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Why Heavy Metal Fans Are Most Loyal

Spotify last month published data that found heavy metal has the most loyal fans across the world of any major genre by a wide margin. The music streaming service put together a series of charts and interactives showing the variety of musical genres online and how these genres vary around the world....

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Video: MICHAEL MONROE Joins SLASH On Stage In Helsinki

Former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe joined SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS on stage on May 28 at Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland to perform two songs: "Doctor Alibi" and "We're All Gonna Die". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Asked in a 2007 inter...

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Video: WHITESNAKE's New Lineup Performs Live For First Time

WHITESNAKE's new touring lineup — David Coverdale (vocals),Joel Hoekstra (guitar),Reb Beach (guitar),Michael Devin (bass),Tommy Aldridge (drums) and Michele Luppi (keyboards) — made its live debut this past Thursday, May 28 at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights, Washington. The band's setli...

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GILBY CLARKE, TONY MACALPINE Added To 'Axes & Anchors' Cruise

The upcoming five-day/four-night 2016 Axes & Anchors cruise — setting sail from Miami, Florida on February 20 aboard the Carnival Victory, stopping in Key West, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas, and docking back in Miami on February 24 — has announced two new artists to the cruise lineup. Gilby Clark...

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DEE SNIDER Slams 'Raiding The Rock Vault': It Is 'A Tribute Band Of A Bunch Of Add-On People'

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider has slammed the critically acclaimed Las Vegas production "Raiding The Rock Vault", calling it a "tribute band of a bunch of add-on people." "Raiding The Rock Vault" has been described as a "90-minute history of classic rock performed by members of some of the greate...

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STRYPER's 'Fallen' Album To Be Released In October

"Fallen", the new album from STRYPER, will be released worldwide on Friday, October 23. The CD was tracked at SpiritHouse Recording Studios in Northampton, Massachusetts and will include a cover version of the BLACK SABBATH classic "After Forever". STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet recently s...

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Ex-HANOI ROCKS Singer MICHAEL MONROE To Release 'Blackout States' Album In October

Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe will release his new studio album, "Blackout States", on Friday, October 16 via Spinefarm Records. The 13-track follow-up to 2013's "Horns And Halos" was produced by Chips Kiesbye (HELLACOPTERS, NOMADS) in Gothenburg, Sweden, and mixed by Petri Majuri in He...

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Former RAGE Guitarist VICTOR SMOLSKI Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST For ALMANAC Project

ALMANAC, the new band led by former RAGE guitarist Victor Smolski, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast. He says: "After ten years of cooperation with Nuclear Blast, a friendship evolved. Nuclear Blast trusted in me a lot for my work as composer and producer of the NUCLEAR BLAST ALLSTARS 'Into The Li...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON On Next Album: 'There's Some Serious Depth To This Record'

On May 22, Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner and AXS.com conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton in San Antonio, Texas. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the recording sessions for the follow-up to QUEENSRŸCHE's 2013 self-titled alb...

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WHITESNAKE's 'The Purple Album: First-Week Sales Revealed

WHITESNAKE's "The Purple Album", which revisits singer David Coverdale's time as the frontman for DEEP PURPLE's "Burn", "Stormbringer" and "Come Taste The Band" studio albums, sold around 6,900 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 84 on The Billboard 200 c...

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Video: MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK Performs At Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Video footage of MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK performing the SCORPIONS classic "Rock You Like A Hurricane" on May 24 at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany can be seen below. MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK's latest album, "Spirit On A Mission", features twelve 12 classic rock gu...

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GENE HOGLAN On DARK ANGEL: 'We're Gonna Just Try To Write As Ball-Crushing An Album As Possible'

Legendary extreme metal drummer Gene Hoglan (TESTAMENT, DETHKLOK, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, DEATH, DARK ANGEL) was recently interviewed by Caleb Smith of the "The Sick Room" podcast in New Zealand. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for DARK ANGE...

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HELLOWEEN: Second Part Of 'My God-Given Right' Track-By-Track Breakdown

The second part of a track-by-track breakdown of "My God-Given Right", the 15th studio album from German power metallers HELLOWEEN, can be seen below. Due on May 29 via Nuclear Blast, the CD was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the band's MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with...

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Video: PHIL LEWIS And TRACII GUNS Perform Together In Agoura Hills

L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis was joined on stage by the band's former guitarist Tracii Guns (now of GUNZO and DEVIL CITY ANGELS) this past Friday, May 22 at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the joint performance can be seen below. In a recent interview with the "Ano...

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Video: VOLBEAT Performs New Song At San Antonio's RIVER CITY ROCKFEST

Fan-filmed video footage of Danish/American metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT performing one half of a brand new song on May 24 at the River City Rockfest in San Antonio, Texas can be seen below. Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions for VOLBEAT's follow-up to 2013's "Outlaw Gentlemen...