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BABYMETAL Plays First-Ever U.S. Show At Sold-Out Fonda Theatre In Los Angeles; Video, Photos Available

BABYMETAL — the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal — played its first-ever U.S. show last night (Sunday, July 27) at the sold-out Fonda Theatre (capacity: 1,200) in Los Angeles, California. Fan-filmed vide...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer IAN WATKINS Loses Bid To Reduce Sentence For Child-Abuse Crimes

According to BBC News, former LOSTPROPHETS frontman Ian Watkins' appeal to have his prison sentence reduced was denied. Watkins was sentenced to 29 years in prison for child-abuse crimes, including the attempted rape of an 11-month-old baby. The appeal judges in Cardiff stated that the offenses were...

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DEEP PURPLE To Re-Team With Producer BOB EZRIN On Next Album

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover spoke to Ultimate Classic Rock about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to last year's "Now What?!" "We didn't make a record for quite a while [after 2005's 'Rapture Of The Deep'] and now that we have — I think actually the gap between...

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'Heavy Metal And Punk Fossils' Exhibition Opens In Norway

The exhibition "Heavy Metal And Punk Fossils" is now starting its tour around the natural history museums of the world, with first stop being the Natural History Museum in Oslo, where it can be seen from July 27. For this occasion, the exhibition has been given a complete graphical overhaul, and sev...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'In The Mid-'90s, I Wasn't Trying To Sing Good Anymore'

GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach after his July 7 concert in Manchester, England. You can now watch the chat below. On how his singing style has evolved over the years: Bach: "In the mid-'90s, I wasn't trying to sing good anymore, because the [popular]...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON Says His Love Of Early KISS Helped Him Understand Why Fans Get Upset About Lineup Changes

During a recent interview with the Niagara Gazette, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson did not want to weigh in directly on the recent Rock And Rock Hall Of Fame "controversy" involving the original lineup KISS — which he cites as one of his favorite bands of all time — but he did offer an ...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Speaks To KERRANG! Magazine At SONISPHERE (Video)

Kerrang! magazine conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. You can now watch the chat below. ANTHRAX has played more Sonisphere festivals around Europe than any other band and w...

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Founding Y&T Drummer LEONARD HAZE Unveils New HAZEXPERIENCE Lineup

Groove-heavy rock and roll machine HAZEXPERIENCE, anchored by legendary Y&T drummer Leonard Haze, is preparing to play a string of live dates in advance of returning to the studio to record the follow-up to their 2012 debut album, "Not Purple". The first show is scheduled for July 19 at Bobby D'...

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Historic DEEP PURPLE 'Graz 1975' CD, 2LP, And Digital Audio Due In September

On April 3, 1975 the Mk III line-up of DEEP PURPLE — guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, frontman David Coverdale, bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboard player Jon Lord and drummer Ian Paice — performed at the Liebenauer ice rink, located on the outskirts of mountain-cradled Graz, Austria's second larges...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN To Perform Entire 'Fistful Of Metal' Album On European Tour

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of ANTHRAX's debut album, "Fistful Of Metal", the band's former lead singer, Neil Turbin, and a backing group of musicians calling themselves DEATHRIDERS (not to be confused with Neil's long-running Los Angeles-based band of the same name) will perfor...

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DEAF DEALER's 'Journey Into Fear' Album To See Light Of Day After 27 Years

27 years after it was recorded, the "Journey Into Fear" album by the Canadian metal masters DEAF DEALER will finally see the light of day on September 26 on LP and CD via Cult Metal Classics Records. "Journey Into Fear" was originally tracked in 1987 at the world-famous Toronto studio Metalworks wit...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN To Release 'I'm The Man' Autobiography In October

On October 14, Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, will publish "I'm The Man: The Official Story Of Anthrax", the long–awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, a founding member of legendary, ground-breaking and influential thrash–metal band ANTHRAX. The official b...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN On New Album Progress: 'We're Not Rushing Anything'

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian on June 28 at the Tuska open-air festival in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On ANTHRAX's forthcoming "Chile On Hell" concert DVD: Scott: "It's a very good r...

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ANTHRAX Performs Entire 'Among The Living' Album At U.K.'s SONISPHERE: Full-Show Video Available

ANTHRAX has played more Sonisphere festivals around Europe than any other band and was featured at Knebworth for every U.K. edition of the festival. But this summer, they went one better by performing not once, but twice at Knebworth. Not content with already playing on the Apollo stage on Saturday,...

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SCOTT IAN: 'We Are Actually Hoping LADY GAGA Will Cover An ANTHRAX Song'

NME conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On performing the 1987 album "Among...