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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I'm Not Your Suicide' Solo Album Details Revealed

Michael Sweet, frontman for the Chiristian hard rock band STRYPER, will release a new full-length solo album, "I'm Not Your Suicide", and his first autobiography, "Honestly: My Life And Stryper Revealed", on May 6 via BIG3 Records. The lyric video for the song "The Cause" can be seen below. The futu...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS' Sophomore Album To Be Produced By DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT

BLACK STAR RIDERS, the band formed by THIN LIZZY alumni Ricky Warwick (guitar, vocals),Damon Johnson (guitar),Scott Gorham (guitar),Marco Mendoza (bass) with new addition Jimmy DeGrasso (ALICE COOPER, MEGADETH, DAVID LEE ROTH, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) on drums, will enter a studio in Dublin, Ireland...

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DEF LEPPARD To Release 'Slang Deluxe Edition' Next Month

DEF LEPPARD will release a Deluxe Edition of its 1996 classic album "Slang" across multiple formats through its own Bludgeon Riffola label on February 10. The "Slang" reissue will be available in three formats: a CD Deluxe Edition and Digital Edition containing the original 11 album tracks remastere...

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THE WINERY DOGS To Release Special Edition And Deluxe Edition Of Self-Titled Debut

THE WINERY DOGS — the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH) and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) — is getting 2014 started with a new round of tour dates and the...

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THOMAS ZWIJSEN's 'Nylonized' Featuring Former IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER, EUROPE Members: Audio Samples

Dutch classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen will release his second album, "Nylonized", on March 11. His first album, "Nylon Maiden" (2013),contained 11 arrangements of IRON MAIDEN tracks on classical guitar. "Nylonized" will contain tracks from several artists and original compositions by Zwijsen. Am...

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OBLITERATIONS Signs With SOUTHERN LORD

Southern Lord has announced the signing of California punk henchmen OBLITERATIONS. Comprised of Stephen McBean on guitar, Austin Barber on bass, Sam James Velde on vocals and Flo Schanze on drums, OBLITERATIONS unites former and current members of BLACK MOUNTAIN, SAVIOURS, BLUEBIRD, NIGHT HORSE and...

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Former 'Headbangers Ball' Host RIKI RACHTMAN To Launch New Hard Rock/Metal Video Show

David Alan "Riki" Rachtman, the 48-year-old former host of the MTV show "Headbangers Ball", has announced plans to launch a new hard rock/heavy metal music video program. Rachtman, who currently hosts a NASCAR-themed radio show called "Racing Rocks" (heard on over 120 stations across America) and "N...

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LYNAM: 'Cold' Video Released

"Cold", the new video from Birmingham, Alabama rockers LYNAM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest EP, "Halfway To Hell", which was released on December 10, 2013 via New Ocean Media. Says LYNAM vocalist Jacob Bunton: "'Cold' is about being fed up with your current situation an...

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Former IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER, EUROPE Members Guest On THOMAS ZWIJSEN's 'Nylonized'

Dutch classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen will release his second album, "Nylonized", on March 11. His first album, "Nylon Maiden" (2013),contained 11 arrangements of IRON MAIDEN tracks on classical guitar. "Nylonized" will contain tracks from several artists and original compositions by Zwijsen. Am...

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BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS Among North America's Top-Grossing Tours Last Year

BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KISS and IRON MAIDEN are among the hard rock/heavy metal artists who made Pollstar's 2013 Top 200 North American Tour chart. According to Pollstar, the total size of the North American concert business hit a new record high of $5.1 billion — a surprising number cons...

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LAST IN LINE Begins Work On New Material

LAST IN LINE, the band featuring DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell alongside fellow founding DIO members Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain and Claude Schnell, plus singer Andrew Freeman, who has previously fronted HURRICANE and LYNCH MOB, has begun writing original material, according to a new Facebook p...

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BRET MICHAELS To Perform At Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale Auction

Barrett-Jackson, The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions, announced today the lineup of celebrity affiliated vehicles that will cross its auction block in Scottsdale as well as the expected presence of notable celebrities, including Billy Baldwin and Gene Simmons (KISS) that are intending to pla...

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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT Pays Tribute To PHIL EVERLY

DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has paid tribute to EVERLY BROTHERS' Phil Everly, who died on January 3 due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Said Joe in a statement posted on DEF LEPPARD's web site: "About 7, maybe 8 years ago, Phil Everly came to see us and was a very gra...

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DEF LEPPARD To Enter Studio In February

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen tells Artisan News that the band will enter the studio on February 1 to begin work on the follow-up to 2008's "Songs From The Sparkle Lounge". "I saw Joe [Elliott, vocals], Vivian [Campbell, guitar] and Rick [Allen, drums] on Rick's birthday out here on November 1,"...

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'Underground Never Dies!' Photo Retrospective Of Extreme Metal Underground

"Underground Never Dies!", published by Doomentia Press, is a photo retrospective of the extreme metal underground through fanzines and the statements of those who were involved back in the 1980s and 1990s. "Underground Never Dies!" chronicles the underground metal explosion of the mid-1980s through...