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MACHINE HEAD Taps Brazilian Artist MARCELO VASCO For New Album Artwork

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have tapped Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco (BELPHEGOR, EINHERJER, DIMMU BORGIR, THE FACELESS, NOCTEM, KEEP OF KALESSIN, BORKNAGAR) to handle the artwork for the band's much-anticipated new album, due before the end of the year via Nuclear Blast. MACHINE...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT On Split With Singer ROB DUKES: 'I See No Need To Air The Laundry For Anyone'

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt has defended the way the band fired its lead singer of the past nine years, Rob Dukes, saying that "much time" was spent mulling the decision before the final move was made. EXODUS on June 8 announced the departure of Dukes and the return of his predecessor, Steve "Zetro"...

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STEVE PERRY: 'There Is No Reunion' With JOURNEY In The Works

Ex-JOURNEY lead singer Steve Perry has once again shot down rumors of a reunion with his former bandmates. Perry made three surprise guest appearances with EELS in late May and early June, prompting JOURNEY's current frontman, Arnel Pineda, to write in a tweet that Perry would be welcome to reclaim...

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There Will Never Be 'New' ACID BATH Music, Says Guitarist SAMMY DUET

Cult Louisiana sludge/doom metal band ACID BATH, which broke up in 1997, has been the subject of reunion rumors after drummer Jimmy Kyle revealed in online posting that the band was searching for a new vocalist for a potential comeback. ACID BATH guitarist Sammy Duet, who is currently a member of GO...

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MORGOTH Working On New Material

Reactivated German death metallers MORGOTH are in the studio working on material for a new studio album. In addition, the band has been confirmed as main support for the upcoming European tour of death metal masters BOLT THROWER in September / October. Comments MORGOTH: "We are happy to announce tha...

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GUNS N' ROSES To Release 'Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live From The Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas' In July

GUNS N' ROSES will release "Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live From The Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas" on July 1 via Universal Music Enterprises. The show was filmed on November 21, 2012 during the "Appetite For Democracy" tour in celebration of twenty-five years of "Appetite For Destruction" and four y...

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AXL ROSE Responds To List Naming Him 'World's Greatest Singer'

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has responded to a recent ConcertHotels.com list of "The World's Greatest Singers," which placed him in the top spot. The chart ranked vocalists based on their vocal range and claimed Axl's recorded notes spanned nearly six octaves, from F1 (in the 2008 "Chinese Democ...

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RACHEL BOLAN: The Majority Of SKID ROW Fans 'Love' JOHNNY SOLINGER

In a brand new interview with the Dallas Obsever, SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan was asked whether people still ask about the band's former singer, Sebastian Bach, almost 15 years since current vocalist Johnny Solinger joined the group. "Yes, you'll get them occasionally from the purists, the people...

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Video: GUNS N' ROSES Kicks Off Second Las Vegas Residency 'No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction'

GUNS N' ROSES kicked off its second Las Vegas residency, "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction", on Wednesday, May 21 at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. There are seven shows remaining in the residency: May 25, 28, 30 and 31...

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DEATH ANGEL's European Summer Tour Canceled

Vocalist Mark Osegueda of San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL has released the following statement: "It's with a heavy heart I have to inform you that the rumors you are hearing are unfortunately true... although there is a platinum lining to this black cloud of DEATH ANGEL's 2014 summer fe...

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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist TOMMY STINSON Speaks To FANPASS At ROCK ON THE RANGE (Video)

Matt Pinfield of Fanpass conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES bassist Tommy Stinson at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 16-18 at the Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan filled in for Stinson d...

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JAKE E. LEE: I'm Not Guaranteeing That There Will Be Another RED DRAGON CARTEL Album

Sea Of Tranquillity recently conducted an interview with former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS and current RED DRAGON CARTEL guitarist Jake E. Lee. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sea Of Tranquillity: BADLANDS, the band you formed after your stint with OZZY OSBOURNE, ended way back in the e...

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MACHINE HEAD: Third Video Blog From The Studio

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD entered GREEN DAY's Oakland, California's JingleTown Recording compound on February 9 to begin recording their new album for a late 2014 release via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The third in a series of short segments regarding the production side of mak...

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AXL ROSE Denies GUNS N' ROSES Retirement Rumors

GUNS N' ROSES lead singer Axl Rose has dimissed as "bullshit" a report posted at RadarOnline.com which claimed that the band was about to break up. The article in question quoted "a source close to the band" as saying that Rose will call it a day after the group finishes up its Las ...

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ZAKK WYLDE Says His Life Is 'Even More Awesome' Now Than It Was When He Was In His 20s

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Rocksverige.se recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rocksverige.se: Do you think that had you gone on doing what you were doing, drinking-wise, you could've ended up like [Oscar-...