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12 Dec 2004

Eyewitness Account Of DIMEBAG's Murder: Audio Available

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12 Dec 2004

DRACONIAN: 'Arcane Rain Fell' To Surface In January

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09 Dec 2004

ENSIFERUM have parted ways with bassist

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07 Dec 2004

IN FLAMES are preparing "A Night In Flames"

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07 Dec 2004

THE MIGHTY NIMBUS have parted with singer

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07 Dec 2004

NEVERMORE - the latest album will be remixed

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06 Dec 2004

NOVEMBERS DOOM - parted ways with bassist

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06 Dec 2004

OBITUARY - music for new CD 'close' to being done

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05 Dec 2004

ARCANA - Le Serpent Rouge

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05 Dec 2004

ARCANA's GOING TO RUSSIA

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05 Dec 2004

SANCTUARY RECORDS - Massive Roster Cleansing

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05 Dec 2004

THE HAUNTED On HEADBANGER'S BALL Dec. 4th

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05 Dec 2004

SEPULTURA To Perform

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05 Dec 2004

ORDER OF THE EBON HAND - sign with Season of Mist

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05 Dec 2004

MY DYING BRIDE Working On New DVD Release

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02 Dec 2004

AGE OF SILENCE will take part in a radioshow

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02 Dec 2004

DEATHBOUND have changed title of upcoming album

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30 Nov 2004

SUMMON have summoned the "Fallen"

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30 Nov 2004

KULT OV AZAZEL have gone splitting...

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29 Nov 2004

THE 69 EYES - drummer hospitalized

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23 MAR

2014

Dave Brockie — known worldwide as Oderus Urungus, the interstellar warlord vocalist of GWAR — died on March 23, 2014 at his home in Richmond, Virginia. He was 50 years old. The cause of death was a heroin overdose. Brockie was not merely a singer; he was the creative engine and costume-clad visionary who kept GWAR's singular carnival of gore and satire alive for over three decades. GWAR — formed in Richmond in 1984 — combined extreme metal with elaborate theatrical performance, grotesque costumes, and biting political and social commentary delivered through the most cartoonishly violent stage show in rock history. Brockie wrote, directed, and performed in every aspect of the band's mythology. His loss left an irreplaceable void. GWAR have continued with new vocalists, but the world Oderus built remains his monument.

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