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'Randy Rhoads' Book Finally Released

A new book about legendary guitarist Randy Rhoads, simply entitled "Randy Rhoads", is available from Velocity Publishing Group. Before his tragic death at the age of 25, Randy Rhoads was on a fast track to being hailed by critics and public alike as the greatest rock guitar player of all time. Over...

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Australia's First-Ever Dedicated 24/7 Rock And Metal Online Radio Station Coming Soon

Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011),has just unveiled plans to launch Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station via AndrewHaug.com. With several months in the planning and innvovatio...

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ODIUM Releases Free, Limited-Edition 'No Way Out’ Single

Canadian metallers ODIUM have announced the exclusive online release of their new track "No Way Out" as part of a limited-edition digital single that will be made available for free to fans worldwide. Due to the overwhelming response to the accompanying video for the track, the single will include t...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'Act I' Cover Artwork Unveiled

Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records, in conjunction with Hamburg, Germany-based earMUSIC, has announced the release of the first-ever live solo album from Finnish singer Tarja Turunen. Entitled "Act I", the release will be unleashed to North American fans on September 4 in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-ray for...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: 'I'm Very Proud Of The Records I Made With DIO'

DEF LEPPARD/ex-DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell was interviewed earlier in the month on the "Hines' Side Show" on the Springfield, Missouri radio station US 97. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On get...

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NILE's KARL SANDERS On New Album: 'Everyone Can Find Something To Enjoy On This Record'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with Karl Sanders of outh Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: The new [NILE] album, "At The Gate Of Sethu", is coming out in a few weeks. I was...

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TARJA TURUNEN: 'Act I' Track Listing Revealed

Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records, in conjunction with Hamburg, Germany-based earMUSIC, has announced the release of the first ever live solo album from Finnish singer Tarja Turunen. Entitled "Act I", the release will be unleashed to North American fans on September 4 in 2-CD, 2-DVD and Blu-ray for...

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THRESHOLD: New Album Details Revealed

British progressive metallers THRESHOLD have revealed the details of their upcoming ninth studio album, "March Of Progress", due on August 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. The follow-up to 2007's "Dead Reckoning" was recorded at Thin Ice Studios (DRAGONFORCE, PENDRAGON) by bandmembers Karl Groom and Ri...

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HUNTRESS Frontwoman: 'If You Can Dream It, You Can Be It'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with singer Jill Janus of the Los Angeles-based occult-themed traditional heavy metal band HUNTRESS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: The most notable thing about the music is the dark, occult vi...

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WARBRINGER: Footage From Central American Mini Tour

A nine-minute video clip featuring footage from WARBRINGER's June 8-10 trip to Central America can be seen below. WARBRINGER recently completed a seven-week North American tour supporting ICED EARTH and SYMPHONY X. WARBRINGER's third album, "Worlds Torn Asunder", sold around 2,000 copies in the Unit...

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MONOLITHE Completes Recording New Album

French doom metallers MONOLITHE have finished recording their third full-length album, "Monolithe III", at Reed Studio, to be released later this year via Debemur Morti Productions in a four-panel digipack CD. The CD will be mixed and mastered this summer by Andrew Guillotin at Hybreed Studio. The a...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL On LAST IN LINE: 'Gonna Be Big Fun When We Take This On The Road'

Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed in April that he is planning to join forces with three other original DIO members to play "some gigs" that will see the musicians performing material from the early DIO records that Campbell appeared on. Dubbed LAST IN LINE, Campb...

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THE COMPANY BAND To Release 'Pros & Cons' EP In July

Since THE COMPANY BAND first got together in 2006, the group has solely existed through semi-annual corporate retreats. These meetings developed into an organization of odd fellows featuring vocalist Neil Fallon from CLUTCH, drummer Jess Margera from CKY, guitarist/vocalist Jim Rota from FIREBALL MI...

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DYING FETUS: New Audio Interview With TREY WILLIAMS

On June 5, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with drummer Trey Williams of Maryland extreme metallers DYING FETUS. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below. DYING FETUS' new album, "Reign Supreme", will be released on June 17 via Relapse Records....

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Son of Perdition

"Beyond the Gate" was the album that took North Carolina's WRETCHED from the — relatively speaking — deathcore blandness of "The Exodus of Autonomy" into melodic death metal respectability. "Son of Perdition" is the sound of the band flexing its technical muscle and moving into a realm quite epic, a...