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PRIMAL FEAR: 'Apocalypse' Album Details Revealed; 'Hounds Of Justice' Lyric Video Available

Frontiers Music Srl will release the new album from Germany's PRIMAL FEAR, "Apocalypse", on August 10. To celebrate the announcement, the band has released a lyric video for the track "Hounds Of Justice", which you can view below. "Apocalypse" will be available in the following formats: * CD * CD/DV...

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JOE SATRIANI On RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'It's Unfortunate When Somebody You Look Up To Has Something Negative To Say About You'

Joe Satriani says that "it's unfortunate" that Ritchie Blackmore would say anything negative about his guitar playing. The CHICKENFOOT guitarist, who played with DEEP PURPLE after Blackmore decided to leave the band for good in 1993, made the remark in response to an apparently two-decade-old interv...

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DEF LEPPARD Guitarist On Being Excluded From ROCK HALL: 'What Matters To Us Is Seeing People Come To The Shows'

Vivian Campbell says that DEF LEPPARD isn't bothered by the fact that the band has not been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Asked why he thinks the British rock icons — as well as some of their key influences, including bands like JUDAS PRIEST, MOTÖRHEAD and IRON MAIDEN — have yet to g...

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DEEP PURPLE Keyboardist DON AIREY: Audio Samples Of Entire 'One Of A Kind' Solo Album

Audio samples of all the songs that are set to appear on DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Don Airey's upcoming solo album, "One Of A Kind", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The effort will be released on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally. It is...

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TRIVIUM Guitarist Says Returning To Heavier Sound On 'The Sin And The Sentence' Album 'Was Very Natural'

Andrew Pecoraro of Peck's Metal Picks conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM prior to their May 6 concert at The Filmore Silver Spring in Silver Spring, Maryland. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)....

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JOE SATRIANI Talks About The Pros And Cons Of Being A Musician In The Digital Age

Legendary guitarist Joe Satriani was recently interviewed by Bucketlist Music Reviews. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he thinks guitar and instruments in general are in danger of becoming extinct due to the way people consume and create music nowadays, Satriani said: "There's two thi...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist RYAN ROXIE Releases 'To Live And Die In L.A.' Lyric Video

Ryan Roxie will release his new solo album, "Imagine Your Reality", on May 25 via Cargo Records UK. The vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, who is best known as Alice Cooper's longtime lead guitarist and collaborator, has also worked with Slash and Gilby Clarke and been a member of Classic Rock awar...

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TALLAH Feat. MAX PORTNOY: 'Placenta' Video Released

Pennsylvania metal band TALLAH — which features in its ranks Max Portnoy, son of Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, THE WINERY DOGS, SONS OF APOLLO) — has released a video for the song "Placenta". The track is expected to appear on the group's upcoming five-song EP. Max stated about vid...

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WHITESNAKE's JOEL HOEKSTRA Explains 'Flesh & Blood' Album Delay

WHITESNAKE guitarist Joel Hoekstra spoke to the "Ouch You're On My Hair" podcast about the decision to push back the projected release date of the band's new album, "Flesh & Blood", to next year. "A lot of it just has to do with how long it takes after you turn something in these days," he said. "We...

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Work On Next DEF LEPPARD Album To Begin In Earnest After Upcoming Tour

DEF LEPPARD has begun thinking ahead to the follow-up to the band's 2015's self-titled album, according to Joe Elliott. "Def Leppard" was the group's first studio effort since "Songs From the Sparkle Lounge" in 2008. During a brand new interview with the 106.7 The Eagle radio station, the singer sta...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's SUNSTORM: Lyric Video For 'The Road To Hell' Title Track

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner's SUNSTORM project will release its fifth album, "The Road To Hell", on June 8 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official lyric video for the second single from the effort, the "The Road To Hell" title track, can be seen below. Any hardcore fan of hard rock wi...

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JENS JOHANSSON Is 'Very Honored' To Be Part Of Reactivated RAINBOW

Luxi Lahtinen of The Metal Crypt recently conducted an interview with RAINBOW and STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Metal Crypt: I assume it feels great to be on tour with RAINBOW, right? Jens: "It's a very good feeling and it is really nic...

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STEVEN ADLER Sets Record Straight Regarding Inspiration For MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Kickstart My Heart'

Steven Adler has disputed Nikki Sixx's version of the events that inspired the lyrics for the classic MÖTLEY CRÜE song "Kickstart My Heart". Sixx has long claimed that he wrote "Kickstart" about one night in 1987 when he took so much heroin that his heart stopped and an EMT pronounced him dead, befo...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist On Hypothetical ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction: 'That's A Nice Thought'

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell says that it is "nice" to think that his band could eventually be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The Seattle-based group, which has been eligible to be inducted into the Rock Hall since 2015, has yet to be nominated, even though two other "grun...

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SEVENDUST Vocalist Says Current Rock Festival 'Movement' Reminds Him Of Early Days Of OZZFEST And LOLLAPALOOZA

Prior to the group's performance at the Carolina Rebellion festival earlier this month, SEVENDUST vocalist Lajon Witherspoon was interviewed by LA Lloyd. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as followed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On his earliest musical influences: Lajon: "...