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DIO DISCIPLES Singer ONI LOGAN Defends RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It's Keeping His Music Alive'

DIO DISCIPLES and LYNCH MOB singer Oni Logan sees nothing wrong with the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massive meta...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Talks Changes In Music Industry: 'Many Great Bands Got Ripped Off And Ignored And Abused And Lied To'

Full Throttle Rock recently conducted an interview with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (THE WINERY DOGS, SONS OF APOLLO, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH, MR. BIG). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Full Throttle Rock: Over the course of your career, you would have witnessed a number of changes to the m...

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ACCEPT: Official 'Die By The Sword' Performance Video From WACKEN OPEN AIR

German/American heavy metal veterans ACCEPT celebrated the release of their new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", with a special performance last Thursday, August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The set consisted of three parts: a classic ACCEPT set, packed with new and old hits; AC...

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ACCEPT: Third 'The Rise Of Chaos' Track-By-Track-Breakdown Video

The third and final clip in which ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann breaks down the band's new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", can be seen below. The disc is being released today (Friday, August 4) via Nuclear Blast. "The Rise Of Chaos" track listing: 01. Die By The Sword 02. Hole In The Head 03. The Rise...

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ACCEPT: First 'The Rise Of Chaos' Track-By-Track-Breakdown Video

The first in a series of clips in which ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann breaks down the band's new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", can be seen below. The disc will be released on August 4 via Nuclear Blast. "The Rise Of Chaos" track listing: 01. Die By The Sword 02. Hole In The Head 03. The Rise Of Chao...

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ACCEPT: Lyric Video For New Song 'Koolaid'

The official lyric video for "Koolaid", a brand new song from German/American metallers ACCEPT, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", which will be released on August 4 via Nuclear Blast. ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann commented on the track: "'Koolai...

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ARCH ENEMY Releases Music Video For New Single 'The World Is Yours'

ARCH ENEMY has released a new single, "The World Is Yours", taken from the band's forthcoming album, "Will To Power", due out on September 8 via Century Media Records. ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott comments: "We've been hard at work on the new album for a while now and we're proud to present th...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Teams With GAMELOFT To Premiere New Song 'Dose'

"Dungeon Hunter 5", the latest episode of Gameloft's successful hack-and-slash series, has announced a partnership with Universal Music Group and multi-platinum-selling rock band AVENGED SEVENFOLD. The game will offer its players an exciting experience around the universe of the band, with a special...

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TOMMY LEE Calls On Tourists To Stay Away From 'Running Of The Bulls' Festival

"I'm no stranger to wild behavior," writes Tommy Lee in a new comment piece published in the Independent today, "but there's one thing that even I wouldn't do, and that's running 'with' the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. That can fuck right off." In the piece, which he wrote on behalf of PETA, the MÖTLEY...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'Will To Power' Album Artwork Unveiled

ARCH ENEMY will release its new album, "Will To Power", on September 8 via Century Media. The disc's captivating cover artwork, which can be seen below, was designed by Alex Reisfar. ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott commented: "It was a pleasure working with Alex Reisfar on the 'Will To Power' cov...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On Being Knighted By Danish Crown Prince: 'I Am Very Happy And Proud'

METALLICA's Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich was recently officially dubbed a knight by the Danish crown prince. The musician was officially knighted on May 26 but he physically received the medal this past week during Frederik's trip to San Francisco, where the royal handed over the Knight's Cross o...

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High Country

THE SWORD is known for doom, leaning much more toward seventies hard rock aesthetics than traditional heavy metal. The band hasn't necessarily played it safe by remaining on such a clear trajectory four albums strong. The group has, though, forged a clear path to which its fanbase has been accustome...

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War Bear

David McElfresh is one of the most talented cats you've never heard of, unless you follow Hank Williams, III or Davey Mac's country-peppered rock 'n' metal hybrid, MOONBOW. If the latter's the case, then you already know the songwriting potency of this multi-instrumentalist prodigy. Depending on how...

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MARILYN MANSON Completes Work On 'Heaven Upside Down' Album

Marilyn Manson has announced a revised title for his new album, tentatively due later in the year. Although Manson said in a 2016 interview that his follow-up to 2015's "The Pale Emperor" would be called "SAY10", he told Fabulous TV (see video below) at this past Monday's (May 8) premiere of the "Ki...

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AMARANTHE Guitarist Talks About Downsides Of The Rise Of Technology

On February 14, Alicia Trejo of Access Unlimited TV conducted an interview with vocalist Elize Ryd and guitarist Olof Mörck of Swedish melodic metallers AMARANTHE prior to their show at the Gothic Theater in Denver, Colorado. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how some of AMARANTHE's s...