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OVERKILL: Quality Footage Of ProgPower USA Performance

Quality fan-filmed video footage of OVERKILL's performance at this year's edition of the ProgPower USA festival — which took place September 12-13 in Atlanta, Georgia — can be seen below. OVERKILL's new album, "White Devil Armory", sold around 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of r...

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Seven-Minute Video Look At 'Clowns 3D Music By Slash' At Universal Studios Hollywood

Grammy Award-winning musician Slash, hailed as one of the 10 best electric guitar players of all time by Time magazine, joined forces with Universal Studios Hollywood to compose an original score for the theme park's hypnotizing new 3D maze "Clowns 3D Music By Slash" at "Halloween Horror Nights", wh...

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Vocalist RONNY MUNROE Quits METAL CHURCH; Band Vows To Continue

Vocalist Ronny Munroe has left METAL CHURCH to "pursue other interests." Said the band in a statement: "After 10 years, four albums and many great shows and performances, lead vocalist Ronny Munroe will be leaving METAL CHURCH to pursue other interests. This is regrettable, but understandable. "We w...

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OVERKILL's BOBBY ' BLITZ' ELLSWORTH: 'The Only Bad Thing About Technology Is That Everyone Can Use It'

HardrockHaven.net recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. HardrockHaven.net: On this tour, are you going to be playing a lot of the new songs from the new album? Is it hard to...

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TESLA's FRANK HANNON Shows You How To Play New Song 'MP3' (Video)

In the three-minute clip below, TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon shows you how to play the band's song "MP3" from the band's new studio album, "Simplicity". "Simplicity" sold around 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 24 on The Billboard 200 chart. The...

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NIGHTWISH Announces North American Tour

Finnish / Dutch / British symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH will embark on a 27-date North American headlining tour in the spring. The trek will launch in New York City on April 9, hit three Canadian cities plus Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, then close out in Silver Springs, Maryland on May 1...

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OVERKILL: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From North American Tour (Part 1)

Behind-the-scenes footage from OVERKILL's 2014 North American tour can be seen below. OVERKILL's new album, "White Devil Armory", sold around 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 31 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, "The Electric A...

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QUEEN: 'Killer Queen' Performance Clip From 'Live At The Rainbow '74'

Sunday March 31, 1974 is a landmark date in the history of rock music. It is now celebrated in the multi-format release of a rare recording made at legendary London venue The Rainbow, of a concert by a then-up-and-coming band called QUEEN. Few who turned up for that iconic performance could have pre...

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ACE FREHLEY Talks To GUITAR CENTER About Musical Beginnings, Relationship With GIBSON And LES PAUL

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley graced Guitar Center with his legendary presence at the the company's Hollywood Vintage Room where he talked about what it feels like to play music, his musical beginnings, and his relationship with Gibson and the Les Paul. Check out the footage below. "Space Inva...

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CLUTCH To Begin Recording New Album In January

Lithium Magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Neil Fallon of Maryland rockers CLUTCH on September 7 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about CLUTCH's plans for the coming months, Fallon said: "We've got this September run that's kind of anchored with these R...

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DAVE MUSTAINE's Medical Issues Force MEGADETH To Withdraw From MOTÖRHEAD's 'Motörboat' Cruise

MEGADETH has been forced to withdraw from MOTÖRHEAD's Motörboat cruise for medical reasons. Heavy metal all-star band METAL ALLEGIANCE — featuring MEGADETH's David Ellefson and Chris Broderick — has been added to the September 22-26 cruise. METAL ALLEGIANCE promises Motörboaters the rare opportunity...

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ARJEN LUCASSEN And ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Join Forces In THE GENTLE STORM

THE GENTLE STORM, the collaboration between AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen and former THE GATHERING singer Anneke Van Giersbergen, will release its debut album in early 2015. The effort will be "an epic concept double album" and "a combination of classical meets metal and acoustic folk," according...

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Slaves to the Grave

Ingratiating enough to suffer the loss of a brother after pulling off what should be looked upon as a career-defining record twenty-three years after their last one. The tragic loss of guitarist Mike Scaccia was made more palpable in the fact no label would touch thrash legends RIGOR MORTIS' fourth...

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SLASH Interviewed On Australia's TRIPLE M (Audio)

Dave "Higgo" Higgins of Australia's long-running rock station Triple M recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Slash. You can now listen to the full chat in two parts below. Slash will release his new album, "World On Fire", on September 15. The former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist and hi...

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CINDERELLA's JEFF LABAR Talks To 'The Classic Metal Show' About Solo Album (Audio)

CINDERELLA guitarist Jeff LaBar was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. LaBar's solo video for the song "No Strings" was directe...