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REVEALED: Coal chamber - The Real Truth

DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara is living with a non-cancerous tumour in his head: “We can beat this f*cking thing!”

He says that it has to grow before doctors can remove it

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10 terrible metal albums with one classic song

These metal albums were pretty much all stinkers – apart from one absolute banger that saved the day

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German thrash metal, British metalcore and American nu metal: all the best bits from Sonic Temple 2026 day 3

Kreator, Architects and Coal Chamber were some of the highlights on another stellar day of metal

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“We were supposed to sign our contract, but we had so much champagne celebrating that we forgot”: The story of Human Waste Project, the lost nu metal band who should have been huge

Fronted by the magnetic Aimee Echo, the four-piece had a major record deal and were close friends with Korn. But their career was sadly short-lived.

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Coal Chamber pull out of Aftershock festival, citing singer Dez Fafara’s health issues

After postponing a tour in August due to a medical scare, Coal Chamber have also cancelled their next festival appearance

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Coal Chamber postpone US tour after ill Dez Fafara had to be "revived" by his wife

Coal Chamber frontman Dez Fafara collapsed at home and spent 9 hours in emergency room after medical event

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“That’s how you know the song didn’t have anything to do with Dez Fafara: you’d have seen him beat up, too!” From the WWE to the nu metal feud that never was, the strange story of Sevendust's Enemy

The stories that supposedly (but didn't) influence Sevendust's hallmark anthem are almost as surprising as the ones that did

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“They had the potential to be one of their era’s defining bands”: How rising nu metal stars Human Waste Project suddenly disappeared

Led by body-piercer turned magnetic vocalist Aimee Echo, Human Waste Project were one of the most promising bands of the nu metal takeover. Then they split out of nowhere. This is what happened.

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10 late ‘90s nu metal albums that don’t suck

Big shorts, seven-string guitars, hip-hop beats and a full workout of the quiet/loud dynamic guaranteed

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10 terrible nu metal albums with one classic song

Nu metal gave us countless rock club anthems...but many of the albums they came from just didn't cut it

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"Ozzy's made me breakfast!" As frontman of Devildriver and Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara has seen it all. Here's everything he's learned in his thirty year career

From witnessing nu metal at ground zero to his near-death experience with Covid, Dez Fafara has lived a life and then some

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Mudvayne announce first headline tour in 14 years in dramatic fashion: 'An Event. On the Horizon... You, and the alien seed, MuDvAyNe'

Mudvayne are to hit the road this summer with Coal Chamber and GWAR, and they're promising "An Event"

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