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KISS: Video Of Acoustic Performance During West Palm Beach Meet-And-Greet

Video footage of KISS's acoustic performance during the meet-and-greet portion of the band's show on Friday, July 27 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida as part of "The Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE can be seen below. KISS will release its 20th studio album, "Monster", on October 16 thro...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Drummer's European Tour Recap

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM were forced to cancel several shows earlier this month — including those in Oslo, Norway and Malmö, Sweden — after the band's guitarist/vocalist Alexi Laiho was rushed to the hospital with extreme stomach pain. After spending a week and a half receiving treatment...

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DANKO JONES: New Video Interview With JOHN 'JC' CALABRESE

On July 12, France's Art'N Roll conducted an interview with bassist John "JC" Calabrese of Canadian rockers DANKO JONES. You can now watch the chat below. DANKO JONES will release its new album, "Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue", on October 9. Over the course of six full-length albums, DANKO JONES h...

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POISON Singer To Make Movie About His Life

POISON singer Bret Michaels revealed in a new interview with The Columbus Dispatch that he is planning to make a movie about his life, starting with his youth in Pittsburgh, where he overcame his childhood health issues, first picked up a guitar and formed his first bands. "I want to tell the story,...

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MISS MAY I To Headline 'The AP Tour Fall 2012'

Cleveland-based youth-culture magazine Alternative Press has announced MISS MAY I as the headliner for its annual fall tour, The AP Tour Fall 2012, sponsored by Petersaysdenim. The tour, featuring a lineup handpicked by the AP staff, will be heading out on a 32-day trek that kicks off mid-October an...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM Interviewed At Italy's GODS OF METAL (Video)

Heavyworlds.com conducted an interview with Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM at last month's Gods Of Metal festival in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. CHILDREN OF BODOM recently inked a worldwide deal (excluding Japan) with Nuclear Blast Records. The band, which kicked off a year-...

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DANKO JONES: 'Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue' To Receive North American Release In October

Canadian rockers DANKO JONES will release their new album, "Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue", on October 9. Over the course of six full-length albums, DANKO JONES has forged a singular sound that draws equally from the blues, '60s garage, '70s hard rock, '80s hardcore, punky power-pop, Scandinavian...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Interviewed By CBS Sacramento (Audio)

CBS Sacramento recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer. During the chat, which can be streamed using the audio player below, Thayer spoke about replacing Ace Frehley in KISS; his best and worst onstage experiences; the forthcoming KISS album, "Monster"; and the band's curren...

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MINISTRY: New Video Interview With MIKE SCACCIA

Sonic Shocks conducted an interview with MINISTRY guitarist Mike Scaccia prior to the band's July 20 concert at HMV Forum in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. MINISTRY's new album, "Relapse", sold 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Releases 'Tachyon' App

Tachyon — the latest app by Wizdom Music's Jordan Rudess, the keyboardist for Grammy-nominated prog rock/metal icons DREAM THEATER, and chief programmer Kevin Chartier — was released for iOS devices today (Wednesday, July 25) via iTunes. Tachyon allows images and sound to become one as they magical...

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KERRY KING, MIKE PORTNOY Added To MARSHALL 50th-Anniversary Event

The lineup for Marshall's 50th-anniversary event just got louder with the addition of more names to the already storming lineup. Former DREAM THEATER drummer and progressive metal legend Mike Portnoy joins hit songwriter and founding member of FREE, Andy Fraser, and all-round thrash metal superstar...

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Clockwork Angels

1985 was the year RUSH broke mega with their pop-prog commercial juggernaut, "Power Windows". The year also represents an apparent point of no return as RUSH broke away from their spellbinding math rock rhapsodies from "Grace Under Pressure" on back through their venerable catalog. "Roll The Bones",...

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OCTOBER FILE Preparing To Record New Album

British post-punk band OCTOBER FILE has issued the following update: "After a busy summer of shows with FEAR FACTORY and PRONG, and some smashing festivals — Hellfest being the highlight — we are now going to bury ourselves in our fourth studio album. "The album is entitled 'The Application Of Lonel...

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Afghanistan's First Heavy Metal Band: 'We Live Under The Constant Fear Of Sudden Death'

Reuters published a story today focusing on the growing influence of American rock music on Afghan youth. DISTRICT UNKNOWN, which is said to be Afghanistan's first heavy metal band, is one of a handful of groups to emerge with mentoring from Afghanistan's first school of rock, Kabul's "Sound Centre"...

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SYLOSIS: First 'Monolith' Studio Webisode Released

The first in a series of webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Monolith", the new album from U.K.-based modern thrash heroes SYLOSIS, can be seen below. Recorded with Romesh Dodangoda at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales, the CD will be released on October 5 via Nuclear Blast...