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TESTAMENT Guitarist's DRAGONLORD To Release 'Dominion' Album In September

DRAGONLORD, the California-based black metal band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson, has released a lyric video for the title track of its upcoming third album, "Dominion". The disc, which is due on September 21 via Spinefarm Records, will feature eight tracks of devastatingly unrelenting bla...

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JOE SATRIANI On RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'It's Unfortunate When Somebody You Look Up To Has Something Negative To Say About You'

Joe Satriani says that "it's unfortunate" that Ritchie Blackmore would say anything negative about his guitar playing. The CHICKENFOOT guitarist, who played with DEEP PURPLE after Blackmore decided to leave the band for good in 1993, made the remark in response to an apparently two-decade-old interv...

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JENS JOHANSSON Is 'Very Honored' To Be Part Of Reactivated RAINBOW

Luxi Lahtinen of The Metal Crypt recently conducted an interview with RAINBOW and STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Metal Crypt: I assume it feels great to be on tour with RAINBOW, right? Jens: "It's a very good feeling and it is really nic...

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Memories in Rock II

Longing for days gone by is especially heartfelt in hard rock and heavy metal music, the genre's diehards pining for substance in a music climate growing characterless. More so, they cling to familiarity like syrup to peaches. The mere suggestion of paying to watch a Freddie Mercury hologram, much l...

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GLENN HUGHES On BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION: 'I'd Love To Tell You It Was More Than A Side Project, But That's All It Is'

Brazil's KISS FM "Gasômetro" radio show recently conducted an interview with former DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes where he was in the country performing his "Classic Deep Purple Live" live set. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)....

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DAVID COVERDALE Says It Broke His Heart That RITCHIE BLACKMORE Didn't Attend DEEP PURPLE's ROCK HALL Induction

David Coverdale says that it broke his heart that Ritchie Blackmore couldn't join his former bandmates in DEEP PURPLE onstage during the 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The...

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JOE LYNN TURNER 'Has Every Intention Of Returning To The Stage' Following Heart Attack

Joe Lynn Turner "has every intention of returning to the stage" once he has recovered fully from a heart attack he suffered more than a week ago. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE frontman's hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press serv...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Cancels Tour Dates Following Apparent Heart Attack

Joe Lynn Turner has canceled his previously announced tour dates while he recovers from the apparent heart attack he suffered last Friday. The news of the singer's break from touring was revealed by his Finnish booking agent, Thomas Ståhl of Stahl Entertainment, who said in a statement: "Due to an u...

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Watch RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Perform In Helsinki

Fan-filmed video footage of RAINBOW's April 13 concert at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Spotlight Kid 02. I Surrender (Russ Ballard cover) 03. Mistreated (DEEP PURPLE) 04. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover) 05. Man On The Silver M...

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Former RAINBOW And DEEP PURPLE Singer JOE LYNN TURNER Hospitalized With 'Heart Issue'

Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURLE singer Joe Lynn Turner has been hospitalized in Belarus "with a heart issue," his friend Graham Bonnet has confirmed. Turner's hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press service of the Ministry of Health of Be...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Would Like To Play 'One-Off' Concert With DEEP PURPLE 'For The Fans'

Ritchie Blackmore has once again said that he would be willing to play a "one-off" concert with DEEP PURPLE before the iconic hard rock band calls it quits. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The Water", but he has not played wi...

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Watch DEE SNIDER Sing TWISTED SISTER's 'We're Not Gonna Take It' In Epic Concert 'Rocktopia'

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider returned to Broadway on Monday, April 9, joining the company of "Rocktopia" at the Broadway Theatre. Last seen in "Rock Of Ages", Snider will bring down the house through April 15 as he sings his band's classic "We're Not Gonna Take It". In keeping with the theme o...

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LORDS OF BLACK Feat. RAINBOW Singer RONNIE ROMERO: 'World Gone Mad' Video

"World Gone Mad", the new video from Spanish melodic progressive metal masters LORDS OF BLACK — who feature in their ranks new RAINBOW singer Ronnie Romero — can be seen below. The song is taken from LORDS OF BLACK's third album, "Icons Of The New Days", which will be released on May 11 via Frontier...

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Watch RITCHIE BLACKMORE's RAINBOW Perform In Moscow

Fan-filmed video footage of RAINBOW's April 8 concert at Olimpiisky Arena in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Spotlight Kid 02. I Surrender (Russ Ballard cover) 03. Mistreated (DEEP PURPLE) 04. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover) 05. Man On The Silver Mou...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Confirms He Asked GLENN HUGHES To Be Part Of RAINBOW Comeback

Ritchie Blackmore has confirmed to Billboard that he invited Glenn Hughes to be part of the new RAINBOW lineup before the group's comeback two years ago. "Through a mutual friend, a conversation came up saying it would be good to have him in the band," Ritchie recalled. "I said, 'Would he be up for...