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BIOHAZARD Frontman 'Never Missed A Step'

BIOHAZARD bassist/vocalist Scott Roberts was rushed to the hospital prior to the kick-off concert of the band's "Persistence Tour 2012" on Friday, January 20 in Deinze, Belgium. "Persistence Tour 2012", which also includes SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, TERROR, WALLS OF JERICHO, LIONHEART and CRUSHING CASPARS...

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BIOHAZARD Frontman Rushed To Hospital

BIOHAZARD bassist/vocalist Scott Roberts was rushed to the hospital prior to the kick-off concert of the band's "Persistence Tour 2012" on Friday, January 20 in Deinze, Belgium. The group says, "After spending the whole day getting tests done to no avail, he checks himself out of the hospital to mak...

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HUNTRESS: Debut Album Release Date Announced

Los Angeles-based, female-fronted metallers HUNTRESS will release their debut album, "Spell Eater", on April 27 via Napalm Records. The official video for the CD's first single, "Eight Of Swords", can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Simon Chan of Artificial Army and was produced/engineered...

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BIOHAZARD Pulls Plug On Album-Giveaway Plans

New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD have pulled the plug on their previously announced plans to give away their new album, "Reborn In Defiance", in its entirety "for free" to all fans in the United States starting January 20. In what what was being billed as "the first such promotion ever lau...

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SCORPIONS Singer: 'We Are Really Happening Right Now And We Feel The Energy'

Jeb Wright of Classic Rock Revisited recently conducted an interview with vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Classic Rock Revisited: As the farewell tour goes on, are you starting to get emotional that the end is near? Klaus:...

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BIOHAZARD: New Song Available For Free Download

"Skullcrusher", a brand new song from New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD, is available for free download at this location. The track can also be streamed using the audio player below. "The message of the music has always been to rise above obstacles," BIOHAZARD guitarist Bobby Hambel tells A...

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METALLICA Bassist Performs With BAD RELIGION Drummer At 'Drum Off Grand Finals' (Video)

Drummer Brooks Wackerman (BAD RELIGION, TENACIOUS D) played with Robert Trujillo (METALLICA) and Armand Sabal-Lecco (PAUL SIMON),both on bass, this past Saturday (January 14) at the twenty-third annual Guitar Center's Drum-Off, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer, at Club...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman's Autobiography Due In May

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider's autobiography, "Shut Up and Give Me The Mic", will be released in May from Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, right before Warner Pictures releases the Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta Jones and Russell Brand film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical "Ro...

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Former QUIET RIOT Singer MARK HUFF: 'I Deserve Better Treatment'

Singer Mark Huff, who was officially fired from QUIET RIOT earlier today, has accused his former bandmates of "letting him go" without having had the "balls" to "tell it to [his] face." QUIET RIOT released a statement this morning announcing that it had split with Huff and that ex-MONTROSE singer Ke...

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METALLICA Bassist To Perform At Guitar Center's 'Drum-Off'; PETER CRISS To Be Inducted

Guitar Center, the world's largest musical instrument retailer, has announces additional performers and judges for the twenty-third annual Guitar Center's Drum-Off, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer, at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on January 14, 2012. In addition to the fiv...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist's MANRAZE: 'Take On The World' Video Preview

MANRAZE — the rock outfit featuring Phil Collen of DEF LEPPARD, Simon Laffy from GIRL and Paul Cook of THE SEX PISTOLS — will release a brand new high-energy rock/dance track and video called "Take On The World" in February . The release will be in conjunction with renowned U.K. film director Mark S...

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BIOHAZARD To Give Away New Album 'For Free'

New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD are teaming up with Revolver magazine and Repudo to blaze yet another trail and give away their new album, "Reborn In Defiance", in its entirety "for free" to all fans in the United States starting January 20. The first such promotion ever launched, the rec...

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CRASHDIET: Drum-Cam Footage From WACKEN OPEN AIR

Drum-cam footage from CRASHDIET's performance at the 2011 edition of the Wacken Open Air festival, which was held in August in Wacken, Germany, can be seen below. As previously reported, CRASHDIET drummer Eric Young fractured his right hand and his unable to perform with his bandmates last month in...

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HELLFIGHTER: New Video Interview Posted Online

Metal Gods TV conducted an interview with HELLFIGHTER, the band formed by ex-members of cult U.K. thrashers XENTRIX, at U.K.'s Hard Rock Hell V festival, which took place December 1-4, 2011 at Pontins in Prestatyn, North Wales. You can now watch the chat below. HELLFIGHTER released its debut album,...

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PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION Featuring IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH Members: More Debut Album Details

Very often, musicians — especially established ones — like to remain within their musical comfort zone, preferring to walk the tried-and-tested path rather than breaking out in search of pastures new. PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION don't fit that bill. The brainchild of Adrian Smith and Mikee Goodman, U.K. m...