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Founding YES Bassist CHRIS SQUIRE Diagnosed With Leukemia

Founding YES bassist Chris Squire has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia called acute erythroid leukemia. As a result, he will be forced to miss the group's tour this summer for the first time to receive medical treatment in Phoenix, where he resides. He will be temporarily replaced by Billy She...

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BEAUVOIR FREE: New Song 'Shotgun To The Heart' Available For Streaming

Frontiers Music Srl will release "American Trash", the new album from rock and roll veterans Jean Beauvoir and Micki Free, on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America. The song "Shotgun To The Heart" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Best known as the driving force behind the legendary...

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Rock Writer JOEL MCIVER To Deliver Heavy Metal Lecture At University Of Helsinki

The University Of Helsinki in Finland is delighted to announce that the best-selling author Joel McIver (pictured) will be a guest lecturer on its forthcoming three-week academic course about the history of heavy metal music and its importance in contemporary western society, held by PhD candidate P...

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Rockers Pay Tribute To Blues Legend B.B. KING

Legendary blues artist B.B. King died at the age of 89 on Thursday night (May 14). King's lawyer reported that King passed away in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas, according to The Pulse Of Radio. He had long suffered from Type II diabetes and canceled a tour last October due to ill ...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Talks MEGADETH's Failed 'Rust In Peace' Reunion, Working With CHRIS ADLER

In a brand new interview with RollingStone.com, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine spoke about his attempt to reunite the band's "Rust In Peace"-era lineup, with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza, following last year's departures of Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover. "Contrary to all the scuttlebutt that's g...

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MARKY RAMONE, DOYLE WOLFGANG VON FRANKENSTEIN Featured In 'Killogy' Clip

"Killogy" is a high-energy, animated dark comedy from creator Alan Robert (LIFE OF AGONY) based on his hit IDW Publishing comic series, in association with Squeeze Studio Animation and award-winning producer Rodney Barnes ("The Boondocks", "Everybody Hates Chris"). Stars Frank Vincent ("Goodfellas",...

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DAVE LOMBARDO's GRIP INC. To Pay Tribute To Late Frontman GUS CHAMBERS With 'Hostage To Heaven' EP

GRIP INC., the long-defunct metal outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER, PHILM) and guitarist Waldemar Sorychta (former member of DESPAIR and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL),will issue the "Hostage To Heaven" digital EP on June 9 via KFM. "Hostage To Heaven" contains...

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BILLY GOULD On JIM MARTIN's Absence From FAITH NO MORE Reunion: 'It Just Didn't Feel Right'

FAITH NO MORE bassist Billy Gould was asked in a new interview with RollingStone.com if original guitarist Jim Martin, who left the band in 1993, was asked to participate in the current reunion which started in 2009. Gould answered: ["We spoke to him and] it was a very strange conversation. He said...

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MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, Ex-DREAM THEATER Members Unite In METAL ALLEGIANCE

METAL ALLEGIANCE — the all-star metal band consisting of a rotating cast of musicians, including members of MEGADETH, TESTAMENT — which debuted on MOTÖRHEAD's Motörboat cruise last year, and performed at this year's NAMM show and on the ShipRocked cruise, has signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Enterta...

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On The Tour Bus With TESTAMENT (Video)

Digital Tour Bus, which gives fans "an all-access pass" to the tour buses that their favorite bands travel in, has posted its latest "Bus Invaders" episode, focusing on San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. The six-minute clip can be seen below. TESTAMENT kicked off the "Dark Roots Of Thrash I...

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TIMO TOLKKI Creates CHAOS MAGIC With Chilean Singer CATERINA NIX

Frontiers Music Srl will release of CHAOS MAGIC's self-titled debut album on July 3 in Europe and July 10 in North America. CHAOS MAGIC is the new alliance between Finnish songwriter/producer Timo Tolkki (formerly of STRATOVARIUS) and Chilean singer Caterina Nix. Nix previously collaborated with Tim...

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Former HAVOK Guitarist SHAWN TYLER CHAVEZ Dead At 30

Shawn Tyler Chavez, the former lead guitarist of Denver, Colorado thrashers HAVOK, Shawn Tyler Chavez, has passed away at the age of 30. He was a member of HAVOK from 2004 to 2010. An official cause of death has not been revealed. HAVOK vocalist David Sanchez has posted thw following tribute to his...

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THE HAUNTED To Release New Studio Album This Year

Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED have commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2014's "Exit Wounds" album. Guitarist Patrik Jensen states: "Not known as a band that likes to rest on our laurels, we're pushing ahead with the follow-up to last year's 'Exit Wounds' album! We have most of the...

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GWAR Parts Ways With KIM DYLLA

GWAR, the world's premier shock rock band, today announced that Kim Dylla was released from the band directly following the fall 2014 "GWAR Eternal Tour", and will no longer perform with the group. Dylla played the character of Vulvatron, a buxom Scumdog from the distant future, on the band's last n...

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BEAUVOIR FREE: 'Angels Cry' Video Released

Frontiers Music Srl will release "American Trash", the new album from rock and roll veterans Jean Beauvoir and Micki Free, on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America. The official video for the song "Angels Cry" can be seen below. Best known as the driving force behind the legendary CROWN OF TH...