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DEFIANCE Completes Recording New Album

Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE have issued the following update: "As of yesterday, DEFIANCE has finished tracking the new album for Candlelight Records! Candlelight is looking at a September release date for first album from DEFIANCE since 1992's 'Beyond Recognition', released by Ro...

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CHICKENFOOT's JOE SATRIANI Interviewed On 107.7 THE BONE; Video Available

Steven Seaweed of 107.7 The Bone, the San Francisco Bay Area's rock station, conducted an interview with legendary guitarist Joe Satriani on April 15, 2009 about Joe's new band CHICKENFOOT. Watch the chat in ten parts below. CHICKENFOOT is the rock supergroup comprised of Satriani, drummer Chad Smit...

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SOLSTICE: Another New Song Posted Online

The reunited South Florida death/thrash metal band SOLSTICE has posted another new song, "Black", on the group's MySpace page. The track comes off SOLSTICE's recently completd new album, "To Dust", tentatively due later in the year. 11 songs were laid down during the sessions, including a cover of a...

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Piano Interpretation Of NIRVANA's 'Heart Shaped Box' To Be Released Next Week

Pioneering classical pianist Christopher O'Riley is taking the innovative step of releasing a digital single of his interpretation of "Heart Shaped Box", a song composed by the late Kurt Cobain for his group NIRVANA, available exclusively at iTunes on April 28. Look for it featured on iTunes' "Rock"...

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VINNIE PAUL Talks SEVENTH VOID, Next HELLYEAH Album; Video Available

Revolver TV has uploaded a short interview with legendary heavy metal drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (HELLYEAH, PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN) conducted by Full Metal Jackie at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Watch the two-min...

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CAMP FREDDY: Swine Flu Forces Mexican Cancellation

CAMP FREDDY — the Los Angeles-based "jam" band featuring Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS DIABLO vocalist),Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES),Donovan Leitch (son of legendary folk singer Donovan),and Chris C...

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CHIMAIRA Guitarist On New Album: 'We're All Super-Proud Of It'

About.com Heavy Metal's Chad Bowar recently conducted an interview with CHIMAIRA guitarist Rob Arnold. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: What can fans expect from your new CD, "The Infection"? Rob Arnold: We're all super-proud of it. People that have heard it h...

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ADLER'S APPETITE/Ex-QUIET RIOT Guitarist To Take Part In Paul Reed Smith 'Road Show'

Guitarist Alex Grossi (ADLER'S APPETITE, ex-QUIET RIOT) will take part in first annual Paul Reed Smith "Road Show. He says, "I am extremely excited to announce that this summer in between tour dates I will be joining Paul Reed Smith himself as part of his 'Road Show.' I have been with the company fo...

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CHICKENFOOT: New Rehearsal Photos Posted Online

New rehearsal photos of CHICKENFOOT — the rock supergroup comprised of drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS),bassist Michael Anthony (ex-VAN HALEN),guitarist Joe Satriani and vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex-VAN HALEN) — can be found on the band's Facebook profile. Playing a series of intimate venues...

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PRIMAL FEAR: 'Six Times Dead (16.6)' Video To Premiere Next Week

"Six Times Dead (16.6)", the new video from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, will make its online debut on Friday, May 9 via MySpace. PRIMAL FEAR's new album, "16.6: (Before The Devil Knows You're Dead)", will be released in Europe on May 22 and in the U.S. on June 7 via Frontiers Records. The tr...

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SHINEDOWN: Footage Of New York City Acoustic Performance Available

Video footage of the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN performing acoustically on April 18, 2009 for "Record Store Day" at J&R Music World in New York City can be viewed below (courtesy of "xOneOfTheGirlsx"). SHINEDOWN has selected the title track from its latest a...

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PAIN: Bulgaria Photos, Video Footage Posted Online

Video footage of PAIN's April 25, 2009 performance at the Blue Box club in Sofia, Bulgaria can be viewed below. Photos of the concert, which was attended by 800 fans, are available at www.katehizis.com. PAIN's setlist was as follows: 01. I'm Going In 02. Monkey Business 03. Zombie Slam 04. Suicide M...

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ALICE COOPER, ACE FREHLEY Rehearsing For Tomorrow's 'Supergroup' Benefit Concert

Alice Cooper will headline the second annual "Supergroup" benefit concert tomorrow (Sunday, April 26) at Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Joining him for the 7:00 p.m. show will be guitarist Ace Frehley (ex-KISS),guitarist Ricky Byrd (ex-JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS),drummer C...

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CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS Completes Recording Second Album

CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, the band featuring drummer Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT),guitarist Jeff Kollman (GLENN HUGHES, COSMOSQUAD),bassist Kevin Chown (UNCLE KRACKER, TED NUGENT),and keybaordist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE),has finished tracking its second s...

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HELLYEAH To Enter Studio In May

Former PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott has told DallasObserver.com that his supergroup of sorts, HELLYEAH — which also features MUDVAYNE's Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett, NOTHINGFACE's Tom Maxwell and Abbott's DAMAGEPLAN bandmate Bob "Zilla" Kakaha — is set to hit the studio on May 15 to begin worki...