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11 Jan 2004

AFTER ALL - video posted online

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11 Jan 2004

SOILWORK - temporary replacement for departed drummer

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11 Jan 2004

DEICIDE - complete first-ever video

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11 Jan 2004

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT - at work on new material

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09 Jan 2004

PANZER X - new CD details

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09 Jan 2004

URKRAFT - to release debut CD in March

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08 Jan 2004

MEMORIZED DREAMS - complete work on "Theater Of Life"

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08 Jan 2004

Finnish Metal Awards 2003

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08 Jan 2004

Nightmare Metal Page - estonian metal bands guide

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02 Jan 2004

KATAKLYSM - new song available for download

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02 Jan 2004

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY - new singer found?

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02 Jan 2004

SUTURE - music posted online

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31 Dec 2003

FINNTROLL - to release new EP in march

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31 Dec 2003

METALIUM - new music for download

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30 Dec 2003

KATATONIA - addition to family

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29 Dec 2003

KAMELOT - songwriting sessions going better than expected

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29 Dec 2003

INCANTATION - working on debut DVD

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29 Dec 2003

NOCTURNAL RITES - "New World Messiah"

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29 Dec 2003

DEATH BY DAWN - new demo track posted online

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28 Dec 2003

DECAPITATED - new song online

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24 MAR

1986

VAN HALEN released "5150" on March 24, 1986 — the first album with new vocalist Sammy Hagar and a landmark moment in hard rock history. Named after the California police code for an escaped mental patient, "5150" was the band's first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, ironically their biggest commercial success coming after the departure of original frontman David Lee Roth. The album's polished, keyboard-heavy sound represented a dramatic shift from VAN HALEN's raw early records — "Why Can't This Be Love," "Dreams," and "Love Walks In" were radio-friendly melodic rock anthems far from the blues-influenced hard rock of "Eruption" and "Runnin' with the Devil." Critics were divided; fans bought it in millions. "5150" began a commercially successful if artistically controversial second chapter for one of rock's greatest bands.

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