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VOLBEAT To Tour North America With DANKO JONES

Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT will embark on a North American headlining tour in the spring. The trek, which will feature support from DANKO JONES, will kick off on March 6 in Dallas, Texas. Confirmed dates: Mar. 06 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom Mar. 07 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ball...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Performs DIO Classic With STEEL PANTHER In London (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of DEF LEPPARD/ex-DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell performing the DIO classic "Rainbow In The Dark" with STEEL PANTHER at the final show of the Los Angeles glam metal jokesters' U.K. tour on November 15 at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo in London can be seen below. Campbell reveale...

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BENEDICTUM Singer To Release Solo Album

Singer Veronica Freeman and her band BENEDICTUM have been busy working on a new studio album which will be "a complete return to a traditional-but-powerful feel — much like the band's first two [CDs]," according to a press release. Working with the band on the production is Grammy Award nominee and...

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JOE LYNN TURNER, TRACII GUNS, ROBIN MCAULEY To Take Part In 'Raiding The Rock Vault'

The history of rock 'n' roll will come to life like never before with "Raiding The Rock Vault". The spectacular show is set for Thursday, November 29 at the Mayan Theatre (1038 S Hill St.) in downtown Los Angeles, leading up to a nationwide tour in 2013. Narrated, sung and acted along with compellin...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says He Was 'Shocked' To Learn Of VIVIAN CAMPBELL's New DIO Tribute Band

On October 26, "Tales From The Stage Volume 1" author Michael Toney (web site) conducted an interview with acclaimed vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (DIO DISCIPLES, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH). You can now watch the chat below. On the recently formed DIO tribute band featuri...

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STONE SOUR's COREY TAYLOR: 'We Have Really Intelligent, Passionate Fans That Follow Us'

Phil Freeman of RoadrunnerRecords.com recently conducted an interview with Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RoadrunnerRecords.com: How did [STONE SOUR's two-disc concept album, "House Of Gold & Bones"] start? Did you write the story first, and...

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STONE SOUR Guitarist On New Album: I Wanted Us To Be A Lot More Aggressive Than 'Audio Secrecy'

Phil Freeman of RoadrunnerRecords.com recently conducted an interview with STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RoadrunnerRecords.com: What was the genesis of [the new STONE SOUR album, "House of Gold & Bones Part 1"? Did Corey [Taylor, vocals] just co...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: 'I Regret A Lot Of The Things I Said About' RONNIE JAMES DIO

On August 30, David Kelso, a DJ for 107.7 FM, KRXO, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, conducted an interview with former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Asked what it has been like for him to revisit the DIO material with...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Named 'Hottest Chick In Hard Rock'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale has been named the "Hottest Chick In Hard Rock" in Revolver magazine's annual round-up of the sexiest female rockers. Hale tops a list of 25 women that includes current tourmate and EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee at No. 2, "Gossip Girl" star Ta...

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BENEDICTUM Vocalist To Guest On New A SOUND OF THUNDER EP

Washington, D.C.-based heavy metallers A SOUND OF THUNDER are now offering their new EP, "Queen Of Hell", exclusively through Kickstarter.com. The EP serves as a follow-up to the 2012 studio album, "Out Of The Darkness", and teaser for the band's next studio CD, "Time's Arrow", due in spring 2013. "...

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TESTAMENT's BILLY: MUSTAINE 'Must Be Back On Drugs To Think What He Is Saying Makes Any Sense'

Members of TESTAMENT and BROKEN HOPE have slammed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine for implying during a concert that Barack Obama was somehow responsible for recent mass shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin. While performing with MEGADETH on August 7 in Singapore, Mustaine told the crowd, "Back in my...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: I Feel It's Time To Revisit The DIO Songs I Wrote

Peter Hodgson of SeymourDuncan.com recently conducted an interview with former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. SeymourDuncan.com: So DEF LEPPARD is re-recording more old material. Why? Vivian: It's a long and complicated story a...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Singer On Next Album: I Want to 'Make It Very Important, Make It Matter'

Phil Freeman of Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jesse Leach of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Roadrunner Records: So what can you say about the next record at this point? Jesse: I've got a couple of songs d...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: 'I Never Want To Feel Dated When I'm Writing Something'

Phil Freeman of Roadrunner Records recently conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Roadrunner Records: You perform behind a mask, so do you write SLIPKNOT lyrics as that character in some ways? Are lyrics for SLIPKNOT q...

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DISTURBED Singer Clarifies His 'Bad-Parenting' Comments

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has elaborated on his previous Twitter rant regarding parents who would take young children to see a midnight screening of the new Batman film, "The Dark Night Rises". After it was revealed that a 6-year old girl, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was one of the victims of la...