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DISTURBED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, STONE SOUR, HELLYEAH Drummers Featured In UPROAR Clip

Watch the clip below as Sabian metal drummers come together this summer and fall for the North American Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar tour. The three-and-a-half-minute clip wich features performances and interviews from the Irvine, California stop in September. The featured drummers are Mike Wengren...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: PANTERA 'Helped Change The Production Of Heavy Metal Records'

U.K.'s The Skinny recently conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Skinny: Is [PANTERA's] "Cowboys From Hell" an album you can listen back to and appreciate as a listener today? Anselmo: To be honest with you, when we we...

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JIMMY PAGE And EDDIE VAN HALEN Top 'Greatest Guitar Solo' List

According to The Pulse of Radio, Jimmy Page's 1971 solo to LED ZEPPELIN's "Stairway To Heaven" topped the Gibson.com list of the "Top 50 Guitar Solos Of All Time." Coming in at No. 2 is Eddie Van Halen's 1978 groundbreaking instrumental "Eruption" from VAN HALEN's self-titled debut, with Jimi Hendri...

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The Best of a Decade

These "best-of" packages are always a bit maddening to review, especially when the band in question is one with 40 years of history and a slew of compilation releases under its belt already. That UFO is one of the best, most underrated classic rock acts of all time and one whose 21st Century materia...

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SEVENTH VOID Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

SEVENTH VOID — the new band featuring TYPE O NEGATIVE guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly — has inked a deal with Napalm Records. The group's debut album, "Heaven Is Gone", will be made available in Europe at the end of November. Commented Johnny Kelly: "It's been a long time coming! I'm...

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PANTERA: FULL METAL JACKIE's One-Hour 'Cowboys From Hell 20th Anniversary Special' (Audio)

Envision Radio Networks, Rhino Records and Full Metal Jackie are celebrating the 20th anniversary of PANTERA's "Cowboys From Hell" with a FREE one-hour special featuring brand new interviews with PANTERA members — drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, bassist Rex Brown, and singer Philip Anselmo. The "Full Me...

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Former/Current Members Of KAMELOT, MASTERPLAN, AVANTASIA Featured On KAKTUS PROJECT CD

KAKTUS PROJECT, the brainchild of Sylvain Rouvière, has inked a deal with Metalodic Records. The band's debut album, "Superstition", which is "based on the melodic metal music of STRATOVARIUS, EDGUY, sprinkled with HELLOWEEN," according to a press release, is tentatively due before the end of the ye...

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JASON BONHAM Is 'Very Honored' To Be Compared To His Late Father

In an interview with Jason Bonham of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION conducted by Nightwatcher's House Of Rock, the drummer discusses the band's self-titled debut album, his upcoming multimedia tribute to his late father John Bonham of LED ZEPPELIN, his most "Spinal Tap" moment and more. A short excerpt fro...

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PANTERA: 20th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Cowboys From Hell' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart

The 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's classic "Cowboys From Hell" album sold around 4,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 117 on The Billboard 200 chart. PANTERA found its growl and groove on "Cowboys From Hell", a landmark album whose bone-powder...

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Late AVENGED SEVENFOLD Drummer's Huntington Beach Condo Sells For $500,000

According to OC Weekly, the oceanfront condo in downtown Huntington Beach, California where AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead has just sold for $500,000. The 968-square foot property was a 2 bedroom-2 bath condo at the Huntington Pacific, located right on the beach. S...

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Singer STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Quits DUBLIN DEATH PATROL

Former EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza has quit DUBLIN DEATH PATROL (DDP),the band in which he shared lead-vocal duties with TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy. Commented Souza: "I usually keep myself very quiet and reserved; I don't spill what's going on with me outside of music, [because] it's nobo...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: There Hasn't Been A Better Guitar Player Than DIMEBAG Before Or After Him

This past week, DOWN/ex-PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo spoke to Iowa's "pure rock" radio station Rock 108 about the 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's "Cowboys From Hell" album. You can now stream the chat using the audio player below.

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Drummer TIM YEUNG: New MORBID ANGEL CD May Be One Of Band's Most Well-Rounded Albums Ever

Florida-based death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL entered Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 22 with engineer Erik Rutan (former MORBID ANGEL guitarist and producer for such bands as CANNIBAL CORPSE, MISERY INDEX and GOATWHORE) to begin recording their ninth full-length album. D...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Talks PANTERA's 'Cowboys From Hell' In Online Chat; Video Available

Former PANTERA and current DOWN frontman Philip Anselmo took part in an online chat with fans earlier tonight (Tuesday, September 14) on Ustream to celebrate the 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's "Cowboys From Hell" album. You can now watch the question-and-answer session below. PANTERA found it...

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PHILIP ANSELMO: Before I Die, I Would Love To Make Peace With VINNIE PAUL

RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockConfidential.com: What do you remember about writing the material that ended up on "Cowboys From Hell"? Anselmo: I knew I was with a g...