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GENE SIMMONS: 'I'm The King Of The World'

Kate Fillion of Macleans.ca recently conducted a lengthy interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Macleans.ca: You're currently touring with KISS. Do girls line up at the stage door every night? Simmons: Oh yeah. Macleans.ca: Aren't groupies borin...

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EXODUS Forced To Stop Venezuela Show After Crowd Breaks Barricade; Video Available

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS were forced to halt their show last night (Tuesday, October 13) in Maracay, Venezuela for around 15 minutes after the crowd reportedly went nuts and broke the barricade in front of the stage. Fan-filmed video footage of the incident, which occurred during the...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: Why I Have A Problem Playing 'The Conjuring' Today

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to AOL's Noisecreep about his upcoming autobiography, "Hello Me... Meet The Real Me", which is due next year via HarperCollins. The book was co-written by New York Times journalist Joe Layden who also authored "The Last Great Fight" about what is conside...

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KIUAS Preparing To Enter Studio

Finnish power metallers KIUAS will enter the studio in November to begin recording their fourth full-length album. Guitarist Mikko "Ilmarinen" Salovaara states, "There are about 10 new masterpieces almost completely written, which we are polishing and fine-tuning as I write these words. He adds, "Th...

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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...