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LILLIAN AXE To Announce New Singer In January

Louisiana rockers LILLIAN AXE, who parted ways with singer Ronny Munroe (ex-METAL CHURCH) in early October, have issued the following update: "We now have narrowed our search for a new singer down to two candidates and we will be announcing our new singer in January. "We, along with our manager took...

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GOJIRA Frontman Discusses Upcoming EP On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of French extreme/progressive metallers GOJIRA was interviewed on the December 3-5, 2010 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program...

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JUDAS PRIEST: Czech Republic, Austria Dates Added To 'Epitaph' Tour

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST have added dates in Czech Republic and Austria to their upcoming farewell tour. After storming the world for nearly 40 years and taking its very special brand of heavy metal to all four corners of the planet, JUDAS PRIEST has announced plans to embark on a fi...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist Comments On Latest GRAMMY Nomination

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell has commented on the band's nomination in the "Best Hard Rock Performance" category at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. ALICE IN CHAINS has been nominated for a "Hard Rock" Grammy...

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ROB HALFORD, JOE ELLIOTT, RUDY SARZO, CARMINE APPICE Discuss MTV's Early Years In New Book

Greg Prato, the author of such books as "Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History Of Seattle Rock Music", "Touched By Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story" and "A Devil On One Shoulder And An Angel On The Other: The Story Of Shannon Hoon And Blind Melon", has a new title that is now available for purchase. ...

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BONDED BY BLOOD Bassist Interviewed By METAL ASSAULT (Audio)

On December 8, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with bassist Jerry Garcia of Pomona, California thrashers BONDED BY BLOOD. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio):

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BLEEDING THROUGH To Play Special 'Earlier-Years' Set At California Shows

Orange County, California's BLEEDING THROUGH will play two very special shows in Southern California next month — at Chain Reaction in Anaheim on January 21 and at Soma in San Diego on January 22. Both concerts will also feature OCEANO, FOR THE FALLEN DREAMS, UPON A BURNING BODY, THE GREAT COMMISSIO...

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DUFF MCKAGAN On 'CD Vs. Vinyl' Debate

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist Duff McKagan was asked by a reader of his column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com, what his take is on the analogue vs. digital debate. "Yeah, well, in a whole shit-ton of ways, digital music fucking killed my business," Duff repl...

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Double-LP Vinyl Version Of 'Dio At Donington UK: Live 1983 And 1987' To Be Made Available

"Dio At Donington UK: Live 1983 & 1987", the double-disc set which is the first official release from Niji Entertainment Group, the label formed by the late Ronnie James Dio and his wife/manager Wendy Dio, is about to get a glorious vinyl makeover. On February 15, 2011, the album will be issued...

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TESLA Guitarist Releases Free iPhone App

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon has released a free iPhone app featuring news, music, tour dates, photos and videos. It is available now via the Apple app store (keyword search: "Frank Hannon"). Hannon recently released a new solo album, "Gypsy Highway", which he described as "an acoustic collection of...

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LEAVES' EYES: New Album Update

LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — has issued the following update: "The production of the new [LEAVES' EYES] album will be finished soon. "We are proud to announce our cooperation with the Lingua Mort...

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TOM ARAYA On MUSTAINE: 'He Comes Across As A Nice Guy, But I Keep My Guard Up Around Him'

Jon Wiederhorn of AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Noisecreep: You've done a lot of touring with MEGADETH and probably will continue to do so. Are you friends with Dave Mustaine now. Have you put...

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Atlanta's ZOROASTER started going down this rabbit hole on last year's "Voice of Saturn", and on "Matador", they've given over fully to the lysergic carpet mold that's eating their brains and telling them they're interstellar warriors. They're morphing before our eyes from a slow, apocalyptic band o...

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MR. BIG: Acoustic Performance Footage Of New Song

Video footage of Eric Martin and Billy Sheehan of the reunited MR. BIG performing an acoustic version of the song "Stranger In My Life" to an invited audience at the Yamaha / Planet Rock "Off The Record" event at London, England's Ronnie Scotts in November 2010 can be viewed below. "Stranger In My L...

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OLIVER WEERS: New Album Samples Available

Charismatic singer Oliver Weers (born in Germany, now based in Denmark) will release his new album, "Evil's Back", on February 21 in Denmark via Target Records and on February 25 in the rest of Europe through Metal Heaven. "With the upcoming album, 'Evil's Back', [fans] can expect more depth and hea...