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ROB HALFORD: Coming Out In 1998 'Was A Great Lot Of Pressure Lifting Off Of My Back'

Bianca Waxlax of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST/HALFORD frontman Rob Halford. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. San Diego Gay & Lesbian News: You came out as gay in 1998 on MTV. How have things changed since then? Halford: Well,...

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VAN HALEN 1981 Live Footage Posted To Promote Classic Rock Auctions

To promote their melodic rock/heavy metal-themed auctions, eBay seller EliteWorks has posted a long-lost VAN HALEN TV interview from 1981 which includes professionally shot live footage from the band's "Fair Warning" tour. The segment shows the group at the absolute peak of its live powers and perfe...

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SIX FEET UNDER: 'Wake The Night! Live In Germany' DVD Details Revealed

Florida's SIX FEET UNDER is, without a doubt, one of the most active and best live acts in death metal. A constant institution since the mid-'90s. Party.San Open Air in Bad Berka, Germany is known as a place where bands give 110% and more and so did SIX FEET UNDER on August 8, 2009. Being ...

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FORBIDDEN Guitarist On New Album: 'We Didn't Want To Rehash Anything'

Mark Kadzielawa of 69Faces Of Rock recently conducted an interview with guitarist Craig Locicero of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers FORBIDDEN. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. 69 Faces Of Rock: The album isn't nostalgic in any way. Many bands reform, and they try to rewr...

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'Mean Deviation' The Prog Metal 'Bible'; Free Sample Chapter Available

Bazillion Points is offering a free download extract of "Chapter 5. Passing the Threshold" from the newly-released and already acclaimed book "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal" by Jeff Wagner. The PDF download is available at this location. After tracing the origins of progres...

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Today Marks Six-Year Anniversary Of DIMEBAG DARRELL's Death

Today (Wednesday, December 8) marks the six-year anniversary of the death of PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Abbott, one of the most beloved and respected musicians in hard rock, was shot onstage during a DAMAGEPLAN concert at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio by a 2...

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ARTIZAN: Second Studio Clip Posted Online

U.S. melodic power metallers ARTIZAN have released the second in a series of "studio clips" (see below) which they plan to unveil before the release of their new album. ARTIZAN recently finished recording its first CD with legendary producer Jim Morris (ICED EARTH, DEATH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, JAG PANZER...

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Jupiter

It will be a relief for many fans of ATHEIST's first three seminal albums — "Piece of Time", "Unquestionable Presence" and "Elements" – that comeback album "Jupiter" sounds pretty much what one would expect ATHEIST to sound like in 2010. Not that "Jupiter" is the next step forward from the extraterr...

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LYNCH: My Problem With DON DOKKEN Has Always Been That He Was 'Not An Honest, Trustful Person'

Marko Syrjälä of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB, SOULS OF WE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal-Rules.com: What's the situation with [LYNCH MOB singer] Oni Logan now? I mean, he's been on and off from thi...

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GUNS N' ROSES' Late Concert Finish Leaves Townsville Residents Fuming

Townsville, Australia newspaper Townsville Bulletin was inundated with calls and texts earlier today (Thursday, December 2) from residents near the town's Reid Park who were frustrated by the noise and late finish of the GUNS N' ROSES concert. Hermit Park resident Mike Shearer told the paper he was...

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OUTCAST Completes Recording New Album

Paris, France-based death/thrash metal band OUTCAST has finished recording its third album, "Awaken The Reason", for a tentative early 2011 release via an as-yet-undisclosed record label. The CD is currently being mixed at Split Second Sound studio in Amsterdam, Holland with Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES)...

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FAIR WARNING: 'Talking Ain't Enough - Fair Warning Live In Tokyo' Available For Streaming

"Talking Ain't Enough - Fair Warning Live In Tokyo", the new live CD/DVD from German rockers FAIR WARNING, is being released in North America today (Tuesday, November 23) via Steamhammer/SPV. You can now stream the entire set at AOL Music. It was only four years ago that FAIR WARNING — led by charis...

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ARTIZAN: First Studio Clip Posted Online

U.S. melodic power metallers ARTIZAN have released the first in a series of "studio clips" which they plan to unveil before the release of their new album. In the first portion of the clip, you can see a cellist and bassist performing a dynamic piece which will be included in one of the new songs. ....

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METALLICA: The BILLBOARD Cover Story

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and frontman James Hetfield, as well as Cliff Burnstein, one of METALLICA's managers at Q Prime, were interviewed for the cover story of the latest issue of Billboard, a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. A couple of excerpts from the story follow b...

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Drummer MARK ZONDER Forms New Prog-Metal Band, Offers Lessons Via Skype

FATES WARNING drummer Mark Zonder has issued the following update: "I have been working on a few new things of late. I finished the album with Gary Hughes and the band TEN. Dennis Ward will be mixing and it will be out on Frontiers Records soon. Great record and I can't wait to hear the ...