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METALLICA To Perform At 2015 X GAMES In Austin

METALLICA will perform at the 2015 X Games, set to take place June 4-7 in Austin, Texas. The band's Super Stage headlining appearance is scheduled for June 6. Other artists who have signed on to play at the extreme sports showcase are Nicki Minaj, Talib Kweli, THE GLITCH MOB, Kid Ink, PENNYWISE, Del...

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Audio: SIXX: A.M. Members Discuss First-Ever Headlining Tour On 'Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx invited his SIXX: A.M. bandmates James Michael and D.J. Ashba back on his "Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx" radio show for a recap of all the action from SIXX: A.M.'s first headlining tour. Hear about the taser wars, new tattoos and tour bus hijinx in the audio clip below....

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HOLY GRAIL To Enter Studio This Weekend

Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse HOLY GRAIL will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking its third album. A fall release via Prothetic is expected. Following an extensive tour campaign to promote the band's 2013 release, "Ride The Void", HOLY...

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Original RAINBOW Bassist CRAIG GRUBER Dies After Battle With Prostate Cancer

Bassist Craig Gruber died on Tuesday (May 5) at the age of 63 after a battle with prostate cancer. Albeit not a household name, Gruber is best known as the original bassist in RAINBOW, having played on the band's first album, "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". He was also a member of ELF alongside vocal...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: Teaser For Fifth Album

A short teaser for the forthcoming fifth album from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE can be seen below. Tentatively due this summer, the CD was helmed by producer Colin Richardson (CARCASS, FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD) and producer/engineer Carl Bown. Speaking about the band's mindset going in...

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Lawsuit Filed Over EXODUS Fan's Arrest

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has filed a federal lawsuit (PDF file) on behalf of James Evans, the Muhlenberg County man previously arrested and charged with making threats online for posting song lyrics from the heavy metal band EXODUS. In 2014, Evans posted on his Facebook page ly...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'The Day MÖTLEY CRÜE Plays Its Last Show, I Will Never Play Another MÖTLEY CRÜE Song Again'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx says that his other band, SIXX: A.M., is its own entity and not an attempt to recycle elements of the CRÜE in order to appeal to an already established fan base. "I think they're totally separate — I really compartmentalize the two," Sixx tells RiffYou.com. "What's imp...

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Video: JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL Plays Second Show With New Singer CHAS WEST

RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, played its second show with new singer Chas West (Jason Bonham, LYNCH MOB, 3 LEGGED DOGG) this past Saturday night (May 2) at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can...

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Noita

Finnish folk metal favorites KORPIKLAANI are back with their ninth album, "Noita", which is, according to the traditional connotation, a shamanistic healer versus the witchcraft tag forced upon it by pious delusion. Being the upbeat band KORPILAANI is, they celebrate the original inference by embrac...

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TOOL Frontman's Side Project PUSCIFER Almost Finished With New Record

Work may finally be progressing a little more consistently on the new TOOL album, but meanwhile singer Maynard James Keenan has apparently found the time to complete a new disc from his music-and-cabaret act PUSCIFER. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Keenan told Punchdrink.com that a new PUSCIFER se...

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Third Annual 'Metallica Day' Held At AT&T Park In San Francisco; Video Footage, Photos

The San Francisco Giants' third annual "Metallica Day" was held yesterday (Saturday, May 2) at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants took the field against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. As was the case at the first two installments of the "Metallica Night", METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich...

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JOHN BUSH: 'It Wasn't My Destiny To Be In METALLICA'

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush was recently interviewed by Howie D. from Hard Edge Radio and National Rock Review. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Asked if he ever regretted not joining METALLICA when he was asked to sing for the band in ...

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Video: JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL Plays First Show With New Singer CHAS WEST

RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, played its first show with new singer Chas West (Jason Bonham, LYNCH MOB, 3 LEGGED DOGG) last night (Friday, May 1) in Portland, Oregon. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. RED DRAG...

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MIKE PORTNOY And JORDAN RUDESS Reunite At HAKEN's New York City Concert

Former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and the band's keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, joined the British progressive metal band HAKEN on stage last night (Wednesday, April 30) at the The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City. A photo taken after the concert can be seen below. NEXT TO NONE, the band...

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GIRLSCHOOL To Release Limited-Edition 'Propaganda!' EP

Legendary all-girl British hard rockers GIRLSCHOOL are gearing up to storm North America for the first time in 20 years, reclaiming their rightful place as the hardest-rocking bunch of females to ever destroy a stage. Support on the trek will come from CRUCIFIED BARBARA, OLD JAMES and VELVET BLACK....