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KISS' STANLEY: 'This Band Couldn't Be Here Today Had It Not Been For The Four Original Guys'

Dean Goodman of Reuters recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Reuters: For years and years, you were adamant about not doing a follow-up to "Psycho Circus". what changed? Stanley: I think the band has become so, so stron...

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BLEEDING THROUGH Drops Off SATYRICON Tour

Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH has dropped off the SATYRICON North American tour "due to some personal/family business that must be tended to immediately." The group assures its fans that "everything is fine as far as the band is concerned" and is asking everyone to respect the bandmem...

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METALLICA's 85-Year-Old Fan Meets Band, Gets Special Song Dedication

Margaret Priebe, the 85-year-old METALLICA fan who became a viral sensation after her story appeared in Thursday's St. Petersburg Times, was invited backstage for a meet-and-greet prior to the band's show last night (Saturday, October 3) at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. Each member of...

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AEROSMITH Bassist Checks In

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton has issued the following update: "People are always interested in what we've been listening to lately. Most of what I listen to these days is whatever I happen to be working on at the moment. I suppose I'm risking becoming illiterate when it comes to the flavor of the...

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HELLWITCH's Cover Of DEATH's 'Infernal Death' Posted Online

Florida tech/death/schizo gods HELLWITCH have posted their cover version of the DEATH classic "Infernal Death" on their MySpace page. HELLWITCH says, "'Infernal Death' is covered the way it was originally meant to be heard, with the '85 demo lyrics/solo!" Also available is another brand new track en...

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THROWDOWN Announces 'The Deathless Tour I'

Orange County, California's hardcore/metal act THROWDOWN will embark on "The Deathless Tour I" in November/December. Support on the trek will come from BURY YOUR DEAD, FOR TODAY, ABACABB and THE WORLD WE KNEW. "The Deathless Tour I" is the first U.S. tour in over a year for juggernauts THROWDOWN and...

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MIKE TRAMP Talks About New Solo Album, Danish TV Show

Scott Smith of May The Rock Be With You recently conducted an interview with WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. May The Rock Be With You: You have a brand new album due on October 5 through Kick Music/Sony Music in Denmark titled "Mike Tramp & ...

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MANTICORA: Debut Mini-CD Available For Free Download

Danish power/thrash/prog metallers MANTICORA have made their self-financed debut mini-CD, "Dead End Solution", from 1997 available for free download on their web site. Commented the band: "A looooong time ago, we decided to record a mini-CD to promote ourselves and to shop the result to a record lab...

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SATYRICON To Stay Off The Road In 2010

Vocalist Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven of the Norwegian black metal band SATYRICON has told Noisecreep that the group plans to halt all road activities after their forthcoming North American tour. "We started touring and haven't stopped," Satyr said. "We did Japan and Australia, then the U.S. Then we did...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: ZAKK WYLDE's 'Got His Own Career; He Don't Need Me Anymore'

During the recently completed second annual Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF),Artisan News Service asked Ozzy Osbourne about the departure of his longtime guitarist Zakk Wylde and Zakk's replacement, FIREWIND axeman Gus G. "I haven't fallen out with Zakk; he's a very good... Our relationship goes...

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DRAGONLAND: New Demo Track Posted Online

A high quality pre-production version of a new DRAGONLAND song, "The Shadow of the Mithril Mountains", has been posted on the band's MySpace page. The song is expected to appear on the Swedish metal group's forthcoming album, tentatively due in early 2010. Commented guitarist Olof Mörck: "It has bee...

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CHRIS JERICHO Says New FOZZY Album Will Be 'One Of The Best Rock Records Of 2010'

Video footage of FOZZY vocalist Chris Jericho (of WWE wrestling fame) talking about the band's forthcoming album, "Chasing the Grail", and whether or not he would ever leave wrestling for good to pursue music full-time can be viewed below. A brand new FOZZY song entitled "Martyr No More" is availabl...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: 'There Is Nothing Left Musically Between Me And ACCEPT'

MTUK Metal 'Zine recently conducted an interview with German heavy metal legend Udo Dirkschneider (ACCEPT, U.D.O.). A few excerpts from the chat follow below. MTUK Metal 'Zine: [The new U.D.O. album] "Dominator" was again produced, mixed and mastered by Stefan Kaufmann (guitars). You obviously like...

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GWAR Frontman To Guest On Tonight's 'Red Eye'

Just as the GWAR "Lust in Space" tour gets underway, Slave Pit announces yet another appearance from Fox News "Interplanetary Correspondent" Oderus Urungus on late-night news/comedy show "Red Eye", hosted by the devilishly handsome, yet obtusely rotund, Greg Gutfeld. Oderus joins the show for the ei...

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MEGADETH Drummer On 'Big Four' Tour: 'It Could Be One Of The Biggest Events In Metal History'

Metallus Maximus recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metallus Maximus: "Endgame"'s production is easily the best to ever grace a MEGADETH album. On a personal level, how was it to work with Andy Sneap again? Drover: For...