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14 Mar 2005

SCARS - came back to activities

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14 Mar 2005

BESEECH - recording details

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11 Mar 2005

Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore

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11 Mar 2005

METALLICA drummer and girlfriend attend Oscar Party

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11 Mar 2005

Canadian PANTERA Tribute bands sees audiences grow

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21 Feb 2005

RAGE - Austrian tribute album

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21 Feb 2005

BLOOD RED THRONE - 'Smite' video posted online

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16 Feb 2005

LEGION - cult magazine is back!

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16 Feb 2005

BLOODBATH - Akerfeldt as the vocalist for the gig

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15 Feb 2005

MY DYING BRIDE - the new DVD is updoors

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14 Feb 2005

VOID OF SILENCE call it quits

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13 Feb 2005

METALLICA, LINKIN PARK, VAN HALEN: How They Earned Their Money In 2004

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13 Feb 2005

SUIDAKRA

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13 Feb 2005

BESEECH Confirmed For Germany

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12 Feb 2005

ABORTED available for download

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08 Feb 2005

SINERGY - the tips on a new CD from Kimberly Goss

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08 Feb 2005

SEPULTURA writing material for a new studio album

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03 Feb 2005

SHAITAN MAZAR have placed audio samples online

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03 Feb 2005

VANDEN PLAS working on a rock opera

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02 Feb 2005

HAMMERFALL - online chat

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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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