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KITTIE To Tour U.S. With DIRGE WITHIN, DIAMOND PLATE

Veteran all-girl Canadian metal outfit KITTIE will embark on a U.S. tour in August. Support on the trek will come from DIRGE WITHIN and DIAMOND PLATE. The dates are as follows: Aug. 11 - Cave In Rock, IL - Hog Rock (Gathering of the Juggalos) * Aug. 12 - Waterloo, IA - Spicoli's Rock Garden ...

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ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS Interviewed On 'Metal Mutilation' Audio

On May 25, 2011, Nathan Katsiaficas of the WMHB 89.7 FM metal radio show called "Metal Mutilation" conducted an interview with Santa Cruz, California-based progressive hardcore/death metallers ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Motherland", the fo...

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JUDAS PRIEST's Performance On 'American Idol' Watched By 30 Million People

The two-hour-plus Season 10 finale of the Fox singing competition "American Idol", which featured performances by JUDAS PRIEST and AEROSMITH frontman (and "Idol" judge) Steven Tyler, attracted 29.3 million viewers. According to USA Today, that's a 21% increase over last year (24.2 million). The May...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Calls JAMES DURBIN 'Idol' Cover 'Dream Come True'

MTV News caught up with the members of JUDAS PRIEST on the red carpet for Wednesday's (May 25) star-studded "American Idol" finale (see video below) and asked them about their performance with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was eliminated from " Idol" earlier i...

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JUDAS PRIEST Performs On 'American Idol' Finale; Video Available

As first predicted here earlier today, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST performed during tonight's (Wednesday, May 25) season 10 "American Idol" finale. They hit the stage with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was eliminated from "American Idol" earlier i...

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STEVEN TYLER To Perform With STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Members At 'American Idol' Finale

Robert and Dean DeLeo of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will join AEROSMITH frontman and "American Idol" judge Steven Tyler on stage during tonight's (Wednesday, May 25) season 10 "Idol" finale, airing live from Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California. In addition, JUDAS PRIEST will perform with James Durbin,...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Perform During Tonight's 'American Idol' Season Finale?

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST are strongly rumored to be performing during tonight's (Wednesday, May 25) season 10 "American Idol" finale. They are expected to hit the stage with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was eliminated from "American Idol" earl...

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WARBRINGER: New Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online

Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER entered the studio on April 18 with producer Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SYMPHONY X, SEPULTURA, HATEBREED) to begin recording their third album for a late 2011 release via Century Media Records. WARBRINGER's follow-up to 2009's "Waking Into Nightmares" w...

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'In The Pit' With LOUDNESS

Veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS are featured in "Metal Moment" podcast's latest video series, "In The Pit With Loudness". The 15-minute clip, which can be seen below, features footage of the band's May 10, 2011 concert in Santa Clara, California as well as a short Japanese-language interview wit...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist Interviewed In Atlanta (Video)

Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with guitarist Mike Spreitzer of Santa Barbara, California metallers DEVILDRIVER before the band's May 10, 2011 concert at the Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia with DANZIG. You can now watch the chat below. Bassist Jonathan Miller quit DEVILDRIVE...

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Eliminated 'American Idol' Contestant JAMES DURBIN Performs JUDAS PRIEST Classic On 'Leno'

James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was just eliminated from of "American Idol", performed a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "You Got Another Thing Coming" on this past Friday's edition of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on NBC. You can now watch video fo...

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DRAGONFORCE Schedules One-Off 'Intimate' Show In Los Angeles

U.K.-based metal heroes DRAGONFORCE will play a special "up-close-and-personal" concert on Tuesday, October 18 at The Troubadour on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. DRAGONFORCE will return to the U.S. after a two-year absence to perform a special one-off intimate set to give fans a...

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Eliminated 'American Idol' Contestant JAMES DURBIN Hopes To Work With MIKE PORTNOY

According to USA Today, James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California, who was just eliminated from of "American Idol", is planning to record an album, with what he described as a "[DIO] 'Holy Diver', [BLACK SABBATH] 'Neon Nights'-type" feel. "I potentially heard my first single y...

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ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS: Entire New Album Available For Streaming

"Motherland", the fourth album from Santa Cruz, California-based progressive hardcore/death metallers ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS, is available for streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. Due on May 17 via Century Media Records, the CD was recorded at Castle Ultimate studios in Fremont...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Video)

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT before the band's May 1, 2011 performance at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, California. You can now watch the chat below. ACCEPT performed its classic 1982 album "Re...