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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' Artwork, Details Revealed

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) will release his first solo album, "Play My Game", in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen brand-new tracks that Owens composed himself or together wit...

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Long-Awaited MOB RESEARCH Album Due In May

The highly anticipated MOB RESEARCH album, "Holy City Zoo", will be released on Code7 in the U.K. and Echozone Records in the rest of Europe and on May 22. A U.S. release will be announced soon. The band — featuring the late Paul Raven (KILLING JOKE, MINISTRY, PRONG) on bass, Mark Gemini Thwaite (TH...

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K.K. DOWNING Says JUDAS PRIEST Should 'Absolutely' Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing as part of a new series entitled "Hit The Lights." Topics of discussion included the "Priest Feast" tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT, the group's recent Grammy nominations, how JUDAS PRIEST ch...

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OVERKILL, EXODUS, HALFORD Members Perform With SCREAMING METAL; Video Available

Former HADES members Alan Tecchio, Dan Lorenzo and Ron Lipnicki (who is now in OVERKILL) teamed up with the "Talking Metal" duo, John Ostronomy and Mark Strigl, for a SCREAMING METAL gig on February 7, 2009 at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey. They performed songs by JUDAS PRIEST, KISS, METALLICA, BL...

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HOLY RAGE Featuring AL ATKINS: New Song Posted Online

HOLY RAGE (pictured below),the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, has posted a new track entitled "Give Them Hell" on the group's MySpace page. The track has already been aired in New York and the U.K. and has received "fantastic reviews and feedback," according to a postin...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: Looking For Vinyl Version Of 'Angel Down'? Don't Hold Your Breath

The previously announced vinyl version of Sebastian Bach's "Angel Down" album, which was scheduled to see the light of day last summer, has been scrapped, and according to the singer, "there are absolutely no plans now whatsoever to release [the LP] on vinyl." In a post on his official message board...

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JUDAS PRIEST, HELSTAR Interviewed On 'Robb's MetalWorks'; Video Available

San Antonio cult TV show "Robb's MetalWorks" has posted its January 2009 episode featuring reactivated Texas metallers HELSTAR and British metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. The episode features interviews with HELSTAR guitarists Larry Barragan and Robert Trevino about the development of their latest disc,...

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HALFORD: 'Resurrection World Tour' Blu-Ray Pushed Back To April

Due to "production delays," JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford's Metal God Entertainment company has rescheduled the release date for the HALFORD "Resurrection World Tour – Live At Rock In Rio III" 5.1 special-edition Blu-ray to April 7, 2009. It will be released on a BD 50-GB disk possessing 5.1 audio...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK's Collaboration With DELTA Posted Online

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM, SEBASTIAN BACH) has issued the following update: "I want to share my collaboration with Chilean metallers DELTA. I entangled myself quiete nicely in a shredding duel with Nicolas Quinteros, DELTA's keboard god on a track 'Lone Wolf' off their ne...

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HOLY RAGE Guitarist To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

Guitarist Chris Johnson of HOLY RAGE — the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins — will be interviewed on today's (Sunday, March 1) edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" show on Blogtalkradio.com at 6:00 p.m. EST. For more information and to listen to the program live via the Inte...

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MEGADETH, MSG, DANGER DANGER Members Jam At NAMM; Video Available

Footage of a jam that took place at the 30th Anniversary Simon Phillips Retrospective concert during this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show — featuring guitarists Andy Timmons (OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN, DANGER DANGER) and Chris Broderick (MEGADETH, NEVERMORE, JAG PANZER),bassist...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Says Next Album Will be 'Heavier' Than 'The Formation Of Damnation'

Peter Bailey of Metalheadz conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT on February 14, 2009 at the NEC arena in Birmingham, England. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. MetalheadzFM: You're on tour with JUDAS PRIEST and MEGAD...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Dortmund Video Footage, Photos Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's February 24, 2009 concert in Dortmund, Germany on the "Priest Feast" European tour with MEGADETH and TESTAMENT can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "Alfons66666"). Check out photos from Metal-Hammer.de. In a recent interview with The Quietus, JUDAS PRIEST...

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'METAL' MIKE CHLASCIAK Working On New Solo Material

"Metal" Mike Chlasciak (SEBASTIAN BACH, HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM),considered by many to be one of metal's premiere guitar shredders, is currently in the studio finalizing pre-production for new solo material, after concluding a U.S. trek as a sideman axe-slinger for ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. Ba...

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AL ATKINS' HOLY RAGE Schedules More Dates

HOLY RAGE (pictured below),the new band fronted by original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins, has scheduled the following dates: Feb. 22 - JB's - Dudley, Midlands, UK Mar. 29 - Takaroo - Cannock, UK Apr. 30 - Robin 2 - Bilston, West Midlands, UK May 31 - [to be announced] - New York, NY ...