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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS And CHRIS CAFFERY Joined In New Project By STEVE DIGIORGIO And MARK ZONDER

Frontiers Music Srl has signed a handful of American metal musicians to collaborate on a new musical project. The songs that will comprise the first album are being composed by guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, CHA...

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JON SCHAFFER On ICED EARTH's Fans: 'They're Up There With The Loyalty Of MAIDEN AND KISS Fans'

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether his love of history coincided with him getting into music: Jon: "No, [I was into history] actually...

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Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN Says He 'Could Have S**t Gold' When He Listened Back To Debut Solo Album For First Time

Metal Mark of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and DOWN bassist Rex Brown. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the material on his forthcoming debut solo album, "Smoke On This", is brand n...

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TOM HUNTING Says EXODUS May 'Step Outside The Box A Little Bit' For Next Studio Album

Drummer Tom Hunting of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS says the band may "step outside the box" while recording the follow-up to 2014's "Blood In Blood Out". In an interview with Jax from TotalRock Radio at this year's edition of the Download festival, which was held June 9-11 at...

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Watch QUEENSRŸCHE Perform In Munich, Germany

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's June 27 performance at Backstage in Munich, Germany can be seen below. QUEENSRŸCHE is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in September to begin work on the follow-up to 2015's "Condition Hüman" album, to be released in early 2018 via Century Media. Hel...

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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM To Release 'Thrice Woven' Album In September

Pacific Northwest black metallers WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM will release their new album, "Thrice Woven", on September 22 via the band's own label Artemisia Records. It is a glorious return to the blazing and furious black metal that they alone can create. The album begins with "Born From the Serpe...

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Former DAVID LEE ROTH Guitarist JASON BECKER Speaks Out Against Senate Health Care Bill

Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) for over 27 years, has taken to Facebook to speak out against the Senate health care bill. "I usually stay out of politics, but people have asked me whether the American Healthcare Act (AHC...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Explains Her Involvement In 'Hired Gun' Documentary

The new rock documentary "Hired Gun: Out Of The Shadows, Into The Spotlight" will receive a one-night showing on Thursday night (June 29) at several hundred North American locations through Fathom Events. The film chronicles the story of world-renowned musicians who are not household names, but are...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Thinks Political Correctness Is 'Killing Our Species'

Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. A few excerpts from the interview follow below. Dead Rhetoric: How is your health these days following your second surgery in the fall of 2014 for a cervical fusion? How much did this slow down the proce...

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Former TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN Joins TRAUMA

Former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian has joined TRAUMA, best known as the band that Cliff Burton played with prior to hooking up with METALLICA. "TRAUMA is thrilled to welcome Greg Christian to our band," says the band in a statement. "His creative bass guitar work completes our music." "Having g...

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METAL ALLEGIANCE To Pay Tribute To LEMMY KILMISTER, CLIFF BURTON At METAL MAYA Festival

Metal Maya has announced two special tribute sets by heavy metal all-star band METAL ALLEGIANCE. Metal Maya — a four-day all-inclusive heavy metal destination festival vacation from October 29 to November 2 at the luxurious Now Sapphire Riviera Cancun, just south of Cancun on Mexico's Yucatan Penins...

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ICED EARTH Singer STU BLOCK: 'What We're Trying To Do Is Become More Independent'

In a recent interview with Maximum Metal, vocalist Stu Block confirmed that ICED EARTH's new album, "Incorruptible", is the band's last release for longtime label Century Media. When asked why ICED EARTH has been saying in interviews that "Incorruptible" is the group's final recording under the curr...

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Watch IRON MAIDEN's Entire San Antonio Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of IRON MAIDEN's entire June 24 concert at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. If Eternity Should Fail 02. Speed Of Light 03. Wrathchild 04. Children Of The Damned 05. Death Or Glory 06. The Red And The Black 07. The Tr...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist: 'Money Can Make People Very Egotistical'

Frédéric Bellec of France's Pavillon666 conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Spreitzer after the band's June 10 performance at the French edition of the Download festival in Paris. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On...

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VIMIC Feat. Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON: Video Footage Of Peoria, Illinois Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC, the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison, perfoming on June 20 at the Limelight Eventplex in Peoria, Illinois as the support act for IN THIS MOMENT can be seen below. VIMIC in February postponed its previously announced European tour so that the...