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Warrior Soul

Listening to Doro Pesch at her prime is like watching a Jerry Bruckheimer movie. It's a larger-than-life, formulaic experience tailor-made to pull on the heartstrings and inspire the broadest emotions in the largest group of people. The diminutive Metal Queen knows her audience, and has had them eat...

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GODSMACK's SULLY ERNA: 'I Still Don't Consider Myself A Singer'

Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly caught up with GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna for a Q&A, where he was asked about the "sinister" way he sings. "You know, I still don't consider myself a singer," he said. "I just scream really loud and try to keep it in key. I take a lot of advice from ...

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Speak of the Dead

Career arc-wise, RAGE seems to take a page from the SAVATAGE playbook (except for the fact that they, like, release records and work and stuff). Starting from more raw and coarse origins in the early 1980s, both bands have evolved into increasingly graceful, orchestral, even theatrical outfits. But...

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Afterburner

The amazing consistency of SINISTER is even more remarkable when one considers the near-constant state of flux of their lineup. After a hiatus of several years, drummer and founder Aad Kloosterwaard has returned as the vocalist, and former bassist Alex Paul is now the guitarist! Yet despite inactivi...

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SINISTER Pull Out Of Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

Despite a previous announcement to the contrary, reunited Dutch death metallers SINISTER will **NOT** be performing at the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. "We never received a confirmation so we made other plans,...

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SOCIETY 1 Finish Filming 'This Is The End' Video

SOCIETY 1 have finished filming their latest video for the song "This Is the End". The track comes off the band's "The Years of Spiritual Dissent" collection, which will be released on July 25 via Crash Music. The video and a documentary DVD will be included with the CD. "This Is The End" was direct...

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VITAL REMAINS Pull Out Of Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival

VITAL REMAINS have cancelled their appearance at the the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. According to the festival organizers, it was "impossible" for VITAL REMAINS to make the show "because they're playing at th...

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ANTHRAX To Open For ROB ZOMBIE On 'American Witch Across America' Tour

ROB ZOMBIE have tapped ANTHRAX to open for them on their upcoming "American Witch Across America" tour, which is scheduled to kick off later this spring. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. ROB ZOMBIE's latest album, "Educated Horses", has sold 231,000 copies in the United States since it...

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Ruun

On a career arc as impressive as OPETH's, minus most of the record sales, Norway's psychedelic prog-metal Vikings continue their journey into accessible dissonance, soaring chords, desolate atmospheres and swirling, ambient aural journeys on this, their eight proper studio album. Moving ever further...

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OBITUARY, MORBID ANGEL Confirmed For Germany's UP FROM THE GROUND Festival

OBITUARY and MORBID ANGEL have been confirmed for the Up From The Ground festival, set to take place August 25-26 in Gemünden, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): CRIMINAL DAWN OF DISEASE DISMEMBER ENDSTILLE GOD DETHRONED GOREFEST HEARSE JACK SLATER JAPANI...

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HATE ETERNAL, SINISTER Confirmed For Germany's F*CK THE COMMERCE Festival; ORIGIN Cancel

HATE ETERNAL, SINISTER, ACCION MUTANTE, AMBROSSIA, GADGET, LE SCRAWL, VERMIN, SUFFERAGE, DIVISION666, GUT and NOXA have been confirmed for the 2006 edition of the Fuck the Commerce festival, set to take place May 25-27 at MZA (Mehrzweckhalle) in Luckau, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as...

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ROB ZOMBIE Film 'American Witch' Video In Colorado, Utah

ROB ZOMBIE filmed footage for the "American Witch" music video on Monday, April 17 during his band's headlining appearance at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver Colorado. According to one concert attendee, "After a double encore, Rob Zombie said because Denver was such a good crowd, they would play '...

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Pro Patria Finlandia

With Easter upon us, what better time for a review of "Pro Patria Finlandia" by Finland's blaspheming blackened thrash punks? Nobody does it quite like IMPALED NAZARENE, do they? Fifteen years on and the boys still attack with the viciousness and bloodlust of a rabid pit bull. The band's ninth studi...

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ROB ZOMBIE Laments 'The Death Of The Album'

Andrew Gargano of Metal Edge magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with Rob Zombie. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Metal Edge: Is it true you wanted to give it all up at one point? Zombie: "Not really, it was always a notion. Towards the end of all the touring ...

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SINISTER Begin Writing New Material

Despite the fact that their latest CD, "Afterburner", has only just been released through Nuclear Blast Records, reunited Dutch death metallers SINISTER have already commenced the songwriting process for their next album, tentatively titled "No Mercyful God". SINISTER's current lineup consists of Aa...