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Video Premiere: OVERKILL's 'Shine On'

"Shine On", the new video from New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "The Grinding Wheel", which was released on February 10 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by OVERKILL and mixed by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, ACCEPT)...

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JUDAS PRIEST Taps Producers TOM ALLOM, ANDY SNEAP For New Album

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have entered the studio to begin recording their long-awaited follow-up to 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" album. Helming the sessions for the new disc are the band's longtime producer Tom Allom, acclaimed British knob-twiddler Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, TESTAM...

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TESTAMENT Is Already Working On Material For Next Album

TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy has told Japan's Roppongi Rocks that the band will spend part of this month beginning work on the material for the follow-up to last year's "Brotherhood Of The Snake" album. "Right after we get home from [our Japanese tour], we start writing," he said. "We have all of Ma...

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JOEY VERA Has No Regrets About Turning Down METALLICA Audition

In a brand new interview with Austria's Stormbringer, ARMORED SAINT and FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera was asked if it's true that he was approached by METALLICA to join the latter band after Cliff Burton was killed in a bus crash in 1986. Vera responded (see video below): "Well, the truth of that...

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DEEP PURPLE Bassist Says 'The Fashion These Days' For Aging Musicians 'Is To Drop Dead'

DEEP PURPLE drummer Ian Paice says "it's hard to accept" the fact that the band will eventually have to come to an end. Although DEEP PURPLE's upcoming album, "InFinite", and accompanying tour, "The Long Goodbye", both suggest that the group will retire from the road after the dates, Paice tells U.K...

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ACCEPT: 'Platinum Edition' Reissues Of First Four Albums Due In April

The first four classic albums by ACCEPT — "Accept", "I'm A Rebel", "Breaker" and "Restless And Wild" — will be available as CD re-releases in digipak format on April 14. These reissues were compiled in close collaboration with original ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. The booklets include the song...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: 'I Never Left ACCEPT - They Fired Me'

EMP Live last year conducted an interview with former ACCEPT and current DIRKSCHNEIDER and U.D.O. vocalist Udo Dirkschneider. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his 1987 exit from ACCEPT, Udo said: "I never left ACCEPT. That's a very important point. They fired me. That's a very import...

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STUCK MOJO: 'Rape Whistle' Video Released

The official music video for the STUCK MOJO song "Rape Whistle" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Here Come The Infidels", which was released last June. The CD was once again produced by Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with MEGADETH, EXODUS, TESTAMENT, KILLSW...

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Healed By Metal

GRAVE DIGGER initially turned the sod in 1980 in metal-obsessed Germany, unearthing three bare bones Teutonic slabs of heavy metal. If we choose to forget the band's 1987 left turn with the BON JOVI-esque radio rock effort "Stronger Than Ever"—released under the abbreviated moniker DIGGER, a creativ...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Nemesis' Performance Clip From 'As The Stages Burn!' DVD

ARCH ENEMY will release a new live DVD, "As The Stages Burn!", on March 31 via Century Media. The set contains video footage of the band's largest stage production to date from their performance last summer at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. This performance marks the pinnacle of a...

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KISS's TOMMY THAYER Isn't Bothered By Fans Who Can't Accept Him Performing In 'Spaceman' Makeup

In a recent interview with The Aquarian Weekly, KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer was asked how he deals with the fact that a small segment of the band's fanbase can't accept him performing in the "Spaceman" makeup and attire, even though he has been working with KISS for decades and been the group's lead...

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GENE SIMMONS Once Again Slams ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Over Rap Inductions

Gene Simmons has once again made negative comments about the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inducting rap artists, saying that hip-hop acts do not belong in the institution. Asked about KISS's own 2014 induction into the Rock Hall, the bassist/vocalist told CantonRep.com: "It's appreciated, but I never...

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SUICIDE SILENCE Frontman Says Critics Of New Direction 'Are Not Actually Paying Attention'

Brendan Crabb of Australia's Loud recently conducted an interview with vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida of California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: Do you feel [the] new [SUICIDE SILENCE] songs [from the self-titled album] can gel with the e...

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Former PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN Signs With ENTERTAINMENT ONE

Former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown has signed a worldwide deal with Entertainment One (eOne),with plans to release a debut solo LP later this year. The yet-to-be-titled full length will be the first time in Brown's career in which he will serve as both lead vocalist and guitarist in a band. "I've bee...

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IAN PAICE: 'We Are Scared Of The End Of DEEP PURPLE'

Rock Antenne recently conducted an interview with drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover of British rock legends DEEP PURPLE. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's forthcoming "The Long Goodbye" world tour: Ian: "There's going t...