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Report: IRON MAIDEN Helps SANCTUARY Buck The Downbeat Trend

Richard Wray of The Guardian is reporting that live music's return to popularity helped Sanctuary Group, one of the world's largest independent music companies, buck the downbeat trend set by the industry last year. The group, which counts IRON MAIDEN, SLAYER and JANE'S ADDICTION among its bankable...

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON Dismisses 'Most' Black Metal Bands As A 'Blur'

DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton recently spoke to music journalist Mark Prindle about the production of the group's early albums, their split with Roadrunner, their new CD, Benton's future work with VITAL REMAINS, and more. When asked to name something he thinks is truly evil in the world right now, Be...

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VELVET REVOLVER: Bringing Chaos Back Into The Rock World

VELVET REVOLVER's official biography, written by David Wild and provided by the group's record label, RCA/BMG Records, includes additional information about the band's formation and their forthcoming debut CD, "Contraband", due on May 11 (postponed from the previously announced April 27 date). Here...

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RAZOR & TIE Extends Deal With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

Hits Daily Double reports: "Indie label Razor & Tie, whose deal with Triple Crown produced a smash album for L.I. emo band BRAND NEW, has extended its relationship with successful rock label Prosthetic Records. Run by ex-Metal Blade exec E.J. Johantgen and one-time HITS gruler Dan Fitzgerald, Pr...

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KONKHRA Announce South African Dates

Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA will be playing three shows in South Africa at the end of the month. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 22 – Burn - Durban, RSA Jan. 23 – Sting - Johannesburg, RSA Jan. 24 – Turtle - Cape Town, RSA Commented the band: "We are absolutely psyched about these shows, ....

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AETERNUS To Enter Studio In June

Norwegian metallers AETERNUS will enter Grieghallen Studios in June to begin recording their new album, tentatively due in late 2004 through Nocturnal Art Productions. The follow-up to last year's "A Darker Monument" will once again be produced by Pytten, who has previously worked with ENSLAVED and...

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SILVERCHAIR Frontman To Wed NATALIE IMBRUGLIA Tomorrow

SILVERCHAIR frontman Daniel Johns is due to marry pop princess Natalie Imbruglia on a far north Queensland island Wednesday (Dec. 31),according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The couple are understood to have flown into Cairns airport Tuesday night and were driven off the tarmac in a gold limousine....

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'LED ZEPPELIN DVD' Sales In The U.S. Pass Half-Million Mark

LED ZEPPELIN's double-disc DVD, entitled simply "Led Zeppelin DVD", has sold 525,000 copies so far this year in the U.S., according to the New York Times. Released in May by Atlantic Records, "Led Zeppelin DVD" achieved by far the highest-ever first-week and single-week sales for a music DVD, its 12...

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PAIN Seek New Label, Delay Fourth Album

PAIN mainman Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY) has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "Hello everybody! "As most of you know, I've been out with my other band HYPOCRISY from Sept.-Dec. and had no time to finish up the new PAIN CD, so I will start after the New Year and change lab...

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Korea's DOPE ENTERTAINMENT Ink Exclusive Label Deal With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

Starting on January 1, 2004, Dope Entertainment will coordinate the release and promotion of Century Media titles (including back catalogue) in Korea. Dope Entertainment President Kevin Kim commented, "We are extremely proud to be working with Century Media, a label that has many loyal Korean fans....

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WITHIN Y: Debut Album Delayed (Again)

Swedish melodic death metallers WITHIN Y, who feature in their ranks former GARDENIAN drummer Thim Blom, have pushed back the release date of their debut album, "Extended Mental Dimensions", to March 22 through Holland's Karmageddon Media (formerly Hammerheart Records). The CD was recorded and mixed...

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KELLY OSBOURNE Feels Used By BERT MCCRACKEN

Ratethemusic.com reports Kelly Osbourne remains convinced THE USED frontman Bert McCracken dated her because he was only interested in generating publicity for his band. "I have such a black heart because of him. I truly hate him for leaving me like that and it's so sad to hate," Kelly admitted. "I'...

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Report: Minder Saved OZZY's Life

Ozzy Osbourne was brought back to life by a security guard following his quad bike accident, his wife Sharon revealed last night, according to The Sun. Ozzy, 55, had stopped breathing for a minute and a half before his minder revived him. Sharon, 51, said: "He has got such horrendous injuries to his...

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Lawyer: GREAT WHITE Singer Is Relieved But Agonizing

Laurel J. Sweet of the Boston Herald is reporting that GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell was "relieved" to be spared criminal culpability for the fourth deadliest fire in U.S. history, but remains tormented by his role in rock 'n' roll infamy, his lawyer said. "Jack is still agonizing over this," atto...

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COLOUR TRIP To Record New Album

Metalcore veterans COLOUR TRIP will enter Studio Victor in Montreal, Canada this month to record their fifth album, "Penetration". The follow-up to last year's "Kill My Super Ego" will be engineered and produced by Jean-Francois Dagenais, best known for his outstanding work with KATAKLYSM, MALEVOLEN...