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DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI Says BABYMETAL 'Unites' People That Don't Normally Listen To Rock And Metal

Metal Wani's editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with guitarist Herman Li of British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking about the reactions from metal music elitists in North America about the style of t...

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EX-MEGADETH And BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist JAMES LOMENZO: How I Landed Gig With JOHN FOGERTY

Bassist James LoMenzo, who has played with MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and WHITE LION, was interviewed by Argentinean rock journalist Lucas H. Gordon at a recent installment of the "Ultimate Jam Night", the long-running weekly free music show held at the famed Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, Cal...

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ONSLAUGHT To Perform Entire 'The Force' Album On Tour Of U.K., Ireland

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT return to home soil in November, playing 17 shows across the U.K. and Ireland, celebrating the 30th anniversary of their legendary opus "The Force". The band will play the album in its entirety along with many other classic tracks that span ONSLAUGHT's 33-year career. Joi...

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QUEEN's 'Greatest Hits' Is U.K.'s Best-Selling Album Of All Time

QUEEN's best-of collection "Greatest Hits" has been named the biggest-selling album of all time in Britain, as compiled by the Official Charts Company. The 1981 compilation stands alone as the first and only record to have passed the six-million sales mark (its tally currently stands at 6.1 million)...

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Video: Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Performs In Geleen, The Netherlands

Video footage of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing on March 27 at Café de Meister in Geleen, The Netherlands can be seen below. The 53-year-old Bayley, who was born in Birmingham, was the original frontman in WOLFSBANE, but left in 1994 to join MAIDEN, wit...

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DIAMOND HEAD's BRIAN TATLER Is 'Full Of Admiration' For What METALLICA Has Done

In a new interview with music writer Joel Gausten, guitarist Brian Tatler of New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) legends DIAMOND HEAD discusses the band's 40th anniversary, their new self-titled album (released in North America on June 24) and their relationship with METALLICA, who have recorde...

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TESTAMENT Sets Release Date For 'The Brotherhood Of The Snake' Album

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT have set an October 28 release date for their new album, "The Brotherhood Of The Snake". Guitarist Eric Peterson told Metal Maniac about the new disc (see video below): "It's finished — recorded, done — and it's now on its way to [British producer] And...

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TANK Releases 'Make A Little Time' Video

"Make A Little Time", the new video from veteran British metallers TANK, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in the desert hills just outside the town of Mojacar in Southern Spain and the production was handled by MGV Productions. TANK guitarist Cliff Evans comments: "We didn't want to make the u...

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MOTÖRHEAD's MIKKEY DEE: 'Pretty Much Everything Was Unique With LEMMY'

MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee was interviewed by Red Carpet News TV at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods, which took place June 13 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, England. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, who passed away last D...

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OPETH Announces North American Headlining Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

Swedish experimental prog legends OPETH have announced a North American headline tour, set to kick off with a performance at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest on September 24 in San Bernardino, California. The tour, with THE SWORD as support, will continue through the following month before wrapping up on Octo...

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Video: STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR Joins SEBASTIAN BACH For 'Youth Gone Wild' Performance

STEEL PANTHER singer Michael Starr joined former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach on stage on May 29 at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma to perform the SKID ROW classic "Youth Gone Wild". Video footage of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of Decibel Geek TV). During a recent inter...

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Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Releases Video For 'Calling You Home' Track

The official music video for "Calling You Home", a new song from British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE),can be seen below. The track is taken from Blaze's eighth solo album, "Infinite Entanglement", which was released on March 1. In an interview with Jimmy Kay and Alan D...

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SONIC SYNDICATE: Second Video From Studio Sessions For New Album

Swedish/British modern metallers SONIC SYNDICATE recently entered Ramtitam Studios in Stockholm to begin recording their sixth album, due later this year via Despotz Records & Music. The second in a series of video clips from the studio can be seen below. SONIC SYNDICATE announced its new record...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN PAICE Says His 'Mini-Stroke' Forced Concert Cancelations

Earlier this week, legendary British hard rockers DEEP PURPLE canceled the two shows they were scheduled to play in Sweden (Tuesday, June 14 at Gröna Lund in Stockholm and Wednesday, June 15 at Liseberg in Gothenburg) after one of the bandmembers became ill. The group's drummer, Ian Paice, has now r...

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STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER To Release 'Walking In The Shadows' Album In September

Dissonance Productions has announced the signing of STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER led by singer Steve Grimmett, to a worldwide deal. The recently launched rock/metal label will release the band's new album, "Walking In The Shadows",...