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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 9, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 9, 2011 3:25 pm
Kill Rock Stars is reissuing the self-titled compilation they originally released in 1991 just after founder Slim Moon formed the label. It features tunes by Nirvana, Melvins, Bikini Kill and others, and it'll be out on April 16 for Record Store Day. —killrockstars.com Toronto singer/songwriter Katie Stelmanis is in a new trio called Austra that...
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Church Burned In Norway

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 2, 2009 4:26 pm
A Norwegian church was arsoned early on Friday in Valer, about 150 kilometres northeast of the capital, Oslo. It's not known if black metallers are responsible for it, though the timing is interesting. Police managed to save an altarpiece that dates from 1697 and Communion silverware, but many other parts of the church were destroyed, according...
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Ex-Mayhem Murderer Free From Prison

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 11, 2009 12:52 pm
The name Varg Vikernes most likely doesn't mean much to you unless you're a black metal fan. If you're big on corpse paint and angry music from Norway, you know Vikernes (also known as Count Grishnackh) is one of black metal's most notorious characters. He murdered his Mayhem bandmate Oystein Aarseth (who performed as Euronymous), burned down...
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Metal's Most Notorious Covers

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) October 31, 2008 11:03 am
A Halloween Special: The Best Of The Worst Heavy metal and Halloween go hand-in-hand. From early rock-inspired slasher films such as The Slumber Party Massacre, which featured a serial killer offing teens with a guitar/power drill, to Trick Or Treat's rockin' soundtrack, Rob Zombie uniting ghostly imagery with crunching guitars, and whatever...
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Manitoba Church Blaze Linked To Death Metal Musician And "Goth Movement"

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) May 18, 2006 5:30 pm
Justice officials in Brandon, Man. say that a fire that destroyed a church in the town of Minnedosa last February wasn't a random arson, but was linked to the following of a Norwegian death metal musician. At a recent hearing for one of the three people accused in the case, 19-year-old Deanna Lynn Mathews, the court heard that on the night of...
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