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LION'S SHARE, Ex-GLORY Members Featured On SAECRED SPIRIT's 'Unbreakable' Single

"Unbreakable", the debut video from SAECRED SPIRIT, can be seen below. The clip was filmed and edited by Mats Vassfjord. The year is 2024 ... For several billion years the universe has been governed by forces of equal strength and gravity, and equal parts good and evil. But times are about to change...

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METALLICA: Deluxe Version Of 'Hardwired...To Self-Destruct' To Include Bonus CD Of Covers, Live Recordings

METALLICA has finally completed work on its tenth studio album, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", for a November 18 release via Blackened Recordings. The long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" consists of two discs, containing a dozen songs and nearly 80 minutes of music. "Hardwired...To Se...

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MR. BIG Is Compiling Ideas For Next Album

MR. BIG is currently putting together ideas for the follow-up to 2014's "...The Stories We Could Tell" album, tentatively due next year. The band's drummer, Pat Torpey, told California Rock News on Tuesday (September 13): "Eric [Martin, MR. BIG singer] is always working on [new music]. He's always g...

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UFO Is Recording Covers Album

British hard rock legends UFO are in the studio recording a "covers" album for a tentative early 2017 release. According to UFO guitarist Vinnie Moore, there are "just a couple acoustic guitar parts to finish," with the vocal sessions scheduled to begin "in a couple weeks." UFO's upcoming CD will be...

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Video: FATES WARNING's 'Awaken The Guardian' Lineup Performs At PROGPOWER USA Festival

American progressive power metal legends FATES WARNING celebrated the 30th anniversary of their "Awaken The Guardian" album with an exclusive headlining live appearance at the 2016 edition of the ProgPower USA festival on September 9 in Atlanta, Georgia. The band — in its original "Awaken The Guardi...

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Audio Samples Of KORN Covering FAITH NO MORE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Covering SLIPKNOT

KORN, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, Devin Townsend, SABATON and KATATONIA are among the artists featured on "Decades Of Destruction", a compilation of covers which will be included with the 30th-anniversary issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine. Set to hit U.K. newsstands on September 13, "Decades Of Destructi...

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KORN Covers FAITH NO MORE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Covers SLIPKNOT On METAL HAMMER's 'Decades Of Destruction' CD

KORN, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, Devin Townsend, SABATON and KATATONIA are among the artists featured on "Decades Of Destruction", a compilation of covers which will be included with the 30th-anniversary issue of U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine. Set to hit U.K. newsstands on September 13, "Decades Of Destructi...

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Ex-TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN's New Band TRINITY FALLEN: Entire Debut EP Streaming

The debut three-song EP from TRINITY FALLEN, the new band featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian alongside members of SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY and NUCLEAR RABBIT, can be streamed in its entirety below. The effort was recorded with producer Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS) at Tr...

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BRUCE DICKINSON-Backed Airlander 10 Aircraft Crashes On Its Second Flight (Video)

According to BBC News, the world's longest aircraft, the Airlander 10 — which is backed by various celebrities, including IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson — has crashed during its second test flight. The 302-foot-long aircraft was damaged when it took a nosedive during a flight from Cardington A...

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Ex-TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN's New Band TRINITY FALLEN To Release Debut EP

TRINITY FALLEN, the new band featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian alongside members of SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY and NUCLEAR RABBIT, will release a three-song EP in the coming weeks. The effort was recorded with producer Juan Urteaga (TESTAMENT, MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS) at Trident Studios in M...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING On Performing Live: 'It's Not A Drug To Me. It's Still My Job, But I Like My Job'

SLAYER has just released a brand new video clip in which bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Kerry King talk about the band's upcoming fall tour of North America with support from ANTHRAX and DEATH ANGEL. Said Kerry about SLAYER's live performance: "The whole reason I come overseas and play dom...

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'The Complete History Of Black Sabbath: What Evil Lurks' Book Due In October

2016 marks the last time BLACK SABBATH will be on tour, and likely the last time the band will be fully active in its current incarnation. So there’s no better time for the legendary band's entire history to be fully documented with the new book "The Complete History Of Black Sabbath: What Evil Lurk...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release Live Album In 2018; Orchestral Album To Follow In 2019

Alan Dixon of The Metal Voice conducted an interview with vocalist Hansi Kürsch of German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN at this year's Heavy Montreal festival, which was held August 6-7 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (...

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THE RAVEN AGE Feat. IRON MAIDEN Bassist's Son GEORGE HARRIS: Debut Album Due In December

THE RAVEN AGE, the U.K.-based band led by IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris's son George Harris, will release its debut album, "Darkness Will Rise", in December. The effort can be pre-ordered with an exclusive free track, "Trapped Within The Shadows", at this location. Comments THE RAVEN AGE: "Everyt...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON Would Choose DONALD TRUMP Over HILLARY CLINTON As 'Leader Of The World'

QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton says that controversial Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is his forced choice in the upcoming election. Asked by SMNNews in a new interview whom he would choose between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton if the presidential el...