Former GUNS N’ ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER drummer Matt Sorum has joined forces with guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A.
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Shawn Jones of ILMOEntertainment.com conducted an interview with HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray on May 19, 2010 in Peoria, Illinois.
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Long-running Italian power metallers SECRET SPHERE entered the new Authoma Studios on December 6, 2009 to begin recording their sixth album, “Archetype”.
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BW&BK has received the following press release: AS I LAY DYING – whose last four albums count combines sales in excess of one million copies -…
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Italian web site HeavyWorlds.com conducted an interview with bassist Dirk Schlächter of German power metallers GAMMA RAY before the band’s February 16, 2010 concert in Milan, Italy.
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Fretless harp guitarist Tim Donahue, known in metal circles for his MADMEN & SINNERS album from 2004 featuring DREAM THEATER vocalist James LaBrie, has unveiled…
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On May 14, Aniruddh “Andrew” Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with Erik “E” Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN.
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NEVERMORE performed the new song ‘The Termination Proclamation’, taken from their forthcoming album The Obsidian Conspiracy, at the Metalfest in Pratteln, Switzerland on May 15th….
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Los Angeles-based ANA KEFR recently launched an official mailing list, and fans that signed up were due to receive an exclusive new studio track ‘Tonight…
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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): “The passing of Ronnie James Dio is a huge loss to the world of rock and roll.
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DIRGE WITHIN, the new metal band featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, vocalist Jeremy “Jerms” Genske, guitarist Matt Szlachta, bassist James Pezanoski (ex-FROM ALL WITHIN), and drummer Frankie Harchut (ex-THE DOOMSDAY CATALYST), has uploaded the second in a three-part series of webisodes featuring footage from the group’s “Fear Campaign” tour with FEAR FACTORY, WINDS OF PLAGUE and PERIPHERY.
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Lazer 103.3 caught up with shock rocker Alice Cooper on May 16th at the 2010 edition of Lazerfest, which took place in Indianola, Iowa. Cooper…
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Sandra McCulloch of the Canwest News Service reports that Ozzy Osbourne’s new album, “Scream”, features a track inspired by Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer, convicted of second-degree murder in the 1993 death of his disabled daughter.
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