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W.A.S.P.'s LAWLESS Says 'The Crimson Idol' DVD Will Coincide With Album's 20th Anniversary

Metal Asylum recently conducted an interview with W.A.S.P. mainman Blackie Lawless. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Asylum: Are all the songs on "Babylon" about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Blackie: Well, only a couple; it was a nice starting point. I'm always looking...

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SLASH Talks MARSHALL Amps At NAMM; Video Available

Harmony Central conducted an interview with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash at the Marshall booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the chat below...

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OVERKILL Frontman To Guest On Greece's 'Metalzone'

OVERKILL frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth will be interviewed live on Monday, January 18 on Greece's "Metalzone" radio show with Kostas Purevil Kyriakakis. You can listen to the program at 23.00 (GMT +2) on 94fm in Athens and online at www.metalzone.gr by clicking on the "Listen Hard" graphic. OVERK...

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'Rock Band' Adds ALICE IN CHAINS Five-Pack

Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five-pack of songs from ALICE IN CHAINS will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Wii. ALICE IN CHAINS...

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OVERKILL To Film 'Bring Me The Night' Video

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will film a video for the song "Bring Me The Night" this weekend in Brooklyn, New York with director Kevin Custer (HATEBREED, TESTAMENT, SUFFOCATION). Commented vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth: "Kevin shot and directed the 'Skull & Bones' video. He is a...

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SATYRICON Frontman Says He Owns Copy Of BURZUM EP With EURONYMOUS' Blood On It

In the latest installment of Roadrunner Records's "Ask the Artist" series, the U.K. branch of the label sat down with vocalist Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven and drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON and put the best of fans' questions to the guys. A couple of exce...

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YEAR LONG DISASTER's 'Black Magic' Due In March

Rock trio YEAR LONG DISASTER — which consists of guitarist/vocalist Daniel Davies (son of THE KINKS' Dave Davies),bassist Rich Mullins (ex-KARMA TO BURN, SPEEDEALER),and drummer Brad Hargreaves (THIRD EYE BLIND) — will release its new album, "Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed", on March 9, 2010...

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GRIMSKULL: Debut Album Out Now

Norwegian heavy metal band GRIMSKULL released its self-titled debut album on December 10, 2009 via Solheim Music. The group features Trygve Johan Solheim (vocals/guitar),who has previously worked with members of the black metal bands TAAKE, SIGFADER, GAAHLSKAGG and GORGOROTH. The project was origin...

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MERCENARY Announces New Lineup

Danish modern metallers MERCENARY have announced the addition of drummer Morten Løwe Sørensen (THE ARCANE ORDER, SUBMISSION, SLUGS) to the group's ranks. The band has also revealed that all lead vocals going forward will be handled by MERCENARY bassist/vocalist René Pedersen following the recent dep...

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'80s Christian Metal Band CRYSTAVOX Signs With ROXX PRODUCTIONS

After 20 years of silence, one of Christian metal's loudest bands is back, with a great story and a line of new limited releases in collaboration with Roxx Productions. CRYSTAVOX, based out of San Diego, California, recently met again informally to mark the 20-year anniversary of the group's first r...

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First Official ULI JON ROTH Signature Sky Guitar To Be Unveiled At NAMM

The long-awaited first official Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) signature Sky Guitar will finally be unveiled at the winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California on January 14, 2010. There will be two different models on display, a six-string and a seven-string version. This limited edition will be super-cus...

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METHODS OF MAYHEM In The Studio; More Video Footage Available

More video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer and METHODS OF MAYHEM mastermind Tommy Lee in the studio during the recording sessions for METHODS OF MAYHEM's new album can be viewed below. The latest clip features Tommy and METHODS producer Scott Humphrey doing re-writes on the fly for the song "Drunk Un...

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Black Night

If your first thought in reading the name of the band was BLACK SABBATH, then affix a gold star to your lapel, as your thought was most relevant. Straight out of the fertile Maryland doom community, IRON MAN was formed in 1988 by guitarist Alfred Morris III as a BLACK SABBATH cover band. The group ....

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG On 'Westlake And The Pig' Show; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH lead guitarist Jeff Young responded to the recent accusations made by the band's frontman, Dave Mustaine, during an appearance on JFL Radio's "Westlake and The Pig" show on Saturday, December 26. The entire three-hour program is now available for streaming using the audio player belo...

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METALLICA's 'Black' LP Is Top-Selling Album Of SOUNDSCAN Era

METALLICA's self-titled album from 1991 (also known as the "black" album) has surpassed SHANIA TWAIN's 1997 CD "Come On Over" to become the best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard on May 25, 1991. "Metallica" has sold 15,490,000 copies. "Come On Over" has sold 1...