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23 Jan 2008

THE GATHERING: Limited-Edition 10-CD Box Set Coming Soon

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23 Jan 2008

AVANTASIA: "The Metal Opera - Gold Edition" Due In March

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11 Jan 2008

CHILDREN OF BODOM: "Blooddrunk" Track Listing Revealed

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09 Jan 2008

Fans Trying To Get DIMEBAG Statue In Dallas

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09 Jan 2008

Keith Baxter (ex-SKYCLAD,ex-3COLOURS RED) died at 36

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24 Dec 2007

SEPULTURA Takes Part In Charity Soccer Game

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24 Dec 2007

DEMONICAL Parts Ways With Singer

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18 Dec 2007

WALDEMAR SORYCHTA To Attend ENEMY OF THE SUN CD-Release Party In New York

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12 Dec 2007

THE ETERNAL Begins Recording New Album

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12 Dec 2007

MIDNATTSOL: New Album Release Date Confirmed

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10 Dec 2007

Rumors of SCARTOWN's death are greatly exaggerated

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02 Dec 2007

DARK TRANQUILLITY: Early Albums To Be Reissued In Japan With Bonus Tracks

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02 Dec 2007

HEAVENWOOD Signs With RECITAL RECORDS

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28 Nov 2007

DRACONIAN - New Album Completed!

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23 Nov 2007

NIGHTWISH: Platinum Edition Of "Dark Passion Play" To Include Five Bonus Tracks

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21 Nov 2007

TIAMAT To Release "Amanethes" In April

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21 Nov 2007

BRAINSTORM: New Album Artwork Revealed

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21 Nov 2007

WITHIN TEMPTATION, LEAVES EYES Singers Perform With DELAIN In Holland

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21 Nov 2007

LORDI Mainman To Guest On DOMINATION BLACK Mini-CD

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16 Nov 2007

TESTAMENT: New Album Title Revealed

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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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