Fan-filmed video footage of Marty Friedman (ex-MEGADETH) and Gus G. (FIREWIND, OZZY OSBOURNE) performing a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "Symptom Of The Universe" on May 1 at Klubi in Tampere, Finland during their "Guitar Universe 2014" European tour can be seen below. Friedman's new solo album, "Inferno", will be released in late ...
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Digital Tour Bus, which gives fans "an all-access pass" to the tour buses that their favorite bands travel in, has posted its latest "Bus Invaders" episode, focusing on San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL. The six-minute clip, which was filmed March 25 in Chicago, Ilinois, can be seen below. DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The ...
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Legendary British singer/songwriter Robert Plant has signed with Nonesuch Records. The label will Plant's new album later this year. Further details about the CD, which will feature the SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS band, will be announced shortly, as will upcoming tour dates. Robert Plant made his first commercial recordings in 1966. In 1967, he formed a ...
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After a rehearsal on April 17, drummer Kelly D. Smith of Arizoma metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM popped what appeared to be a blood blister. On Monday, April 21, he was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital And Medical Center emergency room in Phoenix for a severe MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) is a bacterium abscess on ...
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"Meat Hook", a brand new song from former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track, a collaboration with "blackjazz" rebel Jørgen Munkeby (SHINING) on vocals and saxophone, is taken from Friedman's new solo album, "Inferno", which will be released in late May via Prosthetic Records (except in Japan, ...
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BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North America, May 3 in The United Kingdom and May 2 in the rest of Europe via Spinefarm Records. The video for the "For Better Or For Worse" ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of resurrected cult classic progressive thrashers TOXIK performing on April 27 at Dynamo in Eindhoven, The Netherlands can be seen below. TOXIK recently spent time in the studio mixing its long-awaited comeback album "In Humanity". According to a press release, this CD "will encompass everything TOXIK is known for, as well as ...
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Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: How did your approach to this record differ than your past releases? Did you have a different way of going about things this time ...
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Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has launched a new column and video series through Guitar World magazine, "Full Shred With Marty Friedman". Check out the first clip below. Says Friedman in his introductory message: "Hello, and welcome to my new [Guitar World] instructional column. It's good to be back! I hope the ideas and concepts ...
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The Pulse Of Radio reports that despite Robert Plant revealing last year that he wasn't the one keeping a LED ZEPPELIN reunion from happening — it now seems that he is. While promoting the June 3 reissues of ZEPPELIN's first three albums, both Plant and Jimmy Page spoke to BBC Radio, and when the question ...
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"The Killing Gods", a brand new song from American death metal extremists MISERY INDEX, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is the title cut of the band's fifth studio album, "The Killing Gods", which will be released on May 23 via Season Of Mist. "The Killing Gods" was recorded at Wright ...
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John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as LED ZEPPELIN. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock 'n' ...
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The first clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the self-titled debut album from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band of 2014, built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, can be seen below. Due on May 20 via Frontiers Records, the CD was ...
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"Inferno", the new video from former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman, can be seen below. The song is the title cut of Friedman's new album, which will be released in late May via Prosthetic Records (except in Japan, where the album will be made available through Universal Music). The video's concept is inspired by a television ...
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On Saturday, May 3, MF Gallery will have a special memorial art show dedicated to Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus of the band GWAR, who passed away suddenly in March. Part of the proceeds from the show will benefit the Dave Brockie Foundation. Dave was prolific in many different visual mediums and he collaborated often ...
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Any Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival attendee surely would love to relive their treasured memories from their greatest hard rock and heavy metal festival experience over and over again — and now it's possible! Introducing "Mayhem: 2008-2013": a collection of dynamic and bold photos spanning the first six years of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem ...
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Rob Halford (JUDAS PRIEST), Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR), Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN), Vinny Appice (HEAVEN & HELL, DIO, BLACK SABBATH, LAST IN LINE) and members of HALESTORM are among the musicians who ere interviewed at the March 17 exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James ...
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Mark Taylor of MetalTalk.net conducted an interview with legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, CALIFORNIA BREED) in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. The official lyric video for the song "Midnight Oil" from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band of 2014, built around the foundation of ...
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On March 29, Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with Ted Aguilar of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL at Irving Plaza in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. DEATH ANGEL's seventh album, "The Dream Calls For Blood", sold 5,400 copies in the United States in its ...
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Brian Aberback of New Jersey's Steppin' Out magazine recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Steppin' Out: How do you feel about [your new solo album] "Give 'Em Hell"? Sebastian Bach: I absolutely love the record. I can't wait until this interview ...
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According to Billboard.com, the Revolver Golden Gods awards show presented by Epiphone, America's only hard-rock and heavy-metal awards show, will return to TV on Saturday, May 24 via VH1 Classic at 8 p.m. ET/PT, produced by Dick Clark Productions and Revolver magazine. The four-hour live show will tape Wednesday, April 23, at Los ...
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Technical death metal masters ORIGIN have inked a European deal with Agonia Records. The band's follow-up to 2011's "Entity", "Omnipresent", will be made available this summer through Nuclear Blast in the U.S. Formed in Kansas in 1997, ORIGIN is one of the most intense and most brutal technical death metal forces to be reckoned with. ...
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Michigan's unstoppable sons of molten melodic death metal THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will release their brand new DVD on May 27. "Fool 'Em All" is the band's second DVD and follows up their immensely popular "Majesty". Once again, director Robbie Tassaro captured the band on tour for another installment of absurdity and hilarity! This time ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of KILL DEVIL HILL performing a cover version of the PANTERA classic "Mouth For War" on March 13 at The Palace in Melbourne, Australia can be seen below (courtesy of AndrewHaug.com). KILL DEVIL HILL features former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown alongside Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar, ...
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John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as LED ZEPPELIN. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock 'n' ...
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John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as LED ZEPPELIN. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most celebrated in rock 'n' ...
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Drummer Simon Wright (DIO, AC/DC, UFO, DIO DISCIPLES, Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE) was interviewed by Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at the March 17 exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Check out the ...
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Jason Rockman, SLAVES ON DOPE singer and on-air announcer/host of "Amped With The Rockman" on the Montreal, Quebec, Canada radio station CHOM 97 7, conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos before the band's April 7 concert in Montreal. You can now watch the chat below. On giving it his all while ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Midnight Oil" from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band of 2014, built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, can be seen below. Mixing massive riffs, gutsy vocals and gale force rhythms, this powerful three-piece band will release ...
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"This Is Your Life", the tribute to album to Ronnie James Dio, sold around 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 20 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on April 1 via Rhino. Ronnie James Dio is one of the most ...
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