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ICED EARTH: New Audio Interview With JON SCHAFFER

On July 19, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. To coincide with ICED EARTH's recent North American tour with VOLBEAT and HELLYEAH, ICED EARTH released a limite...

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LORD: European Tour Diary Part 1 (Video)

Australian melodic metallers LORD performed at this year's edition of the Headbangers Open Air festival, which took place July 26-28 in Brande-Hoernerkirchen, Germany. It marked the first time the mebers of LORD have been to Europe since 2005, when they toured as DUNGEON. The first part of LORD's Eu...

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THE CULT Guitarist Talks 'Choice Of Weapon' Album, Performing Live

Leslie Michelle Derrough of GlideMagazine.com recently conducted an interview with THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. GlideMagazine.com: What about playing the new songs live? Billy: The big acid test of a band is you play the new music live. I know a lo...

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JANI LANE Memorial Show To Be Held In Ohio This Weekend

According to The Plain Dealer, L.A. KNIGHTS and CLEVELAND'S BREAKFAST CLUB will perform at a memorial show for late WARRANT singer Jani Lane this Saturday, August 11 at the Ripper Owens Tap House (owned by former JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH singer Tim "Ripper" Owens) in Akron, Ohio. The event will ....

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PROTOTYPE: New Song Available For Streaming

"Catalyst", the title track of the new album from the Los Angeles-based progressive/aggressive metal band PROTOTYPE, can be streamed using the SoundCloud player below. The track will be available for purchase starting August 21 on iTunes. "We are really stoked to finally unleash some of the music fr...

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TESTAMENT's 'Dark Roots Of Earth' Cracks U.S. Top 15

"Dark Roots Of Earth", the new album from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT, sold more than 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No, 12 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on July 31 via Nuclear Blast Records. TESTAMENT's...

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Video: TESTAMENT Guitarist Recording Harmonies For Cover Version Of SCORPIONS Classic

Video footage of TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick tracking harmonies at Spin Studios in Long Island City, New York for the band's cover version of the SCORPIONS classic "Animal Magnetism" can be seen below. The song is included on the CD/DVD and vinyl versions of TESTAMENT's new album, "Dark Roots...

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SANCTUARY: Video Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

Reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY — which features in its ranks NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard — performed on August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. In an interview with Rock My Monkey T...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM Defends His 'November Rain' Performance

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum has defended his performance in the classic GN'R track "November Rain", insisting that "drumming isn't all about fancy drum fills and splash cymbals." Ex-DREAM THEATER and current ADRENALINE MOB drummer Mike Portnoy, who normally doesn't shy away from his two...

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TESTAMENT Interviewed At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

German TV channel ZDF Kultur conducted an interview with San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is professionally filmed video footage of TESTAMENT's August 4...

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TESTAMENT: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'True American Hate' Performance From WACKEN OPEN AIR

Professionally filmed video footage of TESTAMENT's August 4 performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. TESTAMENT's new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", is likely to sell between 15,000 and 18,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Interviewed On Israel's 'Met Al Metal' (Audio)

Israel's "Met Al Metal" radio show recently conducted an interview with guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. TESTAMENT's new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", is likely to sell between 15,000 and 18,000 copies...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On President OBAMA: 'I'm Disgusted With This Guy'

Last month, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine once again sat down with noted right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for a face-to-face interview for Infowars.com. The entire 43-minute chat has now been posted online and can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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TESTAMENT Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE's 'Metal Zone' (Video)

On July 27, "Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy and guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. You can now watch the chat below. TESTAMENT's new album, "Dark Roots Of...

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PARAGON Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

German power metallers PARAGON have inked a deal with Napalm Records. The band's tenth album, "Force Of Destruction", will be released at the end of October. The CD was produced by Piet Sielck (GAMMA RAY, BLIND GUARDIAN, IRON SAVIOUR) at Powerhouse in Hamburg. Guest vocals on the bonus version of th...