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JUDAS PRIEST On DAVE HOLLAND, Unofficial Biographies, Illegal Downloading And 'Nostradamus'

Metal-Rules.com has posted a transcript of the JUDAS PRIEST's press conference at the Sweden Rock festival, which was held in early June in Sölvesborg, Sweden. A couple of excerpts follow. Q: A few years ago, Dave Holland, your former drummer, was imprisoned for sexual harassment and more or less at...

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ROB HALFORD On SLAYER's 'Reign In Blood': 'It's Like Listening To Music On Fire'

In a collection of brief interviews with Suite101.com, JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford, DEICIDE's Steve Asheim and HIGH ON FIRE's Matt Pike pick their essential metal albums Matt Pike from HIGH ON FIRE on "Black Sabbath" by BLACK SABBATH: "They're probably my favorite heavy metal band ever so I would hav...

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ROB HALFORD Answers Fans' Questions; Audio Available

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford answers fans' questions in this week's Metal Hammer podcast. The 32-minute episode also features Metal Hammer's Gill and Bezer talking about the week's essential metal news, giving some controversial opinions on the new SLIPKNOT material and a whole lot more. Download...

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MOONSPELL: Audio Interview With FERNANDO RIBEIRO Available

Vocalist Fernando Ribeiro of the Portuguese metal band MOONSPELL was recently interviewed by "Whiplash", a weekly metal show on Belgian national radio Studio Brussel, hosted by AFTER ALL guitarist Dries Van Damme. Listen to the chat in streaming audio in two parts: Part#1, Part#2. MOONSPELL's new al...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Jam With JOHN RICH In Jacksonville Tonight

Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "Happy 4th of July, Jacksonville, Florida!!! I will be jamming tonight on the 4th of July with my good bud John Rich of BIG & RICH in Jacksonville at Metropolitan Park!! Can't wait to blow some shit up and have a great time!" Sebastian Bach will re...

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BLOTTED SCIENCE: Rehearsal Fotage Posted Online

Instrumental extreme metal triumvirate BLOTTED SCIENCE, featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (WATCHTOWER, SPASTIC INK, MARTY FRIEDMAN),bassist Alex Webster (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL) and drummer Charlie Zeleny (BEHOLD...THE ARCTOPUS),has released video footage (see below) of "Laser Lobotomy" and...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Foreign Editions Of Unauthorized Biography On The Way

Foreign editions (German, Bulgarian and Polish) of the unauthorized JUDAS PRIEST biography "Defenders of the Faith: The Story of Judas Priest" by UK-based author Neil Daniels will be available in late 2008/early 2009, with an English paperback edition due out before Christmas. "Defenders of the Fait...

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Ex-THE GATHERING Singer Performs With MOONSPELL At Belgium's GRASPOP; Photos Available

Former THE GATHERING singer Anneke van Giersbergen (who now fronts AGUA DE ANNIQUE) joined Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL earlier today (Friday, June 27) for their appearance at the Graspop Metal Meeting festival in Dessel, Belgium. She sang the song "Scorpion Flower" as a duet with MOONSPELL frontm...

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ROB HALFORD: If We Didn't Play 'Nostradamus' Live In Its Entirety, I Think We Would Regret It

Mark Daniell of JAM! Music recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. A few excerpts from the chat follow. On touring: "It's the same no matter where we play. That's the joy of heavy metal music. We can walk out on a stage anywhere in the world and get the ...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'We've Always Led With Our Hearts'

In an eight-page cover story for the latest issue of Metal Edge magazine (web site),on the stands now, JUDAS PRIEST members Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton, and K.K. Downing spoke to Bryan Reesman (web site) about the creation of their controversial new "Nostradamus" album, on fulfilling fan expectations...

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FIGHT: Free Video Download Of 'Into The Pit' Available

Metal God Entertainment and Rob Halford have released "Into The Pit", a four-disc FIGHT retrospective featuring the band's three audio recordings re-engineered for release: "War Of Words - Remixed & Remastered", "Mutations Remastered", "A Small Deadly Space - Remixed & Remastered" plus an ex...

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MOONSPELL Frontman: We Are No Satanists

Ryszard Nowak who heads the All-Polish Committee for Defence against Sects is reportedly trying to prevent Portuguese metallers MOONSPELL from performing at this year's Hunterfest, set to take place June 28-29 in Szczytno, located in the northeast part of Poland, 47 kilometers from Olsztyn. Nowak is...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer On 'Nostradamus': 'I Love Getting Lost In The Characters'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford and guitarists K.K. Downing and Glenn Tipton sat down with WAXQ (Q104)/New York's Ian O'Malley to discuss the group's new double-disc concept album, "Nostradamus", as part of FMQB's radio special, "Inside Judas Priest: Nostradamus". A couple of excerpts from the cha...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Pro-Shot Footage From UK's DOWNLOAD Festival Available

Scuzz TV has posted a three-and-a-half-minute clip featuring professionally filmed video footage of JUDAS PRIEST's performance at this year's Download festival, which was held June 13-15 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, UK. Also included is interview footage with the group's singer Rob Halford and...

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Original JUDAS PRIEST Singer Talks About His Early Songwriting Contributions To Band

Stalker magazine recently conducted an interview with original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow. Stalker: What band were you in prior to the formation of JUDAS PRIEST? Atkins: Late 1968, I was in a band I named THE CHAPTERS OF LIFE, but our agency thought the...