Swedish metallers EVERGREY have posted the first video studio report from the recording sessions for their new album. Watch the five-minute clip below. As previously reported, EVERGREY is documenting the recording process for the follow-up to 2006's "Monday Morning Apocalypse" for a forthcoming DVD, to be released sometime next year. According to the band, the ...
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Swedish metallers EVERGREY are documenting the recording process for their follow-up to 2006's "Monday Morning Apocalypse" for a forthcoming DVD, to be released sometime next year. According to the band, the final result will be "an in-depth look on how the whole recording went, with all the fuck-ups , conversations etc. It's not going to ...
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Swedish metallers EVERGREY have entered the studio to begin recording their follow-up to 2006's "Monday Morning Apocalypse", tentatively due in early 2008. Commented the band: "We have had some help from Fredrik Nordström from Studio Fredman. We decided we wanted some input on the initial setting of the sound from someone outside of EVERGREY. We ...
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According to The Acorn, DEF LEPPARD's Rick Allen will lead a Veterans Day community drum circle on Sunday, November 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Topanga Community House, 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga, California. Drums will be provided for the first 200 people. Allen is the co-founder of the Raven ...
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Metal Hell magazine recently conducted an interview with VENOM drummer Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the addition of "Rage" on guitar: "We have known Rage for quite a while now; just like (when) I used to rehearse with my ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell will play for Hollywood United, a team made up of former Major Leage Soccer stars and celebrities, at a tribute match on October 20, 2007 to honor DC United legend Marco Etcheverry. More information is available at DEF LEPPARD's official web site. DEF LEPPARD's upcoming record will be ...
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A video clip of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, HEAVEN AND HELL) apparently calling ex-DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell "a fucking asshole" and saying that "I hope he fucking dies" in reference to his former bandmate can be viewed below (video courtesy of celebrity-signing ...
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DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen is acting as "executive producer" on the debut album from his wife Lauren Monroe, entitled "The Freedom Sessions". Allen is also the drummer and percussionist on the album, to be released in early November. Commented Lauren, "Who knows if I would have ever arrived at this place at all without ...
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Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have just put up three new songs on their MySpace page from their forthcoming album, "Tragic City Symphony". You can check them out at www.myspace.com/lynam. The release date has not yet been set. "Tragic City Symphony" was produced by Jason Elgin (MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, COLLECTIVE ...
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Irish band STORMZONE has amicably parted ways with drummer Glenn Gray. Glenn's permanent replacement is David Bates, the original drummer for NWOBHM legends SWEET SAVAGE. One of David's many admirers is METALLICA's Lars Ulrich who was blown away by the new STORMZONE drummer when he saw him onstage with SWEET SAVAGE supporting THIN LIZZY. METALLICA ...
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DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen will attend the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on October 13, 2007. Rick will meet fans, corporate guests and some of NASCAR's greatest drivers in the industry to share with them his vision for the Raven Drum Foundation. It is the mission of ...
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DEVIL'S SLINGSHOT, the new band featuring Tony MacAlpine, Billy Sheehan and Virgil Donati, will release its new album, "Clinophobia", on October 22 via Mascot Records. The track listing for the effort is as follows: 01. Nederland 02. Ballade de Bastille 03. Def Bitch Blues 04. Lay Off 05. Injustice Line 06. Ocean 07. Flamed 08. ...
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Brandt of The Perfect Guitar caught up with DEF LEPPARD guitarist and songwriter Phil Collen this past summer while the band was on their "Downstage Thrust" tour. Phil discusses his killer signature Jackson guitar, musical influences and much more! Watch the five-minute clip below. DEF LEPPARD's upcoming record will be called "Songs From The Sparkle ...
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DEF LEPPARD bassist Rick Savage is selling his home for £1.5 million (approximately $3 million), according to the Sheffield Star. The source speculates that Sav has another home within the Sheffield area he plans to move into at an unspecified date. The luxurious home, named Belgrave House, has half an acre of gardens that overlooks ...
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VH1 Classic Radio reports: DEF LEPPARD have made quite a name for themselves now that they've been around for some 30 years. But who did the band look up to when they were forming? Phil Collen (guitar): "QUEEN were the most obvious reference point for all five of us to say that's the kind of ...
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According to Cincinnati.com, attendance numbers for the Kentucky State Fair were down for 2007, but DEF LEPPARD's show with openers STYX and FOREIGNER was the largest-grossing concert in state fair history generating $687,000 according to state fair officials. DEF LEPPARD is currently touring with two other veteran classic rock acts, STYX and FOREIGNER, all of ...
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According to High-Def Digest, Sony BMG will release Blu-ray version of AC/DC's seminal concert epic "Live at Donington" in October. Filmed at the famed Donington Castle by Grammy-winning music video helmer David Mallet, "Live at Donington" has been hailed by some as the most over-the-top rock spectacle ever staged, including no less than ...
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Legendary hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (ex-YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY, TALISMAN) recently spoke to "The Classic Metal Show" about his dismissal from JOURNEY. An excerpt from the chat follows: The Classic Metal Show: We read in the press release that you were let go from JOURNEY because the band wants to go back to ...
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PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner has issued the following track-by-track rundown of the group's new album, "New Religion", due on September 21 via Frontiers Records: "Sign Of Fear: "We wanted to create a very unusual introduction for the album: like a metal band with a kind of orchestra tuning or like DIRE STRAITS did with ...
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Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have set "Tragic City Symphony" as the title of their new album. "We've been working again with producer Jason Elgin (MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER, COLLECTIVE SOUL), who we consider the fourth member of LYNAM," guitarist/vocalist Jacob Bunton says. "He always brings out the best in us and on ...
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Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM have joined the musical lineup of Vince Neil's Motley Cruise. Vince himself will perform, as will the reunited RATT, SKID ROW and SLAUGHTER. Departing from Miami on January 24, 2008, Vince Neil's Motley Cruise will set sail for the Mayan Riviera, stopping by Key West, before making its way to ...
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Brandy McDonnell of NewsOK.com recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On whether DEF LEPPARD is planning on stopping anytime soon: "Why would you? ... We're musicians, and our job is to play for people. And the more we play and the more ...
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CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer and members of HINDER will make guest appearances on the new album from Birmingham, Alabama-based hard rockers LYNAM. The follow-up to last year's "Slave to the Machine" is currently being recorded with producer Jason Elgin (COLLECTIVE SOUL, MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER) and will be mixed by Jason Elgin, Mike ...
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The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: DEF LEPPARD is currently touring with two other veteran classic rock acts, STYX and FOREIGNER, all of whom are able to play a show filled with hits, and make money without having a new record out. DEF LEPPARD's lead singer Joe Elliott says, however, that new ...
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Legendary guitarist Jimmy Page, is to be honored as the Living Legend at this year's Classic Rock Roll of Honour, Classic Rock magazine's third annual award show, which this year takes place on Monday, November 5, 2007 at London's prestigious Landmark Hotel. Elsewhere in the awards, one of the most headline-grabbing, eyebrow-raising rock events of ...
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NBC17.com reports that the DEF LEPPARD show that was originally slated to take place on Tuesday, August 21 at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC has been rescheduled for Monday, August 27, 2007, at 7:00 p.m.. Original tickets will be honored for the new date, or ticket-holders may obtain a refund. According to ...
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Severe thunderstorms that produced high winds and flying debris caused eight people to be injured and significant damage inflicted to the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, NC, where DEF LEPPARD was scheduled to perform Tuesday night (August 21). Venue management has issued the following statement regarding the DEF LEPPARD show cancellation and possible rescheduling: "The ...
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A power outage in the Raleigh, NC area has caused the cancellation of tonight's (August 21) DEF LEPPARD concert at the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre. Local TV station NBC 17 reports that over 14,000 customers in Raleigh, Cary and Garner are without power after a storm moved through the area knocking out power earlier this evening. ...
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MAN RAZE, a newly formed rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS, has announced the release of its full-length album, "Surreal", with the album's first single, "Turn It Up", to be released DRM-free music via their own artist-run web site. Mixing the raw ...
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DEF LEPPARD performed the song "Armageddon It" on Wednesday's (August 15) episode of the syndicated morning show "Live with Regis and Kelly". Video footage of the performance can be viewed at this location. Alternately, you can view the YouTube version below. DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott recently spoke to Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of
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