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More Video Footage Of XENTRIX's First Show In Almost Seven Years

U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played their first show in almost seven years onApril 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. More video footage of the concert can be seen below. XENTRIX has returned to action with a handful of live dates as special guests for KREATOR and EVILE in April as well as the promi...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: 'New And Improved' Mixes Of 'Frequency Unknown' Available

Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records is making available the "new and improved" mixes of "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, to any customers who have purchased the original mix version and are dissatisfied with the audio. Simply e-mail the label a scan...

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SLIPKNOT Drummer Working On New Project

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has posted several photos (see below) from the studio where he is currently working on a "new project." More details about the band, which apparently features Jed Simon (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, TENET, ZIMMER'S HOLE) and Kris Norris (DARKEST HOUR) on guitar, will be made a...

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EDENBRIDGE: 'The Bonding' Album Details Revealed

It's been more than a decade since Austrian female-fronted symphonic metallers EDENBRIDGE first created a stir with the launch of their debut album, "Sunrise In Eden", back in 2000. What presented itself as a young but already immensely talented band has evolved into one of the genre's most independ...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire Los Angeles Concert

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE has just hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime", performing all fifteen songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they've compiled over the past 30...

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THE DEAD DAISIES Single Featuring SLASH Available On iTunes

THE DEAD DAISIES' debut single, "Lock 'N' Load", which is now available on iTunes, features the signature guitar riffs of Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) and is laced with Jon Stevens' (INXS, NOISEWORKS) trademark vocals. "Slash and I wrote 'Lock 'N' Load', which was recorded with Simon Horsf...

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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE Split: 'I Never Really Realized How Slightly Miserable I Was'

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate was interviewed on this past Friday's (April 19) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. A transcript of the chat follows below. Eddie Trunk: How does it feel to be [back out on the road with the new QUEENSRŸCHE lineup]? Geoff T...

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SAXON Frontman: 'We Don't Really Have A Tried-And-Tested Formula'

Simon Rushworth of The Journal recently conducted an interview with singer Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On SAXON's latest album, "Sacrifice": "We don't really have a tried-and-tested formula, even after all of these years. Look at...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Agoura Hills Concert Footage Available

The Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE has just hit the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band's epic 1988 release, "Operation: Mindcrime", performing all fifteen songs from the album along with other well-known hits and rarities from the catalog they've compiled over the past 30...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Taps Drummer BRIAN TICHY For Upcoming Shows

Renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy (pictured below),known for his tours of duty with BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER, OZZY OSBOURNE and WHITESNAKE, will fill in for Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO, RHINO BUCKET) in the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE for all of the band's t...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TATE Says Four Of First Six 'Mindcrime' Anniversary Shows Have Been Sellouts

Jackie Mtz of The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate before the band's April 14 concert in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records will release "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUE...

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RATT Singer To Sign Copies Of His Tell-All Memoir

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy's long-awaited book, "Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock", will be released on May 7 via Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The 288-page hardcover is described in a press release as "a jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s superg...

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GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE: Entire 'Frequency Unknown' Album Available For Streaming

Deadline Music/Cleopatra Records will release "Frequency Unknown", the new album from the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, on April 23. The CD, which was produced by Jason Slater at a studio in Northern California, is now available for streaming in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget...

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Video: Reunited XENTRIX Plays First Show In Almost Seven Years

U.K. thrashers XENTRIX played their first show in almost seven years this past Sunday, April 14 at the Moses Gate in Bolton, England. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. XENTRIX has returned to action with a handful of live dates as special guests for KREATOR and EVILE in April as well a...

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U.K.'s SOLSTICE To Record First New Material In 15 Years

British doom metal outfit SOLSTICE will enter an undisclosed studio in Huddersfield, Yorkshire at the end of April to begin recording its first new material since 1998's "New Dark Age" album. Tracks set to be laid down include "I Am The Hunter", "Fortress England" and "Death's Crown Is Victory". Vid...