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JUDAS PRIEST Performs On 'The Simpsons' (Video)

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST appeared on an episode of "The Simpsons" on Sunday (January 5) on Fox. The episode also featured Will Arnett, director Judd Apatow, and his frequent costars Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen. "Simpsons" executive producer Matt Selman told Entertainment We...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: São Paulo Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performing on December 20, 2013 at Aquarius Rock Bar in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Bayley, Thomas Zwijsen and Anne Bakker are currently out on tour in Brazil in support of their release "Russian...

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Drummer SIMON WRIGHT Talks About Recording With HELLION (Video)

A four-minute video clip in which drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, QUEENSRŸCHE, DIO, DIO DISCIPLES) talks to Reality Check TV about recording new music with Los Angeles-based female-fronted metallers HELLION can be seen below. The first set of HELLION's new tracks was produced by legendary British studi...

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The New First Daughter Of New York City Is A Metalhead

According to Teen Vogue, Chiara de Blasio, the 19-year-old college sophomore whose dad, Bill de Blasio, was elected mayor of New York City last month, is a metalhead. "Old-school metal, thrash metal, death metal, the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal," she said about her music of choice. "In terms of...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Talks About Key First Musical Moments In His Life (Audio)

In the latest episode of "The First Time With…", BBC 6 Music's Matt Everitt chats to Lars Ulrich, drummer and co-founder of METALLICA, about the key first musical moments in Ulrich's life. Lars discusses his childhood in his native Denmark — how a career in professional tennis was hijacked by a love...

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VADER To Fans: Don't Expect Any 'Artistic Experiments' On Upcoming Album

Polish death metal veterans VADER recently entered Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland to begin recording their new album for an early 2014 release. The band is laying down a total of 14 songs, including four bonus tracks, for the new CD, which is tentatively titled "Tibi Et Igni", a Latin phrase whic...

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IRON MAIDEN Did Not Use BitTorrent And Social Media Data To Plan Its Tours

A representative for Musicmetric, an entertainment forecasting startup that analyzes BitTorrent and social media data, has refuted a widespread report that British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN used the company's analytics to plan its tours. A December 20 article on the CiteWorld tech blog claimed...

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BLAZE BAYLEY's 'Rock & Roll Christmas' (Video)

A video clip of British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and Michelle Sciarrotta, a U.K.-based classical guitarist, performing a Christmas song, "Rock & Roll Christmas", can be seen below. Bayley released a career-spanning double-disc collection, "Soundtracks Of My Life...

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CARCASS Guitarist BILL STEER Interviewed On Italy's 'Heavy Demons' Radio Show (Video)

"Heavy Demons" radio show conducted an interview with guitarist Bill Steer of reactivated British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS on November 24 at Live Club in Trezzo Sull'Adda (MI),Italy during the band's European tour as the support act for AMON AMARTH. You can now watch the chat below. CARCASS i...

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DEF-CON-ONE To Release 'II' In February

DEF-CON-ONE, the British metal band featuring former VENOM and MPIRE OF EVIL drummer Antony "Antton" Lant (brother of VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant),will release its sophomore album, "II", on February 18 via Scarlet Records. The follow-up to 2012's "Warface" is described in a press release as...

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AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' Lands At No. 4 On U.K. Christmas Single Chart

A campaign to make the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" the top song on the U.K. single chart for Christmas has resulted in a fourth-place finish, the band's most impressive showing ever. It stands as the Anglo-Australian hard rock act's first top 10 British hit in a 40-year career. The 1979 song was...

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WHITESNAKE's DOUG ALDRICH: Video Footage Of GoDpsMusic Clinic

WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich took part in a free live streaming clinic at the GoDpsMusic pro artist showroom in Newbury Park, California on Thursday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. PST. Highlights included: * Exclusive live performance * Marshall amp giveaway! * Artist signing and meet-and-greet * Fr...

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THAUROROD: 'Anteinferno' Cockpit Video Message

"Anteinferno", the sophomore album from Finnish/Swedish power metallers THAUROROD, is being released in Europe on December 20 through NoiseArt Records. In Japan, the CD was made available on December 11 via Spiritual Beast and features an exclusive bonus track called "Japskin Syylä". A video message...

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GAMMA RAY Mainman KAI HANSEN: 'Life Is Too Good To Stop And Moan'

German power metallers GAMMA RAY will release their 11th studio album, "Empire Of The Undead", in early 2014. The CD's title track, "Empire Of The Undead", has already been made available on the single/EP "Master Of Confusion", an appetizer the band released in 2013, just before touring the world wi...

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MANOWAR To Release 'Kings Of Metal MMXIV' In February

"Kings Of Metal MMXIV" is a completely new recording with many surprises, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of "Kings Of Metal" and MANOWAR's following world tour. Already a significant force with international success since their debut album "Battle Hymns", the "Kings Of Metal" releas...