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JOURNEY Guitarist NEAL SCHON To Release 'Vortex' Album In June

Mascot Label Group's Music Theories Recordings and Neal Schon have announced the release of "Vortex" on June 23. The 2-CD all-instrumental album utilizes rock as its foundation, while also embracing elements of jazz, classical and world music in an 18-track stunning, sonically explosive collection o...

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TOURNIQUET Drummer's 'The Slave Ring' Track Featuring Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND

TOURNIQUET is widely known for its outspoken voice against animal abuse and has previously released songs that focused on that subject matter. This time, however, drummer and songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick devotes an entire album, "Onward To Freedom", to the struggles and abuses animals face. The CD fea...

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AXL ROSE Makes Last-Minute Appeal To Indonesia's Heavy Metal-Loving President To Stop Executions

GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose made a last-minute appeal to Indonesian president Joko Widodo to spare the lives of the two Australians who were sentenced to death in 2006 for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine group,...

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SOULFLY To Release 'Archangel' Album In August

Metal Wani's Dawn Brown recently conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, SEPULTURA, KILLER BE KILLED, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY). You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about SOULFLY's upcoming album, Max said: It's gonna be called 'Archangel', and it comes out in August on Nuclear Blast. A...

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STONE SOUR's 'Meanwhile In Burbank…' EP To Receive Digital Release This Week

STONE SOUR's "Meanwhile In Burbank…", a five-song EP featuring covers of legendary artists BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA, KISS, JUDAS PRIEST and ALICE IN CHAINS, will be released digitally via iTunes on April 28. Recorded live at Room 237 in Burbank, California, "Meanwhile In Burbank…" was initially made...

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STRATOVARIUS To Release 'Eternal' Album In August

Finnish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS are putting the finishing touches on their new album, "Eternal", for an August 14 release via the earMUSIC label. The CD's arrival will be preceded by a performance at Wacken Open Air festival, and will be followed by a full European tour. STRATOVARIUS's last t...

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EXODUS's STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Is Standing Up For Animal Rights (Video)

During a recent interview with Animals Australia Unleashed, vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza of San Francisco Bay Area metallers EXODUS has some sound advice for any one looking to get a pet. Check out the clip below. Animals Australia Unleashed was created in response to an obvious need. Our planet is...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: KIKO LOUREIRO Is 'Definitely The Best Guitarist We've Ever Had'

According to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, the band's new lead guitarist, Kiko Loureiro, has finished laying down all the acoustic guitar parts for the group's fifteenth album. Mustaine added in a tweet: "[Kiko is] definitely the best guitarist we've ever had." Mustaine's latest comments echo thos...

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STONE SOUR To Release Two More Covers EPs Containing Songs From MÖTLEY CRÜE, BAD BRAINS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE

STONE SOUR is planning on releasing two more covers EPs to follow "Meanwhile In Burbank…", a five-song "Record Store Day" exclusive EP featuring covers of legendary artists BLACK SABBATH, METALLICA, KISS, JUDAS PRIEST and ALICE IN CHAINS. According to STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor, each of the foll...

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More Than 300,000 Tickets Sold For AC/DC's Upcoming Australian Tour

According to News.com.au, more than 300,000 tickets were snapped up for AC/DC's upcoming Australian tour within hours of the "Rock Or Bust" stadium shows going on sale Monday morning (April 20). Due to overwhelming demand, the promoter added second concerts in Sydney and Melbourne just an hour after...

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AC/DC Plays Second COACHELLA Concert; Video Footage Available

AC/DC played its second full North American show in over five years on Friday (April 17) when the band headlined the second of two shows at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Aside from two songs performed at the Grammy Awards in February, this also marked the second...

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SLIPKNOT To Design Collection Of ZIPPO Lighters For 'Summer's Last Stand' Tour

SLIPKNOT and Zippo Encore — the music program created by Zippo — have partnered for the band's upcoming "Summer's Last Stand" U.S. tour. The members of SLIPKNOT will be working with Zippo to design a collection of exclusive Zippo lighters that will be made available to fans during the trek. Zippo ha...

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Video Footage Of Former BLACK SABBATH, BOSTON Members Recording 'Heaven And Hell' For TONY IOMMI Tribute

Tanzan Music and "Tony Iommi Fan-Tastic" team of Iommi supporters together with Facebook communities "Tony Iommi The Man The Master The Legend" and "Global Black Sabbath Convention" have announced the release of the compilation tribute in honor of BLACK SABBATH's true heart and soul, legendary riffm...

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AC/DC: Two-Camera Mix Of 'Baptism By Fire' Performance From COACHELLA (Video)

ACDC-Italia.com has uploaded a two-camera fan-filmed mix of AC/DC performing the new song "Baptism By Fire" on April 10 when the band headlined the first of two shows at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Check it out below. Aside from two songs performed at the Gramm...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON: 'I'm Just Not Afraid Of Death'

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson has told U.K.'s The Telegraph that the stimulus for the band's upcoming world tour actually came from AC/DC's founding guitarist Malcolm Young, whose dementia has rendered him unable to play or write music anymore. "It's just given us that impetus to just do it for him, be...