Holland's death metal leaders GOREFEST returned to form with 2005's excellent "La Muerte", a disc that didn't get nearly enough attention on this side of the Atlantic (as has been the case with their entire career, really). The inimitable bellow of Jan-Chris De Koeyer, the leaden heaviness of the gu...

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TANK: 'The Filth Hounds of Hades - Dogs of War 1981 - 2002' Due In November

One of the most influential formations which emerged in the beginnings of the NWOBHM madness was TANK — a fierce, ambitious young band, taking all that was the best in punk and metal to a higher level. The group was formed in Croydon (London, England) in 1980 by Alasdair "Algy" Mackie Ward, an exper...

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HAIL OF BULLETS: Two Final Mixes Posted Online

HAIL OF BULLETS, the new band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, former PESTILENCE/ASPHYX singer Martin Van Drunen and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen, has issued the following update: "We just received the master disc with the fin...

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Xecutioner's Return

Simple to the point of atavism, and crackling with more energy than the band's been able to muster up in at least a decade, "Xecutioner's Return" is pretty much exactly what OBITUARY fans were hoping it'd be. It's a bone-basic tour de force of old-school death metal infused with a bleeding organic g...

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STEEL ASSASSIN's 'War Of The Eight Saints' Due In September

New Jersey power metal label Sentinel Steel (ATTACKER, AXEHAMMER, SACRED OATH, MANILLA ROAD, GOTHIC KNIGHTS, etc.) has set a September 12 release date for Brockton, MA-based band STEEL ASSASSIN's "War of the Eight Saints" CD. States Sentinel Steel owner Denis Gulbey: "Being originally from Mass myse...

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Reunited ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT Announces Tour Dates, Plans New CD

Reunited hardcore legends ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT — featuring Chris Kontos (MACHINE HEAD, TESTAMENT, SPIRALARMS) on drums, Keven Reed on vocals, Eric Mcintire on guitar, Greg Orr on bass, and Yapple on guitar — have lined up the following dates: Aug. 24 - Esco House - San Diego, California Aug. 25 - Soc...

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DEVILDRIVER Frontman Hopes His Kids Won't Follow His Example

Pat Douglas of the Great Falls Tribune recently conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's latest offering, "The Last Kind Words": "I definitely hope that this record right now ... is viewed where it came out in a time when it was...

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STATIC-X Frontman On OZZFEST Sponsorship: 'I'll Drink Piss If There's Money'

Rolling Stone magazine (web site) reports: For the first time in its twelve years, Ozzfest is free. All fifteen acts on this year's bill — from Finnish monster rockers LORDI to headliner OZZY OSBOURNE — are playing for nothing; sponsors, merch sales, parking and beer cover the show's costs. "We're t...

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THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL To Release 'Life Is Sh*t' EP

British black metallers THE MEADS OF ASPHODEL will release a limited seven-inch EP, titled "Life is Shit", in late August. It will include the following three old punk covers: 01. STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - "Straw Dogs" (feat. HAWKWIND's Alan Davey) 02. THE RUTS - "Babylon's Burning" (feat. original RUT...