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IRON MAIDEN Lands On BILLBOARD's 'Hot Tours' Chart

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have landed at position No. 3 on Billboard.com's "Hot Tours" list of top-grossing tours this week with $4.8 million in ticket sales from seven performances on their 2012 tour through North America. Although the majority of IRON MAIDEN's tour dates this summer...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Performs Acoustic Version Of IRON MAIDEN's 'The Trooper' In Weston (Video)

Video footage of Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen and British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) playing an acoustic version of the IRON MAIDEN classic "The Trooper" on Saturday, July 28 at Bannermans in Weston, England can be seen below. Zwijsen who has recorde...

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MINISTRY: Paris Concert Cut Short, AL JOURGENSEN Hospitalized (Video)

Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY were forced to cut their concert short last night (Saturday, July 28) at Bataclan in Paris, France after the band's frontman, Al Jourgensen, appeared to be physically incapable of continuing the show. Jourgensen, who, according to RadioMetal.com, came on stage look...

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TODD KERNS: SLASH Is 'One Of The Kindest People I Know'

Jim Barber of The Belleville Intelligencer recently conducted an interview with Todd Kerns, the bassist and backup vocalist in Slash's band as well as a member of SIN CITY SINNERS. On how excited he still gets before some gigs: Todd: "[Slash] always laughs because I am like, 'Wow, there's Rick Niels...

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TESTAMENT Members Defend Inclusion Of Blast Beats On New Album

On their brand new album, "Dark Roots Of Earth", San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT explored new territory by the inclusion of blast beats. The reason for this has to do with the collaboration between guitarist Eric Peterson, TESTAMENT's chief songwriter, and Gene Hoglan, the legendary...

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BORNHOLM Signs With NOISEART RECORDS

NoiseArt Records and Rock The Nation have announced the signing of Hungarian black metal horde BORNHOLM. The band's third album, "Inexorable Defiance", will be unleashed in early 2013. According to a press release, BORNHOLM "offers an extremely cold, evil version of black metal which has been made e...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Performs Acoustic Version Of IRON MAIDEN's 'The Angel And The Gambler' (Video)

Video footage of Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen and British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) playing an acoustic version of the IRON MAIDEN song "The Angel And The Gambler" on Monday, July 23 at Bannermans in Edinburgh, Scotland can be seen below. Zwijsen wh...

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Updated: GENE HOGLAN To Play With TESTAMENT On European Tour After All

**UPDATE**: Due to the cancelation of DETHKLOK's North American tour with LAMB OF GOD, drummer Gene Hoglan has once again become available and will end up sitting behind the kit for TESTAMENT on the European run. In a series of tweets, TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick explained, "As some of you kno...

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ECLIPSE: 'Bleed & Scream' Video Released

"Bleed & Scream", the new video from Swedish hard rockers ECLIPSE, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's fourth album, which will be released on August 28 via Frontiers Records. "Bleed & Scream" comes four years after ECLIPSE's acclaimed album "Are You Ready To Rock",...

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BLAZE BAYLEY Performs Acoustic Versions Of IRON MAIDEN Classics In Glasgow (Video)

Video footage of Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen and British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) playing acoustic version of a couple of IRON MAIDEN classics on July 24 at at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom can be seen below. Zwijsen who has re...

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MINISTRY: New Video Interview With MIKE SCACCIA

Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Mike Scaccia prior to the band's July 20 concert at HMV Forum in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. MINISTRY's new album, "Relapse", sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No...

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Vegard Sverre Tveitan is a genius. Okay, so that's common knowledge. Accredited, even, given the numerous awards, commendations and honorariums Tveitan ? better known to the metal community as Ihsahn ? has reaped throughout his prolific career. Ihsahn is metal, whether or not you appreciate his rele...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist: 'We Just Hope To Have An Influence And Change Lives'

Jim Beal Jr. of MySanAntonio.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Zoltan Bathory of Las Vegas metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On growing up in Hungary: Zoltan: "I grew up in a very military family in a communist country. We had one televisi...

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OCTOBER FILE Preparing To Record New Album

British post-punk band OCTOBER FILE has issued the following update: "After a busy summer of shows with FEAR FACTORY and PRONG, and some smashing festivals — Hellfest being the highlight — we are now going to bury ourselves in our fourth studio album. "The album is entitled 'The Application Of Lonel...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN: New 47-Minute Audio Interview Posted Online

Riff-Mag.com recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now listen to the entire 47-minute chat below. On Japanese food: Marty: "I love it. It's my favorite. I think if you don't like Japanese food, it would be really hard to live in Japan. [Friedman moved...