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ANIMETAL USA To Make Its Live Debut At Japan's LOUD PARK Festival

ANIMETAL USA, the American counterpart to ANIMETAL the Japanese heavy metal band which specialized in metal covers of popular Japanese anime/tokusatsu theme songs will make its live debut at this year's edition of the Loud Park festival, set to take place October 15 at Saitama Super Arena, a multi-p...

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ADRENALINE MOB Recording Three New Songs

ADRENALINE MOB the new band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen, guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP),bassist Paul DiLeo and STUCK MOJO/FOZZY axeman Rich Ward has entered the studio to record three new songs for inclusion on the...

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MTLEY CRE Guitarist To Play On JAMES DURBIN's Solo Album

MTLEY CRE guitarist Mick Mars revealed via Twitter yeterday (Wednesday, September 14) that he was in the studio working on "a killer track" with James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California who was one of the finalists on the last season of "American Idol". "That's right! That's...

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MIKE VESCERA, RUDY SARZO, SCOTT TRAVIS, CHRIS IMPELLITTERI Join Forces In ANIMETAL-USA

ANIMETAL USA, the brand new metal band featuring singer Mike Vescera (OBSESSION, ex-LOUDNESS),bassist Rudy Sarzo (BLUE YSTER CULT, ex-OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, WHITESNAKE, DIO),drummer Scott Travis (JUDAS PRIEST) and guitarist Chris Impellitteri (IMPELLITTERI),will release its self-titled debut...

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THREAT SIGNAL: More Footage From The Studio Posted Online

More behind-the-scenes footage from the recording sessions for THREAT SIGNAL's third, self-titled album can be seen below. "Threat Signal" will be released on October 7 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Planet Z studios in Hadley, Massachusetts with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris (CHI...

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GIRLSCHOOL Frontwoman Comments On 'Hit And Run Revisited' Album

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL recently re-recorded their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run" to celebrate the LP's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run Revisited" will be released on September 26 via Wacken Records through UDR as a digipack, LP and digital download. "Hit And Run" was origina...

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EVIL MASQUERADE Completes Work On New Album

Denmark-based symphonic metal band EVIL MASQUERADE has completed work on its fifth album, "Pentagram", for a late 2011/early 2012 release via an as-yet-undetermined record label. The CD was once again produced by guitarist Henrik Flyman and mixed by Tommy Hansen (JORN, HELLOWEEN) at Jailhouse Studio...

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9 CHAMBERS: Amazon Pre-Orders To Receive Copy Of Previously Unreleased EP

9 CHAMBERS is the collaboration between respected hard rock veterans: producer/singer/guitarist Greg Hampton (ALICE COOPER, BOOTSY COLLINS, LITA FORD),ex-MONSTER MAGNET guitarist Ed Mundell and current GOV'T MULE bassist Jorgen Carlsson. The band's self-titled debut album is due on September 27 via...

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GIRLSCHOOL: 'Hit And Run Revisited' Audio Samples Available

Veteran British female hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL recently re-recorded their classic 1981 album "Hit And Run" to celebrate the LP's 30th anniversary. "Hit And Run Revisited" is out now via Wacken Records as a digipack, LP and digital download. "Hit And Run" was originally made available in March 1981,...

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Former DEEP PURPLE And RAINBOW Tour Manager Tells His Story In 'A Hart Life'

July 1971: Colin Hart, a Geordie lad from South Shields was on his first tour of America as roadie for MATTHEW'S SOUTHERN COMFORT. The group was part of a three-band bill with THE FACES and DEEP PURPLE. Following the tour, he joined DEEP PURPLE's road crew. Ian Gillan just knew Colin had to join the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Don't Want To Be A Nostalgia Act'

Ruben Mosqueda of Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sleaze Roxx: One of the things that stands out about the new album, "Kicking & Screaming", is that you still have your powerful vocals. I k...

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ADRENALINE MOB: Santa Ana Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of ADRENALINE MOB's September 2, 2011 performance at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California can be seen below. ADRENALINE MOB is the new band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen, guitar virtuoso Mike Orlan...

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'American Idol' Metalhead JAMES DURBIN Signs Record Deal

James Durbin, the 22-year-old rocker from Santa Cruz, California who was one of the finalists on the last season of "American Idol", has inked a deal with Wind-Up Records (EVANESCENCE, CREED). Commented Gregg Wattenberg, Wind-Up's Chief Creative Officer, "When the possibility of signing James Durbin...

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Live in Black

Always wondered about all the fuss over this Jorn Lande fellow or were curious about the quality level of the material on his eight studio albums? Then "Live in Black" is the album — make that a double-CD/DVD combo — for you since it offers a nice cross section of music from a band called ...

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Electric Ministry

Inclusive of guitarist Rowan Robertson (ex-DIO),vocalist/guitarist Jeff Duncan (>ARMORED SAINT, ODIN),drummer Shawn Duncan (ODIN),and bassist Matt Duncan, one could say that Los Angeles' DC4 features a membership of some repute. On fourth album "Electric Ministry", the band gets the job done w...