California rockers PRETTY BOY FLOYD will film a music video for their song "We Got The Power" on July 27 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Public Enemies", which was released last year via Frontiers Music Srl. PRETTY BOY FLOYD singer Steve ...
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DEVILSTAR, billed as the world's first interactive band, earlier this summer released its debut single — a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Beyond The Realms Of Death". Now producer/guitarist Paul Crook (ANTHRAX, SEBASTIAN BACH, MEAT LOAF) and executive producer John Madera have revealed the DEVILSTAR recording lineup for the all-star hard rock and heavy ...
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Julien's Auctions will pay tribute to one of the most influential heavy metal heroes and forefathers of headbanging music with the "Property From The Estate Of Ronnie James Dio" auction, live at The Hard Rock Café in New York on Friday, September 14 and Saturday, September 15 and online at JuliensLive.com. Highlights of ...
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"Under The Wire", the new video from DREAM CHILD, a brand new band featuring former members of DIO, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT, can be seen below. The song is taken from DREAM CHILD's debut album, "Until Death Do We Meet Again", which will be released on September 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. DREAM CHILD is: ...
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Vocalist Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, ALCATRAZZ) was recently interviewed by Jason Saulnier. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the GRAHAM BONNET BAND: Graham: "Me and [bassist] Beth-Ami [Heavenstone] started the band almost five years ago. I think the new members of the band ...
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DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan was recently interviewed by Italy's Radio Rock FM 106.6. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there is any chance that DEEP PURPLE could reunite with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore for a one-off concert, or possibly even just one song, before the band calls it quits, Gillan said: "Let ...
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"Tell No Lies", the new video from CORELEONI, the project founded by GOTTHARD guitarist Leo Leoni to pay a very personal tribute to his rock and roll past, can be seen below. The track is taken from CORELEONI's debut album, "The Greatest Hits - Part 1", which was released on February 23 via Frontiers Music ...
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The GRAHAM BONNET BAND will release its new album, "Meanwhile, Back In The Garage", on July 13 via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc's new single, "Sea Of Trees", can be streamed below. Says Graham: "This is the most important album I have done in 35 years. I think fans of the classic ALCATRAZZ sound will ...
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DREAM CHILD, a brand new band featuring former members of DIO, AC/DC and QUIET RIOT, will release its debut album, "Until Death Do We Meet Again", on September 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. The fist single from the album, "You Can't Take Me Down", can be streamed below. DREAM CHILD is: * Craig Goldy (DIO, ...
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The second part of an official interview with DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey about his upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", can be seen below. The disc will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is hard to find ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES' May 21 concert at Sands Casino Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania can be seen below. HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES is the supergroup featuring international film star and musician Johnny Depp alongside Alice Cooper and AEROSMITH's Joe Perry. Cooper told the Evening Standard that fans will be shocked when they ...
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Joe Satriani says that "it's unfortunate" that Ritchie Blackmore would say anything negative about his guitar playing. The CHICKENFOOT guitarist, who played with DEEP PURPLE after Blackmore decided to leave the band for good in 1993, made the remark in response to an apparently two-decade-old interview with Ritchie which was posted earlier this ...
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Audio samples of all the songs that are set to appear on DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey's upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The effort will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and ...
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Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's SUNSTORM project will release its fifth album, "The Road To Hell", on June 8 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official lyric video for the second single from the effort, the "The Road To Hell" title track, can be seen below. Any hardcore fan of hard rock will certainly ...
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Luxi Lahtinen of The Metal Crypt recently conducted an interview with RAINBOW and STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Metal Crypt: I assume it feels great to be on tour with RAINBOW, right? Jens: "It's a very good feeling and it is really nice to ...
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HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, the supergroup featuring international film star and musician Johnny Depp alongside Alice Cooper and AEROSMITH's Joe Perry, will embark on a U.K. tour in June. Support at all four shows will come from THE DARKNESS and THE DAMNED. Cooper told the Evening Standard that fans will be shocked when they hear ...
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Rainbow Studios has announced that Slash and Nicholas O'Toole have co-written the new theme song for the popular off-road racing video game MX vs ATV All Out. Slash and Nicholas previously composed the score to Slash's first ever horror film titled "Nothing Left To Fear", and re-teamed to create the track "Vanishing Point" for the ...
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The GRAHAM BONNET BAND has confirmed a July 13 release date for its new album, "Meanwhile, Back In The Garage", via Frontiers Music Srl. The disc's title track can be streamed below. Says Graham: "This is the most important album I have done in 35 years. I think fans of the classic ALCATRAZZ sound will ...
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Longing for days gone by is especially heartfelt in hard rock and heavy metal music, the genre's diehards pining for substance in a music climate growing characterless. More so, they cling to familiarity like syrup to peaches. The mere suggestion of paying to watch a Freddie Mercury hologram, much less Ronnie James Dio in a ...
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David Coverdale says that it broke his heart that Ritchie Blackmore couldn't join his former bandmates in DEEP PURPLE onstage during the 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The Water", but he has not ...
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The first part of an official interview with DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey about his upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", can be seen below. The disc will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is hard to find ...
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Joe Lynn Turner "has every intention of returning to the stage" once he has recovered fully from a heart attack he suffered more than a week ago. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE frontman's hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press service of the Ministry of ...
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"Lost Boys", the new video from DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey, can be seen below. The track is taken from Airey's upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", which will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is hard to ...
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Joe Lynn Turner has canceled his previously announced tour dates while he recovers from the apparent heart attack he suffered last Friday. The news of the singer's break from touring was revealed by his Finnish booking agent, Thomas Ståhl of Stahl Entertainment, who said in a statement: "Due to an unplanned medical procedure, Joe Lynn ...
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Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's SUNSTORM project will release its fifth album, "The Road To Hell", on June 8 via Frontiers Music Srl. The first single from the effort, "Only The Good Will Survive", can be streamed below. Any hardcore fan of hard rock will certainly be no stranger to the story of ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of RAINBOW's April 13 concert at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Spotlight Kid 02. I Surrender (Russ Ballard cover) 03. Mistreated (DEEP PURPLE) 04. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover) 05. Man On The Silver Mountain 06. Perfect Strangers (DEEP ...
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine will make a special appearance at the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood, California on Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m. Fans are encouraged to "come on down for some cold À Tout le Monde #MegadethBeer!" À Tout Le Monde is a collaboration between Mustaine and Unibroue brewmaster Jerry ...
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Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURLE singer Joe Lynn Turner has been hospitalized in Belarus "with a heart issue," his friend Graham Bonnet has confirmed. Turner's hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press service of the Ministry of Health of Belarus as saying that the ...
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Ritchie Blackmore has once again said that he would be willing to play a "one-off" concert with DEEP PURPLE before the iconic hard rock band calls it quits. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The Water", but he has not played with the ...
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"World Gone Mad", the new video from Spanish melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK — who feature in their ranks new RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero — can be seen below. The song is taken from LORDS OF BLACK's third album, "Icons Of The New Days", which will be released on May 11 via Frontiers ...
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