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APOCALYPTICA's PERTTU KIVILAAKSO And EICCA TOPPINEN Create 'Indigo' Opera

Perttu Kivilaakso and Eicca Toppinen, members of the world-famous heavy metal cello band APOCALYPTICA, have written an opera for the Finnish National Opera, combining heavy rock music with unabashedly Romantic melodies. "Indigo" will be premiered in Helsinki on January 22, 2016. Year 2016 for the Fi...

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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Putting Finishing Touches On New Solo Album

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann is putting the finishing touches on a new classical solo album, tentatively due in early 2016. He tells Metal Shock Finland 's Alison Booth: "I'm still in the last days of mixing this album and so hopefully early next year it can come out. I'm very excited about it. .....

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DELORES RHOADS, Mother Of RANDY RHOADS, Dies At 95

Delores Rhoads, the mother of legendary OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Randy Rhoads, has reportedly died at the age of 95. Said Ozzy in a statement: "I am deeply saddened to hear of Mrs. Rhoads passing. She was a wonderful woman and will be missed. I have no doubt she is reunited with her son Randy." Delor...

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JOE SATRIANI's Guide To JIMI HENDRIX-Style R&B Rhythm Guitar Playing (Video)

In the five-minute Guitar World clip below, Joe Satriani teaches Jimi Hendrix-style R&B rhythm guitar playing techniques. Full tabs can be found at GuitarWorld.com. Satriani released his 15th solo studio album, "Shockwave Supernova", on July 24, making him one of the first to utilize the new "Fr...

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Former RAGE Guitarist VICTOR SMOLSKI's ALMANAC To Release 'Tsar' Album In March

After 15 years and 10 CDs as guitarist, producer and composer for the German heavy metal institution RAGE, and with hits penned by him like "Down", "Soundchaser", "War Of Worlds", "Straight To Hell" (well known from the German blockbuster movie "Manitou's Shoe"),"Carved In Stone", "Forever Dead", "...

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PHANTASMA Feat. DELAIN, SERENITY, EVERON Members: Audio Samples Of Entire 'The Deviant Hearts' Album

PHANTASMA, the new symphonic rock musical of Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN),Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Oliver Philipps (EVERON),will release its debut album, "The Deviant Hearts", on November 20 via Napalm Records. Audio samples of all 13 tracks that are set to appear on the CD can be streamed in...

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RESURRECTION KINGS Feat. VINNY APPICE, CRAIG GOLDY: 'Who Do You Run To' Video

Frontiers Music Srl will release of the highly anticipated self-titled debut album from RESURRECTION KINGS on January 29, 2016. RESURRECTION KINGS is a new so-called "supergroup" featuring singer Chas West (TRIBE OF GYPSIES, LYNCH MOB),guitarist Craig Goldy (DIO, GIUFFRIA, ROUGH CUTT, DIO DISCIPLES...

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Listen To LZZY HALE's Guest Appearance On TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's 'Forget About The Blame'

Billboard.com has premiered a reprise version of "Forget About The Blame" from TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's upcoming "Letters From The Labyrinth" album, featuring a guest appearance by HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale. Check it out below. Regarding how the collaboration came about, Lzzy tells Billboard.com: "In...

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DIMMU BORGIR: Video Clip From New Album Pre-Production

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR are inapparently still in pre-production for their tenth album, tentatively due next year. A short video clip from the sessions has been posted on the official Facebook page of DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath and can be seen below. In a 2014 interview...

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PHANTASMA Feat. DELAIN, SERENITY, EVERON Members: 'Let It Die' Video

The video for the song "Let It Die" from PHANTASMA, the new symphonic rock musical of Charlotte Wessels (DELAIN),Georg Neuhauser (SERENITY) and Oliver Philipps (EVERON),can be seen below. The track is taken from the PHANTASMA's debut album, "The Deviant Hearts", which will be released on November...

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Kill the Flaw

Eleven albums now and SEVENDUST is still rolling with the same band of brothers, which says plenty in an industry that devours musicians and regurgitates new lineups monthly. Only for three years between 2005 and 2008 did guitarist and heavy-duty songwriter Clint Lowery depart. Otherwise, the band h...

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ALICE COOPER-Narrated 'Peter And The Wolf In Hollywood' To Be Released In November

"Peter And The Wolf In Hollywood", narrated by legendary rocker Alice Cooper, a brand new recording of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's children’s classic "Peter And The Wolf" — now coupled for the first time with a specially-written prequel (pre-story) — will be released on November 13 via Deuts...

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RESURRECTION KINGS Feat. VINNY APPICE, CRAIG GOLDY: First Taste Of Debut Album

RESURRECTION KINGS is the name of new so-called "supergroup" featuring singer Chas West (RED DRAGON CARTEL, TANGO DOWN),guitarist Craig Goldy (DIO, GIUFFRIA, ROUGH CUTT, DIO DISCIPLES),bassist Sean McNabb (DOKKEN, GREAT WHITE) and drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL). The b...

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NICKO MCBRAIN Wants IRON MAIDEN To Perform With An Orchestra

On Thursday, October 15, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain was interviewed by Andy Preston of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On IRON MAIDEN's new album, "The Book Of Souls"...

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Return to Forever

Yeah, like KISS, the SCORPIONS said they were hanging it up. That was apparently until they realized they could hit the fifty-year mark by clinging on a bit longer. For their eighteenth album, "Return to Forever", the SCORPIONS access their archives for previously shelved tunes from the "Blackout",...