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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Featured On New EP From U.K.'s ACE MAFIA

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner is featured on the new self-titled EP from the U.K. hard rock band ACE MAFIA. Faulkner laid down his lead and rhythm guitar tracks for "Ace Mafia" before leaving the band to join JUDAS PRIEST. Due on September 15, "Ace Mafia" was mixed and mastered by Phil Kin...

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WATAIN Frontman Says New Guitarist HAMPUS ERIKSSON Is A 'Total Diehard'

Frontman Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN says new touring guitarist Hampus "H. Death" Eriksson "belongs to the unique little race of people who are just total diehards" and that the band is "lucky to have him." Eriksson has replaced Set Teitan, who stepped away from WATAIN earlier...

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MIKE PORTNOY Calls METAL ALLEGIANCE His 'Ultimate Metal Outlet'

Drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, METAL ALLEGIANCE) recently spoke with Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the new METAL ALLEGIANCE album, "Volume II – Power Drunk Majest...

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HELLOWEEN To Release 'Starlight: The Noise Records Collection' Limited-Edition Box Set In October

Noise Records has announced the October 26 release of "Helloween - Starlight: The Noise Records Collection". It is a deluxe, limited-edition boxset containing all the bands Noise recordings, from the long-out-of-print EPs "Helloween" and "Judas", through their debut album "Walls Of Jericho" to the m...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Discusses 'Messerschmitt Bf 110' Fighter Plane (Video)

Wargaming — the company behind free-to-play titles World Of Tanks (2010),World Of Warplanes (2013) and World Of Warships (2015) — recently announced that IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson is hosting 10 online educational warplanes diaries. This free-to-view series is being released weekly on the...

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Guitarist BILL HUDSON Sets Record Straight Regarding His Exit From DIRKSCHNEIDER

Bill Hudson says that he left Udo Dirkschneider's DIRKSCHNEIDER of his own accord and wasn't pushed out of the band, despite the singer's suggestion to the contrary. The former ACCEPT frontman recently gave an interview to United Rock Nations in which he stated about Bill's departure: "We had a prob...

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MIKE PORTNOY Talks About Drumming On New METAL ALLEGIANCE Album 'Volume II - Power Drunk Majesty' (Video)

METAL ALLEGIANCE — with its four core members: David Ellefson (MEGADETH),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, ex-DREAM THEATER) and Mark Menghi — began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community's most revered t...

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TARJA: 'Die Alive' Performance Video From 'Act II'

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has revealed the latest song from her brand new live-art-album and video "Act II". "Die Alive" was recorded live in Milan, Italy and can be seen below. Filmed during Tarja's world tour "The Shadow Shows", during which the influential heavy rock singer circled th...

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MOONSPELL's 'Lisboa Under The Spell': Second Track-By-Track Video

The second in a series of track-by-track-breakdown videos for MOONSPELL's upcoming "Lisboa Under The Spell" release can be seen below. A unique and solemn spell seems to shroud every spot as soon as Portuguese alchemists MOONSPELL enter the stage — and it was a very special evening indeed when the b...

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WHITECHAPEL Announces 'Ten Years Of Exile' Tour With CHELSEA GRIN, OCEANO, SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL

After recently completing their massive summer co-headliner with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL will head out on the road again this November/December. The "Ten Years Of Exile" USA tour, commemorating the 10th anniversary of "This Is Exile", will feature support from CHELSEA GRIN, OCEANO and S...

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GOATWHORE To Headline Eighth Annual 'Metal Alliance Tour'

GOATWHORE, pioneers of the blackened death metal scene, will headline the eighth installment of the "Metal Alliance Tour". Each year this touring festival, which is presented by hot sauce company High River Sauces, assembles a package that celebrates the various genres of metal. The "Metal Alliance...

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SAMMY HAGAR Says Upcoming THE CIRCLE Album Is 'About The World Monetary System'

Sammy Hagar spoke to The Mercury News about the upcoming first album of all-original material from THE CIRCLE, his critically acclaimed supergroup also featuring Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson. "I don't have a name for it," he said. "Right now, I am calling it 'Hey Hey Hey', because I...

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MOONSPELL's 'Lisboa Under The Spell': First Track-By-Track Video

The first in a series of track-by-track-breakdown videos for MOONSPELL's upcoming "Lisboa Under The Spell" release can be seen below. A unique and solemn spell seems to shroud every spot as soon as Portuguese alchemists MOONSPELL enter the stage — and it was a very special evening indeed when the ba...

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TARJA TURUNEN's Next Rock Solo Album To Arrive In Fall Of 2019

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen has confirmed to Kaaos TV that she is working on material for her first rock album since 2016's "The Shadow Self". "I hope to hit the studio with the guys, [to begin] the production, in the beginning of next year, so you can expect the album release more or less...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Discusses 'P-51 Mustang' American Fighter Plane (Video)

Wargaming — the company behind free-to-play titles World Of Tanks (2010),World Of Warplanes (2013) and World Of Warships (2015) — recently announced that IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson is hosting 10 online educational warplanes diaries. This free-to-view series is being released weekly on the...