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DIAMOND PLATE Vocalist Forced To Leave OVERKILL Tour

Bassist and lead vocalist Jon Macak of Chicago, Illinois-based thrashers DIAMOND PLATE will leave the band's current tour with OVERKILL and GOD FORBID to return home due to a recent family emergency. His bandmates have decided to continue on with the remainder of their trek with tour manager and clo...

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CAGE Frontman Interviewed On 'Black Night Meditations' (Audio)

WSCA 106.1 FM's "Black Night Meditations" recently conducted an interview with vocalist Sean Peck of San Diego metallers CAGE. Topics discussed included the latest CAGE album, "Supremacy Of Steel"; the band's plans for the follow-up effort; and the Marvel comics universe. You can now listen to the c...

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L.A. GUNS Drummer Discusses New Album

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with L.A. GUNS drummer Steve Riley. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: The landscape of the music industry changed so much during your career and your time with L.A. GUNS. To what do you attribute your longevit...

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FLYING COLORS: Tour Dates Announced

FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) — has scheduled the following dates: Sep. 04 - Torrance, CA - James Armstrong Theater Sep. 06 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theater Sep. 09 - Ha...

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DEEP PURPLE: In-Depth Video Interview With STEVE MORSE

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse was interviewed for issue 9 of iGuitar magazine in which he talks about his influences, the different bands he has been involved in throughout his career (DIXIE DREGS, KANSAS, DEEP PURPLE); why he quit music twice and what made him love it again; his equipment and h...

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JOURNEY Guitarist: Reunion With STEVE PERRY Would Include ARNEL PINEDA

According to The Pulse Of Radio, guitarist Neal Schon says that the only way to see Steve Perry back on stage with JOURNEY would be alongside current vocalist, sound-alike Arnel Pineda. Schon, keyboardist Jonathan Cain, and Pineda spoke to The Huffington Post to publicize the new documentary, "Don't...

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DEVILDRIVER: Australian Tour Canceled

California metallers DEVILDRIVER have been forced to cancel their previously announced Australian tour with SIX FEET UNDER and DARKEST HOUR. Commented DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara: "I've NEVER cancelled a tour before. EVER... "I have pneumonia and I'm restricted from flying for at least two weeks...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN: How I Got METALLICA's LARS ULRICH To Write Foreword To My Book (Video)

Video footage of SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan talking to the Artisan News about how he got METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to write the foreword to his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" can be seen below. "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey", which will be published by...

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LAURA WILDE Wants To Rock Your Socks Off

The ferocious debut— "Sold My Soul" — from Laura Wilde, the 22-year-old hard rock import from Down Under (Melbourne, Australia, to be exact) was enough to land her on the upcoming TED NUGENT tour. Wilde is exactly that. She's a hard-charging take-no-prisoners balls-to-the-wall rocker who wrote it al...

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DEEP PURPLE Taps Producer BOB EZRIN For Next Album

Legendary hard rockers DEEP PURPLE have tapped Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, PETER GABRIEL, ALICE COOPER, KANSAS) to produce their next album, tentatively due in early 2013. PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse tells GlideMagazine.com, "[This next CD is] probably going to be more of an extravaganza. Everybod...

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GOJIRA: New Album Title Track Available For Streaming

"L'Enfant Sauvage", the title track of the forthcoming fifth album from French progressive metallers GOJIRA, is available for streaming at Pitchfork.com. Due on June 26 via Roadrunner Records, the CD (the title of which translates to "The Wild Child") features 11 tracks of mind-bending, thunderous m...

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IRON MAIDEN Singer Talks Aviation In New Interview

Travel Trade Gazette recently conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson, who is a licensed commercial pilot. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the beginning of his career in aviation: Dickinson: "I'd just completed my line training and was all signed off to f...

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THE FACELESS: New Video Update

Video footage of guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Evan Brewer of Los Angeles-based progressive death metal titans THE FACELESS talking about their next album, the new bandmember and upcoming tours, can be seen below. Earlier this month, THE FACELESS completed the "Metal Alliance Tour 2012" alongs...

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JOE SATRIANI Talks About 'Satchurated: Live In Montreal' Film In New Interview

Powerline recently spoke to Joe Satriani — one of the most respected and innovative guitarists in the world today — about the release of the live-concert film, "Satchurated: Live In Montreal", which was filmed on December 12, 2010 at the Metropolis in Montreal, Canada during Satriani's "The Wormhole...

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GOJIRA: 'The Flesh Alive' DVD Trailer Available; More Details Revealed

French progressive metallers GOJIRA will release a new DVD/Blu-ray, "The Flesh Alive", in Europe on June 4 and in the U.S. on July 31 via Mascot. The set will be made available in the following formats: * 2-DVD+CD * Blu-ray+CD with free poster The three-disc "The Flesh Alive" chronicles the making o...