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Website: MSRP MSRP could only be described as a hybrid band combining melodic metal, industrial aggression, and techno-pop flair. Would this also describe Stabbing Westward over a decade ago? You bet. But don’t expect a soundalike. MSRP steers a bit left of mainstream and welcomes complex melody lines with a touch of prog feel. The [...]

A revolution was started last year: Lordi won the Eurovision Song Contest. It was strange in that everyone seemed to be rooting for them, yet they embodied everything which Eurovision was not. While one may consider them nothing more than a second-rate GWAR that writes songs so cheesy that they’re served with wine, this made [...]

In a relative kind of way, anyhow. The news is purloined from Blabbermouth: DREAM THEATER’s “Score” two-DVD set has been officially certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). The set, which sold more than 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 1 [...]

Steve Felton of Mushroomhead recently did an interview with Midwest Movement. Nobody would care, except that he had to start slaggin’ on Slipknot. Still, nobody would care as Mushroomhead has been whining about them for years (and, well, it’s Slipknot), but some things need analysis: Felton: I’m just done playing nice guy. We’ve kept our [...]

From Side-Line: Toast Hawaii, the record label of Depeche Mode member Andrew Fletcher, has lost its only band, Client. The news was already known for a while in smaller circles but has now been confirmed by Kate Holmes to Side-Line: “It was a mutual decision as Andy was touring with DM for most of 2005-6 [...]

Press release posted at Pulse Wrestling. Has anyone else heard this new Papa Roach single? Not that it was ever my favorite band or anything, but they seem to have pulled an AFI and suddenly decided that they were no longer dark and bleak, instead joining the realm of jangle-rock a la White Stripes and [...]

Tonight is KMFDM/Combichrist. I’m pretty sure we’re going. Those who know the story of me and my husband may remember that he lured me to Madison with tickets to Reverence (which featured Combichrist) about a year and three months ago rather than letting me escape with the whole “I don’t do long distance relationships” thing. [...]

Website: Goldfrapp What’s a dance album without remixes? As if Goldfrapp’s album tracks weren’t rotated enough, Supernature has been diced and rehashed into a collection to renew ass-shaking on the club floor. Everything old is new again, although Supernature isn’t exactly old. Whatever. That’s not the point. If anything, We Are Glitter is a nice [...]