Gregory L. Van Vorhis of Sentinel-Tribune reports: "There is always a focus on the bad guy. You know who Dahmer is, who Gacy is. Can you name one of their victims," asks Chris Armold, who goes by the name Chris A. on the cover of his book "A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage ...
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Chris Catania of PopMatters.com recently conducted an interview with punk rock icon Henry Rollins. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Q: So how was your recent trip to Iran? Henry: Well, I had gone to Iraq with the USO and that was very ... (hesitates) ... interesting, then I took a trip on ...
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Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE have scheduled the following dates: Jul. 21 - Snowbound Club - Winchendon, MA Aug. 24 - Good Times Emporium Rock Club - Somerville, MA Oct. 20 - Mark's Showplace - Bedford, NH (w/ OVERKILL) MELIAH RAGE guitarist Anthony Nichols has been busy writing music for the band's next record, tentatively due ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION has inked a new deal with Mausoleum Records. The group's first release through the label will be a reissue of their 2006 CD, "Carnival of Lies", featuring new artwork and the bonus tracks "Panic in the Streets" (previously only available on the Avalon release in Japan) ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY have been confimed for a showcase gig at Sweden Rock Festival. The concert will take place at the Sweden Rock Restaurang on Saturday, June 9 at 7:30 p.m. SUPREME MAJESTY's third full-length album, "Elements of Creation", was released in March 2005 via Massacre Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Danger" was ...
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Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER), Karl Cochran (JOE LYNN TURNER, NUCLEAR ASSAULT), Eric Brittingham (CINDERELLA) and members of DANGER DANGER will will attend the 21st annual KISS Expo and Hard Rock Convention on Saturday, May 5 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel (formerly Meadowlands Hilton), Meadowlands Parkway, Secaucus, NJ. Eric Singer will be available throughout the ...
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Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up effort. Described as a "full-production acoustic rock record," "Independence ...
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3volution Productions — which is co-owned by FEAR FACTORY drummer Raymond Herrera — has announced the addition of renowned producer and engineer Jeremy Blair as Chief Engineer and Producer to its Temple Studios in Los Angeles. Blair will co-produce and be in charge of all premium music engineering for the company. Blair brings years of ...
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SAVAGE CIRCUS, the German/Swedish band featuring former BLIND GUARDIAN drummer Thomen Stauch and PERSUADER members Jens Karlsson (vocals, guitar) and Emil Norberg (lead guitar), announced last week that it has cancelled the remaining dates on its European tour with CIRCLE II CIRCLE and TOMORROW'S EVE. The group's official statement on the matter reads as follows: ...
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JOE LYNN TURNER and DANGER DANGER are among the confirmed acts for the United Forces Of Rock III festival, set to take place September 3, 2007 at the Rockfabrik venue in Ludwigsburg (near Stuttgart), Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: JOE LYNN TURNER STAN BUSH DANGER DANGER WHITE WOLF SOUL DOCTOR LAST ...
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Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up effort. Described as a "full-production acoustic rock record," "Independence ...
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Guitarist Anthony Nichols of Boston metallers MELIAH RAGE has been busy writing music for the band's next record, tentatively due before the end of the year. According to the group, "the music thus far is heavier and more riff-oriented than the last two releases, but has all the elements of classic MELIAH RAGE." A remastered ...
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Devin Townsend's (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND) wife Tracy has issued the following newsletter from Devin's record label, HevyDevy Records: "Well, one thing that any Devin fan knows is that ideas change and grow. Last issue we reported: 'Also occupying his time in the past month has been work on his puppet show. The ...
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Some time after the grindcore spewing fun of LENG TCH'E's Relapse Records debut, "The Process of Elimination", the Belgian quintet lost its edge. After the aptly described razor grind of that album with its off-the-rails craziness and the dashes of tough, southern-tinged grooves, it is a disappointment to hear the banding playing it safer and ...
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Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE, whose most recent release, "Soundtrack of a Soul", featured an all-star cast of guest musicians — including Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Stephen Pearcy (RATT) and Tony Harnell (TNT) — are back in the studio working on their follow-up effort. Described as a "full-production acoustic rock record," "Independence ...
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FEAR FACTORY's Raymond Herrera has laid down the drums tracks for a cover version of the IGGY AND THE STOOGES classic "Gimme Danger", which is being released for the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 game on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The song, which also features the PIXIES frontman Frank Black, can be heard ...
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John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT, UNION) and Ted Poley (DANGER DANGER) have been added to the list of guest musicians appearing on the new CD from Christian rockers LIBERTY N' JUSTICE. Described as a "full-production acoustic rock record," "Independence Day" will feature 12 "all-star singers" on 11 songs. The CD is once again being produced ...
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TERRATOMB and HELLACAUST are among the artists featured on Diminished Fifth Records' "The Music of Artisanship & War: Volume I", a 17-song compilation CD which was created with the intentions of presenting the best heavy music within the the Canadian Maritimes (a region of eastern Canada on the Atlantic coast, consisting of the three provinces ...
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Massachusetts-based thrash metallers MELIAH RAGE will support METAL CHURCH on their North American tour beginning early January. Confirmed dates are as follows: Jan. 08 - Fatcat - Modesto, CA Jan. 09 - The Galaxy Theater - Santa Ana, CA Jan. 10 - Cheyenne Saloon - Las Vegas, NV Jan. 11 - Kamakazis - Ogden, UT ...
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On December 4, Roadrunner Records U.K. will release a limited-edition double CD version of SLIPKNOT's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" album with eight bonus tracks. The extra cuts are as follows: 01. Don't Get Close 02. Scream 03. Vermilion (alternate mix) 04. Danger, Keep Away (Full-length version) 05. The Blister Exists (Live) 06. Three-Nil (Live) ...
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If you were among those disappointed by BLIND GUARDIAN's streamlining of their sound this year, your luxury liner has come in. RHAPSODY OF FIRE have, if anything, gone even further off the deep end into operatic, cinematic, utterly bombastic and gaudy symphonic metal. Choirs swell, drums thunder, strings soar, and prophecies are fulfilled, to the ...
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JAM! Music reports that the prog-rock experiments of the band RUSH are among works that should be preserved for future generations, says a committee tasked with saving the best in Canadian television, radio, film and music. The band's 1976 album "2112", a unique blend of classic rock and synthesizers that made RUSH a ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION played a CD-release party for their new album, "Carnival of Lies", on October 13 at Daniel's Street in Milford, Connecticut. Check out photos at TheObsesssion.net, MetalFury.com. OBSESSION released its long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness" this past summer via Metal Mayhem in the ...
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Philthy Phil of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: This is your only solo album since the 1978 KISS solos, right? Why so long in between? Stanley: Yeah. Good question. You know everybody was always running off to do their own ...
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Reunited classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION has scheduled a CD-release party for their new album, "Carnival of Lies", on October 13 at Daniel's Street in Milford, Connecticut. OBSESSION released its long-awaited follow-up to 1987's "Methods of Madness" this past summer via Metal Mayhem in the U.S. and Avalon in Japan. The Japanese version includes ...
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Swedish melodic metallers SUPREME MAJESTY will make their live debut with their new lineup — featuring new guitarist Jimmy Hedlund (FALCONER), bassist Håkan Nyander (ex-ROAD, SERENADE, SANZIA, INBLACK) and keyboardist Mattias Holmgren — on November 18 at Magasinet in Kristianstad, Sweden. SUPREME MAJESTY's third full-length album, "Elements of Creation", was released in March 2005 via ...
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ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Angela Gossow has posted the following message on her MySpace page: "Hello from Gigantour!!! We are still alive and kickin'. "Today we played Milwaukee, the Eagles Ballroom. Great crowd but not the best sound. It's a huge, echoing hall, not necessarily the best set up for a lot of pumping bass and ...
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MuchMusic.com recently conducted an interview with STONE SOUR members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Josh Rand (guitar). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: MuchMusic.com: There's a lot of news right now about how guys are "burning up the charts". What do you think about entering the belly of the beast — all ...
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MAYHEM vocalist Attila Csihar has issued the following statement regarding the recent attempt by the "Polish government" to ban the band from playing their country: "A fascist-religious government in Europe hides behind its democratic façade! "Some time ago, MAYHEM was set to play in Poland. And we were very excited to deliver a great show ...
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According to a posting on the MEGADETH fan site Rattlehead HQ, Liam Robinson (MEGADETH forums username: "Jotun") was the first MEGADETH forums user to correctly guess all of the lyrics to the title track of the band's upcoming album, "United Abominations" as part of a contest which was launched in July. Liam wins ...
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