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FLOOR JANSEN Is 'Super-Excited' To Join NIGHTWISH On Rest Of Tour And Next Summer's Festivals

Dutch singer Floor Jansen (REVAMP, ex-AFTER FOREVER) made her live debut as the frontwoman of NIGHTWISH on October 1 at Showbox Sodo in Seattle, Washington. Jansen is handling lead-vocal duties on NIGHTWISH's current North American tour after the group parted ways with Anette Olzon at the end of Sep...

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GOJIRA: Official 'Liquid Fire' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "Liquid Fire", a song from French progressive metallers GOJIRA, can be seen below. The track comes off the band's fifth album, "L'Enfant Sauvage", which sold almost 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 34 on The Billboa...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says New Album Is 'Different' From Previous Efforts In Terms Of Dynamics

Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Herman Li of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: The [latest DRAGONFORCE album, "The Power Within"] been out now for a number of months. How...

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PAPA ROACH Bassist Talks About The Making Of 'The Connection'

Kristyn Clarke of PopCultureMadness.com recently conducted an interview with PAPA ROACH bassist Tobin Esperance. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. PopCultureMadness.com: How did you enjoy working with James Michael as a producer [on the new PAPA ROACH album, "The Connection"]? Tobin:...

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ARJEN LUCASSEN Working On New AYREON Album

Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen has commenced work on a new AYREON album for a 2013 release. A three-minute teaser clip for the forthcoming CD can be seen below. AYREON's latest album, "01011001" (2008),sold 1,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist Says 'British Lion' Solo Album 'Feels Very Cohesive'

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN bassist/founder Steve Harris about Steve's solo/side project album, "British Lion". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: What's your take on "British Lion" as a whole? Harris:...

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DON DOKKEN: Why 'Broken Bones' Is Final DOKKEN Album

Leslie Michele Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: You have said that people should not listen to [the new DOKKEN album] "Broken Bones" once, but to listen to it twice. Don:...

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MATT SORUM Discusses 'Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head' Album

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with drummer Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT, CAMP FREDDY) about the DEEP PURPLE tribute album "Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head", which features a contribution from Sorum's new project, KINGS OF CHA...

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TRAPT To Release 'Reborn' In November

California rockers TRAPT will release their new album, "Reborn", on November 20 via Epochal Artist Records and distributed via EMI Label Services. The CD will be released in a standard version as well as a deluxe edition which will feature five acoustic songs from "Reborn" as well as the never-befor...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's 'British Lion' Solo Album: First-Week Sales Revealed

IRON MAIDEN bassist/founder Steve Harris's solo/side project album, "British Lion", sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 138. The CD also landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart,...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's 'This Is Not My God' Video Released

"This Is My God", the new video from IRON MAIDEN bassist/founder Steve Harris's solo/side project album, "British Lion", can be seen below. "British Lion" was released in the U.S. on September 25 via Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Mixed by Kevin Shirley — whose credits include IRON MAIDEN as wel...

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METALLICA To Start Work On New Album 'Soon'

METALLICA is scheduled to enter the studio "soon" to begin work on its next full-length album, tentatively due in 2014. Speaking to RollingStone.com, the band's guitarist, Kirk Hammett, stated about the status of the songwriting process for the next CD, "Right now, we're kind of preoccupied with dea...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist's 'This Is Not My God' Video To Premier Tomorrow

"This Is My God", the new video from IRON MAIDEN bassist/founder Steve Harris's solo/side project album, "British Lion", will make its online debut tomorrow (Tuesday, October 2) at 6:00 p.m. "British Lion" was released in the U.S. on September 25 via Universal Music Enterprises (UMe). Mixed by Kevin...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Talks 'Monster' In New Interview

Christopher Lee of Crypt Magazine recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Crypt Magazine: So now that [the new KISS album] "Monster" is finished, what do you think of the album? Tommy: I think it's a high watermark for us. It...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY Says He 'Wasn't Jealous' Of STEVEN TYLER's 'American Idol' Stint

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry and singer Steven Tyler were interviewed on today's (Monday, September 24) edition of ABC's "Good Morning America". You can now watch the segment below. Asked about the rumored tension within the band over Tyler's stint as a judge on the reality-TV singing competition "...