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DEEP PURPLE's IAN PAICE Believes STEVE MORSE And DON AIREY Should Be Included In ROCK HALL Induction

Legendary British hard rockers DEEP PURPLE — who have been eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for two decades now — will finally enter the Rock Hall as part of the class of 2016. The band's classic lineup is being inducted with original lead vocalist Rod Evans, and from the ....

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DEEP PURPLE Drummer Says ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction 'Could End In A Punch-Up'

Drummer Ian Paice of legendary British hard rockers DEEP PURPLE — who have been eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for two decades now — has told Classic Rock magazine that a hypothetical induction of the band's surviving members "could end in a punch-up." PURPLE was recently...

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How WHITESNAKE's 'Here I Go Again' Inspired Guantanamo Bay Prisoner

Shaker Aamer, the last British resident of to be held at the notorious Guantanamo Bay military prison, says that WHITESNAKE helped get him through his ordeal. In his first interview since being released after a nearly 14-year stay and returning to his family in London in October, the 48-year-old sai...

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THE VEER UNION To Release 'Decade' Album In January

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based act THE VEER UNION will release its newest slab of guitar driven melodic rock titled "Decade" on January 29, 2016 through Pavement Entertainment. The video for the single "Defying Gravity" can be seen below. 2016 marks ten years since the release of THE VEER...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: 'We're Very Much A Band Of The People, By The People, For The People'

Chris Annunziata of the "Metal Teddy Bear Experience" show, which airs on the New Jersey radio station WMSC 90.3 Montclair State University, recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts fo...

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SHINEDOWN Announces March 2016 U.S. Tour Dates

Atlantic recording artist SHINEDOWN has announced plans for an upcoming U.S. tour, the rock band's first major trek of 2016. With British rock trio THE VIRGINMARYS serving as main support on most of the dates, the twelve-city trek gets underway March 1 at Portland, Oregon's Roseland Theater and then...

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Revengeance

It takes a lot of balls to call your metal band CONAN, much as it would KULL, RED SONJA, KA-ZAR, FAFHRD or, shudder to think, GROO — even if there is an ATTILA out there and a couple of KUBLAI KHAN's over the course of time in the genre's history. The British metal trio CONAN ...

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Valley of Tears

Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans are all that remain in their version of the English power metal troupe TANK. For their tenth album, "Valley of Tears”, TANK is once again rebuilt following the departures of Doogie White and Chris Dale. This time, Tucker and Evans recruit DRAGONFORCE singer ZP Theart, BLI...

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Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY To Release 'Infinite Entanglement' Album In March

British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) has set "Infinite Entanglement" as the title of his eighth solo album, tentatively due in March 2016. Speaking to Rock-Radio UK last month, Bayley stated about the upcoming effort (hear audio below): "It's a concept album. My first s...

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Video: Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Talks About His Legendary '67 Gibson Flying V Guitar

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing recently talked to Gaz from PMT Birmingham about his legendary '67 Gibson Flying V guitar. Check out the clip below. Downing, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his retirement from PRI...

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THE TREATMENT To Release 'Generation Me' Album In March

THE TREATMENT, the critically acclaimed British hard rock band, will release its new studio album, "Generation Me", on Friday, March 18, 2016 via Frontiers Music Srl. The band's highly anticipated third album will be THE TREATMENT's first to feature new lead singer Mitchel Emms and new guitarist Tao...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Vocalist, Guitarist Answer 25 'Important' Questions (Video)

Impericon.com recently met up with BRING ME THE HORIZON vocalist Oliver Sykes and guitarist Lee Malia and asked them "25 important either-or questions." Check out their responses below. BRING ME THE HORIZON's fifth studio album, "That's The Spirit", debuted at No. 2 last month on The Billboard 200 a...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'People Aren't Really Interested' In Hearing New Music From BLACK SABBATH

BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne spoke to Australia's News.com.au about the band's decision to embark on one final tour next year before calling it quits. He said: "It's the end of SABBATH and people have been asking, 'Well, I thought you were doing an album. But the things we've discovered are —...

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Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer PAUL DI'ANNO Is Recording Cover Of DAVID BOWIE's 'Heroes' For Paris Terror Attack Victims

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno is teaming up with French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stéphane Honde (HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS, THE STARS) to record cover version of the David Bowie song "Heroes" to benefit victims of the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks. "I left it up to Steph...

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DRAGONFORCE Hopes To Re-Team With Producer JENS BOGREN On Next Album

Lithium Magazine conducted an interview with vocalist Marc Hudson and bassist Frédéric Leclercq of British/French epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE on November 26 at the London Music Hall in London, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below (tr...