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Woman Sexually Assaulted In Her Tent At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival

A woman was sexually assaulted in her tent during this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 11-14 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. The 28-year-old woman was in her tent sometime between 2:50 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. on Sunday, August 14....

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GENE SIMMONS 'Can't Imagine' Continuing KISS Without PAUL STANLEY

Bill Louis of the WNCX radio station in Cleveland, Ohio recently conducted an interview with KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he would ever consider continuing KISS without fellow founding member Paul Stanley, Gene said: "You know, I can't imagine it...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'Live At The NEC' To Be Released As Standalone DVD

On September 14, 2002, hard rock pioneers DEEP PURPLE took the stage for a landmark concert at the NEC in Birmingham, England to bid farewell to founding member and keyboard legend Jon Lord. On August 26, Eagle Rock Entertainment will deliver this very concert with the release of "Live At The NEC" o...

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For All Kings

In terms of commercial success, these are good days for thrash metal. In the last year, SLAYER, MEGADETH and now ANTHRAX have all, in their debut weeks, cracked the Billboard Top 200 Chart's top 10. Glitz and glamour aside, the quality of the music is what matters most for metal fanatics, and ANTHRA...

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Origins Vol. 1

To be frank, covers albums are getting to be so passé it becomes subjective to taste and artist loyalty to avoid thinking of them as contract fillers. However, Ace Frehley's on a roll right now, and we like where he's at, so we'll cut the man some slack. After all, in the past, he's done ...

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ELUVEITIE Parts Ways With Drummer, Female Vocalist And Guitarist

Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE announced the departure of drummer Merlin Sutter, vocalist Anna Murphy and guitarist Ivo Henzi. The band explains in a statement: "We all developed a lot over the last ten years — not only as a band, but also as individuals. And we partly developed in different directi...

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CODE ORANGE Signs With ROADRUNNER RECORDS

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's CODE ORANGE. The progressive unit comprised of Jami Morgan (drums, vocals),Eric Balderose (guitar, vocals),Reba Meyers (guitar, vocals) and Joe Goldman (bass) has gripped listeners and press around the globe with its vision...

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XI

It's been a couple decades, but Mike Howe returns to METAL CHURCH following his dazzling three album run in the ‘90s, including "Blessing in Disguise", regarded by some as the band's finest outing. A terrific album to be sure, it yielded the wonderful "Badlands" which rivals 1986's "Watch the Childr...

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ZAKK WYLDE Comments On BRIAN JOHNSON's Hearing Loss, Possibility Of AC/DC Carrying On With New Singer

Former OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist and current BLACK LABEL SOCIETY leader Zakk Wylde has commented on the reports that AC/DC was forced to postpone the remaining ten dates on its recent U.S. tour after singer Brian Johnson was advised by doctors that he faces "total hearing loss" unless he comes off the...

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Guilty As Sin

It's been seven years since GIRLSCHOOL dropped their last full-length, "Legacy", notwithstanding the 2011 redux "Hit and Run – Revisited". If you care about deafening, roughneck rock ‘n' roll, you've been missing these ladies. GIRLSCHOOL has long held the torch, not only for breaking barriers, but f...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's VINCE NEIL Says There Aren't Any New Rock Bands Putting On Big Shows

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil says that there aren't enough bands investing in flashier special effects at their concerts, including explosions, lasers and pyrotechnics. "When we started getting bigger and were headlining arenas and all the other bands in the eighties were coming out and 'arena rock...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Wants Fans To 'Exercise More Compassion'

QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre has pleaded with the band's fans to "exercise a little more altruism and compassion" when it comes to criticizing the current version of the group and QUEENSRŸCHE's former frontman Geoff Tate, explaining that "we're all just people at the end of the day." La Torre, w...

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STRATOVARIUS: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Shine In The Dark' Performance From WACKEN TV

Wacken TV has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of Finnish metallers STRATOVARIUS performing their new song "Shine In The Dark" on July 31at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Check it out below. STRATOVARIUS's new album, "Eternal", was released in three formats: standard CD...

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FIRESPAWN Feat. ENTOMBED, UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC Members: Video Footage Of First-Ever Gig

FIRESPAWN (formerly FIREBORN) — the new Swedish death metal project featuring Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED),Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC),Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) and Matte Modin (drums; DARK FUNERAL, DEFLESHED) — made its live...

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FIRESPAWN Feat. ENTOMBED, UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC Members: Debut Album 'Shadow Realms' Due In November

FIRESPAWN (formerly FIREBORN) — the new Swedish death metal project featuring Lars Göran Petrov (vocals; ENTOMBED) and Victor Brandt (guitar; ENTOMBED),Alex Friberg (bass; NECROPHOBIC),Fredrik Folkare (guitar; UNLEASHED, NECROPHOBIC) and Matte Modin (drums; DARK FUNERAL, DEFLESHED) — will release...