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ALTER BRIDGE Announces Fall 2017 European Tour

ALTER BRIDGE recently announced its special Royal Albert Hall shows for early October, which sold out extremely fast, followed by additional U.K. and Ireland dates. Due to the great demand to get them back to Europe's mainland, the band now can proudly announce "The Last Hero" tour all across Europe...

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ADRENALINE MOB Announces Second Leg Of 'We The People' North American Tour

ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring Russell Allen (vocals; also of SYMPHONY X) and Mike Orlando (guitar) — has announced dates for the second leg of its "We The People" North American tour. Sponsored by Rock'd Bourbon Whiskey, the trek will commence in Dayton, Ohio on August 18 and reach its final s...

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Former SAMSON And IRON MAIDEN Drummer THUNDERSTICK Is Back With New Album, 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'

After playing with a developing IRON MAIDEN in the seventies and then moving to SAMSON (being instrumental in finding a very youthful Bruce Dickinson),Barry Graham Purkis became the figurehead of the newly emerging NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) scene. This was done by creating an alter e...

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BLACK SABBATH's 'Paranoid' Gets Analyzed! The 'Greatest Heavy Metal Album' Explored in Depth

The Royal Publisher Of Oz has announced the availability of its new publication, "Black Sabbath: The Illustrated Lyrics Vol 2: Songs Of Protest & Apocalypse". The book is available on Createspace.com and Amazon.com. BLACK SABBATH's multi-platinum-selling "Paranoid" is one of the most successful and...

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Serbian All-Girl Metal Band JENNER: 'Factory Of Death' Video

"Factory Of Death", the new video from the Serbian all-girl metal band JENNER, can be seen below. The clip was filmed by Igor Stanić of Graveyard Neighbour Photogaphy and edited by Mina Petrović of Drumwitch Video. "Factory Of Death" is taken from JENNER's debut album, "To Live Is To Suffer", which...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST, Preps New Album And Tour

Michael Schenker is one of the most significant rock guitarists in the history of music. He has mesmerized the rock community since the '70s with his characteristic guitar play and contributed not only to SCORPIONS classics such as "Lovedrive", "Coast To Coast" and "Holiday", but also constructed hi...

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New FOO FIGHTERS Album Will Feature 'Biggest Pop Star In The World'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, FOO FIGHTERS mainman Dave Grohl revealed in an interview with BBC One that the band's just-announced new album, "Concrete And Gold", will feature a "bunch of guests," including some "that will really surprise you." Pressed further, Grohl added: "There's one who is pr...

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BLACK SABBATH To Release 'The Ten Year War' Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set In September

A foreboding storm is gathering overhead. Bells toll, lighting cracks, rain falls…something dark and sinister is heading this way. It's 1970 and four guys from Birmingham, with the release of their debut self-titled album, have single-handedly created what would become known forever as heavy metal....

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FIREBALL MINISTRY Releases New Song, 'Back On Earth'

Southern California rock 'n' roll band FIREBALL MINISTRY has debuted a new song titled "Back On Earth". The track is featured on the band's forthcoming fifth studio album, "Remember The Story", which will be released on October 6 via Cleopatra Records. The song premiere comes in conjunction with the...

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FOO FIGHTERS To Release 'Concrete And Gold' Album In September; U.S. Tour Announced

"I wanted it to be the biggest-sounding FOO FIGHTERS record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin's sense of melody and arrangement… MOTÖRHEAD's version of 'Sgt. Pepper'… or something like that." So speaks Dave Grohl of the mission statement made manifest in FOO FIGHTERS' ninth...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On Being Knighted By Danish Crown Prince: 'I Am Very Happy And Proud'

METALLICA's Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich was recently officially dubbed a knight by the Danish crown prince. The musician was officially knighted on May 26 but he physically received the medal this past week during Frederik's trip to San Francisco, where the royal handed over the Knight's Cross o...

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STONE SOUR, SEETHER, IN THIS MOMENT Set For Next Year's SHIPROCKED

The initial band lineup has been announced for ShipRocked 2018, set for January 21-25, 2018 onboard Carnival Liberty. STONE SOUR, SEETHER, IN THIS MOMENT and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY lead a lineup of over a dozen bands slated to play the ninth edition of the annual vacation experience as it sails from P...

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ALTER BRIDGE To Perform With Orchestra At London's Royal Albert Hall

Following their jaw-dropping set at Download festival this weekend, U.S. rock giants ALTER BRIDGE have announced their return to the U.K. for two very special headline shows on October 2 and October 3. Appearing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time, the band will treat the...

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Forces of the Northern Night

One can only imagine what EMPEROR, accompanied by a full orchestra, might have sounded like, if the final album, "Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise", had been given over to such a prospect. Of course, metal and orchestral stage presentations have become passé, with black metal, as of 2011,...

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War Bear

David McElfresh is one of the most talented cats you've never heard of, unless you follow Hank Williams, III or Davey Mac's country-peppered rock 'n' metal hybrid, MOONBOW. If the latter's the case, then you already know the songwriting potency of this multi-instrumentalist prodigy. Depending on how...