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ANGRA's 'Secret Garden' Album To Feature Guest Appearances By SIMONE SIMONS, DORO PESCH

Brazilian/Italian metallers ANGRA will release their new album, "Secret Garden", on January 16, 2015 via earMUSIC. The CD was pre-produced by Roy Z (JUDAS PRIEST, BRUCE DICKINSON, HALFORD) and recorded and produced in Sweden by Jens Bogren (KREATOR, ARCH ENEMY, OPETH, DRAGONFORCE). "Secret Garden" "...

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MEGADETH, Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Members To Play 'Masters Of Metal' Christmas Concert

Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),drummer Shawn Drover (MEGADETH) and guitarist Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH. KING DIAMOND) will join forces for the "Masters Of Metal" Christmas concert on December 12 at Paper City Music Shop in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Owens recorde...

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ROB HALFORD Is 'Ready To Make' Another JUDAS PRIEST Album

Only four months after the release of JUDAS PRIEST's latest album, "Redeemer Of Souls", the band's lead singer, Rob Halford, says that he is ready to head back into the studio to begin work on the follow-up effort. JUDAS PRIEST's 17th studio album, "Redeemer Of Souls" came out six years after the cr...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Quality Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire FUN FUN FUN FEST Performance

Quality fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's entire November 7 performance at the ninth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest (FFF Fest) at Auditorium Shores in Austin, Texas can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Dragonaut 02. Metal Gods 03. Devil's Child 04. Victim Of Changes 05. Halls...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Doesn't Mind Being Best Known As The Former Lead Singer Of JUDAS PRIEST

José R. Rojo recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR). You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether it bothers him that he is constantly...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs At PISTONS Vs BUCKS NBA Game; Video Available

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach performed during the halftime show of the NBA game featuring the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday, November 7 at The Palace Of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Bach's new solo...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'I'd Love To Be In There'

In a recent interview with the Laredo, Texas radio station Hot 106.1, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked whether he would like to see his band inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. "Man, I'd love it," he responded. "I'd love to be in there. Again, you get all these different opinions...

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DOKKEN Parts Ways With Bassist SEAN MCNABB, Replaces Him With MARK BOALS

On the November 8 edition of "The Classic Metal Show", DOKKEN mainman Don Dokken announced that the band has parted ways with bassist Sean McNabb and has replaced him with Mark Boals (YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN). Said Don: "Sean is doing acting and solo projects and other bands. Sean's a very motivated guy...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer ROB HALFORD: Heavy Metal Is Not Destructive

In a recent interview with the Laredo, Texas radio station Hot 106.1, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked how things have changed since the infamous 1990 trial in which PRIEST was accused of inserting subliminal messages into its music. "You put somebody in front of me that can absolutely say...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH To Support JUDAS PRIEST In Europe

After a nearly sold-out headline tour in Europe this past spring, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will make its return to the continent as special guests on the European leg of JUDAS PRIEST's "Redeemer Of Souls" 2015 tour next June. The run kicks off in Helsinki, Finland on June 4 and takes the band all acr...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL Says 'Illegal Downloading' Has Made It 'Difficult' For Younger Bands To Make It

In a brand new interview with the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, bassist Ian Hill of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST was asked how the music business has changed in the four decades since the band's inception. "It's strange times at the moment," he replied. "It has changed completely since w...

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ROB HALFORD: JUDAS PRIEST Was 'Excited' About Getting RICHIE FAULKNER Involved In 'Redeemer Of Souls' Songwriting

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was recently interviewed on the 105.9 The Mountain radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about the songwriting chemistry between longtime JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton and the band's lat...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: Praying 'Absolutely Works'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford, who has been clean and sober since January of 1986, credits his belief in a higher power for helping him in his recovery. "I'm a different guy to when I was 20," Halford said during an appearance on HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta's official podcast, "The Jasta Show"...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Offers His Opinion On JUDAS PRIEST's 'Redeemer Of Souls', ROB HALFORD's Solo Albums

Impact metal channel conducted an interview with powerhouse American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) before his September 26 concert in Dublin, Ireland. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he...

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ROB HALFORD's Las Vegas Lounge-Singer Aspirations

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford says that he wants to keep singing for as long as possible, even if it means doing it "in the Badda Bing Lounge off the strip in Las Vegas." In a recent interview with The Guardian, Halford revealed that he has unfulfilled musical goals outside of his "metal ...