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MINISTRY: New Video Interview With SIN QUIRIN

Neuweltmusic conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Sin Quirin before the band's July 18 concert at The Academy (moved from Vicar St) in Dublin, Ireland. You can now watch the chat below. MINISTRY was forced to cancel a couple of shows on its current tour after the band's mainman, Al Jourgen...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Talks About Making Of 'A Different Kind Of Truth'

VAN HALEN fan site Van Halen News Desk has posted an excerpt from Guitar World's exclusive in-depth interview with VAN HALEN bassist Wolfgang Van Halen, which appears in the magazine's August 2012 issue. Asked about the writing nad recording process for VAN HALEN's latest album, "A Different Kind Of...

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CASTLE Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

Thrash-inspired doom metallers CASTLE will release their second album, "Blacklands", on September 11 via their new North American label Prosthetic Records. The CD — which was produced by Billy Anderson (CATHEDRAL, SLEEP, EYEHATEGOD, NEUROSIS) — was described by Metal Hammer as "charged with arcane m...

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MINISTRY Mainman Had 'Full-System Collapse Due To Extreme Dehydration And Heat Exhaustion'

MINISTRY's management has released the following statement: "[On Saturday] July 28, 2012 [in] Paris [France at] 9:05 p.m. MINISTRY frontman Al Jourgensen collapsed onstage during the live MINISTRY performance and was rushed to hospital via ambulance where he was examined by numerous physicians and d...

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MINISTRY: Paris Concert Cut Short, AL JOURGENSEN Hospitalized (Video)

Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY were forced to cut their concert short last night (Saturday, July 28) at Bataclan in Paris, France after the band's frontman, Al Jourgensen, appeared to be physically incapable of continuing the show. Jourgensen, who, according to RadioMetal.com, came on stage look...

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MINISTRY: New Video Interview With MIKE SCACCIA

Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Mike Scaccia prior to the band's July 20 concert at HMV Forum in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. MINISTRY's new album, "Relapse", sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No...

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THE SANITY DAYS: Pro-Shot Footage From Germany's 'Metal Assault II Festival'

THE SANITY DAYS — the project featuring four former members of legendary Bristol thrash metallers ONSLAUGHT who have teamed up to play music from the band's most commercially successful album, "In Search of Sanity" — performed at the Metal Assault II Festival on January 14, 2012 at Posthalle in Würz...

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JON OLIVA Talks SAVATAGE And Future Of JON OLIVA'S PAIN In New Video Interview

Metal Blast recently conducted an interview with SAVATAGE and JON OLIVA'S PAIN mastermind Jon Oliva. You can watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow. Metal Blast: Why did you decide to do a tour focused on SAVATAGE's "The Hall Of The Mountain King", instead of playing ma...

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TRIVIUM Bassist's Grandmother Watches Proudly As He Rocks Italy's GODS OF METAL (Video)

According to Musica Metal, Florida metallers TRIVIUM brught out a very special guest for their appearance at last weekend's Gods Of Metal festival in Milan, Italy. The band's American-Italian bassist Paolo Gregoletto invited his family to his "hometown" concert on June 24, and his grandmother was pr...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Announces New Tour Dates

KILL DEVIL HILL, the new band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, KILL DEVIL HILL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals, will embark on a U.S. t...

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MINISTRY: 'Ghouldiggers' Video Released

"Ghouldiggers", the new video from MINISTRY, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Relapse", which sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 193 on The Billboard 200 chart. Issued on March 26, the CD was recorded last fall at...

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BILLY CORGAN Blasts RADIOHEAD

According to The Pulse Of Radio, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan has blasted RADIOHEAD in a new interview with NME, saying that the British band is part of a current cultural view of rock music that he can't stand. Corgan explained, "I can't think of any people outside of Weird Al Yankovic w...

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ALICE COOPER: 'I Never Had A Struggle With Alcohol'

Amy Harris of CityBeat recently conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. CityBeat: I have interviewed many of your past guitarists, Jason Hook and Al Pitrelli and people that have toured with you and everybody always has spectacular...

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AGALLOCH To Release 'Faustian Echoes' EP

Portland musical enigmas AGALLOCH have announced a month-long bout of live performances this summer. Slated to commence with a hometown show July 11, the tour will include a nightly rotating set list featuring both new and early material with stage times anticipated to be between 90 and 120 minutes....

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The Complete Albums Collection

"Think 'heavy metal' and few bands come to mind as quickly as JUDAS PRIEST," reads a sentence from Greg Prato's liner notes from the 17-disc box (literally) set titled "The Complete Albums Collection". And who could argue that point with any semblance of a logical foundation? One could say the same...