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PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION Featuring IRON MAIDEN, SIKTH Members: More Debut Album Details

Very often, musicians — especially established ones — like to remain within their musical comfort zone, preferring to walk the tried-and-tested path rather than breaking out in search of pastures new. PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION don't fit that bill. The brainchild of Adrian Smith and Mikee Goodman, U.K. m...

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HELLYEAH: New Album Preview

SkullsNBones.com's Sam Roon sat down at Eleven Seven Music's New York City offices with Jason Lekberg to get an exclusive preview of HELLYEAH's third album, which is tentatively due late spring/early summer. A five-minute video clip of the session, which includes audio samples of several of the new...

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CHICKENFOOT: Footage Of JOE SATRIANI's Online Video Chat

CHICKENFOOT guitarist Joe Satriani took part in a video online chat yesterday (Saturday, January 7) using Google+'s "Hangouts" feature. Check out footage of the question-and-answer session below. CHICKENFOOT's sophomore album, "III", sold 42,000 copies in the United States in its first week of relea...

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CHICKENFOOT To Take Part In Online Video Chat

CHICKENFOOT will take part in a video online chat today (Saturday, January 7) using Google+'s "Hangouts" feature. Bassist Michael Anthony is going to be "hanging out" at 12 p.m. PST, with guitarist Joe Satriani set to follow him at 12:30 p.m. PST. The band states, "[Drummer] Kenny [Aronoff] is going...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Guest On New JEFF LOOMIS Solo Album

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has "banged out a solo" for the forthcoming solo album from ex-NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis, which is being recorded at Fastback Studios in Seattle, Washington. Friedman states, "[Jeff] is a monster player, and he played some real cool stuff on my 'Future...

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SHINEDOWN To Release 'Amaryllis' In March

Atlantic recording group SHINEDOWN has announced the upcoming release of their much anticipated new album. "Amaryllis" will arrive in stores and at all digital retailers on March 27, 2012. "Amaryllis" will be heralded by the eagerly awaited new single, "Bully". The track is SHINEDOWN's first new mus...

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IRON MAIDEN Guitarist, Ex-SKITH Frontman Release First PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION Track

IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith and former SIKTH frontman Mikee Goodman have joined forces in a brand new studio project called PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION. The band's debut album will be released on February 27 via Spinefarm Records. According to a press release, PRIMAL ROCK REBELLION's CD "fuses toge...

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OPETH, KATATONIA Interviewed In Portland (Video)

Northern Fury conducted separate interviews with bassist Martin Mendez of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH and guitarist/co-founder Anders "Blakkheim" Nyström of Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA on October 16, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. You can now watch the resulting footage below. OPETH's new albu...

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DAYLIGHT DIES Continuing Work On New Album

North Carolina's DAYLIGHT DIES has issued the following update: "On the new album front, we've now completed guitar leads, rhythms, drums and bass guitar and clean guitar are halfway done. We'll wrap everything up in early 2012 and hopefully have a clearer idea for a release date then. Our goal is t...

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Former NEVERMORE Guitarist's Cover Of Traditional Scottish Song (Audio)

A "metal" version of the traditional Scottish song "Auld Lang Syne" by former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis and 7 HORNS 7 EYES axeman Aaron Smith can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. Smith is producing Loomis's new solo album, which is currently being recorded for an early 2012 relea...

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KATATONIA To Release New Album Before Next Summer

Swedish dark rockers KATATONIA have issued the following update: "The first couple of months of 2012 will see us hard at work on the recording of our ninth album, and if everything goes according to plan, the album will be out before summer. We're also busy on a double duty finishing up the 'Last Fa...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, GUNS N' ROSES And Upcoming Book

Greg Maki of Live-Metal.net recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Live-Metal.net: In BLACK LABEL, you've got Chad (Szeliga),formerly from BREAKING BENJAMIN, playing drums. He used to also be in HOURCAST. Was he with...

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Ex-NEVERMORE Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS Recording Solo Album: New Video Footage From The Studio

New video footage from the recording sessions for the forthcoming solo album from former NEVERMORE guitarist Jeff Loomis at Fastback Studios in Seattle, Washington can be seen below. Loomis entered the studio on August 23 to begin recording the follow-up to 2008's "Zero Order Phase", which will feat...

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SAMMY HAGAR's 21st Annual Birthday Bash: 30-Minute Documentary Posted Online

A 31-minute documentary on the 21st annual Sammy Hagar Birthday Bash, which took place this past October at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, can be seen below. According to the Van Halen News Desk, Sammy has been celebrating his birthday at his club in Cabo every year since the ...

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Swedish Metallers FALCONER Featured In 'Mini Coupe' Commercial

Swedish metallers FALCONER are featured in a commercial/promotional film for the Mini Coupe, described as the first two-seater car in the Mini ranks. The two-minute clip, which contains a sample of FALCONER's music along with footage of what appears to be a "fake" FALCONER band performing on stage i...