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02 May 2006

Ex-MEGADETH Drummer, ANNIHILATOR Guitarist Guest On New MEMORAIN CD

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28 Apr 2006

EVANESCENCE: 'The Open Door' Delayed Until October

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28 Apr 2006

ANUBIS GATE Launch Online Studio Diary

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28 Apr 2006

BLIND GUARDIAN To Release Orchestral Album In 2008

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17 Apr 2006

NECROPHOBIC: New Song Samples Posted Online

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14 Apr 2006

SINISTER Begin Writing New Material

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14 Apr 2006

THRESHOLD New Live CD - SURFACE TO STAGE

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07 Apr 2006

Mikael Akerfeldt, Mike Portnoy and Steven Wilson is teaming up in project

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01 Apr 2006

Ozzy Osbourne decided to leave BLACK SABBATH

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28 Mar 2006

Childermas - out the shadow

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21 Mar 2006

SPV acquire new labels

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16 Mar 2006

Earache Records report - Teenage Goth-Metal girl designs extreme metal racing video game based in Hell

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11 Mar 2006

CONQUEST - parted ways with the drummer

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08 Mar 2006

MASTERPLAN frontman's solo album

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26 Feb 2006

EDENBRIDGE will release their their fifth album

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10 Feb 2006

BLOODTHORN: New Song Available For Download

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08 Feb 2006

TEXTURES: New Song Available For Download

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08 Feb 2006

Chris Caffery

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07 Feb 2006

WARHEAD: New Songtitles Revealed

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03 Feb 2006

Bad news from MANOWAR

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21 JUN

1985

On June 21, 1985, MÖTLEY CRÜE released their third studio album Theatre of Pain through Elektra Records. Produced by Tom Werman, the record arrived in the wake of drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist Vince Neil's very public personal tragedies and marked the band's commercial breakthrough into the mainstream. The opening cover of Brownsville Station's "Smokin' in the Boys Room" became a top five rock radio hit, while "Home Sweet Home" — a power ballad built around piano and Lee's arena-filling drum fills — became one of glam metal's defining anthems. Theatre of Pain debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and was certified triple platinum in the United States. Though often considered a transitional record rather than a creative peak, it established MÖTLEY CRÜE as one of the dominant commercial forces in American heavy metal for the remainder of the decade.

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