The News Review:

- King Diamond | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones |…
- Metal band finds time on TV
- … f Sorrow LP Has ‘A Little f Everything’ In Metal…
- Pop goes the European Union

King Diamond | Music Artist | Videos News Photos & Ringtones |…
MTV.com – Feb 28, 2008
The group’s original lineup included such former Mercyful Fate bandmates as Hansen and Denner but over time bandmembers would come and go (the only constant member besides their leader has been guitarist Andy LaRocque). King Diamond’s first three solo releases 1986′s Fatal Portrait 1987′s Abigail and 1988′s Them are widely considered to be Diamond’s finest as the singer continued to issue further releases until the early ’90s (1989′s Conspiracy 1990′s The Eye). It was also around this time that Diamond found his name embroiled in controversy — due to a Geraldo Rivera TV special on music with supposed “hidden messages” and when. Come the early ’90s Mercyful Fate was constantly being name-checked as a prime influence by just about every new thrash and death metal band which led to a re-formation of the original group (save for drummer Ruzz) and such further releases as 1993′s In the Shadows (which included a remake of their early track “Return of the Vampire” with. By the middle of the ’90s Diamond began issuing solo albums again (simultaneously with his Fate output) as such titles as 1995′s The Spider’s Lullabye 1996′s The Graveyard 1998′s Voodoo 2000′s House of God and 2002′s Abigail II: The Revenge were issued.

Metal band finds time on TV
Business Gazette – Feb 28, 2008
netMembers of the local heavy metal band Audio Terror Regime said they were happy to oblige when the insurance company GEIC wanted to use some of their music on a new Web site. –> Thursday Feb. 28 2008 Metal band finds time on TV by Andy Zieminski | Staff Writer.

… f Sorrow LP Has ‘A Little f Everything’ In Metal…
MTV.com – Feb 29, 2008
news of their collaboration was all over the Internet. “We kind of had to do it at that point” Jasta told Metal File. “So we decided ‘Dude let’s make this something really cool that’s not like what we do in our other bands. ‘ “At first that was easier said than done. Windstein flew to Connecticut and during a studio session filled with heavy heavy drinking Jasta Windstein and a couple of other musician friends recorded a batch of tunes initially intended to be their debut record. Then after sobering up they listened back to the tracks and decided that while there were some good ideas and heavy riffs the songs sounded too much like a hybrid of Hatebreed and Crowbar… According to kitman Walter “Monsta” Ryan the record won’t be called Gangsta as has been rumored. “It’s just one track off the CD and may change” he wrote in an update. “When we are all finished with the music and the artwork we will release it to you as soon as it’s ready. We’re working hard to make it real heavy for you.

Pop goes the European Union
Spiked – Feb 28, 2008
So does her compatriot Terry Wogan the broadcaster who annually bores us all to death about how ridiculous the whole thing has become. The truth is that Eurovision has been ridiculous from the outset. It is based upon the fraudulent conceit that Europe can be brought together through pop music. And all it does is generate antagonism between nations and as a by-product it has produced songs Abba aside that nobody remembers. For readers outside of Europe who are unfamiliar with the event the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition in which various countries select a musician or a band of musicians to sing a song to represent them. Then TV viewers in each country vote to decide which one they like the best. And then Terry Wogan exclaims that the voting has been ridiculous… Themes are no longer representative of national cultures. Israelis no longer perform dirges; instead they are represented by transvestites. Gone are the days when that famously miserable country Finland gave us something that conjured up the spirit of Sibelius; now we have comic death metal bands. We used at least to expect some corny Irish dancing but not a turkey puppet. And since 1996 we have had no Italians at all. They don’t even bother to enter because nobody is interested in it there. Then of course there is Terry Wogan’s endlessly voiced criticism: political partisanship.