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05 Dec 2005

CHIMAIRA TO RELEASE SPECIAL-EDITION VERSION OF THEIR SELF-TITLED OPUS

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05 Dec 2005

LEAVES' EYES TO RELEASE NEW MINI-CD EARLY IN 2006

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02 Dec 2005

Heavy metal/hard rock musicians list their favorite albums of 2005

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01 Dec 2005

LORDI + UDO&KISS

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29 Nov 2005

KROKUS

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29 Nov 2005

Progressive Rock to Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

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29 Nov 2005

IN FLAMES: 'Come Clarity' Artwork Available Online

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28 Nov 2005

OSI

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28 Nov 2005

KORN

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28 Nov 2005

BEFORETHERAIN

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28 Nov 2005

THE GATHERING

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28 Nov 2005

STARWOOD

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28 Nov 2005

DIMMU BORGIR

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28 Nov 2005

DEF LEPPARD

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28 Nov 2005

NASUM

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28 Nov 2005

EMPEROR

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28 Nov 2005

Ian Gillan on Ritchie Blackmore

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26 Nov 2005

SALEM - to perform with MAYHEM vocalist

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22 Nov 2005

DARK TRANQUILLITY: Live Video Posted Online

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20 Nov 2005

GRENOUER - Reckless of consequences

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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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