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22 Feb 2008

SATYRICON - to play in russia and Ukraine in May

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22 Feb 2008

KATAKLYSM - to film new video this weekend

New Music
21 Feb 2008

SONATA ARCTICA - more summer festival appearances announced

Festivals
21 Feb 2008

METAL CHURCH parts ways with guitarist Jay Reynolds

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21 Feb 2008

GRAVE - new song posted online

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21 Feb 2008

SUIDAKRA - to release '13 Years Of Celtic Wartunes' in April

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20 Feb 2008

MIDNATTSOL - new song sample available

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19 Feb 2008

CHILDREN OF BODOM - 'Blooddrunk' video posted online

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19 Feb 2008

PAIN - launches tour blog

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19 Feb 2008

BURY YOUR DEAD - new album track listing

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18 Feb 2008

PICTURES OF PAIN prepares to record debut album

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17 Feb 2008

EDENBRIDGE - new album details

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16 Feb 2008

WITHIN Y - '21' video posted online

New Music
16 Feb 2008

HE IS LEGEND - parts ways with guitarist

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13 Feb 2008

TIAMAT - new album track listing

Album News
13 Feb 2008

SIEBENBÜRGEN - announces new members, prepares to recordings

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11 Feb 2008

DREAM THEATER: "Greatest Hit (...& 21 Other Pretty Songs)" Artwork Unveiled!

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11 Feb 2008

ARCH ENEMY - russian dates announced

General News
11 Feb 2008

SLAYER Wins 'Best Metal' GRAMMY AWARD

Band News
10 Feb 2008

ICED EARTH - 'Slave To The Dark' box set due this month

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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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