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PRIMAL FEAR Parts Ways With Drummer RANDY BLACK

Due to "irreconcilable differences" between singer Ralf Scheepers and drummer Randy Black, Randy will leave German/Swedish/Canadian power metallers PRIMAL FEAR effective August 16, one day after the band's performance at the Summer Breeze festival in Germany. Summer Breeze will mark Randy's final sh...

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Former QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE: 'I'll Always Perform The Music I Wrote'

Jon Ballard of Fresno, California's 105.1 The Blaze radio station recently conducted an interview with former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether it's a bittersweet...

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APOCALYPTICA Featuring Singer FRANKY PEREZ: Fan-Filmed Footage of HEAVY MONTREAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of APOCALYPTICA's August 9 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. APOCALYPTICA is putting the finishing touches on its eighth full-length studio album, to be released in early 2015. Following the release of "7th Symphony", A...

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APOCALYPTICA Interviewed By ARTE CONCERT At WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held July 31 - August 2 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. APOCALYPTICA is putting the finishing touches on its eighth full-length studio album, to be rel...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: 30-Minute Video Of Final Southern California Performance

Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE performing on August 3 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California. Check it out below. The setlist was as follows: 01. Best I Can 02. Breakdown 03. Another Rainy Night 04. Cold 05. Real World 06. I Am I 07. ...

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RUDY SARZO Interviewed On 'Let There Be Talk' Podcast With Comedian DEAN DELRAY (Audio)

Bassist Rudy Sarzo, one of the most legendary and respected names in hard rock history — having played alongside Randy Rhoads in QUIET RIOT and OZZY OSBOURNE, as well as toured and/or recorded with WHITESNAKE, DIO, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and now in Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE — was interviewed on episode 107...

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Video Premiere: PRIMAL FEAR's 'Alive And On Fire'

"Alive And On Fire", the new video from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's tenth studio album, "Delivering The Black", which was released on January 24 in Europe and January 28 in North America via Frontiers Records. The follow-up to 2012's "Unbr...

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Video: GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Plays 'Farewell' Concert In Agoura Hills

Fan-filmed video footage of Geoff Tate's QUEENSRŸCHE performing on August 3 at the Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, California can be seen below. On July 30, Tate and his bandmates launched a 22-date trek of what are Geoff's final performances as QUEENSRŸCHE Starring Geoff Tate – The Farewell Tour. Tate...

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CALIFORNIA BREED Taps Former QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Drummer JOEY CASTILLO For Upcoming Tour

CALIFORNIA BREED members Glenn Hughes and Andrew Watt have chosen Joey Castillo (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL) to play drums for the band for all upcoming dates when it became clear that Jason Bonham's professional commitments would prevent him from being able to tour with the grou...

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APOCALYPTICA Putting Finishing Touches On Eighth Album

Innovative Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA are putting the finishing touches on their eighth full-length studio album, to be released early 2015. Following the release of "7th Symphony", APOCALYPTICA took a break from the standard album cycle in 2013 to pursue a range of musical projects. While E...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE To Forge Ahead As OPERATION: MINDCRIME

On the very day his farewell tour as QUEENSRŸCHE begins, Geoff Tate — one of rock's quintessential front men and the lead vocalist heard on all QUEENSRŸCHE hits since the inception of the band — has announced that his current version of QUEENSRŸCHE will forge ahead as OPERATION: MINDCRIME after the...

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Heavy Metal Fan JOKO 'JOKOWI' WIDODO Wins Indonesia's Presidential Election

Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who has professed love for heavy metal bands like METALLICA, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and NAPALM DEATH, has been declared the winner of Indonesia's presidential election after receiving 53.13 percent of the vote. He is expected to be inaugurated on October 20. Upo...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Release 'Memoirs Of A Madman' CD, Two-Disc DVD In October

This October, the career of rock icon Ozzy Osbourne will be celebrated with the Epic Records/Legacy Recordings "Memoirs Of A Madman" collections. Due out October 7, "Memoirs Of A Madman" CD serves as a career-spanning audio release, featuring 17 of Ozzy's greatest hit singles compiled in one place f...

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'Steal Away The Night: An Ozzy Osbourne Day-By-Day' Book Due In September

Due in September via Backbeat Books, "Steal Away The Night: An Ozzy Osbourne Day-By-Day" celebrates the Oz-man with a full account of his more-than-40-year run as rock's most adorable madman. Author Martin Popoff takes us through Ozzy's career day by day, covering the singer's years in BLACK SABBATH...

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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist JOE HOLMES' FARMIKOS: 'Am I One' Audio Snippet

An audio sample of "Am I One", a new song from FARMIKOS, the Los Angeles-based band featuring former OZZY OSBOURNE and DAVID LEE ROTH guitarist Joe Holmes and vocalist Robbie Locke, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. FARMIKOS released four digital singles on March 18. "Scapegoat", "Kings Of...