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VIRGIN STEELE Changes New Album Title, Reveals Cover Artwork

Long-running American metallers VIRGIN STEELE have changed the title of their new album from "Hymns To Damnation" to "Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation". The CD will be released on June 17 in Scandinavia, June 19 in Germany, June 22 in the rest of Europe and June 23 in the USA via SPV/Steamhamme...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Shares Story From The Road (Video)

As part of Affliction's "Rock Star Stories" series, former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, was recently asked to share a tale from the road. Check out the clip below. In a recent interview with David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com,...

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Video: NITA STRAUSS Performs ALICE COOPER's 'Poison' At Montreal Clinic

Video footage of former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, performing the Cooper classic "Poison" earlier today (Tuesday, April 21) during a clinic at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. In a recent interview with David "G...

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Video: BLAZE BAYLEY Goes 'Unplugged' In Prague

Fan-filmed video footage of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing an "unplugged" set on April 16 in Prague, Czech Republic can be seen below. The 51-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to join M...

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METALLICA's Collaboration With LOU REED Was A 'Masterpiece,' Says DAVID BOWIE

Legendary singer-songwriter David Bowie has hailed "Lulu", METALLICA's controversial collaborative album with former THE VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed, as a "masterpiece," calling it "Lou's greatest work." Bowie's opinion of "Lulu" was revealed during the speech Reed's widow, Laurie Anderson,...

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Video: BLAZE BAYLEY Performs In Kozlovice

Video footage of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing on April 17 in Kozlovice, Czech Republic can be seen below. The 51-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to join MAIDEN, with whom he recorde...

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THE GENTLE STORM Featuring ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN, ARJEN LUCASSEN: 'The Storm' Performance Video

"The Storm", the new video from THE GENTLE STORM, the collaboration between AYREON mastermind Arjen Lucassen and former THE GATHERING singer Anneke Van Giersbergen, can be seen below. The clip was filmed on April 3 at Hedon in Zwolle, The Netherlands and features footage captured by the bandmembers...

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SLIPKNOT's JIM ROOT Talks About His 'Shovelhead' Tattoo (Video)

Fret 12 has uploaded video footage of SLIPKNOT/ex-STONE SOUR guitarist Jim Root talking about the origin of his "Shovelhead" tattoo. Check out the clip below. Root told Guitar World magazine in a 2014 interview that he had no desire to rejoin STONE SOUR and that some of its members were "only concer...

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GEOFF TATE Asks Wife To Marry Him Again

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has asked his wife of nineteen years, Susan, to marry him again. In a post on his Facebook page, Geoff wrote: "To Susan, my best friend. Thank you for sharing my life and sticking by me through hard work and children, motorcycles and sail boats, good friends and...

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APOCALYPTICA: Entire 'Shadowmaker' Album Available For Streaming

"Shadowmaker", the new album from cello rockers APOCALYPTICA, can be streamed in its entirety using the embedded YouTube playlist below. "Shadowmaker" will be released on April 21 via Eleven Seven Music Group's Better Noise imprint. The Finnish musicians — accompanied by their American lead singer F...

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TESLA's FRANK HANNON Releases 'New York City' Video

"New York City", the new video from TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon, can be seen below. The track is taken from FRANK HANNON BAND's new album, "World Peace", which is available at FrankHannon.com. Says Hannon: "When I was offered the gig to return to 'That Metal Show' as guest guitarist this season by...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL Interviewed On Brazil's 'Wikimetal' Podcast (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. JUDAS PRIEST's latest album, "Redeemer Of Souls", was released in July 2014. The follow-up to 2008's double-disc concept album "Nostradamus" was...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Hopes To Have New Album Completed Before End Of Year

The Age Of Metal recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for TESTAMENT's follow-up to 2012's "Dark Roots Of Earth", Chuck said: "We have five or...

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Former RAGE Guitarist VICTOR SMOLSKI Launches ALMANAC

A few weeks ago, the announcement that the most recent lineup of German power metallers RAGE was breaking up caused a furor within the metal scene. While RAGE co-founder Peavy Wagner decided to continue the band with new members, guitarist Victor Smolski set his mind on following his passion for neo...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Is 'Really Excited' About Her Upcoming Solo Album

In a recent interview with David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com, former THE IRON MAIDENS guitarist Nita Strauss, who last year joined Alice Cooper's touring band, spoke about her upcoming solo album. "I'm really excited about it," she said. "There's not a whole lot to tell. I mean, I'm writ...