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ALICE COOPER To Create New Character For Upcoming Album

The Quietus recently conducted an interview with legendary rocker Alice Cooper. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Quietus: For a period of time you drank heavily. Would it be fair to assume that the character of Alice Cooper swallowed you up? Cooper: I was probably the most effici...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN Interviewed On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin was the featured guest on the November 8, 2009 edition of the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". You can now listen to the chat using the player below. DEATHRIDERS last year posted a rough-mix version of a new song, "Riders Of The...

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ZAKK WYLDE Talks About Split With OZZY OSBOURNE; Video Available

Video footage of Zakk Wylde talking to the Artisan News Service about his split with OZZY OSBOURNE can be viewed at this location. When asked in a recent interview with MusicRadar.com how he came to be fired from Ozzy's band, Wylde stated that Ozzy and his wife, Sharon, "said, 'Zakk, son, we need .....

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SPV Entering New Dimensions With A New Team

Following its insolvency on May 27, 2009, SPV GmbH, Hannover, is realigning itself with a new repertoire strategy, building on the reputation which it has gained in over 25 years in the recorded music market with artists such as WHITESNAKE, MOTÖRHEAD, XAVIER NAIDOO, SIMPLY RED and ALICE COOPER. "SPV...

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EPICA: 'Design Your Universe' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Design Your Universe", the new album from Dutch female-fronted symphonic metallers EPICA, sold 2,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 12 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-sell...

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NILE's 'Gods' Lands On BILLBOARD Chart

"Those Whom The Gods Detest", the new album from South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE, sold 3,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 160 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albums (Hea...

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THE COMPANY BAND's JAMES ROTA Interviewed On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available

THE COMPANY BAND's James Rota (guitar; also of FIREBALL MINISTRY) was the featured guest on this past Saturday's (November 7) edition of "The Classic Metal Show". The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below. "The Classic Metal Show" can be heard every Saturday night between 9:00 p.m....

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NILE's KARL SANDERS Interviewed By ROCK MY MONKEY

Rock My Monkey recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders of South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio player below. A trailer for NILE's new album, "Those Whom The Gods Detest", can be viewed below....

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CLUTCH To Guest On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show

Maryland rockers CLUTCH will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guest on Friday, November 27 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the broadcast live via the Internet between 9:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. (midnight) U.K. time at B...

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MIKE PORTNOY On DREAM THEATER's Success: 'It Is Everything I Dreamed It Would Be'

DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy is featured in "Ask The Artist," a series of interviews on Roadrunner Records' web site where fans submit questions for musicians to answer. A couple of excerpts from the question-and-answer session follow below. Q: Has DREAM THEATER ever considered scoring movie s...

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ZAKK WYLDE On His Replacement In OZZY's Band: GUS G. Is 'F**king Awesome'

Joe Bosso of MusicRadar.com recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY). An excerpt from the chat follows below. MusicRadar.com: Of course, the other major thing that's happened in the last year has been your split with Ozzy... Zakk: "Well, I'll tell you how...

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Strange Cousins From The West

Took a while for me to get into this one, and that threw me for a loop after the last coupla slabs of immediate, delectable, relentlessly-catchy CLUTCH stoner swamp groove. "Strange Cousins From the West" is an altogether slinkier beast, taut and sparse, with a lot of sinewy funk and dirt-floor blue...

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HAMMERFALL To Tour North America In March/April

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL will return to North America for a full tour in March/April 2010. This will be the band's first tour of U.S./Canada in almost five years. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 05 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Mar. 06 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Mar. 07 - New York, NY @...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer To Guest On 'Heavy Metal Mayhem'

DEATHRIDERS/ex-ANTHRAX vocalist Neil Turbin will guest on the "Heavy Metal Mayhem" radio show with Mike "The Big Cheese". The interview will take place during the Sunday, November 8 broadcast from 6 to 8 p.m. EST. For information, go to this location. Fan-filmed video footage of DEATHRIDERS performi...

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RUSH Members To Discuss Band's Future During Los Angeles Meeting

RUSH drummer Neil Peart has updated the "News Weather And Sports" section of his web site with his latest entry, entitled "Autumn Serenade". An excerpt follows below. "In this autumn of 2009, the three of us are poised on another kind of 'reinvention.' We have agreed to meet in Los Angeles in Novemb...