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Metal News for November 17, 2001

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Blood Duster's C*nt

Dedicated to extreme offensiveness and diseased blasting with a godly groove, Australia's deranged sickos Blood Duster are the reigning Kings of tongue-in-cheek musical extremity. Self-described "Gun-totin', god-hatin', porn worshipin', snuff-lovin', grinding death motherf*ckers", Blood Duster have re-emerged from 'down under' with their most insane recording to date, the aptly titled C*nt. C*nt attacks the stupidity of "nu-metal", underground scenesters and PC tightwads, delivering the band's most depraved grindcore to date.

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Extreme Music for Extreme People

Soilent Green and Exhumed join Morbid Angel, Deicide, and Zyklon on the Extreme Music For Extreme People tour. The tour will kick off on Nov. 20 in Houston, TX. For ticket information on where you can buy cheap tickets for this tour access Relapse.com.

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A Headless Pegazus

Australian power metal band Pegazus have finished recording 'The Headless Horseman' and have begun the mixing and mastering process. Guitarist Johnny Stoj had this to say about the new material,

“The songwriting, playing and the whole package are very, very cool. The songs have a slight heavier edge to them but still maintain the riffs, melodies and solid-as-hell drumbeats that keep the classic Pegazus style and sound alive more than ever.”
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Manson on New Material

NME.com reports that Marilyn Manson has ten tracks in the works for his next album.

"I am very deep into the writing process right now. I have recorded quite a few tracks - they're not complete, but I would say that there's about ten tracks in the works that are more than just ideas."

Manson has also committed to another film score, working on the soundtrack to the forthcoming 'Resident Evil' movie - music that he describes as more "electronic."

Read the full article at NME.com.

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Hammerfall In Swedish Hall of Fame

Hammerfall has made it into the Swedish Hall of Fame. They’ll receive a gold album in early November for their album, Renegade, as the disc exceeded 40,000 sold in their homeland. The band is currently composing new songs and no date has been set for recording or a release.

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Ozzy OK For Mayhem

After postponing 10 dates of his Merry Mayhem Tour after suffering a stress fracture in his leg, Ozzy Osbourne has received the go-ahead from his doctors to resume touring as planned on November 29. Ozzy may still have to wear a leg brace onstage, however. There's no word yet on when the postponed dates will be rescheduled.

Read the full article at SonicNet.

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Paul Dianno's Returns to the US

In less exciting news... Former Iron Maiden vocalist, Paul Dianno, recently signed an agreement with California based management company, Jeff Keller Management, to represent him for the territory of North America. This effort is an attempt to bring Paul Dianno back to the United States and Canada with a new release and tour in 2002.

In addition to the recent tours of Scandinavia, Germany, South America, Austria, and Italy, Dianno has also completed an album of re-recorded Iron Maiden classics tentatively titled "The Beast Is Back". Management is currently seeking the right label to release the album in Spring or Summer of 2002. The album will be simultaneously released with the release of Paul Dianno’s autobiography/book which is being co-written by well known English author, Dale Webb.

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