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SHINING: New Song Posted Online

Reactivated Swedish black metallers SHINING have posted a new song, entitled "Låt Oss Ta Allt Från Varandra", on their MySpace page. The song comes off the group's new album, "V / Halmstad", tentatively due this spring via Osmose Productions. According to the band, "V / Halmstad" will contain "six t...

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DIMEBAG Book Author: 'I Place The Blame Squarely On The Shoulders Of The Killer'

Morley Seaver from antiMUSIC recently conducted an interview with Chris A., author of the upcoming book about the murder of PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, "A Vulgar Display Of Power: Courage And Carnage At The Alrosa Villa". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: antiMUSI...

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TESTAMENT Frontman On New Album: 'We Have About Five Or Six Songs Written So Far'

Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's reunion tour: "I think that we're beyond the reunion tour thing now, especially now that we've decided to do an album together now. It's simply a...

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VINTERSORG: New Album Release Date, Cover Artwork Revealed

VINTERSORG, the Swedish band led by BORKNAGAR frontman Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Vintersorg),will release its new album, "Solens Rötter" (English translation: "The Origin of the Sun") on April 27 in Europe and May 22 in the U.S. via Napalm Records. The CD was mixed at Ballerina Audio with the enginee...

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IRON MAIDEN Spanish Inquisition

Living metal legends they may be, but from playing their new album in its entirety on tour to insisting they aren't metal, their legacy is hardly set in stone. Metal Hammer magazine's (web site) Geoff Barton rakes them over the coals. Read on: Q: Do you believe your fans want to hear the ...

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VINTERSORG Begins Mixing New Album

VINTERSORG, the Swedish band led by BORKNAGAR frontman Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Vintersorg),has issued the following update: "The new album, 'Solens Rötter' [Swedish for 'The Sun's Roots'], is nearly recorded, [only] some bass is missing. Still we've started to mix the album at Ballerina Audio with...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's Cancer Shock

FemaleFirst.co.uk reports that Ozzy Osbourne says finding out that wife Sharon had cancer was like being hit over the head with a concrete block. The BLACK SABBATH singer's wife is now in remission but when she was first diagnosed with colon cancer her rocker husband couldn't believe how well she co...

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SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Announces Singer Change, Begins Recording New Album

Michigan-based grindcore/death metal act SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY has entered the studio with producer Andreas Magnusson to record its first full-length album, tentatively due on March 20, 2007 via Ferret Music. In other news, the band has announced that it has parted ways with vocalist Brandon "Bear" S...

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ABYSMAL DAWN Comments On DISMEMBER Tour Cancellation

Guitarist/vocalist Charles Elliott of ABYSMAL DAWN — the Los Angeles-based extreme metal band featuring former members of RISE and INHUMAN VISION — has issued the following statement in regards to the recent cancellation of the band's West Coast tour with DISMEMBER and GRAVE: "For whatever reasons o...

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TED NUGENT's Siganture Guitar Doubles As 'A Precision Firearm'

Ed Roman's Quicksilver Guitars, the world's largest guitar store & builder of custom guitars, today announced that the company has completed the custom design, development and construction of a new custom guitar for world famous rocker, hunter and statesman Ted Nugent. Ted Nugent, known for his...

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LAST CRACK Reissues Coming Next Week

LAST CRACK's two classic albums — "Sinister Funkhouse #17" and "Burning Time" — will be reissued on November 13 via Metal Mind Productions. Both reissues will come in new digipack editions, having been digitally remastered using 24-bit technology, and will be limited to 2,000 copies. Each title will...

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Guitarist RON JARZOMBEK Issues Update On BLOTTED SCIENCE, WATCHTOWER

Guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK) has posted the following update on the progress of BLOTTED SCIENCE, the instrumental extreme metal project also featuring bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE) and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD... THE ARCTOPUS): "The BLOTTED SCIENCE recordings are...

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FALCON Completes Work On Second Album

FALCON, the raw heavy rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson (ex-DESTINY'S END, ex-ARTISAN, ISEN TORR and Metal Maniacs scribe),bassist/keyboardist Greg Lindstrom (CIRITH UNGOL) and drummer Darin McCloskey (PALE DIVINE),have completed recording and mixing their second full-leng...

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THE HAUNTED Frontman Pissing In The Wind

THE HAUNTED frontman Peter Dolving has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "What is the big deal with discussing stuff like economical system or religion? "It's amusing how people are so eager to attack as soon as anyone simply sets about and types the right trigger words. Sometimes I...

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MY RUIN Frontwoman: 'This Is Going To Be Our Most Intense Record Yet'

MY RUIN lead vocalist Tairrie B., who was "seriously injured" in a car accident less than two weeks ago, has issued the following message via the group's MySpace page: "Dear Friends, "I am writing this letter on a good day. I am at home now and Mick [Murphy, MY RUIN guitarist and Tairrie's boyfriend...