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OVER THE RAINBOW Announces Temporary Lineup Change

OVER THE RAINBOW will be joined by keyboardist Paul Morris for the group's June 4, 2009 appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Tony Carey, the original and permanent keyboardist for the band, is unavailable to perform on this date. After returning from OVER THE RAINBOW's succe...

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DEEP PURPLE: 'History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76' 2DVD Set Due In June

DEEP PURPLE are easily one of the most influential and dynamic British rock bands of the 20th century. On June 2, eager fans will have the opportunity to experience highlights from the early days of this legendary band, when Eagle Rock Entertainment releases "History, Hits, & Highlights", a spec...

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ATHEIST: Footage From MARYLAND DEATHFEST Posted Online

Video footage of reactivated seminal technical metal pioneers ATHEIST performing at this year's Maryland Deathfest on May 23, 2009 at the Sonar in Baltimore, Maryland can be viewed below. ATHEIST and Atlanta, Georgia's GNOSTIC — the band featuring three members of ATHEIST — will team up with German...

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PESTILENCE: New Video Interview Available

Imhotep's Roy Kristensen conducted an interview with Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Uterwijk (guitar) of the resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE at the first show of the band's recent European tour on April 9, 2009 at the Inferno festival in Oslo, Norway. Watc...

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STATIC-X Bassist Interviewed By Radio Station Contest Winner; Video Available

A contest winner by the name of Arron Santos recently conducted an interview with bassist Tony Campos of STATIC-X for the Modesta, California rock station Rock 96.7. Watch the seven-minute chat below. "Cult of Static", the new album from STATIC-X, sold 19,000 copies in the United States in its first...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Play My Game", the first solo album from powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH),sold around 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Internet/digital sales...

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TOMMY LEE Talks About Collaboration With DJ-Producer ADAM FREELAND; Video Available

A short video clip of MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee talking about his appearance on "Do You", the new single from the Brighton, U.K.-based DJ-producer Adam Freeland, can be viewed below. According to Click Liverpool, Freeland has drawn inspiration from LED ZEPPELIN on "Do You", which is scheduled for rele...

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TONY IOMMI Goes 'Face To Face' With RICK WAKEMAN

In one of the most revealing and candid musician-to-musician interviews ever recorded, "Face To Face" host Rick Wakeman holds court with his longtime friend, the guitar icon Tony Iommi, who is best known as the founding member of pioneering heavy metal band BLACK SABBATH. Although it was over 30 yea...

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GIRLSCHOOL Launches 'Girlschool TV'

Veteran British all-female hard rock band GIRLSCHOOL has launched "Girlschool TV", an embeddable player streaming the band's videos 24/7. Check it out below. GIRLSCHOOL's 30th-anniversary album, "Legacy", was released in Europe on November 3 and one day later in North America via Wacken Records/SPV....

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HEAVEN & HELL's TONY IOMMI Discusses 'The Devil You Know'

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with HEAVEN & HELL / BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi as part of a series entitled "Hit The Lights." Topics of discussion included the HEAVEN & HELL album "The Devil You Know", working at Rockfield Studios, reuniting with R...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Footage From SOUTH TEXAS ROCK FEST Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS performing at the South Texas Rock Fest in San Antonio, Texas on May 23, 2009 can be viewed below (courtesy of "JohnEbrownTX"). VICIOUS RUMORS last year announced the addition of singer Ronnie Stixx (SHADOWKEEP, DIVINE...

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NOCTURNAL FEAR: New Album Title Revealed

Michigan death-thrashers NOCTURNAL FEAR have finished recording the drums and rhythm guitars for their new album, "Metal Of Honor", due later in the year via Moribund Records. The follow-up to last year's "Code Of Violence" will contain nine songs with a running time of 56 minutes. The CD artwork is...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, MARILYN MANSON Members Featured On ADAM FREELAND Album

According to Click Liverpool, MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee has laid down the drum tracks for "Do You", the new single from the Brighton, U.K.-based DJ-producer Adam Freeland. Freeland has drawn inspiration from LED ZEPPELIN on "Do You", which is scheduled for release on June 15. Adam said: "The remit on...

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Resurrection Macabre

I'm not sure what it was that made me so ambivalent about this record at first. It might have been the bulldozer production, heavy on the numbing, overdriven rhythm guitar and Peter Wildoer's okay-we-get-it blast beats. It could have been as simple as a bad taste left by mainman Patrick Mameli's int...

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PESTILENCE Forced To Cancel MARYLAND DEATHFEST Appearance

Resurrected late '80s/early '90s death metallers PESTILENCE have been forced to cancel their appearance at the Maryland Deathfest due to their detainment at the U.S. border. Upon entering the U.S. and stopping at customs, Patrick Mameli (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Uterwijk (guitar) discovered that...