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ROUGH SILK: 'Reborn To Wait' Video Released

"Reborn To Wait", the new video from German epic/melodic metallers ROUGH SILK, can be viewed below. The song comes off ROUGH SILK's new album, "A New Beginning", which was released on March 20 via Dockyard 1 Records. Check out photos from the video shoot at this location. A couple of the pictures ca...

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Former QUIET RIOT Bassist Touring With ADLER'S APPETITE

Bassist Chuck Wright (QUIET RIOT, HOUSE OF LORDS, GIUFFRIA) will be on tour with ADLER'S APPETITE — the band led by original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler — through July 5. ADLER'S APPETITE kicked off the new leg of its U.S. tour this past Saturday (June 13) in Las Vegas. For a list of ...

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RUSH Members Guest On CBC's 'Q'; Video Available

RUSH's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee were interviewed by Jian Ghomeshi for the May 20, 2009 edition of CBC's cultural affairs show "Q". Video footage of their appearance, which aired on CBC Radio One, is now available for viewing below. RUSH's "Retrospective 3" (Anthem/Atlantic) greatest-hits package s...

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TESTAMENT: New Audio Interview With ALEX SKOLNICK Available

Guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT was recently interviewed on "The Barry Kirkey Radio Show". The program is now available for download as an MP3 audio file at this location. Alex Skolnick will make an appearance at the National Guitar Workshop between...

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Montreal Assault

"Deathcore" before it became a dirty word, Montreal's DESPISED ICON have precipitously risen toward the top of the shape-shifting extreme metal mountain. Hardcore-infused parts and grind flecks notwithstanding, the sextet is still more of a modern death metal band than anything else. One of the few...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Issues Japanese Tour Report

Bassist Alex Webster of Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE has penned the first entry of his new tour blog for the SWRsound.com web site. An excerpt follows below. "For this first edition, I'm writing to you from Osaka, Japan. We're currently on tour here; it's a three-show mini-tour...

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ADLER'S APPETITE: New Video Message Posted Online

ADLER'S APPETITE — the band led by original GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler — will kick off the next leg of its U.S. tour tomorrow (Saturday, June 13) in Las Vegas. A brand new video message from the group can be viewed below. For a list of upcoming dates, visit www.myspace.com/stevenadlersite. A...

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NO FRIENDS: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

The self-titled debut album from NO FRIENDS — the band featuring Tony Foresta from MUNICIPAL WASTE on vocals and members of NEW MEXICAN DISASTER SQUAD "playing raging '80s-style hardcore in the vein of DAG NASTY, DESCENDENTS and GORILLA BISCUITS" — is available for streaming in its entirety at PunkN...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN's Conversations With God

Spinner.com recently conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Spinner.com: You didn't start off playing guitar, did you? Eddie: I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. An...

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AT WAR: 'Infidel' Artwork, Release Date Unveiled

Reunited Virginia thrash metal legends AT WAR will release their first album in 20 years, entitled "Infidel", on August 18 via Heavy Artillery Records. The CD's stunning cover artwork comes courtesy of legendary illustrator and photographer Claudio Bergamin and can be viewed below. AT WAR entered Py...

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GOREAPHOBIA Added To MASTER Tour

Due to a recent turn of events, reunited cult favorites GOREAPHOBIA will be replacing PATHOLOGY on this summer's Slaves to Society U.S. tour featuring death metal legends MASTER and Ibex Moon Records labelmates DREAMING DEAD. This trek across the States, the band's first in over 17 years, will be mo...

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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR: 'Defiance' Artwork Unveiled

Guitarist Jack Starr (VIRGIN STEELE, DEVIL CHILDE, PHANTOM LORD, GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME) has just released the new BURNING STARR CD, "Defiance", via Magic Circle Music, the record label owned by members of MANOWAR. Produced by Joey DeMaio of MANOWAR, the album includes such tracks as "Black Clouds O...

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Publisher Confirms Members Missing From 'Guitar Hero: Van Halen'

The Pulse of Radio reports: A spokesperson for Activision has confirmed that the upcoming video game Guitar Hero: Van Halen will not include ex-bassist Michael Anthony or former singer Sammy Hagar, according to RollingStone.com. Questions about whether they would be featured arose last week when the...

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TEAM CYBERGEIST: Band Lineup Announced For Florida Shows

TEAM CYBERGEIST, the industrial "supergroup" founded by Angel (a.k.a. Andrew Bartolotta),best known as the past/present drummer of such bands as DOPE, GENITORTURERS, PIG, CROSSBREED, SWITCHED, THE UNDEAD, and many others — has announced the lineup of musicians who will take part in the project's up...

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IN FLAMES: Video Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK Press Conference Available

Swedish metallers IN FLAMES took part in a press conference earlier today (Friday, June 5) at the Sweden Rock festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Watch the eight-minute question-and-answer session below. IN FLAMES is continuing to tour without guitarist Jesper Strömblad, who recently checked himself int...