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EXTREME: Footage From Italy's ROCK OF AGES Festival Available

Italian news blog Musica Metal has uploaded video footage (see below) of reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME performing the song "More Than Words" at the first edition of the Rock Of Ages festival, which was held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 in Milan, Italy. "Saudades de Rock", the new album fro...

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IRON MAIDEN Manager On 'Heavy Metal Islam' Book

IRON MAIDEN manager Rod Smallwood has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "We would like to make you guys aware of a very interesting book, 'Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam', which has recently been published by Mark LeVine. It de...

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ARKAEA Begins Recording Debut Album; New Release Date Announced

ARKAEA — the new band featuring FEAR FACTORY members Christian Olde Wolbers (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) alongside vocalist Jon Howard (THREAT SIGNAL) — will release its debut album on March 10, 2009 via Koch Records. Jon Howard comments, "With the recent signing of ARKAEA to Koch, and a rel...

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ACTIVISION Unveils 'Guitar Hero World Tour' Set List

Delivering unparalleled depth and diversity featuring some of the most prolific artists of all time including JIMI HENDRIX, THE DOORS, VAN HALEN, METALLICA, OZZY OSBOURNE, MICHAEL JACKSON and more, Activision Publishing, Inc. today revealed the highly-anticipated full set list for Guitar Hero World...

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Hero Destroyed

Formed in 2005, Pittsburgh's HERO DESTROYED enlisted the help of Eric Klinger (BLOODCLOT, ex-PRO-PAIN) and recorded this self-titled EP at Klinger Studios, self-releasing it in 2007. Based on a recommendation from DON CABALLERO, Relapse Records saw fit to sign the band and re-release the EP to a wor...

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Stick with What You Know: Live in Europe

PAT TRAVERS is a guitar hero that doesn't get mentioned enough in conversations about the great axe-swingers who came of age in the 1970s. The Toronto-born TRAVERS made some sizzling hard rock with albums like 1978's "Heat in the Street", 1979's smash hit "Live! Go for what you Know" (hence, the new...

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HURTLOCKER Rejoined By Singer; New Bassist Announced

Chicago's HURTLOCKER has been rejoined by vocalist Grant Belcher. In addition, the band has recruited a new bassist in the shape of Pat Neary (formerly of THE WAKING). The group says, "We have started to write some new songs which we will be demoing out for Napalm [Records] in the very near future."...

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EXTREME: More European Tour Dates Announced

Reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME have scheduled the following European tour dates: Sep. 13 - Milan, Italy - Rock of Ages Festival Oct. 29 - Lisbon, Portugal - Coliseum Oct. 31 - Madrid, Spain - La Riviera Nov. 01 - Bilbao, Spain - Rockstar Nov. 03 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 Nov. 04 - Paris, .....

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GAGGLE OF COCKS Signs With SCREAMING FERRET WRECKORDS

GAGGLE OF COCKS has had its debut album, "American Trash", released worldwide via Screaming Ferret Wreckords. The band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Pat Harrington, bassist Freddy Villano and newest addition, drummer John Macaluso. Harrington played in SLUNT (Repossession Records) with former M...

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EXTREME: 'Saudades De Rock' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME, sold 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD recently entered the UK chart at position No. 80. The band's first studio album in thirteen...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Rejects Blame In Sword Slaying

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has spoken exclusively to Blender magazine regarding reports that the schoolboy who stabbed a fellow student to death with a sword in South Africa Monday morning (August 18) wore a mask that resembled the one worn by Taylor. Eighteen-year-old Morné Harmse slashed the n...

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EXTREME Interviewed At ROCKLAHOMA; Video Available

Gus Griesinger of Glam-Metal.com conducted an interview with reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME at this year's Rocklahoma festival, which was held July 9-13 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Watch the nine-minute chat below. "Saudades de Rock", the new album from EXTREME, recently entered the UK chart at positi...

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TESLA Premieres Two New Songs On Sacramento's KRXQ 98 ROCK; Video Available

TESLA members Jeff Keith (lead vocals),Frank Hannon (guitar) and Brian Wheat (bass) were interviewed by Pat Martin of Sacramento's KRXQ 98 Rock on August 8, 2008. The chat, which includes audio previews of two new TESLA songs, can be viewed in four parts below. TESLA will guest on the nationally sy...

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EXTREME: New York City Footage Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME's August 4, 2008 concert at The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza in New York City can be viewed below (clips uploaded by YouTube user "oneshot73"). "Saudades de Rock", the new album from EXTREME, has entered the UK chart at position No. 80....

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EXTREME: 'Saudades De Rock' Lands On UK Chart

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from reunited Boston hard rockers EXTREME, has entered the UK chart at position No. 80. EXTREME will embark on a UK tour in November. Confirmed dates are as follows: Nov. 11 - Cambridge, UK - Corn Exchange Nov. 12 - Norwich, UK - Norwich UEA Nov. 14 - Leeds, ...