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IGGY POP And THE STOOGES Pay Tribute To RON ASHETON

The surviving members of THE STOOGES — Iggy Pop, drummer (and guitarist Ron Asheton's brother) Scott Asheton, saxophonist Steve Mackay, bassist Mike Watt — have issued the following statement regarding the death of the band's guitarist Ron Asheton who was found dead in his Ann Arbor, Michigan home e...

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HEAVEN AND HELL: New Album Tentatively Due In March/April

According to legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi, the upcoming album from HEAVEN AND HELL — the band featuring BLACK SABBATH members Iommi, Ronnie James Dio (vocals),Geezer Butler (bass) and Vinny Appice (drums) — is tentatively scheduled for release in March/April via Rhino. The group's fir...

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METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' Lands On 'Best Vinyl Cover Art Of 2008' List

METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" has landed on the "Best Vinyl Cover Art Of 2008" list at position No. 6. A mixture of 50 obscure and well-known vinyl record sleeves from 2008 were shortlisted for the prize, with 3,000 people voting online via the U.K.-based web site Art Vinyl, according to BBC News. Th...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: New Audio Interview Available

TheRightToRock.com has issued its latest podcast (episode #70),featuring German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. The interview lasts approximately 12 minutes and is available for download at this location. "Tales Of The Crown", the eighteenth offering from AXEL RUDI PELL, has registered the following firs...

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JUDAS PRIEST Bassist Pens Foreword To AL ATKINS' Autobiography

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill has penned the foreword to original PRIEST singer Al Atkins's autobiography, titled "Dawn of the Metal Gods: My Life in Judas Priest and Heavy Metal". The book, which was was written with Neil Daniels — a freelance rock writer and heavy metal fan who befriended Atkins d...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: New Year's Eve Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' December 31 (New Year's Eve) concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California can be viewed below (clips uploaded by "lisapolisa"). STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' singer Scott Weiland, who recently released his second solo album, "Happy In Galoshes", spoke to E...

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SABBAT Frontman MARTIN WALKYIER: One Step Nearer The Fatherland?

SABBAT/ex-SKYCLAD frontman Martin Walkyier has posted the following message on his MySpace page: "It is New Year's Eve as I write this to you, and I am sitting here alone at my computer. This is traditionally a time for reflection on the past; and when I look back upon the truly insane behaviour of...

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AUTUMN Schedules 'Altitude' CD-Release Party

Dutch female-fronted metallers AUTUMN have scheduled a CD-release party for their fourth studio album, "Altitude", on Friday, February 13 at Tivoli-De Helling in Utrecht, Holland. The artwork for "Altitude" can be viewed below. The CD was recorded at Arno Krabman's Graveland Studio and was mixed and...

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GAAHL: 'My Goal With WARDRUNA Is To Bring BALDR Home Where He Belongs'

Nearly six years in the making, WARDRUNA's long-awaited debut album, "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", is the first part of the planned "Runaljod" trilogy which will musically interpret the runes of the elder futhark. This highly visual music is hard to place into any specific genre, and there isn't re...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT, MADBALL To Team Up For 'For My Family' South American Tour

New York hardcore legends AGNOSTIC FRONT and MADBALL will team up for a South American tour in October 2009. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon. Long before South America had become a promising touring spot, at times when most bands wouldn't dare to come to this continent, NYHC titans AGN...

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SCOTT WEILAND: New Video Interview Available

Chicago's Q101.1 (WKQX-FM) radio station conducted an interview with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS/ex-VELVET REVOLVER singer Scott Weiland prior to his December 18, 2008 performance at the 15th annual "Q101 Twisted" event at the House of Blues in Chicago. Watch the five-minute chat below. Weiland's second sol...

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SOREPTION To Enter Studio Next Weekend

Swedish technical death metallers SOREPTION will enter Sidelake Studios on January 3, 2009 to begin recording their full-length debut for a tentative late spring release. SOREPTION's debut MCD/DVD release, "Illuminate the Excessive", was issued on June 23 via Cube 1 Records. The effort was recorded,...

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WARDRUNA: 'Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga' E-Card Available

An e-card for "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", the forthcoming debut album from WARDRUNA, the project led by former GORGOROTH drummer Kvitrafn (who has also played with SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR and DEAD TO THIS WORLD),can be found at this location. Due on January 19, 2009 via Indie Recordings, the CD will...

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AVANTASIA Producer Honored With 'Golden Bobby' Award

Sascha Paeth — producer, engineer and guitarist of EDGUY frontman's AVANTASIA project — was honored with the prestigious sound award "Golden Bobby" by the German association of sound engineers (VDT) for the best production of the year 2008 in the "Rock" category. The song that made the difference wa...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Feel Very Energetic And Passionate About Making Extreme Music'

David E. Gehlke of Blistering.com recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Blistering.com: You were inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk this past October. How did it feel? Yngwie Malmsteen: It was surreal. And...