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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's JASON HOOK Says ROB HALFORD Has 'Become A Great Friend Of The Band'
Australia's AMNplify recently conducted an interview with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. AMNplify: [The upcoming FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH] album ["Got Your Six"] comes across more brutal than previous efforts. Was there something built u...August 25, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Looks Back On Subliminal-Message Suicide Trial
According to RollingStone.com, it was twenty-five years ago today that a judge ruled that British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST were not liable for the deaths of two young men who cited the band's music as the reason they killed themselves. Just before Christmas, 1985, 19-year-old James Vance wat...August 24, 2015
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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS's Struggling Ohio Bar And Restaurant Gets Help From SPIKE TV's 'Bar Rescue'
According to Ohio.com, Ripper's Rock House, the Akron, Ohio bar and restaurant co-owned by former JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, got a visit this past week from "Bar Rescue", the Spike TV series in which bar consultant Jon Taffer dispenses advice to the owners and staff of st...August 22, 2015
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The Essential Rob Halford
For JUDAS PRIEST fans, it's referred to (and in some cases, mocked) as "the Ripper years." However, it was more than just that seven year stretch from 1996 to 2003 when Tim "Ripper" Owens realized the dream a lifetime (and its correlating nightmares) by stepping into the boots of heavy metal royalty...August 17, 2015
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New MEGADETH Guitarist KIKO LOUREIRO Will Be Replaced In ANGRA
Brazilian metallers ANGRA will eventually have to "find a substitute" for their guitarist Kiko Loureiro (pictured),who was recently named the new axeman in MEGADETH. Asked by Revolver magazine how ANGRA is dealing with Kiko's new gig and whether Loureiro will remain a permanent member of ANGRA, the...August 14, 2015
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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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