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Life Of AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Examined In New Book

Due on August 28 from Nero is "High Voltage: The Life Of Angus Young", the first biography of AC/DC's co-founder and last surviving original member. Its author, Jeff Apter, believes the story of the man he describes as the "face, sound and sometimes the exposed backside" of the band is worth telling...

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DOKKEN Is Planning To Write 'Straight-Ahead, In-Your-Face, Heavy-Rock' New Album

Don Dokken has confirmed that DOKKEN is planning to begin writing a new studio album this fall for a tentative 2018 release. The disc will mark the band's first collection of all-new material since 2012's "Broken Bones" effort. Speaking to "The Classic Metal Show", Don stated about DOKKEN's next dis...

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ARCH ENEMY Releases Video For New Song 'The Eagle Flies Alone'

ARCH ENEMY has released the official video for its new single, "The Eagle Flies Alone", taken from the band's forthcoming album, "Will To Power", due out on September 8. Guitarist and band leader Michael Amott comments: "Strangely enough, this is a song I wrote in sunny Mexico last year, but fear no...

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SONS OF APOLLO Feat. PORTNOY, SHEEHAN, BUMBLEFOOT, SOTO, SHERINIAN: Introduction Video Part One

SONS OF APOLLO, the new band featuring former DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian alongside Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Billy Sheehan (THE WINERY DOGS, MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE),will release its debut...

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I PREVAIL Releases Video For 'Lifelines'

I PREVAIL has released a new video for "Lifelines", the title track from the band's debut LP. The clip was shot in Detroit at the Downtown Boxing Gym Youth Program, an organization which uses boxing to help at-risk youth with educational tutoring and discipline. Singer Brian Burkheiser told The Puls...

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JEFF PILSON Says Brand New Song From Classic Lineup Of DOKKEN 'Came Out Amazing'

Jeff Pilson spoke to the "Music Mania" podcast about last year's reunion of DOKKEN's classic lineup, which played its only U.S. show in September in Sioux Falls, South Dakota before embarking on a six-show Japanese run dubbed "Unleashed In The East". "I enjoyed it quite a bit personally," the curren...

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EVANESCENCE Guitarist JEN MAJURA Is Working On Her Second Solo Album, 'InZENity'

EVANESCENCE guitarist Jen Majura is working on her second solo album, "InZENity". The disc, which is tentatively due in early 2018, will feature guest appearances by Mattias IA Eklundh (FREAK KITCHEN),Jeff Waters (ANNIHILATOR) and Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT). Said Jen: "With all the EVANESCENCE touri...

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Video: LAST IN LINE Performs In Oslo, Norway

Fan-filmed video footage of LAST IN LINE's August 5 performance at Hard Rock Cafe in Oslo, Norway can be seen below. DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell told Ultimate Classic Rock in a recent interview that LAST IN LINE has "about half" of its sophomore album written. "There's some really, really...

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It appears that there is no love lost between VENOM INC.'s bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan and the line-up of the long-running, still active Conrad "Cronos" Lant-fronted version of VENOM. But the new incarnation is hardly new at all. In VENOM INC., Dolan is joined by original VENOM guit...

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JEFF BECERRA Puts An End To Debate Over Who Was The First Death Metal Band: DEATH Or POSSESSED

Antihero Magazine's Matt Mills conducted an interview with frontman Jeff Becerra of legendary extreme metal innovators POSSESSED after the band's performance at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 11-13 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You c...

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ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Says ARCH ENEMY's 2014 Album 'War Eternal' Is 'A Masterpiece'

Metal Wani's Fernando Bonenfant recently conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz. You can listen to the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current state of ARCH ENEMY: Alissa: "It's great. We're all really excited. We've...

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KANSAS To Release 'Leftoverture Live & Beyond' In November

KANSAS, America's legendary progressive rock band, will release its new live album "Leftoverture Live & Beyond", on November 3. This is the first live album since 2009 for the band that has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and is famous for classic hits such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Recalls Getting Guitar Lessons From JOE SATRIANI: 'He's Always Played Incredibly'

In a new interview with the Vancouver radio station CFOX, METALLICA's Kirk Hammett spoke about the experience of getting taught how to play guitar by Joe Satriani more than three and a half decades ago. "I took lessons from him in 1981," Kirk said (see video below). "We knew each other way back when...

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Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA: Part Of 'Megalife' Video Series Released

Part two of a three-part video series featuring footage compiled during the research and writing of late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza's memoir, "Megalife: Nick Menza The Book" by J. Marshall Craig can be seen below. In this episode, Nick takes the viewer around his drum kit. Discussing and illustrat...

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PEARL JAM Bassist Says Musicians Have Right To Speak Out On Politics

According to The Pulse Of Radio, PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament and his bandmate Richard Stuverud from side project RNDM discussed politics and music on a recent Pearl Jam Radio special. Stuverud remarked: "It's always a difficult thing to go there as a songwriter going into any kind of politics, it c...