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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK Didn't Want To Play In 'The WOLF HOFFMANN Project' Anymore

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank was recently interviewed by TNT Radio. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked how he looks back on his contributions to ACCEPT, Herman said: "I mean, that's the reason why I left ACCEPT, finally. I thought they mind change their mind, or,...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK: EPK For 'The Devil Rides Out' Album

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank will release a new solo album, "The Devil Rides Out", on November 18 via AFM. It will be made available as a CD, limited digipak (including a bonus track),limited silver vinyl and limited box set. The CD was produced by Frank and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLI...

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GOTTHARD To Release 'Silver' Album In January

Swiss hard rock veterans GOTTHARD will release their twelfth studio album, "Silver", on January 13, 2017 on Musikvertrieb in Switzerland and internationally via PIAS. The CD was recorded at the Yellow House Studio in Lugano. The third disc with lead singer Nic Maeder was produced by Charlie Bauerfei...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK Releases 'Ballhog Zone' Video

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank will release a new solo album, "The Devil Rides Out", on November 18 via AFM. It will be made available as a CD, limited digipak (including a bonus track),limited silver vinyl and limited box set. The CD was produced by Frank and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLI...

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HELLOWEEN: Pro-Shot Footage Of Tokyo Concert

Professionally filmed video footage of German power metallers HELLOWEEN performing the song "Before The War" on September 26 at Ee-Theater in Tokyo, Japan can be seen below. HELLOWEEN's tour of Japan was originally scheduled to take place this past summer but was postponed after drummer Daniel "Dani...

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GOTTHARD To Release 'Stay With Me' Single In November

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD will release a new single, "Stay With Me", on November 18. The track will be the first single from the band's twelfth studio album, which was recorded at the Yellow House Studio in Lugano. The third disc with lead singer Nic Maeder was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (HELL...

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Ride The Sky: The Very Best of 1985-1998

Malcolm Dome, one of hard rock and heavy metal journalism's elite, always knows how to get the root of things. In his liner notes for the new HELLOWEEN compilation, "Ride the Sky: The Very Best of 1985-1998", he coaxes this telling epithet from guitarist Michael Weikath: "You know what kept driving...

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Where I Reign: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1995-2003

Florida's KAMELOT may never be fully credited as one of the first in a second wave of symphonic power-prog metal bands, a subgenre that has gained momentum through the efforts of BLIND GUARDIAN, NIGHTWISH, EPICA, LEAVES' EYES, SONATA ARCTICA, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS and numerous others. Guitarist Thomas...

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Love Us Or Hate Us: The Very Best of the Noise Years 1985-1992

If you followed thrash from its infancy, the name Noise Records rolls through the mind as readily as Megaforce, Metal Blade and New Renaissance. The hallowed German imprint, founded by Karl-Ulrich Walterbach, exposed some of the most respected thrash, power, doom and experimental metal acts of the d...

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Former FIREWIND Singer APOLLO PAPATHANASIO To Release 'Waterdevils' Solo Album

Escape Music will release former FIREWIND and current SPIRITUAL BEGGARS vocalist Apollo Papathanasio's new solo album, "Waterdevils", on November 18. The CD was recorded and mixed at Global Musix Studio in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer Jalle Westergen. After more than two decades of contributing...

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Former ACCEPT Guitarist HERMAN FRANK To Release New Solo Album 'The Devil Rides Out' In November

Former ACCEPT guitarist Herman Frank will release a new solo album, "The Devil Rides Out", on November 18 via AFM. It will be made available as a CD, limited digipak (including a bonus track),limited silver vinyl and limited box set. The CD was produced by Frank and mixed by Charlie Bauerfeind (BLI...

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UNISONIC Taps GAMMA RAY Drummer For Bulgaria's Lovech Rock Fest

GAMMA RAY drummer Michael Ehré (pictured) will replace Kosta Zafiriou at UNISONIC's last show this year, on September 23 at Bulgaria's Lovech Rock Fest. Says UNISONIC bassist Dennis Ward: "After Kosta announced his departure from the band and retirement from professional metal drumming early Septemb...

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GOTTHARD To Release New Album In January

Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD are putting the finishing touches on their as-yet-untitled twelfth studio album at the Yellow House Studio in Lugano. The third disc with lead singer Nic Maeder was produced by Charlie Bauerfeind (HELLOWEEN, BLIND GUARDIAN) and Leo Leoni and will be released on January 13...

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GAMMA RAY's KAI HANSEN: 'XXX - Three Decades In Metal' Audio Samples

Kai Hansen, earMUSIC and Wacken Foundation are gearing up for the release of "XXX - Three Decades In Metal", the first solo album by Hansen, one of the most influential guitarists and singers to emerge from Germany during the first part of the '80s. Hansen first made his name with the ground-breakin...

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GAMMA RAY's KAI HANSEN Releases 'Born Free' Video

Coinciding with the exclusive one-time performance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, Kai Hansen (HELLOWEEN, GAMMA RAY) has premiered the official music video for his single "Born Free". It is the first time fans are able to listen to a song from Hansen's solo debut, "XXX - Three Decades In Me...