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HELIX: 'Smash Hits Unplugged' Release Date Announced

Canadian hard rock veterans HELIX recently inked a a licensing deal with EMI in Canada for the release of their new acoustic album, "Smash Hits Unplugged". Two songs from the effort will be released to radio: "That Day is Gonna Come" (rock radio) and "Dream On" to Hot AC (hot adult contemporary). Du...

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GUNS N' ROSES, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, RATT, CINDERELLA Drummers To Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same" John Bonham tribute show on September 25, 2010, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton agreed to look into doing it again. The problem was Tichy would be on tour next year with...

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KING'S X Interview, Instructional Videos Included In New Issue Of GUITAR WORLD

Instructional videos from KING'S X lead guitarist Ty Tabor are featured on the free DVD that comes with the January 2011 issue of Guitar World magazine. Also included in the publication is a new interview with Tabor. For more information, click here. KING'S X, with Amgeg endorsee Doug Pinnick, has a...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On Musical Inspiration, Lineup Changes And Songwriting Process

Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sonic Excess: How did the second generation of black metal affect you growing...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Performs With Son, Daughter In Quebec (Video)

Video footage of powerhouse American vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) performing a cover version of the AC/DC classic "T.N.T." — with a special guest appearance by his son and daughter — on December 11, 2010 at the Metal Gathering in Lavaltrie, Qu...

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AC/DC Fans Want To Name Lane After BON SCOTT

According to Brimbank Weekly, AC/DC fans have launched a campaign to dedicate a lane in honor of the band's former lead singer and resident of Sunshine (a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia),Bon Scott. Scott lived in Sunshine for five years between 1951 and 1956 and went to Sunshine Primary S...

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MEGADETH Bassist Visits BON SCOTT's Grave In Australia (Video)

Video footage of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson visiting former AC/DC singer Bon Scott's grave in Australia can be viewed below. Scott was just 33 when he was found dead in February 1980 from acute alcohol poisoning after a night out in London. He was later buried at Fremantle Cemetery. MEGADETH is...

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LINKIN PARK, AC/DC, GODSMACK, DISTURBED Among Top-Selling Hard Rock Albums Of 2010

Billboard magazine has published a list of the top-selling hard rock and metal albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Not all the albums on the list were actually released during 2010.) It is as follows: 01. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK 02. A Thousand Suns - LINKIN PARK 03....

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AC/DC, METALLICA On BILLBOARD Magazine's 'Top 25 Tours Of 2010' List

AC/DC and METALLICA have made Billboard magazine's "Top 25 Tours Of 2010" list, which is compiled from Boxscore data reported for the Nov. 28, 2009 issue through the Nov. 20, 2010 issue. AC/DC's grossed an impressive $122.6 million and logged more than 1 million in attendance to just 28 shows. METAL...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's Top Heavy Metal Picks Of 2010

Yahoo! Music's "List Of The Day" music blog has published legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne's list of top metal albums of 2010. It is as follows: 01. OZZY OSBOURNE - "Scream" 02. BLACK LABEL SOCIETY - "Order of the Black" 03. MOTÖRHEAD - "The Wörld is Yours" 04. SLASH - "Slash" 05. ...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman Issues Update On New Concert DVD, Next Studio Album

A four-minute video update from vocalist Chris Barnes of Florida-based death metallers SIX FEET UNDER can be viewed below. SIX FEET UNDER will release a new DVD, "Wake The Night! Live In Germany", in April 2011. According to Barnes, "It was compiled from footage that we filmed at the Party.San festi...

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AXL ROSE Is 'Greatest Lead Singer Of All Time,' According To New Poll

GUNS N' ROSES frontman Axl Rose has been voted the greatest lead singer of all time by readers of MusicRadar.com, ahead of such legendary vocalists as Freddy Mercury, Robert Plant, Ronnie James Dio, John Lennon and Bruce Dickinson. MusicRadar.com says: "The public have spoken. Forget the caricature...

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NASHVILLE PUSSY: 'Live In Rennes, France 1998' CD Available

NASHVILLE PUSSY has just released a limited-edition live album, "Live In Rennes, France 1998 - Booting The Bootleggers Volume 1", via the band's official webstore. According to a posting on the group's web site, "This recording captures the band during the inception of its raw adolescent fury. This...

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SLIPKNOT Confirmed For Brazil's ROCK IN RIO Festival

SLIPKNOT has been confirmed for next year's edition of the Rock In Rio festival, set to take place at the end of September – beginning of October 2011 in "The City Of Rock" in the Olympic Park, in Barra da Tijuca/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The band will perform on the "heavy metal day" of the ...

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JAMES HETFIELD Says METALLICA Shows Are More 'Family-Friendly' Since He Became A Dad

According to The Pulse Of Radio, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield admitted in a recent interview that the band's shows have become more family-friendly since he became a dad. Speaking with Australia's "The 7PM Project", Hetfield said he's even stopped singing the band's obscenity-filled cover of th...