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MALICE Guitarist On Comparisons To JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Take It As A Compliment'

Patrick Prince of Powerline magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Jay Reynolds of reactivated Los Angeles heavy metal legends MALICE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Powerline: MALICE is bringing an old-school metal style back, which they call traditional metal now...

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STRATOVARIUS: 'Black Diamond' Performance Clip From 'Under Flaming Winter Skies' DVD Available

A performance clip of the song "Black Diamond", taken from the forthcoming STRATOVARIUS DVD and Blu-ray, "Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere", can be seen below. The news of drummer Jörg Michael's departure from the Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS in September 2011 was a shock for a...

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KYUSS LIVES! Interviewed At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival (Video)

Holly of Total Rock conducted an interview with KYUSS LIVES! members John Garcia (vocals) and Brant Bjork (drums) at this year's Download festival, which was held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. The current KYUSS LIVES! lineup features...

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STRATOVARIUS To Release 'Under Flaming Winter Skies - Live In Tampere' DVD/Blu-Ray

The news of drummer Jörg Michael's departure from the Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS in September 2011 was a shock for all of the band's fans. To say goodbye to a friend, hero and member who characterized STRATOVARIUS' sound for over a decade, the group embarked on a five-show farewell tour...

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Stalingrad

There are no two ways about it; when ACCEPT returned with ex-TT QUICK frontman Mark Tornillo and released "Blood of the Nations" countless fans and critics were floored with the results. Now the question is whether a sophomore jinx (for Tornillo-led albums anyway) would derail the highly anticipated...

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Chicago's WITCHSLAYER Reunites, Plans Debut Release

The four original members of the Chicago-based '80s power/doom metal band WITCHSLAYER are scheduled to reunite in September in Phoenix, Arizona "to finally finish what [they] set out to do years ago," according to singer Jeff Allen. The vocalist added, "We recorded a five-track demo in 1983 that got...

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U.D.O.: 'Celebrator' To Receive Vinyl Release

"Celebrator", a collection of rare tracks from U.D.O., the German metal band led by former ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider, will be released on double vinyl on August 17 via High Roller Records. It is limited to 500 copies in three different colors: * 100 x white vinyl * 200 x yellow vinyl * 200 x...

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New KYUSS LIVES! Lineup Performs In Ljubljana (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of KYUSS LIVES!'s May 28 performance at Kino Šiška in Ljubljana, SLovania can be seen below. The current KYUSS LIVES! lineup features ex-KYUSS members John Garcia (vocals) and Brant Bjork (drums) alongside guitarist Bruno Fevery and bassist Billy Cordell. Garcia, Bjork and e...

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ACCEPT Guitarist: 'Being A Musician Is A Never-Ending Struggle For Perfection'

Shawn Macomber of Decibel magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Decibel: Was it easier to approach "Stalingrad" without the weight of it as a "comeback album" on your shoulders? W...

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MARDUK Guitarist: We Don't Want To Be Extreme Metal Just For The Sake Of It

Birgit Haugen of Metal Storm recently conducted an interview with guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson of Swedish black metallers MARDUK. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Storm: "Serpent Sermon" will be your 12th studio album and your first release on Century Media; do you hav...

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ACCEPT Guitarist Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of reformed heavy metal legends ACCEPT was interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. ACCEPT's new album, "Stalingrad", sold around 5,400 copies in the United States in its first week of rele...

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FOZZY Frontman Suspended From WWE For Denigrating Brazilian Flag

FOZZY frontman and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho has been "suspended indefinitely" from WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) for desecrating the Brazilian flag. The incident took place yesterday (Thursday, May 24) in São Paulo during a match between Jericho and C.M. Punk — who was proudly waving...

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EMPIRES OF EDEN: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Channelling The Infinite' Album

EMPIRES OF EDEN — the brainchild of PAINDIVISION/ex-DUNGEON guitarist Stu Marshall — will release its third album, "Channelling The Infinite", on June 1 in Japan through Rubicon, and on June 6 in rest of the world June 6 through Music Buy Mail. The CD features guest appearances by some of the most i...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Answers Fan-Submitted Questions (Video)

Earlier this month, guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT answered a number of questions that were submitted via the Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page. The 15-minute question-and-answer session, which was conducted by Nuclear Blast's Patrick Walch on May 11, can be s...

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DEE SNIDER Featured In STANLEY STEEMER Commercial

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider stars in a new commercial for Stanley Steemer, a U.S.-based company that provides carpet cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, upholstery cleaning, hardwood floor cleaning and air duct cleaning. The 30-second spot, which can be seen below, was filmed on March 29 in Du...