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COREY TAYLOR: Footage From Kansas City's ROCKFEST Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of COREY TAYLOR AND THE JUNK BEER KIDNAP BAND — featuring SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor — performing at Rockfest in Kansas City on Saturday, May 30 can be viewed below (courtesy of "Joker013084"). Corey recently told Metromix about the new project: "I had wanted...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Performs At D1 Drift Racing Grand Prix; Video Available

For the second consecutive year, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman performed the Japanese national anthem, "Kimi Ga Yo", at the D1 Drift Racing Grand Prix on May 23. Marty is the first foreign musician to play the anthem at a major sporting event in Japanese history. This time, after his perf...

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TOOL Expands Summer Tour

The Pulse of Radio reports: TOOL has expanded its upcoming summer tour, adding six more shows to the itinerary, according to the band's web site. The trek now kicks off at the Mile High Music Festival in Commerce City, Colorado on July 18, with gigs slated to run through at least early August. The b...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76' 2DVD Set Due In June

DEEP PURPLE are easily one of the most influential and dynamic British rock bands of the 20th century. On June 2, eager fans will have the opportunity to experience highlights from the early days of this legendary band, when Eagle Rock Entertainment releases "History, Hits, & Highlights", a spec...

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ELECTRIC BOYS: Footage From First Reunion Concert Posted Online

The Sweden Rock Blog, which is hosted by Close-Up magazine writer Daniel Josefsson, has uploaded video footage of the opening track, "Psychedelic Eyes", from the first official concert by the reunited original ELECTRIC BOYS lineup — Franco Santunione (guitar),Andy Christell (bass),Niklas Sigevall...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Play My Game", the first solo album from powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH),sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales...

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CHIMAIRA Gives Fans Chance To Destroy And Dominate New Music Video

Cleveland, Ohio metallers CHIMAIRA are offering fans the chance to put their own spin on the band's newest video, "Destroy and Dominate". Fans are encouraged to download the video stem files from chimaira.com/destroythevideo and edit their own version. The new versions can be uploaded to CHIMAIRA's...

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FIREBIRD: New Album To Receive U.S. Release In June

FIREBIRD, the British band led by former CARCASS/NAPALM DEATH guitarist Bill Steer, will release its fifth album, "Grand Union", in the U.S. on June 23 via Rise Above Records' new North American distribution deal with Metal Blade. The CD, which came out in Europe on April 20, was recorded and mixed...

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SEVENTH VOID/TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer Interviewed On 107.3 WKLQ's 'Metal'

Greg Giles of the "Metal" show on Grand Rapids, Michigan's 107.3 WKLQ radio station conducted an interview earlier this month with SEVENTH VOID/TYPE O NEGATIVE drummer Johnny Kelly. Listen to the seven-minute chat below. "Heaven Is Gone", the debut album from SEVENTH VOID, the band featuring Kelly a...

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LILLIAN AXE: New Album Samples Available

"MegaSlowFade", a brand new song from New Orleans-based rockers LILLIAN AXE, is available for streaming at this location. The entire track autoplays on the home page of the web site. Audio samples of the other songs that appear on LILLIAN AXE's forthcoming album, "Sad Day On Planet Earth", are avail...

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'Joe's Garage Tribute Weekend' Raises More Than $4,000

SOLITUDE AETURNUS and WARBEAST (formerly TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE) are among the bands who performed at the Joe's Garage Tribute Weekend on May 22-24 at the Rockstar Sports Bar in Fort Worth, Texas. The Joe's Garage Tribute Weekend remembered Abboud "Abb" Greig and the impact his club, Joe's Garage (whe...

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WHITESNAKE Frontman: 'This Is An Incredibly Special Time To Be A Classic Rock Musician'

NRK Hordaland's rock journalist Bård Ose recently conducted an interview with WHITESNAKE/ex-DEEP PURPLE singer David Coverdale. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. NRK Hordaland: What's the biggest challenge for you in rock and roll today? You've pretty much done it all, you've been all...

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'Get Thrashed' Director Interviewed By 'The Overkill Ultimate Fan Podcast'; Audio Available

The second part of a brand new interview with Rick Ernst — director of "Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal", the critically acclaimed documentary profiling the thrash metal scene of the early Eighties and its impact on the music scene — is featured in the latest edition (May 2009) of The Overki...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bassist, JACKYL Frontman On 'Maximum Threshold'; Audio Available

BLACK LABEL SOCIETY/CYCLE OF PAIN bassist John "J.D." DeServio and JACKYL frontman Jesse James Dupree were interviewed on this past Saturday's (May 23) edition of the "Maximum Threshold" show. The program is now available for download an as MP3 audio file at this location. "Maximum Threshold" is an...

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Agorapocalypse

Well, it does not contain 100 songs, every tune isn't a blindingly fast electro-grinder, and there are no frozen corpses stuffed with dope to found anywhere (a long distance drug runner is involved though). "Agorapocalypse", AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED's second full-length album is however a grand proclam...