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28 Feb 2008

ARKONA - to take part in Ragnarök 2008 festival

Festivals
27 Feb 2008

YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - complete new lineup announced

Band News
27 Feb 2008

PAIN - tour bus searched by German cops

Tour News
27 Feb 2008

IN BATTLE issues songwriting update

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26 Feb 2008

MIND ODYSSEY - to release new album in autumn

Album News
26 Feb 2008

DENIAL to release debut through Asphyxiate Recordings

General News
25 Feb 2008

SKYFORGER to headline Infernal Damnation Festival

Festivals
24 Feb 2008

HATESPHERE wins Danish Music Award

Band News
22 Feb 2008

SCARTOWN finished working on new material

General News
22 Feb 2008

ASGUARD - plans about shows snd albums

General News
22 Feb 2008

SATYRICON - to play in russia and Ukraine in May

General News
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

GRAVE - new song posted online

General News
21 Feb 2008

METAL CHURCH parts ways with guitarist Jay Reynolds

General News
21 Feb 2008

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

General News
20 Feb 2008

MIDNATTSOL - new song sample available

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19 Feb 2008

CHILDREN OF BODOM - 'Blooddrunk' video posted online

General News
19 Feb 2008

PAIN - launches tour blog

Tour News
19 Feb 2008

BURY YOUR DEAD - new album track listing

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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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