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21 Dec 2004

SYMPHONY X have begun work on a new album

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21 Dec 2004

SATYRICON - the guitarists are to be sentenced to ten years in prison

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20 Dec 2004

RUNNING WILD - release date for new album

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20 Dec 2004

ORPHANED LAND - new video posted online

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20 Dec 2004

WITHIN Y - part ways with guitarist

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19 Dec 2004

ARCANA

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19 Dec 2004

FIRST OFFICIAL EVENT OF THE GREEK NIGHTWISH FANCLUB!

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19 Dec 2004

ISIS To Tour Australia For First Time

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19 Dec 2004

THE HAUNTED

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19 Dec 2004

TRISTANIA Guitarist Talks About Comparisons To NIGHTWISH And EVANESCENCE

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19 Dec 2004

INSOMNIUM: First Demo Available For Free Download

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14 Dec 2004

JUDAS PRIEST - "Angel of Retribution"

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14 Dec 2004

MASSEMORD and SYKDOM have decided to join forces

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14 Dec 2004

BEECHER signed with Earache

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14 Dec 2004

MOURNING BELOVETH have announced a title of a new album

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14 Dec 2004

DESTRUCTION - the new album release is postponed

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14 Dec 2004

TESTAMENT - the DVD is seen between the lines

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13 Dec 2004

MORE HATE - new signed bands...

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13 Dec 2004

MORE HATE - to release soon...

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13 Dec 2004

MORE HATE - supports native grind-scene

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14 AUG

2002

On August 14, 2002, DROWNING POOL lost vocalist Dave Williams at age 30. He was found unresponsive on the band's tour bus in Manassas, Virginia, during that year's Ozzfest run; the cause was later confirmed as heart failure from an undiagnosed case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a hidden condition that gave no warning signs. Williams had fronted DROWNING POOL through their breakout debut Sinner, whose single "Bodies" became one of nu-metal's defining anthems and pushed the Dallas band into constant radio and MTV rotation. His death arrived just as the band's momentum was peaking, and for a moment DROWNING POOL considered ending things entirely before deciding to carry on with a new singer. More than two decades later, "Bodies" still detonates mosh pits at festivals worldwide, and Williams is remembered as one of the genre's most talented, most missed frontmen — gone far too soon.

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