Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow was interviewed on the March 22 edition of "The Louvau Show" on the 93.9 KWSS radio station in Scottsdale, Arizona. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked why the so-called "Big Four" bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — haven't ...
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Video footage of Canadian metal legends ANVIL performing the song "School Love" on March 17 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below. ANVIL's latest album, "Hope In Hell", sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc followed up ...
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What became a genuine international viral phenomenon actually started out on a farm in central Finland; in a barn, to be precise... There, a bunch of like-minded countrymen — with the emphasis on "country" — played a customized version of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" using homespun instrumentation, everything from banjo picking to anvil bangin' to achieve their ...
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"Hope In Hell", the new video from Canadian metal legends ANVIL, can be seen below. The clip was again created by Swedish director Rene U Valdes of Greenworks Productions. "Hope In Hell" is the title track of ANVIL's latest album, which sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week ...
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American progressive metallers FATES WARNING will embark on a U.S. tour in October. So far the following dates have been confirmed: October 09 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater October 10 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium October 11 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance October 23 - Dallas, TX @ Trees October 24 - Houston, ...
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Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: How do you rate ANVIL among the leading contributors to what became known as thrash metal? Lips: I don't know whether I'm in a position ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what he would do differently if his band was starting out today, Lips said: "I don't think there's anything that can be done differently. You know, there ...
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Stormbringer webzine conducted an interview with vocalist Ray Alder of American progressive metallers FATES WARNING on November 6 in Innsbruck, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how his vocal approach has changed over the years, Alder said: "Yeah, [when I first joined FATES WARNING] I was young and everybody ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of FATES WARNING's November 9 performance at Circolo Colony in Brescia, Italy can be seen below. FATES WARNING's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was issued in North America on October 1, 2013 via ...
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In a brand new interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL recalled meeting former THE BEATLES star Paul McCartney while Lips and his bandmates were promoting their 2008 documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil". "We were at the People's Choice Awards with the film and ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of FATES WARNING's October 31 performance at Cacaofabriek in Helmond, The Netherlands can be seen below. FATES WARNING's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was issued in North America on October 1, 2013 via ...
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Necrosexual, the goatlord of perversion, recently conducted an interview with Canadian metal legends ANVIL about life being hell, dying, and dildos as musical instruments. You can watch the chat below. ANVIL has completed the songwriting process for its new album, tentatively due next year. The band's drummer, Robb Reiner, told Canadian journalist Mitch Lafon last ...
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Canadian metal legends ANVIL have completed the songwriting process for their new album, tentatively due next year. The band's drummer, Robb Reiner, told Canadian journalist Mitch Lafon earlier in the month: "We're still touring [2013's] 'Hope In Hell', which is, you know… I guess it's latest record. It's not that new anymore. But it did ...
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Drummer Robb Reiner of Canadian metal legends ANVIL will hold the first major gallery show of his paintings from September 25 to October 6 at the BBAM Gallery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. What the art lover will find most unique about Reiner is his lifestyle outside of his painting. Reiner's life is, in most cases, ...
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Canadian metal legends ANVIL have parted ways with bassist Sal Italiano and have replaced him with Chris Robertson. ANVIL frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow tells M.E.A.T.'s Drew Masters that Chris has actually been part of the ANVIL camp for some time now, having been both their rehearsal bassist as well as a member of their road ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of ANVIL's July 25 performance at the Headbangers Open Air festival in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany can be seen below. ANVIL's new album, "Hope In Hell", sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", which opened with around 1,600 ...
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Cult U.S. heavy metal act TITAN FORCE has inked a deal with Skol Records. The band's first release for the label will be "Force Of The Titan", a collection of 12 previously unreleased studio tracks recorded in the '80s: the complete demo from 1985 — recorded when the band was using the TITAN name, featuring ...
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Portugal's Riff-Mag.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 20-22 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. CROWBAR's new album, "Symmetry In Black", sold around 3,900 copies in the United States in its first ...
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of rock and roll giants KISS and in true KISS fashion, the band is making 2014 the biggest and loudest, non-stop rock and roll party of the century. Rock legends KISS were the first signing to Neil Bogart's newly formed Casablanca Records label after he saw and recognized their ...
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"Symmetry In Black", the new album from New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR, sold around 3,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 68 on The Billboard 200 chart. CROWBAR's previous CD, 2011's "Sever The Wicked Hand", opened with around 3,500 units to land at position ...
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Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. CROWBAR's new album, "Symmetry In Black", came out in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which was ...
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"Walk With Knowledge Wisely", the new video from New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR, can be seen below. Directed by Mike Holderbeast (DOWN, EYEHATEGOD), this is the first of two clip fans can expect to see from the band's new album, "Symmetry In Black", which came out this week. "For this video, we decided to ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR was interviewed on the May 23-25 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to
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Fan-filmed video footage of ANVIL's May 20 performance at Santos Party House in New York City can be seen below. ANVIL's new album, "Hope In Hell", sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", which opened with around 1,600 units ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR recently talked about some of his tattoos for PitCam TV's "Behind The Ink" segment. The clip can be viewed below. CROWBAR will release its new album, "Symmetry In Black", in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which will ...
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Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR. You can now watch the chat below. CROWBAR will release its new album, "Symmetry In Black", in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which will be made available in Europe on ...
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On May 5, Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR. You can now watch the chat below. CROWBAR will release its new album, "Symmetry In Black", in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which will be made ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kirk Windstein of New Orleans sludge metal veterans CROWBAR. You can now watch the chat below. CROWBAR will release its new album, "Symmetry In Black", in North America on May 27 via Entertainment One Music. The CD, which will be made available in ...
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"In The Vault With Shanda Golden" (web site) recently conducted an interview with Canadian metal legends ANVIL. You can now watch the chat below. ANVIL's new album, "Hope In Hell", sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", ...
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The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steven "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. You can now watch the chat below. ANVIL's new album, "Hope In Hell", sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", which ...
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