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STEEL PROPHET: 'The Tree Of Knowledge' Video Released

STEEL PROPHET has released "The Tree Of Knowledge", the second video clip from its forthcoming album, "Omniscient", which is due on July 4 in Europe and July 11 in the U.S. on Cruz Del Sur Music. Ten years after their last studio release, the originators of the progressive power metal movement retur...

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Ruining Lives

Tommy Victor, consider yourself on a roll. After a solid stint with MINISTRY while tinkering to keep PRONG afloat over the years to mixed reviews, Victor proved his naysayers wrong with the 2012 rebound album, "Carved in Stone". This time, rebound is a dirty word. It's been ages since PRONG's monste...

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STEEL PROPHET: '666 Is Everywhere (The Heavy Metal Blues)' Video Released

STEEL PROPHET has released "666 Is Everywhere (The Heavy Metal Blues)", the first video clip from its forthcoming album, "Omniscient", which is due on July 4 in Europe and July 11 in the U.S. on Cruz Del Sur Music. Ten years after their last studio release, the originators of the progressive power m...

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PENNYWISE To Release 'Yesterdays' In July

Southern California punk legends PENNYWISE will release their eleventh studio album, "Yesterdays", on July 15 via Epitaph Records. Jim Lindberg is back as the frontman, and "Yesterdays" includes songs written by deceased bassist Jim Thirsk. PENNYWISE will play two album-release shows; July 16 at The...

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AMON AMARTH And SABATON To Join Forces For North American Tour In The Fall

AMON AMARTH and SABATON will join forces for a North American tour this fall. The trek kicks off on September 25 in Riverside, California and visits a total of 35 North American cities before coming to an end on November 9 in Tucson, Arizona. Thrash metal band SKELETONWITCH will open each show, exce...

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ZAKK WYLDE Says His Life Is 'Even More Awesome' Now Than It Was When He Was In His 20s

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Rocksverige.se recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rocksverige.se: Do you think that had you gone on doing what you were doing, drinking-wise, you could've ended up like [Oscar-...

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PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR: 'Money In Metal These Days Is Hard To Come By'

Jerel Johnson of Target Audience Magazine recently conducted an interview with PRONG guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Target Audience Magazine: The gap between "Carved Into Stone" and "Ruining Lives" is the shortest in 20 years. Was PRONG on a creativ...

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WARBRINGER Loses Members, Ponders Future

Vocalist John Kevill of Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER has released the following statement via the band's Facebook page: "So, guys, all our fans and supporters, Kevill here up way too late drinkin', there's some bad news and as our awesome fans you guys deserve to know. I don't feel right about o...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH And VOLBEAT To Join Forces For U.S. Tour

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and VOLBEAT will join forces to bring fans one of the biggest rock tours of the year produced by Frank Productions/NS2. Special guests on the trek will be HELLYEAH and NOTHING MORE. Fred Frank, president of Frank Productions, said: "We are excited to put two of the globally m...

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GHOST's Nameless Ghoul Speaks To JAZZ QUEST RADIO (Video)

On April 28, Brett Ecklund of Jazz Quest Radio conducted an interview with a nameless ghoul from Swedish occult rockers GHOST at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. You can now watch the chat below. GHOST was honored in the "Best Hard Rock/Metal" category at the Swedish Grammis awards (Swedish...

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METALLICA Bassist Talks Inspiration For 'Jaco' Documentary

According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo spoke with VH1 Classic about "Jaco: The Film", the new documentary he has produced about late, legendary bass player Jaco Pastorius. Trujillo explained: "Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate to...

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Video: DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Visits Performing Arts High School In Santa Ana

The day after the big press conference announcing his band's summer tour with KISS, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen paid a special visit to the Orange County High School for the Arts in Santa Ana, California. According to Ultimate Classic Rock, the program included an interview with Phil and then,...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist STEVE HARRIS To Take BRITISH LION Back On The Road In July

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris will take his solo/side project BRITISH LION back out on the road briefly this year with a 10-date European tour starting on July 8 in Norwich and rounding off with an open-air show at the annual International Motorcycle Convention at the Moto Clube De Faro, Portugal...

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AKANI Featuring AT THE GATES, MERAUDER, ENTOMBED, Ex-SOILWORK Members: Another Song Available

"Slither", a brand new song from AKANI, the band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER),guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY),bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE),can be st...

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AT THE GATES, MERAUDER, ENTOMBED, Ex-SOILWORK Members Join Forces In AKANI

AKANI, the new band featuring guitarist Anders Björler (AT THE GATES, THE HAUNTED),vocalist Jorge Rosado (MERAUDER),guitarist Daniel Antonsson (SOILWORK, DARK TRANQUILLITY),bassist Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED, SATYRICON) and drummer Anders Lowren (DEAD REPRISE),will release a four-song seven-inch si...