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13 Dec 2004

KAMELOT - to film two new videos

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13 Dec 2004

SEVENDUST - dedicated "Angel's Son" To Dimebag

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12 Dec 2004

New DARKSEED album

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12 Dec 2004

NIGHTWISH To Support MÖTLEY CRÜE In Oslo

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12 Dec 2004

GREEN CARNATION: New Album Cover Posted Online

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12 Dec 2004

Eyewitness Account Of DIMEBAG's Murder: Audio Available

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12 Dec 2004

DRACONIAN: 'Arcane Rain Fell' To Surface In January

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09 Dec 2004

ENSIFERUM have parted ways with bassist

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07 Dec 2004

THE PROJECT HATE have completed work on new material

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07 Dec 2004

MNEMIC have been nominated at the Danish Metal Awards

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07 Dec 2004

IN FLAMES are preparing "A Night In Flames"

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07 Dec 2004

CENTINEX have announced the title of the new album

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07 Dec 2004

THE MIGHTY NIMBUS have parted with singer

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07 Dec 2004

NEVERMORE - the latest album will be remixed

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06 Dec 2004

HAMMERFALL - new album title announced

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06 Dec 2004

OBITUARY - music for new CD 'close' to being done

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06 Dec 2004

NOVEMBERS DOOM - parted ways with bassist

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05 Dec 2004

ARCANA's GOING TO RUSSIA

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05 Dec 2004

ARCANA - Le Serpent Rouge

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05 Dec 2004

THE HAUNTED On HEADBANGER'S BALL Dec. 4th

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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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