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RUSH: Performance Footage Of 'YYZ' From '2112 & Moving Pictures' DVD/Blu-Ray Available

It's been a banner year for the award-winning "Classic Albums" series. The most recent editions explore ground-breaking releases by TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS and BLACK SABBATH. The latest edition tackles not one, but TWO epic albums from progressive rock powerhouse RUSH. "Rush: 2112 & Movi...

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SICKENING HORROR Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Greek extreme metallers SICKENING HORROR have issued the following update: "Once more there's a change in the drum department in the SICKENING HORROR camp. "We decided to part ways with Alex Zachos for musical reasons but this time we got the best possible replacement. "Sometimes the answer is right...

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Beyond the Lighted Stage

If asked "what artist is ranked third in consecutive gold or platinum albums after THE BEATLES and THE ROLLING STONES" how would you answer? Pretty obvious given the title of this review that it is RUSH, but the vast majority of people would not think to guess the legendary Canadian trio. That in la...

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Misled by Certainty

Setting the kind of standard of excellence that CEPHALIC CARNAGE reached virtually from the beginning of its career can be a tricky proposition. Any slight detour, any album that climbs a lesser known, yet comparatively steep hill, leaves a band open to nostalgia junkie bitterness and critical snobb...

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STEVEN ADLER On GUNS N' ROSES: 'We Didn't Finish What We Started'

A Geek Girl of Technorati recently conducted an interview with original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler about his tell-all autobiography, "My Appetite For Destruction: Sex, And Drugs, And Guns N' Roses". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. A Geek Girl: St...

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New QUIET RIOT Singer: 'I Know It's Going To Be An Uphill Deal With The Fans'

The Dalles Chronicle recently conducted an interview with Mark Huff, the San Diego, California-based vocalist who has signed on as lead singer for QUIET RIOT, succeeding Kevin DuBrow, who died in 2007. "The first thing that strikes me, is that I know it's going to be an uphill deal with the fans," H...

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METALLICA's Version Of 'You Really Got Me' With RAY DAVIES To Appear On 'See My Friends'

METALLICA's official web site has been updated with the following message: "About a year ago, we had the honor of playing with Ray Davies [THE KINKS] at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25th-anniversary concert in New York . . . it was the first time we had ever met Ray and was definitely ...

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RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Is 'So Proud' To Be Part Of New DEATH ANGEL Album

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA — the dynamic Mexican duo which became an international world-music phenomenon with its self-titled album of aggressive acoustic guitars and irresistible Latin rhythms — makes a guest appearance on the track "Claws In So Deep" from the new DEATH ANGEL album, "Relentless Retributio...

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TKO Booking Agency Founder Succumbs To Cancer

The Kirby Organization (TKO) has announced the passing of their founder and chairman, Dave Kirby, who succumbed Saturday to a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. Dave was diagnosed in 2009, and upon receiving the news that his condition was inoperable and terminal, elected to take a backseat in t...

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EVILE Guitarist, METAL HAMMER Editor To Bungee Jump For Charity

In March 2010, guitarist Ol Drake of British thrashers EVILE issued the following statement upon learning his band had been nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden Gods award: "If we win, I promise we will do a bungee jump, dressed as cowboys. I'm writing that without checking if anyone else will do it,...

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New ENTOMBED Lineup Interviewed By DUNLOP TV EUROPE (Video)

Dunlop TV Europe recently conducted an interview with the newly expanded lineup of the long-running Swedish metal band ENTOMBED, featuring bassist Victor Brandt (TOTALT JÄVLA MÖRKER, AEON, SATYRICON) and second guitarist Nico Elgstrand (who previously played bass for the group). "We've been searchin...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist's ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO To Film 'Bollywood Jam' Video

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the experimental band led by TESTAMENT/ex-SAVATAGE guitarist Alex Skolnick, will film a video for the song "Bollywood Jam" on Monday, September 20 at 7 p.m. at the Brooklyn Lyceum, located at 227 4th Ave. in Brooklyn, New York. For an optional cash donation you'll be a part of th...

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QUIET RIOT, FEAR FACTORY Drummers To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

QUIET RIOT's Frankie Banali and FEAR FACTORY's Gene Hoglan will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, September 19 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. After the tragic passing of co-...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Frontman Leading Race To Be Named Top Icon Of U.K.'s Suffolk County

According to EADT.co.uk, vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH is leading the race to be named one of the top 10 icons of the U.K.'s Suffolk county. As of this morning, the 37-year-old had 1,622 votes on the Suffolk Icons web site — almost 600 ahead of second-place...

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RUSH Drummer On 'Time Machine' Tour: 'Magic Still Happens'

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has updated the "News Weather And Sports" section of his official web site with his latest entry, entitled "Cruel Summer." An excerpt follows below. "[One] theme I've touched on before is how different one tour is from another — not just in its itinerary, but in its musical d...