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TESTAMENT: Multi-Camera Footage Of Santa Clara Concert

Bay Area Backstage has uploaded multi-camera video footage of TESTAMENT's February 19 performance at The Avalon in Santa Clara, California. Check it out below. In a recent interview with Decibel magazine, TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy stated about the band's forthcoming album, "The Dark Roots Of Ea...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Singer's Son Makes 'American Idol' Final 24

During tonight's (Wednesday, February 22) episode of the Fox singing competition "American Idol", it was revealed that contestant Creighton Fraker is the biological son of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM singer Eric "A.K." Knutson. Fraker has resided in Astoria, New York for the past eight years, although he gre...

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TEXTURES: New Video Update Posted Online

Dutch progressive technical metallers TEXTURES have released a two-minute "newsflash" video updating fans on what the band's been up to lately and what they'll be doing this spring and summer. Watch the clip below, featuring guitarist Bart Hennephof. Also available is TEXTURES drummer Stef Broks' "p...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.purerockra...

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TRACII GUNS Version Of L.A. GUNS Doing 'Last Tour' Of Europe 'For Now'

The Tracii Guns version of L.A. GUNS will embark on a European headlining tour in early March. According to Tracii, "this tour will be the last L.A. GUNS tour for now and also it's a tour to break in my new band THE TRACII GUNS LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, so we will be doing a complete ...

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Former EXODUS Singer STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Featured On New ANGERHEAD EP (Audio)

Former EXODUS and current HATRIOT and DUBLIN DEATH PATROL singer Steve "Zetro" Souza makes a guest appearance in the track "Angerhead" from the San Jose, California metal quartet ANGERHEAD. The song comes off ANGERHEAD's latest three-song EP, which is available for streaming in its entirety using th...

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SLASH Recruits THE CAB Guitarist For Upcoming Tour

Slash has recruited THE CAB's Frank Sidoris (pictured below) to play rhythm guitar on the former GUNS N' ROSES axeman's upcoming tour. Slash says, "He's in for a long, crazy ride." Sidoris replaces Bobby Schneck, who parted ways with Slash's band a few months ago after spending much of the last two...

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SLASH: 'I'm A Band Guy'

Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter — is currently in a Los Angeles studio putting the finishing touches on his second solo album. Entitled "Apocalyptic Love", the disc is due out May 22 on Slash's own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI For the new albu...

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DERELICT To Release 'Perpetuation' In April

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based technical death metallers DERELICT will release their new album, "Perpetuation", on April 20. Vocalist Eric Burnet states, "The date coincides with our Montreal CD-release show, which will kick off a run of similar events around Quebec and Ontario, followed by some tou...

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SLASH: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled

Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter — is currently in a Los Angeles studio putting the finishing touches on his second solo album. Entitled "Apocalyptic Love", the disc is due out May 22 on Slash's own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI and will follow...

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AUTOPSY: 'All Tomorrow's Funerals' Video Released

"All Tomorrow's Funerals", the new video from the legendary San Francisco Bay Area gore grind act AUTOPSY, can be seen below. The song is the title cut of the band's new collection, which will be released on February 28 via Peaceville Records. This monstrous 22-track effort contains all of AUTOPSY's...

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SLASH: Third Studio Webisode Available

Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter — will begin mixing his second solo album on Monday, February 13. He writes on Facebook, "The rough mixes sound great. It's a really solid record. [I] can't wait to get it out there!" The as-yet-untitled disc is due out May 22 on Slash...

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SLASH Announces U.S. Tour Dates

As he puts the finishing touches on his as-yet-untitled second solo album due out May 22, Slash — the iconic, Grammy-winning rock guitarist and songwriter — has announced that his headlining U.S. tour will begin May 3 in Baltimore. A fan pre-sale begins this Wednesday, February 15, with the regular...

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Former TROUBLE Bassist On THE SKULL: 'We Want To Go Out And Have Fun And Play The Old Songs'

Two original members of Chicago doom legends TROUBLE — vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff "Oly" Olson — have joined forces with the band's longtime bassist Ron Holzner in a new heavy rock/doom metal act called THE SKULL. When asked why they decided now was the right time for THE SKULL to come tog...

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DAVE GROHL's 'Sound City' Movie: Web Site Launched, Trailer Available

A teaser trailer for FOO FIGHTERS frontman and ex-NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl's upcoming documentary about the studio where NIRVANA recorded its landmark album "Nevermind" can be seen below. A web site for the film has been launched at SoundCityMovie.com. Before Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Califo...