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Imagine, if you will, Korn salsa. Terrible pun, but as the opening strains of the MTV Unplugged version of “Blind” fill the air, one can only giggle at the poor choice in style given the band’s nomenclature. If the premise itself sounds bad, the execution isn’t much better. It seems Korn believed all of their [...]

“I’ve got an extra ticket…” These words echo through my head even still, remembering when I was invited to Reverence II in Madison, Wisconsin. It was July of 2005 and I’d recently met the guy through a friend. With us living over 300 miles apart, a relationship was the farthest thing from my mind. But [...]

Day two of Beyond the Threshold’s look at the artist known as Combichrist exists to enlighten and educate those in the dark. Who is Combichrist? Fantastic! But what about the music? Joy of Gunz Release date: September 1, 2003 Label: Out of Line Tracklisting: 01. Intruder Alert 02. Joy To The World 03. You Will [...]

Thanks to Blabbermouth for this adorable little tidbit: An online gallery of IRON MAIDEN album cover spoofs featuring an “Eddie”-like Spongebob Squarepants is available online. You can view the gallery (entitled “Visions of the Sponge”) at this location. Created by the animating staff of Kebawe.com, the web site also includes a “Create Your Own SpongeEd” [...]

Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times reports: For VAN HALEN, the stars seemed aligned for a triumphant 2007. Next month, the group will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the plan was to follow that with a summer reunion tour that would feature David Lee Roth back at the [...]

Holland’s God Dethroned has been around the block a few times, blending in among the European death metal scene as a band with substance. However, previous releases never set off a fireworks display, although their competency was never in question. And so, expectations for The Toxic Touch remained somewhere in the range of adequacy. Surprisingly, [...]

Press release: Los Angeles, CA (February 15, 2007) – Grammy(r)-nominated, Gold-certified, Buckcherry and entertainment website ArtistDirect.com announced today an open call to fans to create their own video for the next single, “Everything” directing them to upload homemade videos to YouTube by March 9th. The band will then choose their favorite submission and the winner [...]

The latest from Blabbermouth: According to The New York Post, Kelly Osbourne — daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne — made a stunning declaration at a London charity gig last night (Sunday, February 18) when she revealed that a member of her family has the AIDS virus. The singer and actress, best known for her [...]

From Blabbermouth: Gary Graff of Billboard.com reports that PAPA ROACH hopes to release some acoustic recordings in the future. But their time has not come yet. “I don’t think our fans are quite ready for this yet,” frontman Jacoby Shaddix told Billboard.com. “So we’ve put it on the back burner, but it’s definitely something we’re [...]

Remember when Kittie was a gimmicky collection of Canadian gothy-looking metal teenaged girls? They were so novel, playing their own instruments and featuring the contrast of pretty-girl vocals and growls? “Brackish” took MTV by storm and they gained a bit of an audience before falling off of the mainstream radar. Since then, it’s only the [...]