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SEBASTIAN BACH To Play Another NYC Show With STEVE STEVENS

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach played three "special concerts" in New York City this past weekend with BILLY IDOL guitarist Steve Stevens. The shows took place on January 27, January 28 and January 29 at The Iridium and featured Bach and Stevens "doing two sets a night," including "some speci...

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ICED EARTH Mainman: RON PAUL Is The Only Politician In Congress I Trust

Rene Trujillo of ThrashHead recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH guitarist/mainman Jon Schaffer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThrashHead: This latest release, how did you come to call it Dystopia, it's such an appropriate name for our time. Jon: Yeah, seeing where the...

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MASTODON Guitarist Interviewed In Stockholm (Video)

CrankItUp.se conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON when the band performed in Stockholm, Sweden on Janaury 14. You can now watch the chat below. MASTODON bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders recently confirmed that the band will team up with Sweden's...

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VOLBEAT Drummer Interviewed At GIGANTOUR 2012 Kick-Off (Video)

Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog conducted an interview with drummer Jon Larsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT on Thursday, January 26 at the opening show of this year's Gigantour at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. Guitarist Hank Sh...

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MEGADETH Guitarist Interviewed At GIGANTOUR 2012 Kick-Off (Video)

Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog conducted an interview with MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick on Thursday, January 26 at the opening show of this year's Gigantour at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. MEGADETH's setlist for the Camden concert...

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FLYING COLORS: Debut Album Track Listing Revealed

Mascot Label Group has announced the release of the eponymous debut album from FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE). The CD will be made available via Music Theories Recordings...

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ANVIL Plays First Concert With New Bassist; Photos Available

Canadian metal legends ANVIL made their live debut with their new bassist Sal Italiano last night (Friday, January 27) at the Live Wire concert club in Mentor-On-The-Lake, Ohio. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. March Of The Crabs 02. 666 03. School Love 04. Juggernaut Of Justice 05. Winged Ass...

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MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist Performs With VOLBEAT For First Time (Video)

Guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE) made his live debut with Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT last night (Thursday, January 26) at the opening show of this year's Gigantour at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, New Jersey. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Sherma...

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SKID ROW Founder Wants To Record New Album With SEBASTIAN BACH

Brendan "Brush" Shiels, founding member of the late 1960s/early 1970s Irish blues-rock act SKID ROW — which is best known as legendary guitarist Gary Moore's first professional band — has posted a YouTube video in which he invites Sebastian Bach, the former frontman of the American rock group SKID R...

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ELUVEITIE: Third 'Helvetios' Trailer Released

The third trailer for "Helvetios", the new album from Swiss folk metallers ELUVEITIE, can be seen below. Due on February 10 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD was recorded at New Sound Studio in Pfäffikon, a municipality in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland, with producer Tommy Vetterli (a.k.a. Tom...

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UNISONIC: A Committed Band Hard At Work

A five-and-a-half-minute video clip which shows "what happens when you ask a serious and dedicated band like UNISONIC to film some promotional clips to promote their new album and the debut EP, 'Ignition'," can be seen below. UNISONIC is the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and...

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BLACK SABBATH: Going Back To Where It All Started

BLACK SABBATH's official Facebook page has been updated with a message about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new album following the revelation earlier this month that guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with cancer. "The guys have moved writing sessions from Los Angeles to Bi...

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BEHEMOTH, WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD: Tour Dates Announced

Decibel magazine is launching the maiden edition of its annual earth-scorching tour this April. The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour will feature not just the long-awaited stateside return of Polish BEHEMOTH, Swedish black metal provocateurs WATAIN, THE DEVIL'S BLOOD and IN SOLITUDE. Beginning in Apr...

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TESSERACT To Release Acoustic EP

U.K. progressive metallers TESSERACT are working on an acoustic EP, tentatively titled "Perspective", for a spring release via Century Media Records. The effort will contain reworked versions of tracks from the band's debut album, "One", plus "a very special" cover version. Commented TESSERACT bassi...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN To Star In 'The Devil's Carnival'

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan will make his acting debut in "The Devil's Carnival", the new project Darren Lynn Bousman is directing that is being seen as a companion piece of sorts to "Repo! The Genetic Opera". Commented Crahan: "I am very honored to have been asked to be a part of th...