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Live At Sweden Rock Festival

Canadian power rockers TRIUMPH had a heyday, though you had to have been around to witness it. From the late Seventies through part of the Eighties, TRIUMPH were arena giants staking their reps on pyro, lasers and air-pummeling rawk which headbangers wrangled as part of their cause. Compared far too...

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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY To Embark On 'Born Free' Tour With KERRY ELLIS

Known as one of music's most powerful players, legendary QUEEN guitarist Brian May is going unplugged for a unique tour he is about to embark on with acclaimed singing star Kerry Ellis. The two have enjoyed a hugely successful musical partnership in recent times, with Kerry earlier this year receivi...

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HAMMERFALL: 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD Preview

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL will release a concert DVD+2CD and Blu-ray+2CD, "Gates Of Dalhalla", on November 30 via Nuclear Blast. The set will feature the band's extraordinary 135-minute 15th-anniversary show that took place on July 28 on the historic open-air stage Dalhalla, built in an o...

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Former MEGADETH/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist Talks 'The Amazing Race' In New Video Interview

Veteran hard rock bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DIO DISCIPLES, WHITE LION, HAIL!) recently spoke to Aphex CEO David Wiener about Lomenzo's participation in the new season of "The Amazing Race", premiering on Sunday, September 30 at 8 p.m. EST. The 11 teams hoping to win a gra...

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SNAKECHARMER Signs With FRONTIERS RECORDS

Frontiers Records has announced the signing of British hard rock supergroup SNAKECHARMER. Consisting of original WHITESNAKE members Micky Moody and Neil Murray, along with Laurie Wisefield (WISHBONE ASH, TINA TURNER),Harry James (THUNDER, MAGNUM),Adam Wakeman (OZZY OSBOURNE) and Chris Ousey (HEART...

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SAXON Begins Mixing New Album With ANDY SNEAP

British heavy metal legends SAXON have begin mixing their new album with producer Andy Sneap, who has previously worked with MEGADETH, ACCEPT, NEVERMORE, EXODUS and ARCH ENEMY, among many others. The follow-up to 2011's "Call To Arms" will feature cover artwork by longtime SAXON artist Paul Raymond...

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HELSTAR Working On New Material

Texas-based metal veterans HELSTAR have commenced the songwriting process for their new CD. The band states, "We can promise you one thing: HELSTAR will write and deliver the best album we can produce within our power. We hope to begin recording in the spring of 2013." HELSTAR will release "30 Years...

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HAMMERFALL To Release 'Gates Of Dalhalla' DVD In November

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL will release a concert DVD+2CD and Blu-ray+2CD, "Gates Of Dalhalla", on November 30 via Nuclear Blast. The set will feature the band's extraordinary 135-minute 15th-anniversary show that took place on July 28 on the historic open-air stage Dalhalla, built in an o...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Sings THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE Classics At 'Sunflower Jam'; Better-Quality Footage

Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Brian May (QUEEN),Alice Cooper, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) are among the musicians who took part in the 2012 edition of The Sunflower Jam, which took place on Sunday, September 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in Lo...

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TIAMAT: More 'The Scarred People' Release Dates Announced

Sweden's TIAMAT will release its tenth studio album, "The Scarred People", via Napalm Records on the following dates: October 31 - Spain, Finland, Sweden, Greece November 02 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg November 05 - Rest of Europe November 06 - USA/Canada The CD...

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BRUCE DICKINSON, BRIAN MAY, ALICE COOPER, ULI JON ROTH Perform At 'The Sunflower Jam' (Video)

Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Brian May (QUEEN),Alice Cooper, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) are among the musicians who took part in the 2012 edition of The Sunflower Jam, which took place on Sunday, September 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in Lo...

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THIN LIZZY Taps Producer KEVIN SHIRLEY For New Album

THIN LIZZY is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its first new album in nearly 30 years for a tentative 2013 release. It will be the group's first studio set since "Thunder And Lightning" in 1983, and its first to not include frontman Phil Lynott, who died in 1986. Guitarist Scott Gorh...

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Drummer BOBBY JARZOMBEK To Perform At SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Game Tomorrow

Drummer Bobby Jarzombek (FATES WARNING, SEBASTIAN BACH, RIOT, HALFORD) will make a guest appearance with the Seattle Seahawks drumline Blue Thunder during tomorrow's (Sunday, September 16) home game against the Dallas Cowboys. Commented Jarzombek: "About a year ago, I was in Seattle playing a show w...

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MEGADETH's 'Countdown' Expanded 20th-Anniversary Reissue Rocks Times Square

A photo of the upcoming expanded, commemorative 20th-anniversary reissue edition of MEGADETH's "Countdown To Extinction" album being advertised on the world's largest digital display system located in New York's Times Square via the 126-foot-wide, 47-foot-tall Reuters sign can be seen below. The 7,4...

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ASKING ALEXANDRIA, AS I LAY DYING, SUICIDE SILENCE Confirmed For 'Monster Energy Outbreak Tour'

Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the itinerary for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour. The North American routing kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta on November 16 and wraps on December 16 in Tampa, Florida. ASKING ALEXANDRIA will be joined by support acts AS I LAY DYING, SUIC...