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SOLSTICE Completes First Recording In 15 Years

British doom metal outfit SOLSTICE has completed its first recording since 1998's "New Dark Age" album. Recorded in GM Studios in Huddersfield and mixed by Richard Whittaker, the new material will be released as a four-song, 27-minute mini-album entitled "Death's Crown Is Victory". Initially availab...

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THE CULT Singer: 'This Band Is Vital, It's Virile, Aggressive, Guttural'

Karl Lean of Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with THE CULT singer Ian Astbury. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the band's heavy touring schedule: Astbury: "It's what we do. Since we started we've been live musicans, it's always been live first. Recordin...

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DEEP PURPLE: Promotional Video For 'Above And Beyond' Single

DEEP PURPLE will release the track "Above And Beyond" as a CD-single and on seven-inch vinyl on October 25 in Europe. The single artwork was based on the original graphic work of Black Dwarf Designs. A promotional video for the single can be seen below. "Above And Beyond" comes off DEEP PURPLE's lat...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: Video Footage Of Austin Workshop

Video footage of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson's September 9 Guitar Center workshop in Austin, Texas can be seen below. The autobiography of David Ellefson, co-founder and bassist of 11-time Grammy-nominated heavy metal titans MEGADETH, will be made available on October 29 via Howard Books. Ellefs...

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DEEP PURPLE To Release 'Above And Beyond' Single

DEEP PURPLE will release the track "Above And Beyond" as a CD-single and on seven-inch vinyl on October 25 in Europe. The single artwork, based on the original graphic work of Black Dwarf Designs, can be seen below. "Above And Beyond" comes off DEEP PURPLE's latest album, "Now What?!", which sold 4,...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist SCOTT IAN Joins VOLBEAT On Stage In Los Angeles (Video)

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian joined VOLBEAT on stage last night (Monday, September 16) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles to perform the song "Pool Of Booze, Booze, Booza" (preceded by a snippet of ANTHRAX's "I Am The Law"). Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. The pho...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'Perfect Strangers' Performance Clip From 'Perfect Strangers Live' DVD

1984 saw the long-awaited reunion of the classic DEEP PURPLE Mark II lineup of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It was the first time they had been together since 1973. They recorded a brand new studio album, "Perfect Strangers", and headed out on tour. The band's...

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ANTHRAX Begins Writing New Album

ANTHRAX has officially commenced the songwriting process for the band's next studio album, tentatively due in 2014. Guitarist Scott Ian tweeted this past Saturday: "Today [drummer Charlie Benante] and [bassist Frank Bello] are coming over to start writing for the next record. The few skeletons that...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Discusses Autobiography On 'The Classic Metal Show' (Audio)

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. The autobiography of David Ellefson, co-founder and b...

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EUROPE: 'The Final Countdown' Performance Clip From 'Live At Sweden Rock' DVD

On June 7, EUROPE took the stage in their home country Sweden for a special occasion: celebrating 30 years of rock music. The Swedish rock band celebrated this event together with 30,000 fans at the prestigious Sweden Rock Festival. EUROPE performed 28 songs, selecting their personal favourite momen...

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U.K. Death Metallers CANCER To Reform For Festival Appearances

The classic lineup of U.K. death metallers CANCER — John Walker (guitar, vocals),Carl Stokes, Ian Buchanan (bass) and Barry Savage (lead guitar) — will reform to promote their first three albums which are being re-released by Cyclone Empire Records later this year. The band plans to make a number o...

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Heavy Metal And Punk Fossils Featured At BRITISH SCIENCE FESTIVAL

The current special exhibition at Geomuseum Faxe in Faxe, Denmark about fossils that are named after rock stars is featured at this year's British Science Festival — which is being held September 7-12 in Newcastle — as an example of outreach in scientific exhibitions. The British Science Festival is...

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BANGALORE CHOIR/Ex-ACCEPT Singer To Release Second Solo Album

American singer David Reece, though brought up on a diet of Conway Twitty and Tammy Wynette, has been sharing his bluesy rock voice with the world since the late 1980s. His most notable early releases were ACCEPT's 1989 album "Eat The Heat" and BANGALORE CHOIR's 1992 classic "On Target", closely fol...

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ANTHRAX: Part One Of TERRORIZER Magazine Interview (Video)

Terrorizer magazine conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna and guitarist Scott Ian on August 11 at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now watch the first part of the chat below. Guitarist Jon Donais (SHADOWS FA...

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EUROPE: 'Live At Sweden Rock - 30th Anniversary Show' Double CD, DVD, Blu-Ray Detailed

EUROPE's 30th-anniversary performance at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden was the band's only Swedish concert of 2013 and the stage show was one of the greatest, if not the greatest of the band's entire career. The setlist was specially composed from EUROPE's ent...