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WAYNE STATIC's Collaboration With DMC: 'Noise Revolution' Video Released

"Noise Revolution", the video for the brand new collaborative track between DMC of the legendary RUN-DMC and STATIC-X mainman Wayne Static, can be seen below. The track is also available for purchase on iTunes. DMC, one of the pioneers of hip hop music, is also credited as being the first to blend r...

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DIAMOND HEAD Guitarist ANDY 'ABBZ' ABBERLEY Speaks To GUITARHOO! (Video)

In his first-ever interview, newest member and guitarist for NWOBHM legends DIAMOND HEAD, Andy "Abbz" Abberley chats with Guitarhoo! about his early musical roots, how he got the gig with DIAMOND HEAD, his favorite guitars and amps to record and tour with, his passion for jazz music, a solo album in...

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TRIVIUM's COREY BEAULIEU Interviewed On 'The Metal Factory' (Audio)

On Tuesday, December 17, Jack Antonio of "The Metal Factory" conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. Corey spoke about the "Roadrunner United" project; King Diamond; the latest TRIVIUM album, "Vengeance Falls"; working with DISTURBED singer David Draiman; a...

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DEF LEPPARD Plots 'Pyromania' Residency In Las Vegas

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen has revealed to Billboard.com that the band is planning a "Viva Pyromania" residency in Las Vegas at the end of 2014. DEF LEPPARD's breakthrough 1983 album, "Pyromania", was certified at the RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) diamond level (10 millio...

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Sweden's DRACENA Is Back With New Mini-CD

Swedish female-fronted black/thrash metal act DRACENA will release a new mini-CD, "Ravenous Bloodlust", on January 30, 2014. The Drac Productions release will include four new songs recorded at Sonic Train Studios, which belong to KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque. This will be band's first rele...

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FALCONER: New Album Title Revealed

Guitarist Stefan Weinerhall of Swedish metallers FALCONER has issued the following update: "The eighth [FALCONER] album, 'Black Moon Rising', is finally written. "In January, we will once again enter Sonic Train studio [in Vargerg, Sweden] with [producer and KING DIAMOND guitarist] Andy La Rocque. "...

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KILL RITUAL Signs With GOLDEN CORE RECORDS / ZYX MUSIC

San Francisco Bay Area metallers KILL RITUAL have inked a worldwide deal with Golden Core Records / ZYX Music. The band's second album, "The Eyes Of Medusa", will be released in the spring. The CD was recorded at Fossil Sound in San Jose, California and Fang Studio in San Mateo, California. Producti...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: We 'Are Pleased To Be Nominated For A GRAMMY'

Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE have notched a 2014 Grammy nomination. The band's song "In Due Time", the lead single from this year's critically acclaimed "Disarm The Descent" album, which marked the return of original singer Jesse Leach after a decade-long absence, has been recognized in...

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DREAM THEATER: To Be Nominated For A GRAMMY For A Second Time Is Just Mindblowing

DREAM THEATER's spirit of adventure and fearless musical virtuosity continues to reap dividends for the progressive metal titans who've just earned their second Grammy nomination, this time for "Best Metal Performance" for their single "The Enemy Inside" from their current self-titled album on Roadr...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Changes Name Of New Band, Releases 'Caracas' Song

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT, EIDOLON) has changed the name of his new band from GLEN DROVER BAND to METALUSION. The group's new studio album, "Between Sea And Sky", is "more than half way complete," according to Drover, and should be released sometime next summe...

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Aftershock

God bless MOTÖRHEAD. At age 68, Lemmy Kilmister, of all the genuine rock 'n roll bad boys left to us, is monitoring his health. Having had to postpone numerous live dates including a European leg that just would've gotten started, the unstoppable Lem was recently sidelined after doctors discovered a...

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Generation Nothing

I recently caught up with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe at the Rock Harvest II benefit festival on the outskirts of Baltimore. Munroe was in town as a special guest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania's GHOST OF WAR where they banded together for a mini-set of METAL CHURCH classics and "Pierced by the...

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Earth

English experimetallists MONSTERWORKS describe themselves as "progressive thrash supermetal," but that's not quite hitting it on the head with full blunt. What can be said is that their latest album "Earth" is a challenging culture clash of metal and prog theories hoisted from as far back as the 196...

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The Innocent, the Forsaken, the Guilty

Tommy Mezmercardo, these days known as "Trouble Tommy", has a little psych metal band from yesteryear that he maintains is in hiatus even though there's been no proper new release since the mid-Eighties. Until now. THE MEZMERIST has remained a deep cult legend best remembered by southern and coastal...

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WHITESNAKE's DAVID COVERDALE: Part Three Of MASA ITO Interview

Former DEEP PURPLE and current WHITESNAKE singer David Coverdale was interviewed by Japanese music critic and radio personality Masa Ito in Japan at the beginning of WHITESNAKE's 2013 "Year Of The Snake" world tour. Part three of the chat can now be seen below. Regarding WHITESNAKE's plans for a new...