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20 Nov 2005

ENSIFERUM To Release 'Dragonheads' In February

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20 Nov 2005

GORGOROTH Explain Gig Cancellations

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20 Nov 2005

OPETH Frontman: We Hope

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20 Nov 2005

KEEP OF KALESSIN to Support EXODUS, HYPOCRISY

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15 Nov 2005

SoulFlesh Collector announced the first release!

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15 Nov 2005

New FATES WARNING' DVD

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15 Nov 2005

Concept of new VANDEN PLAS's album is based on Dumas' novel

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15 Nov 2005

News from STREAM OF PASSION

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15 Nov 2005

KAIPA - "The Decca Years 1975 - 1978"

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06 Nov 2005

ENSIFERUM To Film 10-Year Anniversary Show For Upcoming DVD

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05 Nov 2005

'Lords Of Chaos' Norwegian Black Metal Movie To Go Into Pre-Production

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05 Nov 2005

Interview with Jesper Strömblad of In Flames

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05 Nov 2005

Interview with Cadaveria on Metal-Temple.com

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02 Nov 2005

Ex-ANCIENT Vocalist Explains How She Became A Follower Of Islam

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01 Nov 2005

CD-Maximum Releases - Oct 28-31

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31 Oct 2005

CRADLE OF FILTH Fan Convicted Of Wearing 'Religiously Insulting' T-Shirt

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25 Oct 2005

InsideOut Music News - October 2005 - ASIA, NEAL MORSE, SPOCK'S BEARD, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS and many more

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24 Oct 2005

Worship / Loss Split is Out!

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24 Oct 2005

NIGHTWISH - without Taria Turunen

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22 Oct 2005

RAMMSTEIN: New Song Samples Available

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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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