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CRADLE OF FILTH Guitarist: A Few People Have Described Us As 'IRON MAIDEN On Crack'

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Paul Allender of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: "Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa" is the ninth studio album by the group. Is the process get...

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SKINDRED: New Album Title Announced

Welsh "ragga metal" act SKINDRED has set "Union Black" as the title of its fourth album, due on May 2, 2011. The CD is currently being recorded at Britannia Row Studios in London with producer James Loughrey. Commented SKINDRED frontman Benji Webbe: "This is the first album we have written and recor...

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HELLSONGS Performs Cover Of JUDAS PRIEST's 'United' (Video)

"Pyro", the weekly rock and metal program which airs on Norway's national radio station NRK P3, went backstage when the Swedish female-fronted group HELLSONGS — which specializes in performing "loungey, soft covers of metal songs" — played at Hulen in Bergen recently, and got two-thirds of the band...

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Apparently, it has been established that it's not cool to like any DIMMU BORGIR album released subsequent to "Death Cult Armageddon" and in even smaller circles anything released since "Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia". What is this? Junior high? Get a clue. Don't look for jagged edges or the skel...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: The Name SKID ROW 'Is Now Devoid Of All Meaning In Every Way'

Ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has commented on the report that the band's former drummer Phil Varone recently posed nude for an upcoming issue of Playgirl magazine. Varone, who was one of eight patients featured on the "Celebrity Rehab" spin-off series "Sex Rehab With Dr. Drew", is featured on t...

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SAIGON KICK/Ex-SKID ROW Drummer PHIL VARONE Makes Cover Of PLAYGIRL Magazine

Former SKID ROW drummer Phil Varone, who recently reunited with his first band, SAIGON KICK, is featured on the cover of the winter 2010 issue of Playgirl magazine. The publication, which includes a 20-page spread on Varone, is due to hit newsstands on December 15. Varone, who was one of eight patie...

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Legendary Heavy Metal Club L'AMOUR Subject Of New Book

Arguably the most famous heavy metal venue in the world, the history of the New York venue L'Amour has now been documented in print form. "Rock Capital of Brooklyn", a large, hardcover coffee-table style tome jammed with over 1,000 full-color photographs, ticket stubs and memorabilia from the noted...

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WARBEAST Frontman Interviewed On 'Mainstream Resistance' Podcast (Audio)

Bruce Corbitt, lead vocalist of Texas metallers WARBEAST (formerly TEXAS METAL ALLIANCE),was interviewed on the latest episode of MSRcast ("Mainstream Resistance" podcast),the long-running metal podcast that is brought to you by Metal Injection Radio. You can now stream the episode below. (Note: T...

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PLACE OF SKULLS Signs North American Deal With GIDDY UP! RECORDS

Giddy Up! Records has set a November 9 North American release date for "As A Dog Returns", the long-awaited fourth full-length album from Knoxville, Tennessee doom metallers PLACE OF SKULLS. Said Giddy Up! label head Steve Seabury: "To me, Victor Griffin is a legend in the doom scene. I am like a li...

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ELDEBROCK Single Featured On THOMAS COOK AIRLINES Flights

"Release Me", the first single from the new self-titled album by Western Canadian rockers ELDEBROCK, is not only skyrocketing with buzz, but now it's rocking the skies too. Their new hit song will now be featured nationally and internationally on the Canadian-pop-music-only channel on Thomas Cook Ai...

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PEPPER KEENAN Talks Next DOWN Album, Future CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Plans

Elliot Levin of the New York Hard Rock Examiner recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist/CORROSION OF CONFORMITY frontman Pepper Keenan. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. New York Hard Rock Examiner: When does America, and especially us here in New York City, get to see DOW...

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STEVEN ADLER On Classic GUNS N' ROSES Lineup: 'We Were Soulmates'

Courtney Devores of The Charlotte Observer recently conducted an interview with original GUNS N' ROSES and current ADLER'S APPETITE drummer Steven Adler. An excerpt from the chat follows below. The Charlotte Observer: How difficult is it to stay sober when you're playing bars? Adler: It does get eas...

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GODSMACK Frontman Slams CREED, Calls SCOTT STAPP A 'F****t'; Video Available

GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna used a derogatory term for a homosexual male to describe CREED singer Scott Stapp when the Massachusettes hard rock band performed at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut this past Saturday night (October 9). The reference was made during Erna's lengthy speec...

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THE JIMMY CRESPO PROJECT Performs Live For First Time (Video)

THE JIMMY CRESPO PROJECT, the new band led by Jimmy Crespo — best known as the guitarist who replaced Joe Perry in AEROSMITH from 1979 to 1984 — made its live debut this past Friday (October 8) at Club Madrid (inside Sunset Station) in Las Vegas, Nevada alongside SIN CITY SINNERS. The band's setlist...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Interviewed On 'Good Time Metal Oldies'

On September 21, 2010, Jason Saulnier of the "Good Time Metal Oldies" radio show conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young. You can now listen to the chat in four parts below. "Good Time Metal Oldies" airs Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. EST on CIFA 104.1 FM in Nova Scotia and Tuesday...