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ANVIL's 'Metal' Tops 'Digital' Chart In Sweden, Lands At No. 4 On Overall List

ANVIL's classic 1982 song "Metal On Metal" landed at position No. 4 on Sweden's official single chart for the week ending December 24 after a Facebook campaign was launched by the band's Swedish fans to put the track at the top of the chart in time for Christmas. The song — ...

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SLAUGHTER Frontman Co-Produces 'Nashville Rises' Documentary; Trailer Available

SLAUGHTER frontman Mark Slaughter has co-produced "Nashville Rises", a new short film documentary narrated by Academy Award winner Billy Bob Thornton. A trailer for the film, which is tentatively due in March, can be viewed below. Devastation, hopelessness, confusion, misery. These are some of the e...

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PAUL RODGERS, JOE PERRY Interviewed At 'Mark And Brian Christmas Show' (Video)

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry and Paul Rodgers (BAD COMPANY, FREE, QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS) were interviewed by "Southern California's Best Rock" radio station KLOS when they took part in the Mark And Brian Christmas Show earlier in the month. You can watch the clips at this location. Mark And Brian Ch...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Talks 'American Carnage' Tour, Next Studio Album And 'Big Four'

Glen Medley of M Is For Music recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. M Is For Music: I had the chance to see the "American Carnage" tour in Phoenix and TESTAMENT's performance was pheno...

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MR. BIG Guitarist Interviewed By Switzerland's STRINGWORKS (Audio)

Michael Herb of Switzerland's Stringworks.ch web site recently conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Gilbert of the reunited MR. BIG. You can now listen to the chat using at this location (click on player to launch audio). MR. BIG's new album, "What If…", will be released in Europe on January 2...

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ANVIL Frontman Discusses 'Anvil Aid' Christmas Campaign With Swedish Radio Station (Audio)

Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian heavy metal legends ANVIL was interviewed by Bandit Rock, the biggest rock radio station in Sweden, about the Facebook campaign launched by ANVIL's Swedish fans to put the band's classic song "Metal On Metal" at the top of Sweden's single chart in t...

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MR. BIG Singer Discusses 'What If…' Album In New Audio Interview

DJ Marco Garavelli of italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with singer Eric Martin of the reunited MR. BIG. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Interview (audio): ...

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WHITESNAKE: New Album Title, Artwork Unveiled

Legendary rock band WHITESNAKE has set "Forevermore" as the title of its new album, tentatively due at the end of March 2011 via Frontiers Records. Check out the cover artwork below. Regarding the CD's title, WHITESNAKE mainman David Coverdale stated, "Don't forget, 'tis ONE word. Otherwise it sound...

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Who Would Play LEMMY In A Movie?

In the clip below, punk rock icon Henry Rollins, as well as members of METALLICA, VELVET REVOLVER and ANTHRAX talk about who would play MOTÖRHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister in a movie, taken from the amazing bonus section on the upcoming DVD release of "Lemmy". "Lemmy" (full title: "Lemm...

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SEBASTIAN BACH, BILLY DUFFY, MARK MCGRATH, BILLY IDOL Perform With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Mark McGrath (SUGAR RAY),Billy Duffy (THE CULT) and Billy Idol are among the guest musicians who performed with CAMP FREDDY this past Friday night (December 17) at the third of four shows as part of the band's fourth annual Christmas residency at the world-famous The Roxy...

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ANVIL Added To PRIMAL FEAR's São Paulo Concert

Legendary Canadian metallers ANVIL have been added to PRIMAL FEAR's February 27, 2011 concert at Carioca Club in Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil. As previously reported, Swedish fans of ANVIL have launched a Facebook campaign to put the band's classic song "Metal On Metal" at the top of Sweden's single...

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JOE PERRY, PAUL RODGERS, MICHAEL ANTHONY, JASON BONHAM At 'Mark And Brian Christmas Show'

This past Thursday night's (December 16) Mark And Brian Christmas Show at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California featured a performance by the M&B ALL STAR BAND, comprised of AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, Paul Rodgers (BAD COMPANY, FREE, QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS),Michael Anthony (CHICKENFOOT...

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DUFF MCKAGAN, BILLY SHEEHAN, RATT Members To Appear At NAMM

Duff McKagan of GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER fame will appear on the Rotosound booth at Winter NAMM at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California alongside fellow legendary bassist Billy Sheehan. Billy is regarded by many to have changed the way the bass guitar is played and has been...

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ANVIL's 'Metal On Metal' Headed For Swedish No. 1!

Swedish fans of the legendary Canadian heavy metal band ANVIL have launched a Facebook campaign to put the band's classic song "Metal On Metal" at the top of Sweden's single chart in time for Christmas. Dubbed "Anvil Aid", the campaign was started "out of love for and devotion to the band," and is ....

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MR. BIG: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

MelodicRock.com has uploaded 45-second audio samples (see below) of all the tracks that will appear on "What If…", the new album from the reunited MR. BIG. The CD will be released in Europe on January 21, 2011 via Frontiers Records. The North American release, also on Frontiers Records, will follow...