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New GADGET Album 'The Great Destroyer' Reviewed By SAM DUNN Of BANGER TV

"The Great Destroyer", the new album from Swedish grindcore specialists GADGET, is featured in the latest episode of "Overkill Reviews", the weekly look at the latest metal releases from Canadian documentary filmmaker Sam Dunn of Banger Films. Banger TV will be giving away prize packs for subscribin...

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IRON MAIDEN's Plane 'Badly Damaged' In Collision At Santiago Airport

IRON MAIDEN's branded private tour plane was badly damaged in a runway accident at a Chile airport Saturday morning (March 12). The band, which is in the middle of the South American leg of its world tour, revealed that none of its members and equipment were on board at the time, and later said it ....

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IRON MAIDEN To Release Limited-Edition 'Empire Of The Clouds' 12" Picture Disc For Record Store Day

Acknowledging both their roots (their 1979 debut "The Soundhouse Tapes" was IRON MAIDEN's first official release on vinyl) and reputation for bringing history to life, IRON MAIDEN will release their longest ever song, with a duration of over eighteen minutes, "Empire Of The Clouds", as a limited-edi...

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IRON MAIDEN Members Pay Tribute To Slain Archbishop In El Salvador

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain and guitarist Janick Gers were photographed in El Salvador last week visiting the tomb of martyred Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, who was struck down during a mass in 1980 at the start of the Salvadoran Civil war. They can be seen in the picture with an unidentifi...

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Video Premiere: TRIVIUM's 'Dead And Gone'

"Dead And Gone", the new video from Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Silence In The Snow", which was released on October 2, 2015 via Roadrunner. The follow-up to 2013's "Vengeance Falls" was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baske...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Reveals Details Of New, Self-Titled Album

Veteran Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have inked a worldwide deal with AFM Records. The band's new album, simply titled "Flotsam And Jetsam", will be released on May 20. Comments AFM Records A&R representative Timo Hoffmann: "We're honored that FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have decided to join our...

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IRON MAIDEN: Official Video Footage From First Few Shows Of 'The Book Of Souls' Tour

IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book Of Souls", kicked off on February 24 in Sunrise, Florida (a suburb of Fort Lauderdale). Official video footage featuring some of the concert highlights from the first few shows of the tour can be seen below. Support on the tr...

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VARDIS To Release 'Red Eye' Album In May

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band VARDIS will release its new album, "Red Eye", on May 20 via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort will be made available as a digipak version (including two bonus tracks and poster),LP version in red vinyl and as a digital download (iTunes exclusive contains two...

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IRON MAIDEN: Video Tour Of Official And Bootleg Merchandise Stands In Mexico City

An IRON MAIDEN fan by the name of Dan Delaney has uploaded video tour of the official and bootleg merchandise stands at the band's March 3 concert at Palacio De Los Deportes in Mexico City. Check out both clips below. IRON MAIDEN's world tour, in support of the band's latest album, "The Book ...

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TONY IOMMI Wants To Record New Music With Ex-BLACK SABBATH Singer TONY MARTIN

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has revealed to Australia's The Music that he hopes to reunite with the band's former frontman Tony Martin to record new music to be included with the upcoming reissues of SABBATH's "Headless Cross" (1990) and "Tyr" (1990) albums. "We've held back on the reissues o...

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Former BUDGIE Guitarist JOHN THOMAS Dies

John Thomas, former guitarist for the Welsh hard rock band BUDGIE, passed away last night, shortly after being admitted to hospital with pneumonia. He was 63 years old. His death was confirmed by the band's longtime drummer Steve Williams who broke the news on Facebook. Williams wrote: "My friend an...

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IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN Shows Off His New SONOR Drum Kit (Video)

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have a released a new one-and-a-half-minute video clip in which drummer Nicko McBrain shows off his drum kit for the band's "The Book Of Souls" world tour. In a recent interview with Metal Shock Finland, McBrain stated about his return to Sonor drums: "I left...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Has Ambitious Plan For World's Largest Aircraft

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke to The New Yorker magazine about his involvement in unveiling the world's largest aircraft. The Hybrid Air Vehicle (HAV),which has been named Airlander, can stay airborne for up to three weeks and will be vital in delivering several tons of humanitarian aid....

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K.K. DOWNING: What It Would Take For Me To Return To JUDAS PRIEST

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing says that he would be open to reuniting with his former bandmates on the occasion of a hypothetical Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. Downing, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his re...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING: IRON MAIDEN And METALLICA 'Are Living On Past Success'

In a brand new interview with RVAMag, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King addressed the central crisis in hard rock and heavy metal right now, which involves nostalgia and the problem of how a veteran band like SLAYER grows old gracefully in an art form that is about doing absolutely nothing gracefully. "We...