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JUDAS PRIEST Talks To Germany's GITARRE & BASS (Video)
Matthias Mineur of Germany's Gitarre & Bass recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner and bassist Ian Hill in Hamburg. You can watch clips from the chat below. JUDAS PRIEST has announced a dozen or so North American dates that are scheduled to...August 13, 2015
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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Was 'Shocked' By Frontman DAVE PADDEN's Departure
Mark Taylor of Metal Talk recently conducted an interview with ANNIHILATOR leader Jeff Waters. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the departure of Dave Padden, ANNIHILATOR's vocalist from 2003 to 2014, and Waters' return to lead-vocal duties on the band's forthcoming album, "Suicide So...August 12, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST: Audio Snippet Of Never-Released Collaboration With Pop Production Team STOCK, AITKEN And WATERMAN
A demo version of JUDAS PRIEST's cover version of the song "You Are Everything" by THE STYLISTICS, recorded in 1987 as a collaboration with S/A/W, the English songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, well known for their U.K. pop hits with BANANA...August 9, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Backing Campaign To Save U.K. Venue
JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has recorded a message of support to a group of rockers who want to reopen the Sir Charles Napier rock pub, a long-standing Michelin Star high-end gastropub in the center of Blackburn, Lancashire, England, in which a strong community has formed over the years. Halfo...July 30, 2015
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FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES Says MAYHEM FESTIVAL Co-Founder 'Has A Point'
In a brand new interview with Overdrive, FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares was asked about Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman's recent comment that metal has gotten "gray, bald and fat," and that it had no worthy future headlining acts to take over from the classic bands...July 29, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I'm In This To Make Quality Music That's Going To Stick'
In a brand new interview with MLive, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about how the heavy metal scene of today compares to the way it was in the mid '80s, when metal was enjoying its heyday on both sides of the Atlantic. "It's a different landscape today vs. the past," he said. ...July 28, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST Announces Fall 2015 North American Tour
British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have announced a dozen or so North American dates that are scheduled to begin October 16 in Paso Pobles, California and wrap on November 12 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Asked how JUDAS PRIEST decides which songs to includes in its setlist after a four-dec...July 27, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER: South America Has 'Most Extreme' Heavy Metal Fans
PureGrainAudio.com and PixelFocusMedia.com ran through some of their "Most Extreme" questions with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner when the band played at this year's edition of the Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Asked where the most extreme JU...July 26, 2015
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Video: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs JUDAS PRIEST, KING DIAMOND Classics In Manchester
Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) performing on July 24 at the Academy in Manchester, England can be seen below. Owens recently told Dubai's Mainstage Events that parting ways with JUDAS PRIEST in 2003 after a seven-year stint with the band "...July 25, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Has 'Tons' Of Riff Ideas For Possible Follow-up To 'Redeemer Of Souls'
Amber Lee of WYDR The Drive 94.3 FM conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner before the band's July 16 appearance at Rock USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET...July 24, 2015
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ROB HALFORD On His Early 1990s Exit From JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Was On A Bit Of A Journey'
TheUnTicket.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how his voice has held up after forty years of singing heavy metal music: Halford: "You...July 22, 2015
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ROB HALFORD Says Collaboration With LADY GAGA Is Still On His Bucket List
On June 22, Scot Fox of the 97.9 WCPR Rocks radio station conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked about his rumored collaboration with one of his current favorite artists, pop superstar Lady Gaga, Halford sa...July 20, 2015
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BLOOD EAGLE Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces Replacement
BLOOD EAGLE, the Danish death metal band featuring members of ex-VOLBEAT, MNEMIC, HATESPHERE, ILLDISPOSED and RAUNCHY, has parted ways with bassist Mikeal "Gammelfar" Ehlert and replaced him with ex-THE PSYKE PROJECT bass player Jeppe "Panzer" Skouv. Commented BLOOD EAGLE: "Unfortunately, we have to...July 18, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL On Touring: 'We Just Want To Keep Doing It While We Can'
JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill has told Gannett Wisconsin Media in a new interview that the band has no plans of stopping anytime soon. "I think what keeps us going is the love of the game. We all love what we do," Hill said. "It's something, when I look back, there's a sense ...July 15, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Wrote 'Before The Dawn' About Having His Heart Broken By Ex-Boyfriend
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has revealed that he wrote the band's song "Before The Dawn" about his very first heartbreak nearly forty years ago. During an appearance on the "Metal Hammer Magazine Show", Halford spoke about some heavy metal bands' reluctance to be "a bit sensitive" in their music...July 10, 2015
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