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KISS: 'Destroyer: Resurrected' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Destroyer: Resurrected", the newly remixed version of KISS's 1976 multi-platinum, landmark album "Destroyer", sold 7,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 58 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Destroyer: Resurrected" features remixes by "Destroyer"'s album'...

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GEOFF TATE Unveils His Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE

Singer Geoff Tate (QUEENSRŸCHE) revealed last month that he will support ALICE COOPER on a Canadian tour in November, and will embark on a QUEENSRŸCHE "anniversary tour" in 2013 backed by an "all-star lineup" of musicians. Tate's personal web site, GeoffTate.com, was upgraded with a new banner that...

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BLAZE BAYLEY: Footage From France's ROCK KNIGHTS FESTIVAL Posted Online

Video footage of British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and his solo band performing on August 25 at the Rock Knights Festival in Larzac, France can be seen below. As previously reported, Bayley is working on songs for a new classical EP with Belgium-based classical guitari...

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GODSMACK: New Video Interview With SHANNON LARKIN

Ian Croft of iDrum magazine conducted an interview with GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin before the band's concert in London, England this past June. You can now watch the chat below. GODSMACK kicked off the Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival tour with SHINEDOWN, STAIND and others on August 17 in Bonner...

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KING DIAMOND, DARKANE, Ex-TESTAMENT Members To Guest On ENRAGED Album

Holland-based death metallers ENRAGED are mixing their new album, "It's Your Fear That Feeds Their Power", with producer Jochem Jacobs (TEXTURES guitarist and owner of Split Second Sound studio). The CD will feature guest guitar solos by James Murphy (TESTAMENT, DEATH, OBITUARY),Andy La Rocque (KIN...

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BLAZE BAYLEY To Record 'Classical' EP With Guitarist THOMAS ZWIJSEN

British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) is working on songs for a new classical EP with Belgium-based classical guitarist Thomas Zwijsen. The five-song effort will include a "full classical guitar arrangement" of the IRON MAIDEN song "Sign Of The Cross", which the duo perfor...

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ENGEL: 'Frontline' Video Released

"Frontline", the new video from Swedish metallers ENGEL, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Kristofer "Kriggs" Karlson, and features dynamic live performance footage highlighting the band's propulsive rhythms, chilling twin guitar work and impassioned vocals. "Frontline" comes off ENGEL's n...

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'Hot Minute' With SLAYER's KERRY KING (Video)

Hot Topic caught up with SLAYER's Kerry King at the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival for a "Hot Minute." Check out the footage below. SLAYER has spent the last year and half touring without guitarist Jeff Hanneman, who is still recovering from necrotising fasciitis, a flesh-eating disease, whic...

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PIG DESTROYER: New Album Details Revealed

Virginia grindcore titans PIG DESTROYER have revealed the full details of their highly anticipated new album, "Book Burner". The band recorded the razor-sharp fifth-full length and first album in over five years at guitarist Scott Hull's Visceral Sound Studios. Due on October 22 via Relapse Records,...

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JIMMY BAIN: More Details Revealed In DUI Arrest; 'Victims' Video Released

Burbank Leader has revealed more information about the arrest of former RAINBOW and DIO bassist Jimmy Bain on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. According to Sgt. Darin Ryburn of the Burbank, California police department, Bain, 64, was making a left out of the Fry's Home Electronics...

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SEVEN KINGDOMS: 'The Fire Is Mine' Track Listing Revealed

Florida-based, female-fronted power metallers SEVEN KINGDOMS will release their third album, "The Fire Is Mine", on October 9 via Nightmare Records. The CD was recorded in May at Morrisound Studios in Tampa, Florida with legendary producer Jim Morris (ICED EARTH, OBITUARY, JON OLIVA'S PAIN, JAG PANZ...

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GEOFF TATE Vs. QUEENSRŸCHE: Audio Of Preliminary Injunction Hearing Available

The Breakdown Room has uploaded an audio recording of the July 13 preliminary injunction hearing in connection with singer Geoff Tate's lawsuit against his former bandmates in QUEENSRŸCHE over the legal rights to the group's name. You can now stream it in two parts below. Attending the hearing were...

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MAGICA: 'Center Of The Great Unknown' Track Listing Revealed

Romanian female-fronted metal band MAGICA will release its sixth album, "Center Of The Great Unknown", on October 12 via AFM Records. The CD's cover artwork was created by Claudio Bergamin and can be seen below. The album is based on "The Diary Of Admiral" by R.E. Byrd, "Godess Of Atvatabar" by W. B...

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STRYPER, Ex-TNT Singers To Join Forces For 'Monsters Of Rock Cruise' Performance

Tony Harnell (TNT, STARBREAKER, WESTWORLD) and Michael Sweet (STRYPER, BOSTON) will join forces for a special performance at the Monsters Of Rock Cruise, which will embark on its second voyage from March 16 to March 20, 2013. Departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this cruise will visit the privat...

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VINCE NEIL Outburst Caught On Video: 'Give Me My F**king Car!'

According to TMZ.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil was videotaped screaming at a group of parking attendants at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas last week after a valet refused to return the singer's Rolls-Royce because Neil couldn't produce a claim ticket. In the 37-second clip, which is availa...