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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Joins SEPULTURA On Stage At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR Festival (Video)

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) joined SEPULTURA on stage this past Friday, August 10 at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Derbyshire in the United Kingdom to perform the SEPULTURA cla...

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SAXON Issues Update On Upcoming Album, Touring Plans

British heavy metal legends SAXON have issued the following update: "We have finally reached the point where we are all going on holiday and will hopefully be enjoying the well-deserved time off! "We've had a very successful year so far. The festivals and the shows with JUDAS PRIEST were a blast and...

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'Bon Scott - The Legend of AC/DC' Film In The Works

High Voltage Productions, an American production company, has begun pre-production development of an upcoming proposed docu-drama entitled "Bon Scott - The Legend Of AC/DC" as of March of this year. This announcement comes on the heels of a prior announcement back in 2008 that an Australian producti...

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The Electric Age

Consistency is the name of the game to career longevity. Exceeding expectations 17 studio albums into a decades-spanning career is the stuff of legend. Personally, I've been endeared to OVERKILL almost since the beginning. I still relish the days of old when I'd terrorize mothers, fathers and grandp...

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STRYPER: New Video Interview With MICHAEL SWEET

Noizegate magazine conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER before the band's July 6 performance at Gullbrannafestivalen in Sweden. You can watch the chat below. In a recent interview with Guitar World, Michael Sweet stated about STRYPER's plans...

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MPIRE OF EVIL Recording New Album

MPIRE OF EVIL (formerly PRIMEVIL) — the band formed in 2010 by ex-VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) — finished laying down the drums for its forthcoming second album, tentatively due in November. After completing a successful U.S. tour with...

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THE COMPANY BAND: New Video Interview Posted Online

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann of Loudwire recently conducted an interview with THE COMPANY BAND members Jess Margera and Jim Rota. You can now watch the chat below. THE COMPANY BAND's new five-song EP, "Pros & Cons", was released on July 31 via Weathermaker Music. Since THE COMPANY BAND first got t...

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JANI LANE Memorial Show To Be Held In Ohio This Weekend

According to The Plain Dealer, L.A. KNIGHTS and CLEVELAND'S BREAKFAST CLUB will perform at a memorial show for late WARRANT singer Jani Lane this Saturday, August 11 at the Ripper Owens Tap House (owned by former JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH singer Tim "Ripper" Owens) in Akron, Ohio. The event will ....

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ROB HALFORD On JUDAS PRIEST's Future: 'There's No End In Sight'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to Loudwire about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to their 2008 concept album "Nostradamus". Asked what fans can fans expect from the next PRIEST CD, Halford said, "We've already got a strong cross-section of ideas, s...

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DEATH ANGEL To Perform Entire 'The Ultra-Violence' Album At U.S. Headlining Shows

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers DEATH ANGEL have added headlining dates around their upcoming tour with TESTAMENT and ANTHRAX this fall. The group will perform its 1987 classic debut album, "The Ultra-Violence", in its entirety at these shows. "We had such a blast on the first two legs that...

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Did JUDAS PRIEST's 'Screaming For Vengeance' Inspire GAP T-Shirt Design?

A t-shirt currently being sold by Gap — the American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California — bears more than a passing resemblance to the cover artwork of the classic JUDAS PRIEST album "Screaming For Vengeance". Guitarist Bill Kelliher of Atlanta progressive metallers...

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JUDAS PRIEST Frontman Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A Gay-Marriage Controversy

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has weighed in on the Chick-fil-A controversy, insisting that both the supporters and the critics of the chicken eatery's chief executive and his views on gay marriage are perfectly within their rights to make their opinions known. When asked about his thoughts on g...

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JUDAS PRIEST Has 'A Tremendous Amount Of Material' Written For Next Album

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford recently spoke to Billboard.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to their 2008 concept album "Nostradamus". According to Halford, "a tremendous amount of material" has already been accumulated for the new CD, with the band curr...

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ROB HALFORD To RANDY BLYTHE: 'Get On The F**king Road And Just Explode'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford says that LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe's five-week incarceration in the Czech Republic will result in a "colossal" new album from the Richmond, Virginia metal band. Blythe returned to the United States yesterday (Friday, August 3) after spending more than a month...

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ALL HAIL THE YETI: More Debut Album Details Revealed

Los Angeles-based metal quartet ALL HAIL THE YETI will release its self-titled debut album in North America on August 28 via AFM Records. Uniting elements of sludge metal, hardcore and groove-laden hard rock, ALL HAIL THE YETI unify these influences into their own diverse, modern style which is deli...