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METALLICA, RUSH, SCORPIONS, IRON MAIDEN Tracks Among 'Greatest Conservative Rock Songs'

Tracks by METALLICA, RUSH, SCORPIONS, IRON MAIDEN, LED ZEPPELIN and AEROSMITH have made National Review's Top 50 list of "greatest conservative rock songs." According to National Review political reporter John J. Miller, the following ingredients are required to make a great conservative rock song:...

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CELTIC FROST Frontman Talks About Upcoming Solo Album

Lord of The Wasteland of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with CELTIC FROST frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer. A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metal-Rules.com: A couple of years ago, a tracklist for the new album even showed up. I think it was something like 14 or 15 tracks complete w...

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IRON MAIDEN Frontman Talks About Upcoming 'Anthology' DVD Set

IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickínson will release three-disc DVD set, entitled "Anthology" through Sanctuary Visual Entertainment on June 19 in Europe and June 20 in North America. This is the definitive Dickinson package, and includes over six hours of videos and live performances, and previously u...

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EXODUS, GOREFEST Limited-Edition Vinyl Releases Now Available

A new record label, Night Of The Vinyl Dead, was recently formed with the aim of promoting and supporting vinyl records' survival in the hard rock and metal scene. Two limited-edition releases are already out: EXODUS – "War is my Sheppard" mini-LP, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies: Side A: 01. Wa...

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NIGHTWISH Mainman HOLOPAINEN Talks About Vocalist Search

RockMidgets.com recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockMidgets.com: So back to the present, you've just launched the search for the new singer, how is that going? Any good? Any terrible? Tuomas Holopainen: "It's be...

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AC/DC Rocked By ID Scam

Dylan Welch of The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that AC/DC producer and former EASYBEATS guitarist George Young (Malcolm and Angus' older brother) was the victim of identity fraud that has seen aspiring musicians in the U.K. fleeced of thousands of dollars. A man befriended a series of people...

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Pitch Black Progress

You know, if you're gonna embrace a style of music, why half-ass it? Once you've gone the "clean vocals" route, Internet trolls are going to call you names anyway, so why not make those clean vocals as utterly smooth and slick as possible? Hell, add some of those over-emoting end-of-the-song ooh's a...

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CAMP FREDDY Perform At NYC's Times Square: Video Available

A video clip of CAMP FREDDY, the Los Angeles-based "jam" group featuring guitarist Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums),Scott Weiland (vocals) and Duff McKagan (bass),performing a cover of CHEAP TRICK's "Surrender" at an exc...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Says Tour Was Cancelled To Make Sure Band Could Go On

Launch Radio Networks has issued the following report: AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler is doing much better now that he's had an operation on his ailing throat. The group cancelled the last three weeks of their spring tour with CHEAP TRICK because of the injury, and bassist Tom Hamilton told Launch...

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Terror For Sale

The last time I interviewed SOILWORK vocalist "Speed" Strid, he hadn't recorded this new TERROR 2000 album yet. I asked him if it was gonna be stressful or taxing to make another album so soon after "Stabbing the Drama", and he replied, more or less, that "we just have to get drunk and go make ...

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CINDERELLA: 'Gold' Retrospective Collection Track Listing Revealed

MelodicRock.com is reporting that Island/Universal has set an April 25 release date for the CINDERELLA retrospective collection, entitled "Gold". The track listing for the two-disc release is as follows: CD1: 01. Bad Attitude Shuffle 02. The More Things Change 03. Don't Know What You Got ('Til It's...

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ROSE TATTOO: 2005 Audio Interview With PETE WELLS Available Online

Former EXODUS and current AMERICAN HEARTBREAK bassist Michael Butler, who hosts "The Rock and Roll Geek Show", has re-posted an interview he conducted a year ago with ROSE TATTOO guitarist Pete Wells. Listen to the chat — which may very well be one of Wells' last-known interviews in existence — at t...

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ROSE TATTOO Guitarist PETE WELLS Loses Battle With Cancer

ROSE TATTOO guitarist Pete Wells passed away today after a long battle with prostate cancer. The 58-year-old guitarist, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2002, had been undergoing treatment, which had caused him to stand aside from touring with ROSE TATTOO. A posting on the ROSE TATTOO official web s...

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ANATHEMA Confirmed For Holland's BEVRIJDINGSFEST

British metallers ANATHEMA been invited to perform at this years Bevrijdingsfest (Liberation Day Festival),set to take place May 5 in Wageningen, Holland. Each year on the fifth of May, all throughout the Netherlands, Liberation Festivals (Bevrijdingsfestivals) take place to commemorate the liberat...

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LIZZY BORDEN: Itching To Play Metal Again

LIZZY BORDEN frontman and namesake has issued the following update on the band's current activities; "It's been three and a half years since LIZZY BORDEN played our last show together with Alex Nelson, Joey Scott, Marten Andersson and me. Since the untimely death of Alex, I didn't know if LIZZY BORD...