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TOMMY LEE Rehearsing For 'Drum-Off Grand Finals'; Behind-The-Scenes Footage Available

MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee and the STREET DRUM CORPS' Frank Zummo will present "Bezerk" — an exclusive project commissioned by Guitar Center, featuring some of today's top drummers and artists — as part of the upcoming Drum-Off Grand Finals, taking place January 8 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Artists...

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DEEP PURPLE Guitarist STEVE MORSE Interviewed On 'Long Live Rock'

DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse was the featured guest on this past Sunday's (January 3) edition of the "Long Live Rock" show. Host Sterling Whitaker — a Nashville-based music journalist, and the author of two books, "Unsung Heroes of Rock Guitar" in 2003, and "The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized...

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BRUCE KULICK: 'BK3' Release Party To Be Held At 'Kiss Coffeehouse'

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick will host a release party for his long-awaited third solo album, "BK3", at the Kiss Coffeehouse in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Saturday, February 6. The festivities are set to begin at 2:00 p.m. and everyone is invited to join in...

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GRAND MAGUS Begins Recording New Album

GRAND MAGUS, the three-piece Swedish heavy rock band featuring "JB" Christofferson (guitar, lead vocals),Fox Skinner (bass, backing vocals) and Sebastian "Seb" Sippola (drums),entered 301 studios outside of Stockholm in December to begin recording its fifth album, "Hammer Of The North", for a spri...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Song 'The Dragontower' Available For Streaming

Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN are competing in the national Eurovision Song Contest called "Melodi Grand Prix". The band will perform a song called "The Dragontower", which was originally written for the group's next album but had to be shortened from 5:20 minutes to 3:00 minutes...

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M.A.N: New Studio Webisode Posted Online

M.A.N — the group formed out of the ashes of Sweden's TRANSPORT LEAGUE (featuring former MNEMIC frontman Tony Jelencovich) — has posted the fourth and final in a series of webisodes documenting the recording sessions for the band's third album, entitled "Massive, Audio, Nerve". Watch the clip below...

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PRYMARY Rejoined By Former Bassist

Bassist Rob Young will be unable to perform live with Huntington Beach, California-based progressive metallers PRYMARY "due to scheduling conflicts." The band states, "Rob's contributions to the live sound of the band will be greatly missed but the show must go on, as they say. Therefore former PRYM...

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BRUCE KULICK Discusses New Solo Album; Audio Available

BackstageAxxess.com recently conducted an interview with former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Bruce Kulick. The chat can now be streamed in four parts below. Bruce Kulick's new solo album, "BK3", will be released in Europe on January 29 via Frontiers Records. The CD will be made ava...

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PRYMARY Announces First Show In Support Of 'The Enemy Inside'

Huntington Beach, California-based progressive metallers PRYMARY will play the first show since the release of their third album, "The Enemy Inside", on January 9 at the Glass House in Pomona, California. The band states, "We will be playing songs from our new album and maybe somes tricks and turns...

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KEEP OF KALESSIN: New Album Title Revealed; Video Teaser Available

Norwegian extreme metal veterans KEEP OF KALESSIN have set "Reptilian" as the title of their new album, due in early 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. A video teaser for the CD can be viewed below. KEEP OF KALESSIN is competing in the national Eurovision Song Contest called "Melodi Grand Prix". The ba...

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Drakonian Paradigm

It sure is looking like WEAPON's "Drakonian Paradigm" will end up my favorite black metal album of 2009, or at least sharing the honor with MARDUK's "Wormwood". But the funny thing is that what makes "Drakonian Paradigm" such an intriguing and wholly entertaining album is the fact that it does not r...

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BRUCE KULICK To Guest On New AVANTASIA Album

Former KISS and current GRAND FUNK RAILROAD guitarist Brice Kulick has joined the list of guest musicians who will appear on the forthcoming release from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project. Commented Tobias: "I met Bruce in 2008 in Los Angeles. KISS drummer Eric Singer (who has played...

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DEAD SHAPE FIGURE Completes Recording Drums, Guitars For New Album

Finnish modern thrash/death-influenced metal band DEAD SHAPE FIGURE has finished recording the drums and guitars at D-Studio in Nurmijärvi, Finland for its second album, "The Disease Of St. Vitus", for a spring 2010 release via Dynamic Arts Records. The group says, "We are gonna record the bass next...

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REV 16:8 To Enter Studio In May

REV 16:8 — the Swedish metal band formerly known as BLOODSHED — will enter Necromorbus Studio (WATAIN, NOMINON, AVERSE SEFIRA, FUNERAL MIST, MORK GRYNING, ADORIOR) in Alvik, Sweden in May 2010 to begin recording its second album for a late 2010 release. REV 16:8's "Flame Salvation" video can be view...

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GERM BOMB's 'Filthy Rock And Roll'

GERM BOMB, the new Swedish band featuring former members of HATHOR, entered Grand Recordings in Gothenburg in September 2009 to record "nine filthy rock and roll songs with an added edge of heavy and dark influences." They are currently looking for a suitable label to release the material. Hampus Ku...