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NORTHLANE To Release 'Node' In July; New Single 'Obelisk' Now Available

Australian band NORTHLANE will release its new album, "Node", on July 24 via Rise Records. The CD is one of the most ambitious heavy records in recent years and will be the group's first with lead vocalist Marcus Bridge, who joined the fold in November. The monolithic lead single "Obelisk" is now av...

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ENTOMBED A.D. 'Pulled' Off DEICIDE-Headlined 'Metal Alliance Tour'

Swedish metallers ENTOMBED A.D. have been "pulled" off the "Metal Alliance" North American tour with DEICIDE, HATE ETERNAL and BLACK CROWN INITIATE — a little over a week after the start of the trek. Says ENTOMBED A.D. in a statement: "Attention U.S. headbangers! We got pulled off the U.S. tour for...

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RUSH: Toronto Shows To Be Professionally Filmed

Canadian rock legends RUSH will have both of their hometown Toronto performances — on June 17 and June 19 at the Air Canada Centre — professionally filmed and recorded. It is the first time the band will have filmed a hometown concert in almost 20 years — since the recording of RUSH's 1997 show at ....

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TESTAMENT's SKOLNICK On Record Industry Decline: Metal Has Suffered As Much As Any Other Type Of Music, If Not More

WSOU conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick at the New England Metal & Hardcore Festival, which was held in April at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about the changes that have occurred i...

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SLIPKNOT's SHAWN 'CLOWN' CRAHAN: 'I'm In The Greatest Band In The World, Period'

In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan was asked about his recent comment that he could see the band going forward with a whole new lineup. "What I've been saying is that only my mind — this is all from me, this isn't from anybody else — I ...

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TOM MORELLO, GEDDY LEE, ALEX LIFESON Perform Spine Surgery On TIM COMMERFORD In FUTURE USER's 'Voodoo' Video

How do you top a video in which you literally set yourself on fire? If you're FUTURE USER frontman/bassist Tim Commerford, you start by convincing a back surgeon to let cameras capture your spine surgery. Then you use that footage to make a video about the sorry state of American health care. And of...

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GILBY CLARKE, TONY MACALPINE Added To 'Axes & Anchors' Cruise

The upcoming five-day/four-night 2016 Axes & Anchors cruise — setting sail from Miami, Florida on February 20 aboard the Carnival Victory, stopping in Key West, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas, and docking back in Miami on February 24 — has announced two new artists to the cruise lineup. Gilby Clark...

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BATTLECROSS To Release 'Rise To Power' Album In August

Michigan thrashers BATTLECROSS will release their new album, "Rise To Power", on August 21 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was produced by Jason Suecof and mixed/mastered by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios. Cover art was completed by Hungarian artist Péter Sallai (SABATON, SACRED STEEL). A brand n...

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DEICIDE's Denver Concert To Be Streamed On YAHOO!

DEICIDE has teamed up with Live Nation and Yahoo! to live-stream the band's June 3 concert from Denver, Colorado. This is one of 365 concerts to stream over a 12-month period on the Live Nation channel on Yahoo! Screen. Fans can tune in on May 8 at 9:15 p.m. ET at this location. ...

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RUSH: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Entire 'R40 Live' Kick-Off Concert In Tulsa

Canadian rock legends RUSH kicked off their "R40 Live" 40th-anniversary tour on May 8 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The concert featured no opening act and contained a number of video vignettes created for the tour, including an animated sequence shown at the start of the show that displayed...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Rules Out Performing SAMMY HAGAR-Era VAN HALEN Songs

VAN HALEN singer David Le Roth was interviewed last night (Sunday, May 17) backstage at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can watch the chat below. Asked if he would be open to working on new music with VAN HALEN in the near future, Roth said: "Everybody has a different work ethic...

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MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, Ex-DREAM THEATER Members Unite In METAL ALLEGIANCE

METAL ALLEGIANCE — the all-star metal band consisting of a rotating cast of musicians, including members of MEGADETH, TESTAMENT — which debuted on MOTÖRHEAD's Motörboat cruise last year, and performed at this year's NAMM show and on the ShipRocked cruise, has signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Enterta...

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RUSH: Official Video Recap Of 'R40 Live' Tour Kickoff

Canadian rock legends RUSH kicked off their "R40 Live" 40th-anniversary tour this past Friday night (May 8) at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The concert featured no opening act and contained a number of video vignettes created for the tour, including an animated sequence shown at the start of t...

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RUSH Kicks off 'R40 Live' 40th-Anniversary Tour In Tulsa; Video Footage, Photos

Canadian rock legends RUSH kicked off their "R40 Live" 40th-anniversary tour last night (Friday, May 8) at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The concert featured no opening act and contained a number of video vignettes created for the tour, including an animated sequence shown at the start of the s...

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THE DEAD DAISIES Featuring GUNS N' ROSES, Ex-MÖTLEY CRÜE Members: 'Midnight Moses' Video

Back in February 2015, THE DEAD DAISIES got the chance to play some rock'n'roll in Cuba and it proved a revelation. The revelation became a revolution as the boys started conceiving their next album. The passion they'd experienced in Cuba was confirmation — the world needs to be reminded that classi...