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STEVE VAI On Performing With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'It's A Peak Moment For Me In The Pantheon Of My Live Touring Experience'

Andy Hall of the Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3 recently conducted an interview with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai about his "Generation Axe" tour. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he had a "wish list"...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Says OZ FOX Is 'Absolutely A Lot Better,' Three Months After Suffering Onstage Seizure

On October 31, Eclectic Arts conducted an interview with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked how Oz Fox is doing, less than three months after the STRYPER guitarist suffered an onstage seizure while performing with a side project in Las Vegas, Sweet said: "He'...

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STEVE VAI: Limited-Edition Bobblehead Available From GUITAR GODS

Up next in Guitar Gods' series of officially licensed numbered limited-edition collectible figures is none other than legendary guitarist Steve Vai. This figure representing the musician is limited to 1,000 numbered units, stands at seven inches tall, and is made of a lightweight polyresin. To order...

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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN: 'Zo Lief' Video Released

In May 2018, Anneke Van Giersbergen performed two career-spanning concerts with orchestral arrangements together with Residentie Orkest The Hague. Now those special concerts will be available for all to hear when they are released as "Symphonized", an 11-track live album due out on November 16. The...

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AMON AMARTH: 'Raise Your Horns' Performance Video From 'The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm'

On November 16, AMON AMARTH will release its new documentary and supporting live album(s),"The Pursuit Of Vikings: 25 Years In The Eye Of The Storm" — which includes a retrospective documentary that features a wealth of live and behind-the-scenes content and extensive band interviews. This film tel...

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TOM G. WARRIOR Returns To ROADBURN To Perform CELTIC FROST/TRIPTYKON 'Requiem' In Full

TRIPTYKON will return to Roadburn festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands in 2019 to perform the full CELTIC FROST/TRIPTYKON three-part "Requiem", complete with orchestral accompaniment. Having previously performed at the festival in 2010 and 2014 with TRIPTYKON, and taken on curatorship duties for th...

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GODSMACK Announces Rescheduled European Tour

GODSMACK, the Massachusetts-based band which recently had to postpone its fall European tour due to the unexpected death of the son of guitarist Tony Rombola, has announced plans for a 20-date trek in 2019. The tour is set to kick off on February 27 in London, with LIKE A STORM confirmed as direct s...

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DEE SNIDER Says He Will Begin Work On Follow-Up To 'For The Love Of Metal' This Winter

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider was recently interviewed on the "Iron City Rocks" podcast. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the 1985 PMRC hearings that saw Snider defend TWISTED SISTER's music and imagery against censorship: Dee: "Short-term, it was a wrong decision f...

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BIOHAZARD's BILLY GRAZIADEI Releases 'Freedom's Never Free' Video From BILLYBIO Project

BILLYBIO, the solo project of BIOHAZARD and POWERFLO guitarist Billy Graziadei, will release its debut album, "Feed The Fire", on November 30 via AFM Records. The official music video for the first single from "Feed The Fire", "Freedom's Never Free", can be seen below. "Feed The Fire" can be pre-or...

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AFI Surprise-Releases 'Get Dark'; 'The Missing Man' EP Due In December

AFI has released a new song called "Get Dark". It is the first track from a special EP titled "The Missing Man (Ex Noctem Nacimur)", which was produced and mixed by AFI guitarist Jade Puget and is slated for a December 7 release. "Get Dark" is available as an instant download to those who pre-order...

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METAL ALLEGIANCE To Be Joined By SEPULTURA, OVERKILL, ARCH ENEMY, MISFITS Members At Anaheim Concert

METAL ALLEGIANCE — the all-star collective anchored by Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, ex-DREAM THEATER),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),David Ellefson (MEGADETH) and Mark Menghi — began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community’s most re...

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WARREL DANE's Final Days Captured In Documentary About Making Of 'Shadow Work'

On December 13, 2017, the worldwide metal community mourned the passing of a truly unique voice, an extremely gifted songwriter, and above all a wonderful human being, that will be dearly missed: Warrel Dane, who died of a heart attack during the recordings of his second solo album in São Paulo, Bra...

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EVERGREY: 'The Atlantic' Album Details Revealed

Acclaimed Swedish dark melodic metal masters EVERGREY will release their new studio album, titled "The Atlantic", on January 25, 2019. The band has worked extensively on the follow-up to 2016's "The Storm Within" (which entered the charts on high positions in numerous countries). EVERGREY again team...

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SIRENIA: 'Into The Night' Video Released

"Into The Night", the new video from Nordic epic metal masters SIRENIA, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Arcane Astral Aeons", which will be released on October 26 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2016's "Dim Days Of Dolor" marks the band's second LP to featu...

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Voluptuous Worship of Rapture and Response

The modern era of digital music platforms such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud have opened up the channels of distribution for any musician with access to recording equipment and/or software. One of the side effects of this floodgate opening is the deluge of one-man bedroom and basement projects in all g...