Vocalist Mike Scondotto of Brooklyn, New York’s INHUMAN ? the hardcore band featuring AGNOSTIC FRONT members Joseph James and Steve Gallo ? has released the following statement: “As a fan of his for over 20 years, [the news of Peter Steele’s passing] is hitting me pretty hard.
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“The Scourge”, the new video from Bologna, Italy-based death metallers MURDER THERAPY, can be viewed below.
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“Of Lust, Love and Human Nature”, the new video from Finnish power metallers KIUAS, can be viewed below.
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2010 will prove to be the busiest calender year in the career of veteran rock band CLUTCH.
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Jed Gottlieb of BostonHerald.com recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry.
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OZZY OSBOURNE will release “Scream” ? his first album in almost three years and 10th studio album overall ? on June 15 via Epic Records.
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TYPE O NEGATIVE keyboardist Josh Silver has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the band’s frontman, Peter Steele, passed away yesterday (Wednesday, April 14) at the age of 48.
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PRESTO BALLET, the project led by ex-METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, will open for DREAM THEATER on June 21 at Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon.
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Andy Walker of The Northern Echo reports that IRON MAIDEN guitarist Janick Gers is backing a campaign to free a four-foot handcarved stone penis from captivity.
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MONSTER MAGNET recently entered the studio with producer Matt Hyde to begin recording its new album for a summer 2010 release via Austria’s Napalm Records.
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“Phlegethon”, the fifth album from the Italian progressive rock/metal band KINGCROW, will be released on May 17 via Scarlet Records.
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Jared Koston, the 40-year-old drummer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based metal band VENOMIN JAMES who has been diagnosed with two brain tumors stemming from stage IV melanoma cancer, is scheduled to start chemo treatments next week at University Hospital in Cleveland.
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Italy’s CRIPPLE BASTARDS will release a new seven-inch EP through Relapse Records this fall.
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