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FULLFORCE: New Song Posted Online

A rough-mix version of "None Of Your Concern", a brand new song from FULLFORCE — the new Swedish melodic metal project featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums, C...

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MIKE PORTNOY: I Tried To Rejoin DREAM THEATER But Was Rebuffed

Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy has revealed that he made a recent attempt to rejoin his former bandmates but was rebuffed by the group he formed and led for 25 years. Writing on his official forum, Portnoy states, "Just for the record, this is indeed true.. "Fairly recently, I reached out to...

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EARTHEN GRAVE Nominated For CHICAGO MUSIC AWARD

Chicago-based metal band EARTHEN GRAVE has been nominated in the "Best New Entertainer" category at the 30th-anniversary edition of the Chicago Music Awards (CMA) — the first time a metal band has been nominated in the category. The CMAs honor and feature the best of Chicago entertainers in pop, cla...

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TONY IOMMI Talks Gear, Tone And Early BLACK SABBATH In New Interview

Issue 210 of the U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine (on sale December 24 - January 20) features legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi on the cover and contains 11 pages of Iommi coverage, including an in-depth interview and a complete tab of "Planet Caravan". A couple of excerpts from the first par...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Comments On OZZY's Fender-Bender

Legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne rear-ended another car Monday morning (December 13) while driving around Los Angeles. Law enforcement sources said Ozzy's Ferrari hit a Mercedes from behind right before entering an L.A. highway. Both parties reportedly waited for police to arrive and then...

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DEATH's 'The Sound Of Perseverance' To Be Reissued With Bonus Material

DEATH's seventh and final album, "The Sound Of Perseverance", will be reissued on February 15, 2011 in North America (February 21 internationally) via Relapse Records. The first in a series of official DEATH reissues slated for 2011, "The Sound Of Perseverance" has been remastered and expanded to in...

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CLOSE TO HOME Signs With ARTERY RECORDINGS

CLOSE TO HOME has joined the Artery Recordings roster, the joint venture between The Artery Foundation and Razor & Tie. Hailing from Cincinnati, the hard rock band is the seventh addition to the Artery Recordings family. They will release their debut full-length album, "Never Back Down", on Febr...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Plays 'Hold On' On 'Rock Band' (Video)

Video footage of members of the New England metal band ALL THAT REMAINS playing their song "Hold On" on the "Rock Band" music video game can be viewed below. "Hold On" is the first single from ALL THAT REMAINS' new album, "For We Are Many", which debuted at No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart, ...

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IRON MAIDEN, IN FLAMES Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

IRON MAIDEN, IN FLAMES and FLOGGING MOLLY have been confirmed for next year's Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2011 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak borders). The festival billing is shaping...

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DRAGONFORCE Guitarist Says Band Has Yet To Choose New Lead Singer

DJ Marco Garavelli of the Italian web site LineaRock conducted an interview with Herman Li, guitarist, songwriter and producer of the Grammy-nominated British extreme epic power metal band DRAGONFORCE, in late November during Li's Italian clinic tour. When asked about DRAGONFORCE's split with lead s...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: I Don't Know What It's Like To Work 'With' YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Metal Shrine recently conducted an interview with legendary hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Shrine: When did you realize for the first time, that a professional singer was what you wanted to be? Jeff Scott...

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SICK OF IT ALL, VOLBEAT, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Confirmed For Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

SYSTEM OF A DOWN, ASKING ALEXANDRIA, SICK OF IT ALL and VOLBEAT are the first four confirmed bands for next year's Nova Rock festival, set to take place June 11-13, 2011 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak bord...

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VINCE NEIL Talks MÖTLEY CRÜE/POISON Tour, 'Skating With The Stars' Gig (Audio)

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was interviewed this past Friday's (November 19) episode of "Elliot In The Morning", a morning radio talk show hosted by DJ Elliot Segal. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. When asked about POISON singer Bret Michaels' recent onstage claim that PO...

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METALLICA's ULRICH: 'I'm The Hugest U2 Fan — I Would Borderline Call Myself A Groupie'

Australia's Faster Louder went backstage at a METALLICA gig this week to get up close and personal with the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich. Over the course of 15 very funny minutes, he talked about everything from the band's documentary, "Some Kind Of Monster", to why he is unashamedly the world's bigg...

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METALLICA Explains That 'Errant Beachball Incident'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett accidentally knocked a little girl off stage after kicking a large beachball at her during the band's November 11 concert in Sydney, Australia. The incident happened while the band was performing the song "Seek And Destroy". METALLICA has issued the following stateme...