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26 Nov 2004

THE GATHERING continue writing

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25 Nov 2004

MINDGRINDER - the rebel coismocraty

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25 Nov 2004

HALCYON WAY are working on a new album

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25 Nov 2004

WORLD BELOW are to start recording of the new album

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25 Nov 2004

MORS PRINCIPIUM EST have born the unborn

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25 Nov 2004

BEYOND TWILIGHT - the synopsis

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24 Nov 2004

SIX FEET UNDER - to release new album

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24 Nov 2004

STURMGEIST - Cornelius Jakhelln (SOLEFALD) goes solo

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24 Nov 2004

DARKSEED - complete work on new album

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24 Nov 2004

ACTIONJACKSON - ex-MORGOTH members’ band

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23 Nov 2004

ZARAZA have come on writing a new album

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23 Nov 2004

IRON MAIDEN top the rock’n’roll fashion stakes chart

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23 Nov 2004

GUNS’N’ROSES - Chinese Democracy

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22 Nov 2004

AURA NOIR - new music available for download

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22 Nov 2004

HANKER - seek bassist replacement

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22 Nov 2004

IRON MAIDEN - drummer performs with tribute act

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20 Nov 2004

SIX FEET UNDER’s video premiere

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18 Nov 2004

MAYHEM - sometimes they come back again

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18 Nov 2004

PARADISE LOST - 10th album in February

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18 Nov 2004

DISBELIEF - "66 Sick"

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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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