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EVOCATION: Video Footage From Pre-Production Sessions For Next Album

Swedish death metallers EVOCATION are in pre-production for their fifth studio album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Century Media Records. Video footage from the pre-production sessions can be seen below. EVOCATION recently announced the addition of drummer Conny Pettersson (ANATA)...

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WENDY DIO Talks 'This Is Your Life' Tribute Album At RONNIE JAMES DIO Awards Gala In Hollywood (Video)

Wendy Dio, the wife/manager of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, was interviewed by Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" at this past Monday's (March 17) exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala at the Aval...

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GEOFF TATE Hopes To One Day Have A Good Relationship With His Former Bandmates

Whitney Ullman of NJ.com recently conducted an interview with singer Geoff Tate of QUEENSRŸCHE. An excerpt from the chat follows below. NJ.com: There is a lot going on right now with the QUEENSRŸCHE name between the old band and the new band. Is there anything you want to tell fans about the current...

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Former DIO Drummers VINNY APPICE, SIMON WRIGHT Talk About Their Contribution To 'This Is Your Life' (Video)

Former DIO drummers Vinny Appice and Simon Wright were interviewed by Artisan News at this past Monday's (March 17) exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Check out the report below. During the...

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COREY TAYLOR, DUFF MCKAGAN, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, LZZY HALE Perform At RONNIE JAMES DIO Third Annual Awards Gala

An exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala was held last night (Monday, March 17) at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Fans got to hear the entire album two weeks before they could buy it and there were very special live performance...

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GEOFF TATE Interviewed By TomAroundTheWorld.com (Video)

TomAroundTheWorld.com conducted an interview with Geoff Tate before the March 12 performance by his version of QUEENSRŸCHE at the Palace Theater in Syracuse, New York. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is a performance clip of the song "Silent Lucidity". Geoff Tate — who was fired fro...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: More Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of New York City Concert

More fan-filmed video footage of the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE performing on March 11 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City can be seen below. Geoff Tate — who was fired from QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — earlier in the month apologized to the group's f...

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QUIET RIOT, FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS, GILBY CLARKE To Join Forces For 'Bang Your Head Tour'

QUIET RIOT, FASTER PUSSYCAT, BULLETBOYS and former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke will join forces for the "Bang Your Head Tour" of North America this summer. QUIET RIOT boasts the distinction of having the very first heavy metal album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, and they started...

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GEOFF TATE: QUEENSRŸCHE 'Was A Really Smooth-Running Organization For Years And Years'

Atlantic City Insider conducted an interview with singer Geoff Tate ahead of the March 15 performance by his version of QUEENSRŸCHE at Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. On where the settlement talks stand with his former bandmates over the...

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PAUL STANLEY Talks About Writing His Memoir 'Face The Music: A Life Exposed' (Audio)

In the 10-minute audio clip below, KISS frontman Paul Stanley discusses the writing and narration of his memoir, "Face The Music: A Life Exposed". This episode also includes an excerpt from the prologue. "People say I was brave to write such a revealing book, but I wrote it because I needed to perso...

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HALESTORM's Cover Version Of DIO's 'Straight Through The Heart' Available For Streaming

HALESTORM's cover version of the DIO classic "Straight Through The Heart" is available for streaming below (courtesy of Loudwire). The song is featured on "This Is Your Life", the tribute to album to legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, which will be released on April 1 via Rhino. Ronnie J...

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MISERY INDEX: New Song 'Conjuring The Cull' Available For Streaming

"Conjuring The Cull", a brand new song from American death metal extremists MISERY INDEX, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "The Killing Gods", which will be released on May 23 via Season Of Mist. "The Killing Gods" was recorded...

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Video: GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Performs In New York City

Fan-filmed video footage of the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE performing on March 11 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City can be seen below. Geoff Tate — who was fired from QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — last week apologized to the group's fans for the "tot...

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XENTRIX Performs New Song In Athens; Video Available

Reunited U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played a new song, "World Of Mouth", last night (Saturday, March 8) at the Up The Hammers Festival in Athens, Greece. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. XENTRIX played its first show in almost seven years on April 14, 2013 at the Moses Gate...

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GEOFF TATE Is 'Sorry' QUEENSRŸCHE Fans Were Subjected To 'Totally Distasteful' War Of Words Via Court Documents

Singer Geoff Tate — who was fired from the Seattle progressive rock band QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — has apologized to the group's fans for the "totally distasteful" war of words that played out in the press and court documents following the split, saying that there wil...