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LUCIFER To Release Debut Album In June

Following the premature demise of THE OATH, Johanna Sadonis wasted no time in creating a new beast to go beyond previous limitations. That beast is LUCIFER and the band's debut album, titled "Lucifer I", will be released on June 16 via Rise Above Records. Having released its debut single, "Anubis" e...

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SOIL's Tour Bus Involved In Road Accident

SOIL's tour bus was involved in a road accident last night following the band's concert in Des Moines, Iowa. SOIL singer Ryan McCombs writes on Instagram: "At 4:33 a.m., the last thing you want to hear in your bunk is a combination of the driver yelling, 'HOLD ON!!', the sound of the bus flying off...

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SOIL's RYAN MCCOMBS Discusses His Recent Stroke: 'My Health Was Absolutely Horrible'

Former DROWNING POOL and current SOIL frontman Ryan McCombs was interviewed last month on the 94.9 K-Rock (WRHK) radio station in Danville, Illinois. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about his health three months after he suffered a stroke following the completio...

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ALICE COOPER, THE YARDBIRDS, SAXON, FEAR FACTORY, CLUTCH Featured In 'Before I Hit The Stage' Book

When the outspoken Gene Simmons of KISS declared in an interview with Esquire last year that "rock is finally dead," a wave of response followed, both in agreement and dissent. Whether dead or alive, one thing is for certain: backstage at a rock concert is not the same as it used to be. Authors and...

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ABBATH Puts IMMORTAL To Rest, Launches New Band

2015 will bear witness to the return of Abbath. IMMORTAL's frontman and founding member, whose real name is Olve Eikemo, has been writing and rehearsing fervently, with a deluge of new material ready to be recorded. Unable to come to an agreement in order move forward with the other members of the b...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK: Visa Processing Delays Force Postponement Of First Three U.S. Shows

Due to unforeseen visa processing delays, MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK — featuring Schenker alongside ex-SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell and bassist Francis Buchholz, ex-RAINBOW singer Doogie White and Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards) — has had to reschedule the first three shows of the 2015...

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TAU CROSS Featuring VOIVOD, AMEBIX Members: New Song 'Lazarus' Streaming

Comprised of a AMEBIX vocalist/bassist Rob "The Baron" Miller, VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, MISERY guitarist Jon Misery and WAR//PLAGUE guitarist Andy Lefton, TAU CROSS formed in 2013 and recorded its self-titled debut album over several months in 2014 throughout three different countries....

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Collaborating With MARZI MONTAZERI On Music For 'Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre' Film

Singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) and Marzi Montazeri (PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS) are writing and recording music for the fictional band WITCHES' LIPS portrayed in the movie "Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre". They have four original songs done so far...

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SATAN To Release New Album In September

British heavy metal legends SATAN have entered First Avenue Studios in Newcastle, England to record their new album for a September release via Listenable records. The CD will once again be mixed by Dario Mollo, who is part of TONY MARTIN'S HEADLESS CROSS touring project and has worked with numerous...

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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, LED ZEPPELIN, IRON MAIDEN, AC/DC Classics Get 'Hillbillified' On STEVE'N'SEAGULLS' 'Farm Machine'

What became a genuine international viral phenomenon actually started out on a farm in central Finland; in a barn, to be precise... There, a bunch of like-minded countrymen — with the emphasis on "country" — played a customized version of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" using homespun instrumentation, every...

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TAU CROSS Featuring VOIVOD, AMEBIX Members: Trailer For Debut Album

Comprised of a AMEBIX vocalist/bassist Rob "The Baron" Miller, VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin, MISERY guitarist Jon Misery and WAR//PLAGUE guitarist Andy Lefton, TAU CROSS formed in 2013 and recorded its debut album over several months in 2014 throughout three different countries. The record...

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VOLBEAT Signs North American Management Deal With Q PRIME

Q Prime, the New York-based music management firm founded and run by Cliff Burnstein and Peter Mensch, today announced the North American management signing of the Grammy-nominated Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT. "Anytime you see a band (in Lubbock, Texas no less) who can play Johnny Cash'...

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SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD, MORBID ANGEL Members To Make Cameos In 'Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie'

Tom Araya (SLAYER),Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD) and David Vincent (MORBID ANGEL) make cameos in the new heavy metal-horror film called "Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre: The Movie". Directed by Joshua Allan Vargas, who has worked on music videos for DOWN, SOIL, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS a...

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SOIL Frontman RYAN MCCOMBS Recovering From Stroke

SOIL/ex-DROWNING POOL frontman Ryan McCombs is recovering in a hospital after suffering a stroke this past weekend. McCombs wrote on his Facebook page: "I have been hospitalized after having a stroke in my sleep Sunday night. "Thanks to Izzi [Ryan's girlfriend] making me go to the hospital Monday mo...

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STATIC-X Frontman WAYNE STATIC Dead At 48

Singer/guitarist Wayne Static (born Wayne Richard Wells) of the industrial metal band STATIC-X has passed away at the age of 48. His death was confirmed by Wayne's publicists at FiXT Publicity. There has been no official confirmation of the cause of death, but some of Static's music industry colleag...