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The Astonishing

Coming into a DREAM THEATER album, one sometimes suspects the band is out to build their own "Tales From Topographic Oceans" minus YES's copious splooges of ultra-weirdness—the latter being a double album both revered and reviled. DREAM THEATER's latest work, "The Astonishing", is hardly "Topographi...

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OTEP: New Song 'In Cold Blood' Available For Streaming

"In Cold Blood", a brand new song from OTEP, the band led by singer, poet, illustrator, author and activist Otep Shamaya, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the group's seventh studio album, "Generation Doom", which will be released on April 15 via Napalm. The CD was produced by Howard B...

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STRYPER Frontman Shoots Down TED CRUZ Rumor: 'I Don't Think I Look Anything Like Him'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet gave interviews to CNN and NBC 5 Thursday (March 17) in response to social media talk that he and presidential hopeful Texas Sen. Ted Cruz were one and the same. The rumor was apparently started by author Michael Boulerice, who spread an online joke suggesting Cruz and...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's VINCE NEIL To Play Seventy Solo Shows This Year

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil plans to stay busy touring with his solo band between now and the end of 2016. Speaking to Helen Yee, host of "Eyes On The Game" sports radio at last week's Nevada Boxing Hall Of Fame press conference in Las Vegas, Neil said about his upcoming activities (see video belo...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Talks About Feelings Of Guilt Over Pursuing Solo Career

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked if he ever feels a sense of guilt when he does either a solo ...

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TIGERTAILZ To Release 'Blast' Album In April

Welsh glam metal veterans TIGERTAILZ will release a new album, "Blast", on April 25. The CD will include the song "Pipped It Popped It", which was written specifically for this year's Eurovision Song Contest. "Pipped It Popped It" was submitted to the judging panel, who choose a shortlist for a publ...

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TREAT: New Song 'Endangered' Available For Streaming

Frontiers Music Srl will release "Ghost Of Graceland", the new album from Swedish hard rockers TREAT, on April 15. The song "Endangered", taken from "Ghost Of Graceland", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Building on the success of their last album, 2010's "Coup De Grace", hailed by both fa...

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DIO DISCIPLES Feat. CRAIG GOLDY, VINNY APPICE: Video Footage Of Glendale Street-Party Performance

Video footage of DIO DISCIPLES performing yesterday (Saturday, March 5) at the street party for the "Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund" in Glendale, California can be seen below. DIO DISCIPLES, which pays tribute to Ronnie James Dio and is fully supported by Dio's widow/manager, Wendy,...

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HALESTORM Members Guess British Slang (Video)

APTV has uploaded an interview with the four members of HALESTORM in which they try to decipher the meanings of different British slang phrases. These include "I'm just gonna go spend a penny," "Don't get your knickers in a twist," and the word "fanny." Check out the chat below. HALESTORM is among t...

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LEE AARON To Release 'Fire And Gasoline' Album This Month

On March 25, Canadian rock artist Lee Aaron returns with her hotly anticipated new rock album, "Fire And Gasoline". Ever timeless, seemingly ageless, and artistically fearless, Aaron has sustained a three-decade strong career based on the powerful songwriting and vocal delivery that are at the heart...

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WOLF HOFFMANN Says Next ACCEPT Album Will Arrive In 2017

Robert Cavuoto of Metal Rules recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of German/American metallers ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Rules: Tell me about the chemistry between you and [bassist] Peter Baltes that keeps ACCEPT going? Wolf: There is som...

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DEFTONES' FRANK DELGADO Discusses Meaning Of 'Heavy'; New Tour Dates Announced

According to The Pulse Of Radio, DEFTONES samplist/keyboardist Frank Delgado recently talked to Fuse about the band's new album, "Gore", set to drop April 8. He touched on a number of subjects, including inspiration, the subjectivity of what's "heavy" and the recent unhappiness expressed by DEFTONES...

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No Means of Escape

Watching Scottish rock-legends NAZARETH punch through a set in modern times leaves a whirligig of emotions, no doubt felt by the band's founding bassist, Pete Agnew. Agnew must have immense pride with his son Lee pounding the kit behind him, even if the loss of Darrell Sweet still stings 16 years la...

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Anything That Moves

Virginia rockers BOBAFLEX might've been the first in line at their local sneak preview of "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" as they beat the film, release date-wise, to the punch by dialing up their sixth full-length, "Anything That Moves". A veteran bunch, BOBAFLEX can write sharp agro roc...

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CANDLEMASS To Release 'Death Thy Lover' EP In June

Legendary Swedish doom metallers CANDLEMASS will release a special 30th-anniversary EP titled "Death Thy Lover" on June 3 via Napalm. The four-track effort — which features Mats Levén on vocals — was recorded during September/October and will be made available as a four-page digipack, one-LP gatefol...