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SOCIETY 1 Frontman Performs World's First Guitar Solo While Suspended

SOCIETY 1 frontman Matt Zane, performed the world's first guitar solo while suspended this past weekend in Houston, Texas. The suspension was the highlight of the Pornstar Utopia and Ink Tattoo Convention. Although Matt has performed other suspensions, including one in front of over 40,000 at the Do...

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ANTHRAX Guitarist Performs With PEARL ADAY In England; Video Available

Video footage of ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian and Jim Wilson of MOTHER SUPERIOR performing alongside singer Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — on October 31, 2007 at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England can be viewed below. As previously reported, Ian, Ted...

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AGENT STEEL Performs JUDAS PRIEST Classic At Colombia's ROCK AL PARQUE; Video Available

Video footage of California-based metallers AGENT STEEL performing a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "The Ripper" on November 3, 2007 at the Rock Al Parque festival in Bogota, Colombia can be viewed below. The following day the band made a Colombian newspaper. Check out the article at this locatio...

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DOOMSWORD, MEMORY GARDEN, NIGHTMARE Confirmed For Germany's SWORDBROTHERS

DOOMSWORD, MEMORY GARDEN and NIGHTMARE are among the confirmed bands for the Swordbrothers Festival, set to take place December 22 at JUZ Andernach in Andernach, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: DOOMSWORD ICY STEEL KINGSCROSSING MEMORY GARDEN NIGHTMARE SILVERFIST SKELATOR ZAND...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, ANTHRAX Members Perform Acoustic PINK FLOYD Cover; Video Available

Video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell, ANTHRAX axeman Scott Ian and singer Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf — performing an acoustic cover of PINK FLOYD's "Wish You Were Here" on May 17, 2007 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, Californi...

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AEROSMITH Drummer Talks About His Foray Into Newbury Street Retail

Boston magazine recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH drummer Joey Kramer about the Technical store which he opened recently in Boston with John Nichols. Located on Newbury between Exeter and Fairfield streets, the shop's stocked with a wide — and weird — range of streetwear, from hats and...

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SCOTT IAN, TED NUGENT, JERRY CANTRELL Featured On PEARL EP; Audio Available

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, Ted Nugent and ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell are among the guest musicians who appear on the new EP by PEARL, the band led by Pearl Aday — Ian's fiancée and daughter of legendary crooner Meat Loaf. The track listing for the self-titled effort — which was produ...

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MANOWAR: German Signing Sessions Announced

MANOWAR has scheduled the following German signing sessions in connection with their upcoming "Magic Circle Festival Volume I" DVD Friday, November 23 From 16:00 to 18:00 Saturn Moenckebergstrasse 1 20095 Hamburg Saturday, November 24 From 16:00 to 18:00 Saturn Tauentzienstrasse 9 10789 Berlin Sunda...

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DREAM THEATER's 'Progressive Nation' Tour To Feature OPETH, 3 And BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME

New York progressive metal pioneers DREAM THEATER are set to unveil their maiden voyage of "Progressive Nation", a package tour they will headline that will also feature the talents of OPETH, 3 and BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME. The tour is the brainchild of DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy, who expla...

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Original AC/DC Singer Says Jealousy Contributed To His Departure From Band

Blasting-Zone.com recently conducted an in-depth interview with original AC/DC singer Dave Evans. Several excerpts follow: Blasting-Zone.com: How did you initially become involved with AC/DC? It would seem your exact origins with the group are a bit of a mystery… Dave Evans: "Well, I was with an Aus...

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MY RUIN: 'Ready For Blood' Video Released

Los Angeles-based hard rock band MY RUIN has released the video for its new song "Ready for Blood". Watch it below. The track comes off the group's new album, "Throat Full of Heart", due on January 14, 2008 via the band's own imprint label Rovena Recordings in association with Cargo Records UK. Co-p...

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OBITUARY Confirmed For Germany's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! Festival

Legendary Florida death metallers OBITUARY have been confirmed for next year's Bang Your Head!!! festival, set to take place June 27-28, 2008 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: AGE OF EVIL AGENT STEEL BREAKER CONTRACRASH ENSIFERUM FORBIDDEN GRAVE DIG...

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Former ANNIHILATOR Singer/OVERKILL Guitarist Wins 'Ask Donald Trump' Contest

Veteran heavy metal musician Joe Comeau (ANNIHILATOR, OVERKILL, LIEGE LORD, RAMROD, TAD MOROSE) has won the "Ask Donald Trump" contest on The Trump Blog where he got an opportunity to ask the billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump a question and have it personally answered. According to The...

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SATARIEL Joined By MEMORY GARDEN Guitarist SIMON JOHANSSON

Swedish metallers SATARIEL have announced the addition of guitarist Simon Johansson to the group's ranks. "Simon is no stranger [to SATARIEL], as he did some fabulous guest guitar solos on SATARIEL's previous full-length album 'Hydra', released in 2005," the band writes in a press release. "He has s...

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SERJ TANKIAN, ROB ZOMBIE, SOILWORK, EXODUS, SKINDRED First-Week Sales Revealed

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending October 28, 2007, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all CD figures are rounded to the nearest hundred [except numbers over 20,000, which are rounded to the nearest thousand]; The Billboard 200 chart position includ...