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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR: What Separates Us From A Band Like SPINAL TAP

Brian Aberback of Patch.com recently conducted an interview with singer Michael Starr of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Patch.com: Would you say that your high-caliber musicianship sets you apart as being more than a simple novelty ac...

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CRADLE OF FILTH: DANI FILTH Bobblehead Doll Available

At last, the head-nodding horror that is the Dani Filth bobblehead doll has arrived, kicking and screaming all the way from the City of Dis. These little beauties make a great desktop feature to preside o'er your poison-pen letter writing skills and are available for a limited time. Rendered in his...

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BUTCHER BABIES Perform Cover Version Of S.O.D.'s 'Pussy Whipped' In Corpus Christi (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of BUTCHER BABIES performing their cover version of the STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH classic "Pussy Whipped" on October 17 at Rock The Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas can be seen below. BUTCHER BABIES' studio recording of "Pussy Whipped" is featured on the band's EP of cover tunes, "...

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SEBASTIAN BACH On GENE SIMMONS' 'Rock Is Dead' Claim: 'I Get Enough Rock In My Life'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is the latest musician to respond to KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons' recent comment that "rock is dead." Simmons told Esquire magazine last month — in an interview conducted by his son Nick — that "rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brillianc...

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NIGHTWISH's Next Album To Feature Guest Appearance By British Professor RICHARD DAWKINS

Famed evolutionary biologist and atheist writer/leader Richard Dawkins makes a guest appearance on NIGHTWISH's eighth studio album, due next year. Dawkins, who recently generated controversy with by claiming that "nice Christians" and "nice Muslims" might actually be making the "world safe for extre...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MATT TUCK On Next Album: 'It's An Absolute Monster So Far'

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have finished writing 11 songs for the band's fifth album, to be released in early 2015. According to BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck, the group "should be ready to start" recording the new CD "in the next month or so." He adds: "It's an a...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Says Upcoming Album Is 'Far And Away Better' Than 'A War You Cannot Win'

Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS recently completed recording their new album at a California studio for a tentative January 2015 release via Razor & Tie. The follow-up to 2012's "A War You Cannot Win" was helmed by producer Josh Wilbur, who has previously worked with LAMB OF GOD and GOJ...

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NIGHTWISH Working On New Album: Fifth Making-Of Clip Posted Online

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the fifth in a series of video clips featuring footage from the making of the band's new studio album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below. As previously reported, longtime NIGHTWISH drummer Jukka Neval...

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FOZZY Taps DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED Bassist JEFF ROUSE

FOZZY — the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — has announced the addition of bassist Jeff Rouse to the group's ranks. According to a press release, "Jeff is an incredible musician and singer who has spent the last decade playing in DUFF MCKAGAN'S L...

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Inked in Blood

Following five years since their last album, "Darkest Day", death metal legends OBITUARY hit the Kickstarter campaign trail to fund their ninth outing, "Inked in Blood". Partnering up with Relapse Records, OBITUARY slings out "Inked in Blood" with current guitarist Kenny Edwards and bassist Terry Bu...

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NIGHTWISH Completes Recording Vocals For New Album

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have finished recording the vocals for their new album, due in the spring of 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The CD is the first to feature Dutch vocalist Floor Jansen following the abrupt departure of the band's lead singer of five years, Anette Olzon...

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NIGHTWISH Announces North American Tour

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will embark on a 27-date North American headlining tour in the spring. The trek will launch in New York City on April 9, hit three Canadian cities plus Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, then close out in Silver Springs, Maryland on May 1...

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Former L.A. GUNS Bassist SCOTTY GRIFFIN Says He Was 'Unceremoniously Sacked' From The Band

Ex-L.A. GUNS bassist Scotty Griffin says that he was "unceremoniously sacked" from the veteran rock act, despite his former bandmates' suggestion to the contrary. L.A. GUNS announced earlier today that Griffin and the band "decided to part ways," adding that the group was welcoming back Kenny Kweens...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE On Next Album: 'We've Definitely Evolved'

HALESTORM is currently recording its third album for a tentative early 2015 release via Atlantic. Frontwoman Lzzy Hale told Gearphoria about the pressure of following up 2012's "The Strange Case Of…": "We've definitely evolved. The one thing that has remained the same is that we're all perpetually 1...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Says Filling K.K. DOWNING's Shoes Was 'Almost Second Nature'

In a brand new interview with Metal Talk, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the task of replacing original PRIEST axeman Kenneth "K.K." Downing and getting involved in the songwriting process for the band's new album, "Redeemer Of Souls". "I grew up with JUDAS PRIEST, and guitar mus...