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KING DIAMOND: Video Footage Of FORTAROCK Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of KING DIAMOND's June 5 performance at the FortaRock festival in Nijmegen, The Netherlands can be seen below. KING DIAMOND's November 25, 2015 and November 28, 2015 live shows in Philadelphia and Detroit, respectively, were flmed for the band's forthcoming DVD. The set is b...

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VINNY APPICE Doesn't Know Why He Wasn't Asked To Take Part In BLACK SABBATH's Final Tour

Legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE) was interviewed on a recent installment of the "Music Mania" podcast. You can now listen the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked if he was ever contacted about getting involved in playing drums for BLACK SABBATH o...

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AMON AMARTH's Success Has Nothing To Do With Vikings

Sam Dunn of Banger TV recently conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg and guitarist Johan Söderberg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how instrumental AMON AMARTH's knack for incorporating Norse mythology into the ban...

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DIO: 'A Decade Of Dio: 1983-1993' Boxed Set Due In July

Ronnie James Dio's sinister howl and wicked songcraft bewitched hard rock fans in the seventies and eighties during his memorable stints with ELF, RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH. In 1983, the singer formed his own band, launching a successful solo career that led to ten studio albums and sales of more th...

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Ex-MEGADETH Drummer SHAWN DROVER: Video Footage Of Columbus, Georgia Drum Clinic

Video footage of Shawn Drover's (MEGADETH, ACT OF DEFIANCE) April 23 drum clinic at Everything Musical in Columbus, Georgia can be seen below. Drover quit MEGADETH in November 2014 "to pursue [his] own musical interests." Guitarist Chris Broderick announced his departure from MEGADETH a few hours la...

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Watch Former MEGADETH Members Perform Cover Of PANTERA's 'I'm Broken'

Fan-filmed video footage of ACT OF DEFIANCE performing a cover version of the PANTERA classic "I'm Broken" on May 26 at Dickens pub on Calgary, Alberta, Canada can be seen below. ACT OF DEFIANCE is the band featuring former MEGADETH members Shawn Drover (drums) and Chris Broderick (guitar),alongsid...

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EXECRATION Signs With METAL BLADE

Norwegian death metallers EXECRATION have inked a worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records. EXECRATION comments: "We're really excited to pen this deal with Metal Blade. Metal Blade is a legendary label, with legendary bands and releases from all the way back to the beginning, and joining the ranks i...

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Sword Songs

Anyone who has idled time lounging in their rooms with power metal and barbarian pulp novels cracked open will consider it time hanging with GRAND MAGUS well spent. Particularly if you're underage, the appeal of it all is amped by sneaking beers behind your folks' backs with the sound of whumping fa...

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The Oracle

Tampa death metal quintet DARK SERMON, formerly known as IN REFERENCE TO A SINKING SHIP, has modified its lineup following the band's 2013 debut LP, "In Tongues". In on bass is Paul Stellmach and on drums, Jordan Jensen as DARK SERMON for their latest slab of death dirge, "The Oracle". Though there'...

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Ad Mortem Festinamus

Alright, kids, let's play some word association. "Fuck No, Too Slow." So that's four words; semantics. Even a metal yeoman will automatically parallel such lowbrow phraseology with thrash. Pasadena retro-speedsters ANGER AS ART return with its fifth LP after gaining some underground notoriety with 2...

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FEMME FATALE's Long-Awaited Second Album Finally Sees Light Of Day

FEMME FATALE's long-awaited second album, "One More For The Road", has just been released via FnA Records. The LP was recorded back in 1989/90 with the original band members and has never seen the light of day…until now. In 1988, FEMME FATALE made some big noise on radio and MTV with two very popula...

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British Heavy Metal Musicians Offer Tips For Creating Perfect Cup Of Tea (Video)

According to Mirror, two members of the British metalcore band HUNG have created hilarious new video with tips on making the perfect cup of tea. Barnaby Oakley and Paul Benford shot the clip called "How to make a METAL cup of tea, with Barnaby roaring: "Take your sacred bag of tea, one's all ...

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CHRIS BRODERICK Would Have Stayed In MEGADETH If He Had Been Given More Creative Freedom

Currently on tour in North America with ACT OF DEFIANCE, former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick has launched a new guitar play-through for the track "Disastrophe", taken from ACT OF DEFIANCE's debut album, "Birth And The Burial". In a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Broderick stated about...

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DENNER/SHERMANN Feat. MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists: 'Masters Of Evil' Album Preview

MERCYFUL FATE guitar lengends Michael Denner and Hank Shermann will release their new DENNER / SHERMANN full-length album, "Masters Of Evil", on June 24 via Metal Blade Records. A new 90-second preview of the CD is available below. The album cover was painted by Swedish artist Thomas Holm, who also...

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GWAR Is Working On Its 'Most Savage And Bloodthirsty' Album To Date

The theatrical shock rock band GWAR is working on a new studio album. According to a press release, the group is "currently searching for a producer that is brave enough to risk their life to give them the tones of the gods to make this next record stand as a testament to the next era ...