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ACCEPT, DOKKEN, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3' CD

Metal fans have spoken, so get ready to turn the volume up to "11" as Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records will be releasing "VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3" on Tuesday, March 6. The new CD release will once again feature rare and never-before-heard acoustic versions of some of metal'...

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Drummer ERIC SINGER Back Home For 'Some Family, Friends, Basketball And KISS'

Drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER) has issued the following update: "This past weekend I made it back to my hometown of Cleveland for some family, friends, basketball and KISS! I started the weekend off by watching the Cavs [Cleveland Cavaliers] destroy the Miami Heat! Saturday I arrived at th...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Is Hoping To Record 'Really Brutal' New Album

Peter Atkinson of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: KNAC.COM: How was the first show with [drummer] Nick [Barker, ex-DIMMU BORGIR, CRADLE OF FILTH]? Billy: It went great. Sold-out show. A lot of energy. It was goo...

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Drummer ERIC SINGER Returns To Cleveland For KISS Expo

Cleveland's The Plain Dealer has published a short question-and-answer session with legendary drummer Eric Singer (KISS, ALICE COOPER). It follows here in its entirety: The Plain Dealer: Tell us about your Cleveland roots. Eric Singer: I graduated from Euclid High School in 1976 and moved out to Cal...

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ANGER AS ART: Radio Interview To Air This Weekend

ANGER AS ART, the Los Angeles-based thrash metal band featuring Steve Gaines (ABATTOIR, BLOODLUST, PAGAN WAR MACHINE, DREAMS OF DAMNATION),will take part in a live on-air interview this Saturday, February 10 on www.kbeach.org (Cal State Long Beach) at 2:00 p.m. PST. The interview will be hosted by...

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THE SECRET To Record Second Album In August

Trieste, Italy-based metal quartet THE SECRET will enter Trax East in South River, New Jersey this summer with engineer/producer Eric Rachel (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, THE HANDSHAKE MURDERS) to record its second album. Tentatively titled "Disintoxication", the CD will be re...

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A LIFE ONCE LOST To Enter Studio This Week

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based metalcore act A LIFE ONCE LOST will enter Trax East studios on February 8 with engineer Eric Rachel (SKID ROW, ATREYU, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) to begin recording their third album, "Iron Gag", due later in the year via Ferret Music. An in-studio video update from th...

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TESTAMENT Frontman On New Album: 'We Have About Five Or Six Songs Written So Far'

Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's reunion tour: "I think that we're beyond the reunion tour thing now, especially now that we've decided to do an album together now. It's simply a...

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Reunited SACRED REICH Announces Two Exclusive Dates In Arizona

The original lineup of the long-defunct Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH — Phil Rind (bass, vocals),Wiley Arnett (lead guitar),Jason Rainey (rhythm guitar) and Greg Hall (drums) — will reunite for several shows in Europe this summer, including an appearance at the Wacken Open Air festival on August...

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SLAUGHTER, MR. BIG Members Perform At SCRAP METAL Gig; Video Avalable

Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER),Kelly Keagy (NIGHT RANGER) and Eric Martin (MR. BIG) were among the artists that performed under the SCRAP METAL banner on February 3 at the Mohegan Sun Hotel & Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. An MTV crew was reportedly in attendance to f...

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY Announces New Guitarist

With their Nuclear Blast debut, "The Forgotten Goddess", slated for North American release on February 20, L.A.'s ECHOES OF ETERNITY are starting out the New Year by proudly announcing the addition of new, second guitarist Sam Young into the band's ranks. States founding E.O.E. member / songwriter /...

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ICARUS WITCH: Photos From NAMM Posted Online

Pittsburgh traditional metal upstarts ICARUS WITCH took a week off from recording their new album to take part in a meet-and-greet at the Dean Markley guitar strings booth at the NAMM show in late January. Pictures from the event can be seen at the band's MySpace page. ICARUS WITCH is back in the .....

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ECHOES OF ETERNITY: Photos From 'Voices In A Dream' Video Shoot Posted Online

This past weekend, Los Angeles-based female-fronted metal band ECHOES OF ETERNITY shot its first music video (directed by Olle Carlsson) for the track "Voices in a Dream". Check out photos from the video shoot at the band's MySpace page. The song, which was chosen by the fans via a poll conducted at...

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SIN DEALER Completing Work On New Album

SIN DEALER, the band featuring members of SEA OF GREEN, SONS OF OTIS, EDWIN and PLASMA BLAST, will be working at Q Music in Toronto over the month of February to finish vocals and guitar overdubs on the 11 new songs that were recorded last month at Escarpment Sound. Frontman Eric Kuthe says, "We’re...

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KISS Drummer Undergoes 'Minor Surgery', Is 'On The Road To A Speedy Recovery'

KISS/ALICE COOPER drummer Eric Singer has issued the following update: "Well, another NAMM convention has come and gone yet again. It was great to see familiar faces and old friends again. It seemed like it was only a few months ago since the previous NAMM. What happens to time? I guess it is like a...