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Age of Winters

How much more self-conscious orc rock can you fit into your Viking helmet? Not to be confused with the half-decent Canuck '80s metal outfit of "Metalized" and "Sweet Dreams" fame, these guys are an altogether more unwashed and skunk-weed-reeking prospect. Tumbling down thirdhand from SABBATH's loins...

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Alpha Males & Popular Girls

Known for releasing albums that not only challenge the listener, but also for giving new meaning to extreme music, Crucial Blast continues the pattern with SOIHADTOSHOOTHIM's "Alpha Males & Popular Girls". The debut full-length (after several splits and mini albums) from this New York/New Jersey...

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From Mars to Sirius

GOJIRA have, on their third album, unleashed an epic. This is a masterpiece on par with anything MESHUGGAH or MASTODON have released, that sort of massive, lumbering, seething wall of sound that the listener just can't help but become immersed in. "From Mars to Sirius" is a journey that'll take many...

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POISON Frontman Discusses Drive-By Shooting Incident

POISON frontman Bret Michaels called into Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM this past Friday, November 25 to discuss the the incident Monday night (Nov. 21) when his tour bus was fired at in a drive-by shooting in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The following is Michaels...

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Those Once Loyal

One of the things reviewers use to fill space when talking about long-running bands is how the new album differs from the band's back catalog. BOLT THROWER bulldoze that path with the subtlety of a howitzer shell — they hit a stride around "Realm of Chaos", in 1989, and they haven't shown too much i...

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MEGADETH Bassist JAMES MACDONOUGH's GIGANTOUR Recap

MEGADETH bassist James MacDonough has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "I would like to thank all the members and crew from DREAM THEATER, ANTHRAX, FEAR FACTORY, NEVERMORE, LIFE OF AGONY, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, DRY KILL LOGIC and B...

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BOLT THROWER: New Album Details Revealed

Metal Blade Records has pushed back the projected European release date of the new BOLT THROWER album, entitled "Those Once Loyal", to November 14 (November 11 in Germany) from the previously announced October 31. BOLT THROWER's eighth album, "Those Once Loyal" was recorded at Andy Faulkner's Sable...

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ANTHRAX Drummer: 'There Cannot Be An American Out There That Feels Good Right Now'

ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "There cannot be an American out there that feels good right now. I know my voice means shit, in fact...the way I feel right now, nobody's voice means a thing. Is Louisiana in America?? It doesn't look...

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LILLIAN AXE Guitarist On Hurricane Katrina: 'This Is A Devastating Situation'

LILLIAN AXE guitarist and Lousiana resident Steve Blaze has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "I got word that my house has minor damage but my animals are inside with no food I can't get to them because of the gas shortage. Derrick, LILLIAN's singer, is in Metairie with...

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Fans Launch Petition To Get MOTÖRHEAD Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

MOTÖRHEAD fans are signing a petition in an attempt to get the band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The petition text reads as follows: "Please induct MOTÖRHEAD into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. MOTÖRHEAD are currently celebrating their 30th Anniversary and it is, quite simply, shoc...

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CRISS ANGEL To Appear At Chicago OZZFEST

Master provocateur Criss Angel, whose A&E series "Criss Angel Mindfreak" debuted last week (airs weekly on Wednesday) at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT, will make an appearance at the July 30 Ozzfest date in Chicago. Angel will have a tented area where he will be available to interact with fans and sign a...

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ZAKK WYLDE: Sneak Peek At 'Sawblade' Chopper

Zakk Wylde's (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) official web site, ZakkWylde.com, is currently offering a sneak peek at the orange-and-black "Sawblade" chopper being manufactured by 357 Customs. The photos are of the gas tank that just came back from the paint booth at 357. The chopper is based on...

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TANK Frontman Records Demo Versions Of 'Sturmpanzer' Album Tracks

According to a posting on the TANK "This Means War" web site, TANK bassist/vocalist Algy Ward was in the studio on July 5 recording five demo backing tracks for the group's upcoming album, "Sturmpanzer": "Sturmpanzer", "Baghdad City", "Before the Eyes of the World", "Remember" and the STATUS QUO cov...

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ALL SHALL PERISH Drop Off HATE ETERNAL Tour Due To Van Problems

San Francisco Bay Area "melodic hardcore death metal" band ALL SHALL PERISH have been forced to drop off their tour HATE ETERNAL, KRISIUN and INTO ETERNITY due to "van problems." "Only two weeks into a wonderful tour with HATE ETERNAL our van died," the band write on their web site. "We had to spend...

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Police Looking For RAT-A-TAC-TAT Tattoo Parlor Employee In Connection With C.O.C. Stabbings

Saundra Amrhein and Bill Duryea of the St. Petersburg Times have issued the following report: The club was dark and the music loud when Nicholas Stegall's girlfriend made her way out of the mosh pit Thursday night at the Masquerade nightclub in Ybor City. During a heavy metal concert by the band COR...