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CHILDREN OF BODOM Drummer Featured On COREDUST Album

Finnish metallers COREDUST will release their full-length debut, "Decent "Death", on May 9 via Inverse Records. The album was recorded last fall at Scandal Recording Studios, with Kari Huikuri handling all the recording, engineering and mixing duties. The drums on the CD, which was mastered at Chart...
April 22, 2012
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Norwegian Black Metal Band Causes Stir With Anti-Islamic Lyrics

According to the Arab television network Al Arabiya, Norwegian black metallers TAAKE have sparked outrage after being nominated for a prestigious Norwegian music award despite having written lyrics that are allegedly anti-Islamic. TAAKE's "Noregs Vaapen" album, along with the latest releases from IN...
January 12, 2012
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ZAKK WYLDE On His Pre-OZZY Group: 'We Made BON JOVI Look Like A Death Metal Band'

Steve Patrick of UWeekly recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. UWeekly: On "The Song Remains Not The Same", the band is returning to the acoustic style of softer albums like "Hangover Music" and your sol...
November 10, 2011
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METALLICA Drummer On 'Lulu': 'We Always Like To Think Outside The Box'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was interviewed on on the Season 8 finale of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", which premiered on Saturday, October 22. Ulrich discussed the humble beginnings of METALLICA, the Napster scandal, METALLICA's recording strategy, and the band's collaboration with former VELV...
October 25, 2011
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FORCE MAJEURE To Release 'Saints Of Sulphur' In October

"Saints Of Sulphur", the sophomore album from the Finnish power metallers FORCE MAJEURE, will be released on October 19 via Scandal Music Company. A single, "Ecstasy", will be made available digitally on September 22. "Saints Of Sulphur" is the long-awaited follow-up to FORCE MAJEURE's 2008 debut "F...
September 16, 2011
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BEHEMOTH Frontman To Remain On 'The Voice Of Poland'

Despite receiving "a record number of complaints from viewers," Poland's national television station TVP has refused to fire BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski from the Polish version of the hit singing competition "The Voice", dubbed "The Voice Of Poland". A draft resolution calling for the dis...
September 15, 2011
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KLAUS MEINE On Life After SCORPIONS: I Am Sure It Will Not Be Boring

Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Exiles: This is a pure SCORPIONS album through and through and you guys have always delivered a message with your ly...
April 16, 2010
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BRET MICHAELS Says He Is Not 'Defensive About' Raunchy MILEY CYRUS Song

POISON singer Bret Michaels has told UsMagazine.com that he has nothin' to apologize for about "Nothin' to Lose", his new song featuring Miley Cyrus. In the country-rock ballad that went online Thursday (hear audio below),Cyrus, 17, harmonizes as Michaels, 46, croons about a bad romance: "We both k...
February 28, 2010
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Journalist To DAVE MUSTAINE: Video Of Entire Interview Will Prove I Did Not Bring Up METALLICA

Norwegian journalist Kristin Winsents, who was threatened with bodily harm by Dave Mustaine after she published an interview with the MEGADETH mainman focusing primarily on his brief tenure as the guitarist in METALLICA, has posted the following message in the "comments" section below the most recen...
October 16, 2009
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Former NEGURA BUNGET Members Slam Drummer For Launching 'Fake' New Version Of Band

Hupogrammos (guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, archaic instruments) and Sol Faur (guitar),who recently announced their departures from NEGURA BUNGET, the Romanian band that incorporates elements of black metal, progressive metal, folk metal and dark ambient, have released the following statement: "...
May 13, 2009
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KIRK HAMMETT Confirms JASON NEWSTED Will Perform With METALLICA At ROCK HALL Induction

METALLICA is less than two weeks away from its induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the band has confirmed that former bassist Jason Newsted will attend the ceremony. Guitarist Kirk Hammett also told The Pulse of Radio that Newsted will perform with the group at the event as well. "Jas...
March 25, 2009
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METALLICA: Swedish Concert Ticket Fraud Suspected

A scandal has erupted in Sweden over an alleged ticket fraud in connection with METALLICA's upcoming March 7-8, 2009 concerts at Globen in Stockholm. According to reports in the Swedish media, it is suspected that a significant percentage of the 30,000 tickets never even reached the general public b...
October 21, 2008
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GENE SIMMONS Sex Tape Girl Claims She Has Lost Famous Friends Over Scandal

World Entertainment News Network reports that the woman caught on camera having sex with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has lost a handful of celebrity friends because of the scandal. Traci Anna Koval claims Simmons has accused her of leaking the video, but she insists the tape, which went publi...
September 18, 2008
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RAVENS CREED Parts Ways With Lead Guitarist

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring ORANGE GOBLIN's Ben Ward, as well as Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, have issued the following update: "We have parted company with lead guitarist James Kiely. The decision was made shortly...
July 2, 2008
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Was Ex-KISS Guitarist MARK ST. JOHN Victim Of Brutal Jailhouse Justice?

Nick Schou of the Orange County Weekly reports: Was ex-KISS guitarist Mark St. John a victim of OC's brutal jailhouse justice? A month before roughly two dozen inmates at Theo Lacy Jail viciously killed John Chamberlain in an attack that would earn national headlines and lead to a major scandal that...
April 19, 2008