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PHIL LYNOTT Statue Seriously Damaged

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According to TheJournal.ie, the Phil Lynott (THIN LIZZY) statue — which was unveiled on August 19, 2005 in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland, on the corner of Grafton and Harry streets — was seriously damaged in the early hours of this morning when two youths pushed it over. The statue's bronze coat suffered a tear in the fall and it has since been removed for repairs. Lynott's mother Philomena gave her reaction to the initially distressing news this morning.
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ANVIL: Another New Song Available For Streaming

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Two years after their current release "Juggernaut Of Justice", Canadian metal legends ANVIL are back with their latest studio album. "Hope In Hell", an impressive metal recording featuring 13 haunting songs, is for release on May 27 in Europe and May 24 in Germany onSPV/Steamhammer and will be available in four different formats: as a limited-edition digipak including two bonus tracks, as a jewel case CD, double gatefold colored vinyl LP and as a digital download. These are the first cuts featuring ANVIL's new bassist Sal Italiano, who joined the band a year ago. The song "Mankind Machine" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below.
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SOIL: New Album Title Revealed

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On April 29, Paul Michaels of the 105.9 The Hog radio station in Janesville, Wisconsin conducted an interview with bassist Tim King of Chicago heavy rockers SOIL. During the chat, King revealed the title of the band's new album, which is due in August: "Whole", signifying that SOIL is "whole" again. SOIL's new CD is being recording with longtime producer Ulrich Wild. The band recently worked on 13 songs in pre-production with engineer Don Byczynski at BOTA Studio in Lake In The Hills, Illinois.
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ANTHRAX Guitarist: I’m Really Happy With The Connection People Have Made To ‘Worship Music’

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ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Was the process behind [the covers EP] "Anthems"fun and quick? Scott: We only play cover songs, basically, to get away from our day jobs. They're songs we play at soundcheck to stave off the boredom of having to do our own songs two hours prior to playing them. That's generally where most cover songs come from in the context of what we do with them. It was recorded over a period of three years, but the actual time spent wasn't very long. Solos were literally done in dressing rooms and on tour buses. Bass was done in hotel rooms. It was recorded all over the place throughout a long time period. If you quantize all of that time together though, I think we could've done the record in about a week. All of the songs were equally fun in my brain.
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MEGADETH’s New Song ‘Kingmaker’ To Be Premiered Via Lucky Fan’s Twitter Feed

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MEGADETH's new song "Kingmaker" will make its online debut shortly. The track will be unveiled by one lucky fan who will be chosen to premiere the song on his or her personal Twitter feed. For more information, go to this location. "Kingmaker" comes off MEGADETH's new album, "Super Collider", which is scheduled for a June 4 release via MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, which is distributed by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Horn player Bob Findley — who previously appeared on the track "Silent Scorn" from MEGADETH's 2001 CD, "The World Needs A Hero" — is a featured guest on the song "A House Divided" on the new album. Other tracks set to appear on the effort include the title track, "Forget To Remember", "Dance In The Rain","The Blackest Crow", "Burn", "Don't Turn Your Back", a snippet of which can be streamed at MegadethGame.com.
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HAVOK To Release ‘Unnatural Selection’ In June

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Candlelight Records has set a June 25 North American release date for"Unnatural Selection", the new album from Denver thrashers HAVOK. The ten-song CD was produced by David Sanchez, with mixing handled by Terry Date (PANTERA, OVERKILL, DEFTONES). It features original artwork from Polish illustrator Rafal Wechterowicz (SLAYER,MASTODON) and was mastered by James Murphy (ABORTED, WORLD UNDER BLOOD, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS). "Give Me Liberty… Or Give Me Death", the first single from "Unnatural Selection", will hit Loud Rock/Metal radio on May 27. The topical song is a furious and urgent anthem that displays the band's classic thrash and old school metal sound. Vocalist/guitarist David Sanchez ignites the fret board and barks the righteous lyrics while drummer Pete Webber punishes his immense kit. The song's towering sound benefits from the unique acoustics of the old theater that was utilized as one of the many recording locations for the album.
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Former OBITUARY Guitarist Arrested For Methamphetamine Production, Possession

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According to Tri-County Sun Times, former OBITUARY, SIX FEET UNDERand MASSACRE guitarist Allen West was arrested at the end of March in Lake Panasoffkee, Florida for methamphetamine production and possession. After the musician called 911 to report that two males broke into his house, "[responding] deputies met with the property owner Allen West in a wooded area next to the residence," the web site reports. "Allen Weststated that two male subjects forcibly entered his house by kicking in the front door at which time he fled out the rear and hid in the woods.
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VOIVOD: Teaser For ‘Target Earth’ Video

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A teaser for "Target Earth", the video for the title track of the new album from Canadian progressive metal pioneers VOIVOD, can be seen below. The clip, created by Italian filmmaker and multimedia artist Nicola Piovesan, recreates in 3D motion graphics the visions and artwork ofVOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin. Check out stills from the video at this location. Nicola Piovesan (aka: chaosmonger) is an Italian filmmaker and multimedia artist living in Finland. He was born in April 1979 in Venice and moved to Bologna in 1999 where he graduated in cinema in 2004.Piovesan started making videos in 2001, and they have been screened in about 70 festivals worldwide to-date, winning more than 30 awards.
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Manos Spanos

Manos Spanos (Metalpaths' co-editor-in-chief), eight years in this site but still can't be characterised as a metalhead.