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JOE LYNN TURNER's SUNSTORM To Release 'Emotional Fire' In February

Joe Lynn Turner's popular AOR side project with German/American producer Dennis Ward, SUNSTORM, will release its third album, entitled "Emotional Fire", on February 24, 2012 in Europe (February 28 in North America) via Frontiers Records. Born after Turner met with Frontiers Records' president Serafi...

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SLASH Says He 'Didn't Commit' To Attending GUNS N' ROSES' Upcoming ROCK HALL Induction

Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation, was interviewed by "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk on yesterday's (Monday, December 19) edition of "Eddie Trunk Live" on SiriusXM satellite radio. After Trunk tweeted that Peresman indicated during the interview tha...

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DAVE MUSTAINE: 'They're Taking God Out Of The Schools To Dumb Us Down'

Eric Spitznagel of MTV Hive recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MTV Hive: Do you consider yourself an optimist? Are you looking ahead to 2012 and thinking, “This year's gonna rock?” Mustaine: I think 2012 is going to b...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist To Take Part In 'Experience Hendrix Tour'

The 2012 edition of the critically acclaimed Experience Hendrix concert tour will launch with a three-week run of dates starting March 6 featuring an all-star lineup of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix. Presented by Fender Musical Instruments, this year's tour will...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Honored By SHARPIE!

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was recently honored by Sharpie — a manufacturer of writing instruments (mainly marker pens) whose products are sold in over 20 countries. Sharpie president Ben J. Gadbois (pictured below with Yngwie),who did the honors, had this to say: "I have followed...

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EVANESCENCE Rocks 18th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert In Oslo (Video)

EVANESCENCE performed at this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert this past Sunday, Decemebr 11 in Oslo, Norway at the Oslo Spektrum. The concert was held a day after the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, whose honorees include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women's right activist Leymah Gbo...

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DEF LEPPARD Singer Leads Crowd In Singing 'Happy Birthday' To NIKKI SIXX (Video)

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turned 53 yesterday (Sunday, December 11). During the CRÜE's performance last night at the Manchester Evening News arena in Manchester, England, Joe Elliott of MÖTLEY CRÜE's current tourmates DEF LEPPARD came out to congratulate Sixx before leading the crowd in singing...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Turns 53

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx turns 53 today (Sunday, December 11). A photo of the cake Sixx received from his bandmates and road crew while on the road in the U.K. with DEF LEPPARD and STEEL PANTHER can be seen below. The California native was a major drug abuser during much of the band's first .....

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Heavy Metal Video Racks Up Half Million Views After Being Named 'Most Awful' Clip Of 2011

"The King That Never Was", the new video from Cleveland metallers ALTERNATE REALITY, has racked up more than half a million views on YouTube after being named "The Most Epically Awful Video Of 2011" by Lyndsey Parker of Yahoo! Music's "Video Ga Ga" music blog. Parker writes: "Do not attempt to adjus...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Says Las Vegas Residency Is 'Dream Come True'

Drew Lane and Mike Clark of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station recently conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee about the band's announcement that they will become the first hard rock band to sign a short-term residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino...

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Cleveland Metal Bands Unite For Holiday Food Drive

WJCU 88.7 FM and Auburn Records will host the third annual Iron Ingo Cleveland Metal Holiday Food Drive, a benefit concert for the Cleveland Foodbank and Friends Of The Cleveland Kennel, on Friday, December 23 at The Saw Concert Club (5324 State Rd.) in Parma, Ohio. Bands performing include ETERNAL...

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MASTODON Is Only Artist Featured In Latest Downlodable Content For Video Game 'Resistance 3'

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON lend seven songs to the latest downloadable content for Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC's first-person shooter video game title Resistance 3, developed exclusively for the PlayStation 3 by Insomniac Games. Releasing to the PlayStation Network starting t...

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EVANESCENCE To Rock 18th Annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert In Oslo

EVANESCENCE will perform at this year's Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway on December 11 at the Oslo Spektrum. The concert will be held a day after the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, whose honorees include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and women's right activist Leymah Gbowee, bot...

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Rolling Stone Poll Names 10 Favorite VAN HALEN Songs

The Pulse Of Radio reports that the readers of Rolling Stone magazine have voted "Unchained" as their favorite VAN HALEN song, according to a new poll that asked fans to name their 10 favorite tracks from the legendary band. Eighty percent of the final list of songs came from the David Lee Roth era...

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It's Official: MTLEY CRE Is First Hard Rock Band To Sign Short-Term Residency In Las Vegas

The members of MTLEY CRE confirmed during an appearance on tonight's (December 1) edition of "Piers Morgan Tonight" that they will become the first hard rock band to sign a short-term residency at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The CRE will play a three-week series of fo...