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SCORPIONS Guitarist Talks 'Comeblack', Farewell Tour

SCORPIONS released "Comeblack" on November 4 via Sony. The CD features 13 tracks, seven of the band's biggest hits re-recorded, plus a half dozen cover versions of songs by some of the artists who inspired the legendary German rockers. "We started to work out the songs last year in January and Febru...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Releases Studio Version Of 'The Pink Panther Theme'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has released a studio recording of "The Pink Panther Theme", as performed live during the band's 2009-2011 tours. Featuring members of GUNS N' ROSES, this song is the ninth in a series of singles released digitally by Thal in 2011. It will be available F...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND: 'I'm More On Autopilot Than Ever Before Now'

Maximum Metal conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend prior to his October 19, 2011 performance at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago, Illinois. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Maximum Metal: It certainly seems that so much of your output in the past was dri...

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REVERENCE: Clip From Pre-Production Rehearsals Posted Online

REVERENCE, the new power metal band featuring vocalist Todd Michael Hall (JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, HARLET),guitarist Bryan Holland (TOKYO BLADE, ARREST),drummer Steve "Dr. Killdrums" Wacholz (SAVATAGE, CRIMSON GLORY),bassist Frank Saparti (TOKYO BLADE, OVERLOADED, MINDCANDY),and lead guitaris...

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U.D.O.: Quality Footage Of Memmingen Concert

Quality video footage of U.D.O.'s December 10 concert in Memmingen, Germany can be seen below. U.D.O.'s November 16 perormance at Hristo Botev Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria was professionally filmed for the band's next official live DVD, due in 2012. Commented the group: "The audience was absolutely fanta...

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SACRED STEEL Taps Producer BART GABRIEL For Next Album

German true metal act SACRED STEEL will enter MP Studio in Czestochowa, Poland in February 2012 with producer Bart Gabriel (JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR, CRYSTAL VIPER, LONEWOLF) to begin recording its eighth studio album, "The Bloodshed Summoning". A late 2012 release is expected. SACRED STEEL's last...

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SOULFALLEN: New Song Available For Streaming

"Dead And Dying", a brand new song from Finnish dark metallers SOULFALLEN, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The track comes off the band's third album, "The Promise Of Hell", which will be released on January 18, 2012 via the band's own label, Grave New Music, with distribution from Invers...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING: 'Metal Has Been In Full Flight Once Again'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has posted the following year-end message on his official web site, Steel Mill: "Wow! Where did that year go? Anyway, I think that you will agree that it was another great festival year and metal has been in full flight once again. "Please feel free to writ...

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HELSTAR: 'Summer Of Hate' European Tour Video Recap

A 14-minute video recap of HELSTAR's August/September 2011 "Summer Of Hate" European tour can be seen below. HELSTAR bassist Jerry Abarca earlier in the year underwent more testing to diagnose and treat his stomach-related illness. Abarca announced he would a hiatus from performing live until his he...

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SATURNUS Signs With CYCLONE EMPIRE

Danish melodic doom metal masters SATURNUS have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire Records. The band's fourth album will be released in the spring. Commented the group: "We are extremely happy and excited about having signed with Cyclone Empire to release our new album. Cyclone Empire were one of the...

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MACY GRAY Covers METALLICA's 'Nothing Else Matters' (Video)

Soul-pop star Macy Gray has recorded a version of the METALLICA classic "Nothing Else Matters" for a new covers album, "Covered", which is due out March 27 via 429 Records. The collection also includes versions of tunes by such artists as RADIOHEAD ("Creep"),KANYE WEST ("Love Lockdown"),YEAH YEAH...

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DELAIN Singer Says New Album Title Track Was Inspired By Murder of SOPHIE LANCASTER

A lot has happened in the DELAIN camp since the Dutch female-fronted symphonic band thrilled the masses with its second album, "April Rain", in 2009. After a highly successful European tour, followed by the enthusiastic reaction to DELAIN's trips to North and South America, it's clear that the pure...

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This Mortal Coil

REDEMPTION mainstay, guitarist/keyboardist, and primary songwriter Nicolas Van Dyk states in the liner notes of "This Mortal Coil" that while the album is dedicated to the doctor (Bart Barlogie) that saved his life, it is not about him or cancer. He then goes on to state the following: "This is an a...

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Former, Current MAYHEM Members Featured On SUCHTHAUS Debut

Perhaps until now better known as the sculptor whose extraordinary work graced the stage and album covers for bands such as MAYHEM, Spacebrain is set to launch the debut album from his band SUCHTHAUS with a show at his own music venue, the Spacebunker, in Oslo, Norway on December 17. While the event...

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MATT SORUM On The Last Days Of GUNS N' ROSES (Video)

Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT) was interviewed last week on Sydney, Australia's Triple M radio station when he was in town for the Hard Rock Café opening down in Darling Harbour, a locality of the city center of Sydney. When asked what the final straw was that broke up ...