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09 Jun 2005

HELLOWEEN "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy" due on October 31

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07 Jun 2005

CRUACHAN - the next album will feature former SKYCLAD frontman's vocals

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07 Jun 2005

GAMMA RAY have done photosession for the upcoming album

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31 May 2005

AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED will release 2CD old and rare demos collection

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19 May 2005

Orodruin prepares for summer activities

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19 May 2005

SUIDAKRA Explain Split With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

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18 May 2005

InsideOut Music Newsletter

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17 May 2005

ULVER - new full-length track available for download

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13 May 2005

GRENOUER - "T R Y"

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12 May 2005

OBITUARY: Frozen In Time

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11 May 2005

Original METAL CHURCH frontman has passed away

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09 May 2005

DYING FETUS - drummer quits

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09 May 2005

ROYAL HUNT - "Paper Blood" audio samples

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09 May 2005

GORGOROTH - Infernus is jailed

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06 May 2005

SLAYER guitarist to take part in online chat

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06 May 2005

CANDLEMASS: “Black Dwarf” video posted online

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06 May 2005

ROTTING CORPSE

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05 May 2005

AFTER FOREVER Drummer Recovering From Cancer

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05 May 2005

PAIN CONFESSOR: 'Ton Of New Tunes' Ready For Upcoming Album

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29 Apr 2005

News from CANNIBAL CORPSE

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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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