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SEPULTURA's KISSER Performs AC/DC Classic With BETZEFER; Video Available

A video clip of SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser performing the AC/DC classic "Thunderstruck" with Israeli metallers BETZEFER on March 20, 2007 in Vienna, Austria during the two bands' joint European tour has been posted online at YouTube. BETZEFER last fall posted its video for the song "Early Gr...

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BON SCOTT's Son Starring In 'The Shield'?

Australian actor Alex O'Loughlin, who will be starring in FX's new season of "The Shield", has apparently revealed that he is the son of the late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. Although there have been rumors in the past that Bon may have children scattered across the globe, Alex O'Loughlin is the first...

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ROB HALFORD, LAMB OF GOD Featured On 'Rocknation' TV Program

Coming soon to a TV near you will be the weekly 30-minute metal program, "Rocknation". Put together by the Perris Records label, the program will air weekly Saturday night at midnight, and will feature only the best metal videos — of artists from other labels as well as on Perris. The show will be m...

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CHEVELLE has always been in a strange place. Catching the tail end of the grunge era, heavily influenced by both that and especially early TOOL, the band managed to carve out a niche for itself despite coming along at the height of the rap-metal movement. The Chicago- based trio's sound has never ha...

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TYPE O NEGATIVE Frontman On Internet: 'People Can Anonymously Destroy Another Person'

Vassil Varbanov of Bulgaria's Tangra Mega Rock recently conducted an interview with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele. An excerpt from the chat follows: Tangra Mega Rock: In Internet-based sources like Wikipedia, for example, we can read that your real name is Peter Ratajczyk. Is this true? Pete...

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JUDAS PRIEST Is Working On 'Nostradamus' Album 'Day And Night'

Chad Bowar of About Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing. A few excerpts from the chat follow: About Heavy Metal: How is "Nostradamus" coming along? K.K. Downing: We are working on it day and night. It's going really, really well. It's a long project i...

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SIX FEET UNDER Frontman Doesn't Care For Internet Message Boards

J. Bennett of Decibel magazine (web site) recently conducted an interview with SIX FEET UNDER vocalist Chris Barnes. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: Decibel: Do you think of death metal differently now than when you did when you were starting out? Barnes: That's a good question. Um… no, I...

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MEGADETH: New DAVE MUSTAINE Interview To Air On VH1's 'The Official Rock Chart'

According to Metal Hammer, an interview with MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine can be seen on tonight's (Friday, March 30) "The Official Rock Chart" show on U.K.'s VH1 beginning at midnight (repeated at 1:00 a.m. Sunday). The program will also include videos from AC/DC, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND, METALLICA, WEDNE...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: More Tour Dates Announced

SMASHING PUMPKINS have announced their first live performance since December 2, 2000 — a very special and intimate theatre show to take place May 22 in Paris, France at the historic and elegantly appointed Grand Rex. Tickets will go on sale April 11. This marks the first time the SMASHING PUMPKINS w...

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TOM MORELLO Joins ANTHRAX, DISTURBED Members For AC/DC Jam

MTV.com reports: On Monday nights, West Hollywood, California's Key Club is home to cover band METAL SKOOL, and they bring '80s classics, big hair and tight spandex. So the last thing you'd expect to see there is one of today's big-name guitarists taking the stage — behind a drum kit. Earlier this w...

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DOWN: New Orleans Headlining Show Announced

DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — h...

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LILLIAN AXE: 'Waters Rising' To Arrive In June

Opening for the likes of RATT, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE, KROKUS, STRYPER and LITA FORD, working with some of rock's most respected producers and scoring several "Headbanger's Ball"-approved video clips, LILLIAN AXE certainly carved (or perhaps more appropriately, chopped) a niche for themselves with meta...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Says Singer AL ATKINS' Use Of PRIEST Name Is 'Verging On Ridiculous'

"The Classic Metal Show" recently spoke to legendary JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing about how ex-PRIEST vocalist Al Atkins allegedly continues to use the PRIEST name when promoting any musical project he is involved in despite the fact that he hasn't been in the band in 30 years. An excerpt fro...

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FAMILY VALUES 2007: KORN, EVANESCENCE, ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH, TRIVIUM Confirmed

KORN and EVANESCENCE will co-headline this year's Family Values tour, which is set to kick off July 20 in St. Louis, Missouri. Also scheduled to appear are ATREYU, FLYLEAF, HELLYEAH and TRIVIUM. More acts will be announced soon. The tour will hit the following cities: St. Louis, MO Albuquerque, NM A...

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PAMELA MOORE: New Song Available For Download

Singer Pamela Moore — best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic concept album "Operation: Mindcrime" and last year's epic sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II" — has posted a fifth song titled "Shotdown" on her MySpace page. The song is taken from her recent CD, titled "Sto...