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JUDAS PRIEST Kicks Off 'British Steel' 30th-Anniversary Tour; Video, Photos Available

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST kicked off their "British Steel" 30th-anniversary tour last night (Monday, June 29) at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Rapid Fire 02. Metal Gods 03. Breaking The Law 04. Grinder 05. United 06. You Don't Have...

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WARRIOR: Footage From BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of Southern California metal legends WARRIOR performing the title track off their classic 1985 debut album, "Fighting For The Earth", on June 27, 2009 at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany can be viewed below. The song features a special guest appearance by...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Japanese Edition Of 'A Touch of Evil: Live' To Include Bonus Tracks

British heavy metal leegnds JUDAS PRIEST have chosen 10 songs not previously released in live album form for "A Touch of Evil: Live", which is due out July 14, in the midst of the band's U.S. summer tour. According to HMV.co.jp, the CD will be available in Japan on July 22 and will ...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE/Ex-SAVATAGE Singer Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

Vocalist Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE, MACHINES OF GRACE) was one of the featured guests on this weekend's (June 27) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". The interview is now available for streaming in three parts below. Audio samples of three songs from MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band f...

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MOONSPELL, SAMAEL: 'Night Eternal Above America Tour' Widget Available

Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL will team up with Switzerland's SAMAEL for the "Night Eternal Above America Tour" in October/November. Also scheduled to appear are BOOK OF BLACK EARTH and SECRETS OF THE MOON. A widget for the trek can be found below. Fernando Ribeiro of MOONSPELL commented: "Call me...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer On 'British Steel': 'It's An Important Record For The Genre Of Heavy Metal'

Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RollingStone.com: With the group revisiting "British Steel" this summer, where was PRIEST at when you started work on...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill was one of the featured guests on this past weekend's (June 20) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:00 p.m. EST and 3:00 a.m. EST at

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ROB HALFORD Talks To SAN DIEGO ENTERTAINER; Video Available

Paul Hentschl of the San Diego Entertainer magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST at this year's National Association Of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) convention, which was held June 7-10, 2009 at the Marriott in San Diego, California....

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ROB HALFORD Interviewed At NARM; Video Available

Hypebot columnist Virgil Dickerson conducted an interview with vocalist Rob Halford of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST at this year's National Association Of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) convention, which was held June 7-10, 2009 at the Marriott in San Diego, California. Watch the chat be...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Vows To Keep 'Pushing Metal Forward'

David "Gus" Griesinger of Backstage Axxess recently conducted an interview with guitarist K.K. Downing of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Backstage Axxess: You guys will be playing "British Steel" in its entirety [on the upcoming tour]. Why...

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JUDAS PRIEST, L.A. GUNS, LILLIAN AXE Members To Guest On 'The Classic Metal Show'

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill, L.A. GUNS vocalist Jizzy Pearl, LILLIAN AXE guitarist Steve Blaze and FREAKSHOW/M!SS CRAZY vocalist Markus Allen Christopher will be the featured guests on this weekend's (June 20) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturda...

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JUDAS PRIEST To Film 'British Steel' Anniversary Tour For 2010 Release

Christina Fuoco-Karasinski of LiveDaily recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his newly established companues, Metal God Records and Metal God Apparel, named after the "metal god" himself: "I love what I do and I'm...

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ROUGH SILK: 'Reborn To Wait' Video Released

"Reborn To Wait", the new video from German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK, can be viewed below. The song comes off ROUGH SILK's new album, "A New Beginning", which was released on March 20 via Dockyard 1 Records. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A couple of the pictures ca...

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MACHINES OF GRACE Featuring SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH Members; New Song Available

The song "Innocence" from MACHINES OF GRACE — the new band featuring drummer Jeff Plate (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SAVATAGE, METAL CHURCH),lead singer Zak Stevens (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, SAVATAGE),guitarist Matt Leff (guitar) and bassist Chris Rapoza (bass) — is available for streaming on the group's M...

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'Brütal Legend' Creator Explains Why RONNIE JAMES DIO Is No Longer Involved With Game

Double Fine studio head and Brütal Legend game creator Tim Schafer has confirmed that the legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio (HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW, DIO) has been cut out of the game's voice cast and has been replaced with Tim Curry, a movie actor best known for his...