NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group is also offering exclusive t-shirts, patches, and a seven-inch ...
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NWOBHM thrash godfathers RAVEN have launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to finance the recording of their next studio album, "ExtermiNation". The band has recorded a full-length covers CD titled "Party Killers" that is being offered as an exclusive Kickstarter reward for backers. The group is also offering exclusive t-shirts, patches, and a seven-inch ...
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Former ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin has slammed the band's guitarist Scott Ian for "fabricating lies" about the singer "in order to draw attention" to Ian's upcoming autobiography, "I'm The Man: The Story Of That Guy From Anthrax". In a recently published excerpt from the book, which will be released on October 14 via ...
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In a newly published excerpt from "I'm The Man: The Story Of That Guy From Anthrax", the long–awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, a founding member of legendary, ground-breaking and influential thrash–metal band ANTHRAX, Ian details his mounting tensions with Neil Turbin — vocalist on ANTHRAX's 1984 debut album, "Fistful Of ...
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Swedish metallers ENGEL will release their fourth album, "Raven Kings", on November 28 via Gain Music Entertainment. The CD was produced by the band's founders Marcus Sunesson and Niclas Engelin (also of IN FLAMES) and was mixed by Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT). The artwork was created by Joachim Luetke (ARCH ENEMY, DIMMU BORGIR, KREATOR, MARILYN MANSON, ...
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"Tell Me Why (Matriarch Of Misery)", the new heavy metal single from Weston Coppola Cage, the 23-year-old son of actor Nicolas Cage, can be streamed at this location. The track is expected to appear on Weston's upcoming debut solo album, "Prehistoric Dichotomy", tentatively due in February. Speaking to StarPulse.com earlier in the year, ...
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DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen is now showcasing his art at Wentworth Gallery locations across the country. A preview of the exhibit, which is described as "a sophisticated fusion of deconstructive art containing photography, acrylic and silkscreen on canvas," is available below. Allen is passionate about his new project, making art out of his music. ...
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Virginia's long-running epic metallers WHILE HEAVEN WEPT will commemorate their 25th year with the October 27 release of their sixth full-length album, "Suspended At Aphelion", via Nuclear Blast. "Suspended At Aphelion" is undoubtedly the band's most ambitious, epic, and progressive album so far, featuring a single track divided into 11 parts, performed by the entire ...
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THE RAVEN AGE, the band led by George Harris, son of IRON MAIDEN and BRITISH LION bassist Steve Harris, supported BRITISH LION on a 10-date European tour that kicked off on July 8 in Norwich and wrapped at the annual International Motorcycle Convention at the Moto Clube De Faro, Portugal on July 19. Quality-filmed video ...
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Jeff King, bassist/keyboardist of Pennsylvania-based technical thrash metal veterans BELIEVER, has released the following statement: "The last couple years have been difficult for BELIEVER. Since early 2013 we've probably met together as a band in the hospital as much as anywhere else. "I suffered from a very aggressive case of ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease ...
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GODSMACK, SEETHER, SKILLET and BUCKCHERRY are among the confirmed bands for the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, set to kick off on August 15 in Clarkston, Michigan and run through September 21. Also scheduled to appear are POP EVIL, ESCAPE THE FATE, REDLIGHT KING, THESE RAVEN SKIES, TATTERED, SONS OF REVELRY (last year's Uproar ...
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So continues the excavation of obscure metal and punk acts for retroactive posterity. In this case, the rediscovery comes with a loosely-tied big industry name. THE FURY is noteworthy by means of direct association with guitarist/vocalist S.A. Adams and indirect association with DREAM THEATER/AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer Mike Portnoy, who played with Adams in 1985. The ...
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NWOBHM legends AVENGER have inked a deal with Rocksector Records for the release of their third album, "The Slaughter Never Stops". Due on September 1, the band's first new release since 1985's "Killer Elite" was recorded at Blast Studios in Newcastle, U.K. and Leather Bear Studios in Sunderland, U.K. The effort was engineered and mixed ...
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Rue Morgue Cinema and Raven Banner Entertainment have welcomed guitar legend and film producer Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, "Nothing Left To Fear") as executive producer for the western thriller "Cut Throats Nine". Attached to the project are stars Mads Mikkelsen ("The Hunt", "Hannibal"), Harvey Keitel ("Reservoir Dogs"), Julian Richings ("Man Of Steel", "X-Men: The Last ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan has signed a deal with AMC to produce a new reality series about his independent pro-wrestling organization, Resistance Pro. Variety reported about the show, "Billy Corgan pulls back the curtains on the pro-wrestling world as he takes over creative direction for the independent wrestling ...
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Wendy Dio, the wife/manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, will guest on WJCU's "Metal On Metal" radio program tonight (Friday, March 28) at 7:00 p.m. EST. Wendy will discuss her Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life", which includes contributions by such metal heavyweights as METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, and ...
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"Harder Than Steel - The Official Keep It True Festival Tribute Album" — a unique compilation album featuring cover songs of bands that played at the Keep It True festival performed by other bands that also played at the festival — will be available exclusively at this year's edition of Keep It True, seet to ...
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SPV/Steamhammer will re-release VIRGIN STEELE's "The Marriage Of Heaven & Hell I+II" and "Invictus" albums in June. These two CD digipak re-releases will come with special bonus material and a huge booklet with new liner notes and previously unseen photos supplied by VIRGIN STEELE singer David DeFeis. Release dates: Scandinavia: June 11 Germany: June 13 ...
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Veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN will open for METALLICA on March 22 at the Estadio Do Morumbi in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This will mark the first time the two bands have played together since the infamous "Kill 'Em All For One" tour in 1983. John Gallagher, RAVEN's vocalist/bassist, stated: "This will be amazing! "We ...
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This summer two of the world's greatest rock bands, KISS and DEF LEPPARD, are set to deliver a massive tour dedicated to fans who wanna rock and roll all night! These two legendary rock bands spanning two continents announced today that they will launch the tour as KISS celebrates their 40th year in music. The ...
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Doomy heavy metallers EXORCISM, who feature in their ranks guitarist Joe "Shredlord" Stump (RAVEN LORD, ZVEKAN, HOLYHELL), will release their debut album, "I Am God", on April 25 via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Mario Bouffier (SACRED REICH, MEGAHERZ, LOU REED, IGGY POP), with additional editing by Axel ...
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Extreme Metal Television has posted a video recap of the 2014 edition of "The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise" — 70000 Tons Of Metal — which sailed January 27 to January 31 from Miami, Florida to Costa Maya, Mexico and back. The 11-minute clip, which can be seen below, features interviews with Burton C. Bell ...
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Doomy heavy metallers EXORCISM, who feature in their ranks guitarist Joe "Shredlord" Stump (RAVEN LORD, ZVEKAN, HOLYHELL), will release their debut album, "I Am God", on April 25 via GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. The cover artwork for the CD was created by Mario Bouffier (SACRED REICH, MEGAHERZ, LOU REED, IGGY POP), with additional editing by Axel ...
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Shed My Skin recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN. You can now watch the chat below. RAVEN released the "Rock Until You Drop - A Long Days Journey" two-disc DVD as a digipak in North America on July 2, 2013 via SPV/Steamhammer. The ...
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Swedish dark rock/metal pioneers LAKE OF TEARS finally fulfilled the wish of many fans and released their first-ever live album on January 31. "By The Black Sea" includes a full concert with 16 songs recorded last year in Bucharest, Romania and is available as DVD/CD set. Bonus material on the DVD is a "making-of" footage, ...
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Kevin Stockdale of KUCI Radio recently conducted an interview with vocalist Donny Hillier of late bassist Cliff Burton's resurrected pre-METALLICA band TRAUMA. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. KUCI Radio is aired on 88.9 FM to the Irvine, California and UCI area. KUCI can be heard in Santa Ana, ...
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Slayed In Oregon conducted an interview with guitarist Brian Tatler of NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD on October 11, 2013 in Portland during the band's North American tour with RAVEN. You can now watch the chat below. DIAMOND HEAD singer Nick Tart sat out the band's recent U.S. ...
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Slayed In Oregon conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist John Gallagher of the veteran British/American heavy metal trio RAVEN on October 11, 2013 in Portland during the band's North American tour with DIAMOND HEAD. You can now watch the chat below. RAVEN released the "Rock Until You Drop - A Long Days Journey" two-disc ...
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Swedish dark rock/metal pioneers LAKE OF TEARS finally fulfill the wish of many fans and release their first-ever live album on January 31. "By The Black Sea" includes a full concert with 16 songs recorded last year in Bucharest, Romania and will be available as DVD/CD set. Bonus material on the DVD is a "making-of" ...
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Ahh, KILLERS, a bleeding case of what could've been. Struggling to find a post-IRON MAIDEN identity throughout the Eighties and Nineties, NWOBHM legend Paul Di'Anno ran through a succession of metal acts that made minor blips on the metal radar such as DI'ANNO, BATTLEZONE, PRAYING MANTIS, NOMAD, GOGMAGOG (also one-time home to future IRON MAIDEN ...
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