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U.S. Air Force Recruiters Save Life At MÖTLEY CRÜE Concert

According to the official web site of the U.S. Air Force, members of the 313th Recruiting Squadron are credited with saving a life at MÖTLEY CRÜE's September 5 concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Batavia, New York. The recruiters had volunteered for a fundraiser at the Darien Lake P...

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TESLA Guitarist Releases 9/11 Tribute Song

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon has released a new solo track entitled "The Heroes". He states, "'The Heroes' is a new song I wrote just this last month as we approached the anniversary of 9/11... I wanted to write a song about how as everybody was running away from the disaster, the firefighters were...

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APOCALYPTICA Interviewed At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR; Video Posted Online

Jenn Selby of Terrorizer magazine conducted an interview with the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA prior to the band's performance at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the 10-minute chat below. APOCALYPTICA...

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Grey Rigorism

Unbridled, untutored fury makes for good, scary, compelling black metal, as the rawest and most primitive bands of the genre have proved over and over again. But perhaps even more powerful is the band who wields a weighty sound with crushing, calculating precision, creating dynamic tension and labyr...

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MACHINES OF GRACE/CIRCLE II CIRCLE Vocalist To Guest On 'Noize In The Attic'

Vocalist Zak Stevens (SAVATAGE, CIRCLE II CIRCLE, MACHINES OF GRACE) will be interviewed this Monday (September 7) between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST on the "Noize In The Attic" show on New Haven, Connecticut's WNHU 88.7 FM radio station. The program can also be streamed live at www.wnhu.net. "Noiz...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Recording Vocals For New RATT Album

Californian rockers RATT have returned to the studio to resume recording their first studio release in 10 years. The CD is being produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, whose credits include PUDDLE OF MUDD, CHEVELLE, SALIVA, LIMP BIZKIT, ALTER BRIDGE and THREE DAYS GRACE, to name a few. According to a...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Interviewed By TERRORIZER Magazine

Jenn Selby of Terrorizer magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH prior to the band's performance at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the seven...

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RESONANCE ROOM To Release 'Unspoken' In September

Italian gothic/dark metal band RESONANCE ROOM (formerly known as FRAGMENT) will release its debut album, "Unspoken", on September 7 via My Kingdom Music. According to a press release, the group "succeeds in mixing a heavy prog vein with dark gothic atmospheres and haunting melodies. 'Unspoken' [is]...

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PROSTRATION: New Song Posted Online

PROSTRATION, the new Massachusetts-based thrash metal band formed by ex-BANE OF EXISTENCE guitarist Jim Ash, has posted a new song, "Buttinski", on the group's MySpace page. According to a press release, "Over the last year [and a half] or so, Jim has amassed a large number of riffs and is looking f...

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MACHINES OF GRACE Schedules First-Ever Live Shows

MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band featuring vocalist Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE, MACHINES OF GRACE),drummer Jeff Plate (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH),guitarist Matt Leff (guitar) and bassist Chris Rapoza (bass) — has scheduled its first-ever live performances, start...

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FISCHER On TRIPTYKON: 'It Invokes An Extreme Darkness, A Darkness We Are All Addicted To'

Former CELTIC FROST and current TRIPTYKON frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer has issued the following update: "The third day of album recording sessions with TRIPTYKON. I am writing these lines in the control room of the studio, far in the countryside west of Landshut, Germany. The studio is surrounded by...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist Interviewed Before BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Performance

Hugh of ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Allender of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH prior to the band's performance at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 14-16, 2009 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Watch the seven-minute chat be...

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DAVE NAVARRO Joins BILLY CORGAN's SPIRITS IN THE SKY

Dave Navarro (JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Mark Weitz (STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK) have joined the touring lineup of SPIRITS IN THE SKY, the act SMASHING PUMPKINS founder and frontman Billy Corgan assembled last month as a tribute to late SEEDS frontman Sky Saxon. SPIRITS IN THE SKY also...

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Mother Of DIMEBAG's Killer Featured On Tonight's 'Secret Lives Of Women'

The mother of Nathan Gale, the ex-Marine who killed PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and four other people at a Columbus, Ohio, nightclub in December 2004, is one of several mothers who are profiled in tonight's (Tuesday, August 18) episode of WE's "Secret Lives of Women". Accor...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Officially Recruits 19-Year-Old Drummer MIKE BYRNE

Billy Corgan has announced that Mike Byrne has joined the SMASHING PUMPKINS as their new drummer. The 19-year-old Portland, Oregon native will make his debut with the band on the PUMPKINS' next album — about which a major announcement is expected in September — and tour. "I'm super-excited to be pla...