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16 Feb 2004

NECARE - music posted online

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14 Feb 2004

WOLF - new music available for download

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14 Feb 2004

SAURON - name new CD

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13 Feb 2004

LAST TRIBE - "The Uncrowned" release for CIS

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11 Feb 2004

IN FLAMES - German autograph session

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10 Feb 2004

DISMEMBER - new track posted online

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30 Jan 2004

ANGRA - studio photos posted online

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21 Jan 2004

VOMITORY - complete work on "Primal Massacre"

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21 Jan 2004

STRATOVARIUS - have a female singer!

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21 Jan 2004

CANNIBAL CORPSE - new song available for download

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14 Jan 2004

HYPOCRISY - Horgh joins on drums

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13 Jan 2004

GOMORRHA - the brrrutal

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13 Jan 2004

CONSTRUCDEAD - "Violadead"

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13 Jan 2004

CONSPIRACY A.D. - video available for download

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13 Jan 2004

NEW BLACK - new Los Angeles-based band

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12 Jan 2004

DAMAGEPLAN - "New Found Power"

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12 Jan 2004

HYPNOSIA - former drummer died of cancer

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12 Jan 2004

Kamageddon Media - presents a new sub-division for the underground

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11 Jan 2004

Metal V Massy - new issue is about to be released

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11 Jan 2004

KATATONIA - to issue compilation of Mini-CDs, Rarities

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24 MAR

1979

On March 24, 1979, MOTÖRHEAD released "Overkill" — their second studio album on Bronze Records and their commercial breakthrough. Produced by Jimmy Miller (who had worked with THE ROLLING STONES), the album reached #24 on the UK Albums Chart, a significant milestone for a band that had only been given a chance to record after exhausting their label's patience. "Overkill" captured MOTÖRHEAD at their most raw and powerful: the title track opened with Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor's blistering double bass drum intro — one of the most iconic drum performances in rock history — before Lemmy Kilmister's bass and vocals hit like a freight train. "No Class," "Damage Case," "Stay Clean," and "Metropolis" established MOTÖRHEAD's unique position at the intersection of punk speed and heavy metal power. No one sounded like them in 1979, and no one has quite matched them since.

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