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OBSCENITY: New Album Details Revealed

German death metallers OBSCENITY will release their eigth studio album, "Atrophied In Anguish" on September 14 as a digipak and as a digital download via Apostasy Records. 10 relentless tracks will bludgeon you back into the early '90s. The CD was again recorded at Soundlodge Studio in Rhauderfehn w...

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KISS Launches 'Monster' Book In London; Video Available

Legendary rock band KISS took part in a press conference earlier today (Tuesday, July 3) in London, England to launch its new retrospective book, "KISS Monster". Video footage of the event can be seen below. The limited-edition book — which stands at three feet tall and two and half feet wide — is a...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN Interviewed On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan was interviewed on the June 29 - July 1 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to...

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SLAYER, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, WHITECHAPEL Members Comment On RANDY BLYTHE Arrest

SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo, WHITECHAPEL guitarist Ben Savage and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA vocalist Mike Hranica are among the musicians who have come out in support of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, who is facing manslaughter charges in the Czech Republic. Blythe, 41, is accused of causing the fa...

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BANGALORE CHOIR/Ex-ACCEPT Singer Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Vocalist David Reece, formerly of German metallers ACCEPT and currently of melodic rockers BANGALORE CHOIR, was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Reece interview begins around the 21-minute mark....

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ECLIPSE To Release 'Bleed & Scream' In August

Frontiers Records has set an August 28 release date (four days earlier in Europe) for "Bleed & Scream", the fourth album from Swedish hard rockers ECLIPSE. "Bleed & Scream" comes four years after ECLIPSE's acclaimed album "Are You Ready To Rock", which gained the band a solid reputation and...

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SYLOSIS: New Album Details Revealed

U.K.-based modern thrash heroes SYLOSIS have completed work on their new album, "Monolith", with Romesh Dodangoda at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales. The CD will be released on September 7 via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented SYLOSIS vocalist and guitar player Josh Middleton: "Some people might not ha...

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RUSH Guitarist: 'We Feel A Very Relaxed Confidence About Our Music And Our Songwriting'

Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Lifeson of Canadian rock legends RUSH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On "Clockwork Angels" marking RUSH's return to a concept album: Lifeson: "We did a number of strictly concept pieces, but a long time ago...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Sometimes It's Better To Have A Benign Dictator Than A Dumb Democracy'

Josh Hart of GuitarWorld.com recently conducted an interview with SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GuitarWorld.com: Since your last proper solo outing, 2010's "Imperfect Harmonies",...

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FOR TODAY Drummer Quits Band To Become A Missionary

Drummer David Morrison has announced his departure from the Christian metalcore band FOR TODAY. Morrison will be moving to South America in September to do mission work in Ecuador through Extreme Nazarene. His replacement in FOR TODAY will be David Puckett, formerly of the band THE CRIMSON ARMADA A...

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TWISTED SISTER: Video Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Press Conference

TWISTED SISTER held a press conference yesterday (Friday, June 8) prior to their performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch the entire question-and-answer session in two parts below. The band's setlist was as follows: The band's setlist was as follows: 01. What...

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2002 Lineup Of HEIR APPARENT To Reunite For BRYAN HAGAN Memorial Fundraiser

The surviving members of the 2002 lineup of HEIR APPARENT will unite with vocalist Sean Aust to perform a short set in honor of the band's former lead singer, Bryan Hagan, who died on May 21 at the age of 39. The event will raise funds for Bryan's children and will be held on June ...

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DOPPLER Signs With MIGHTY MUSIC

Spanish metal band DOPPLER has inked a deal with Mighty Music. The group's debut album, "Apophenia: I Error", will be released on August 27. According to a press release, "Apophenia: Type I Error" is "an album based on low tuned riffs and complex polyrhythms, which could easily be related to genres...

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AHAB Guitarist Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Guitarist Christian Hector of the German funeral doom metal band AHAB was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Hector interview begins around the 38-minute mark.) AHAB's third album, "The Giant", wa...

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SUBSIGNAL Working On New Material

SUBSIGNAL, the German band featuring former SIEGES EVEN members Arno Menses (vocals) and Markus Steffen (guitar),is writing material for its third album, tentatively due next year. Songtitles set to apper on the follow-up to last year's "Touchstones" include "A Giant Leap Of Faith" and "The Stillne...