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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Laughs At People Who Say He's Doing LAST IN LINE 'For The Money'

Rock Guitar Daily recently conducted an interview with former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD/LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On how it felt to revisit the early DIO material with LAST IN LINE during the band's first rehearsal: Vivian Campbell: "I...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL 'Reclaiming His Heritage' With LAST IN LINE

On episode 422 of the "Talking Metal" podcast (web site),hosts Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell. You can now listen to the show using the audio player below. (Note: The Campbell interview begins around the 2...

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GWAR: New Album Details Revealed

Antarctic rock gods GWAR are set to return to the realms of man and reclaim their vice-like grip on the throat of hard-rock humanity after spending the last year-and-a-half working on their follow-up to 2011's critically acclaimed "Bloody Pit Of Horror". The new recording, "Battle Maximus", is GWAR'...

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TÝR To Release 'Valkyrja' In September

"Valkyrja", the seventh full-length album from the Faroe Islands natives TÝR, will be released on September 17 (one day earlier internationally) via Metal Blade Records. TÝR once again collaborated with Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios in Ribe, Denmark. Along with Hansen, the band recruited acclaimed...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL's LAST IN LINE To Make Its Live Debut In California

Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed in April 2012 that he is planning to join forces with three other original DIO members to play "some gigs" that will see the musicians performing material from the early DIO records that Campbell appeared on. Dubbed LAST IN LINE,...

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TROUBLE Frontman Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold' (Audio)

Vocalist Kyle Thomas of Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE was interviewed on the latest edition of the "Maximum Threshold" radio show. You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. (Note: The Thomas interview begins around the six-minute mark.) TROUBLE released its first studio al...

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BATTLECROSS: 'War Of Will' First-Week Sales Revealed

"War Of Will", the new album from Michigan's BATTLECROSS, sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 134 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 2 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling...

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AMON AMARTH Guitarist Interviewed By 'Beyond The Watch' (Video)

On Wednesday, July 10, "Beyond The Watch" conducted an interview with guitarist Johan Söderberg of Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH at the Toronto, Ontario, Canada stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. AMON AMARTH's ninth studio album, "Dec...

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EXUMER Parts Ways With Guitarist

German thrashers EXUMER have parted ways with guitarist H.K. The musician played his last show with the band at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Germany on July 13. The guitarist's departure has been an amicable one and he is said to have left the group for solely personal reasons. Comments EXUMER...

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RAM: 'I Am The End' Video Released

"I Am The End", the new video from the Swedish heavy metal act RAM, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Martin Högdal, edited by Leonard Palmestål and written by Oscar Carlquist — the same team that worked on the "Flame Of The Tyrants" video. The song was written by Harry Granroth and ...

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JOB FOR A COWBOY Frontman Interviewed By 'Beyond The Watch' (Video)

On Wednesday, July 10, "Beyond The Watch" conducted an interview with vocalist Jonny Davy of Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY at the Toronto, Ontario, Canada stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. You can now watch the chat below. JOB FOR A COWBOY's latest album, "Dem...

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AMON AMARTH Frontman Interviewed By Holland's TOAZTED (Video)

On June 1, Toazted conducted an interview with vocalist Johan Hegg of Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH at the Fortarock XL festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. You can now watch the chat in five parts below. AMON AMARTH's ninth studio album, "Deceiver Of The Gods", sold a...

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Sweden's BELOW Signs With METAL BLADE RECORDS

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of Swedish epic doom metal band BELOW. BELOW, which draws influences from BLACK SABBATH, CANDLEMASS and KING DIAMOND, is working with Tobias Rosén — bass player of NOCTUM — of Howlin' Owl Productions on a split seven-inch single, to be released by Dark D...

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TROUBLE: Three New Songs Available For Streaming

Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE will release their first studio album in six years, "The Distortion Field", in North America on July 16 and in Europe on August 23 via FRW Records. The 12-song follow-up to 2007's "Simple Mind Condition" is being helmed by veteran producer Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, W.A...

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HAIL OF BULLETS Completes Recording Third Album

HAIL OF BULLETS, the Dutch death metal band featuring GOREFEST drummer Ed Warby, THANATOS guitarists Stephan Gebédi and Paul Baayens, vocalist Martin Van Drunen (HAIL OF BULLETS, PESTILENCE, ASPHYX) and former HOUWITSER bass player Theo van Eekelen, has completed recording its as-yet-untitled third...