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Watch RUSH Relive Hijinks From KISS Tour In 'Time Stand Still' Clip

The documentary "Rush: Time Stand Still" is coming to theatres in U.S. and Canada on November 3. The DVD/Blu-ray will be released November 18. In a second Rolling Stone exclusive clip released this morning, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson share stories from their mid-seventies tour with KISS in the docum...

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MARTIN VAN DRUNEN On Split With HAIL Of BULLETS: 'I Was Absolutely Not Happy Anymore'

Martin Van Drunen (PESTILENCE, ASPHYX) has broken his silence about his departure from Dutch death metallers HAIL OF BULLETS, saying that he was "absolutely not happy anymore in the band." Van Drunen's exit from HAIL OF BULLETS was announced in November 2015. The remaining members of the group state...

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DISTURBED Singer Blasts RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It Almost Isn't Letting The Dead Be Dead'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that he has mixed feelings about the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 6. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massiv...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's DOWN And SUPERJOINT Bandmate Says He 'Did The Right Thing By Apologizing' For 'Dimebash' Incident

Philip Anselmo's DOWN and SUPERJOINT bandmate Jimmy Bower (pictured) says that the former PANTERA frontman "did the right thing by apologizing sincerely" after being filmed earlier in the year giving a Nazi salute and shouting "white power" at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA clas...

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RAMONES To Have Street Named After Them Unveiled This Month

An intersection in Forest Hills, New York will be officially renamed "The Ramones Way" as a memorial to the legendary punk band. It the intersection of 67th Avenue and 110th Street, right in front of Forest Hills High School, where the band's original lineup met and would later become inductees into...

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SLIPKNOT's '.5: The Gray Chapter' Gold-Album Plaque Unveiled

SLIPKNOT's fifth studio album, ".5: The Gray Chapter", was officially certified gold on August 31 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales of more than 500,000 copies. The certification came six months after RIAA started including on-demand audio and video streams and a trac...

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GENE SIMMONS On DONALD TRUMP: 'What You See Is What You Get'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again weighed in on the 2016 presidential election, saying that controversial Republican candidate Donald Trump is "a true animal." Simmons, a former contestant on Trump's "The Celebrity Apprentice" show, told the Associated Press about the real estate mog...

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RUSH Tour Documentary 'Time Stand Still' Coming To Big Screen In November

Fathom Events, ole, Anthem and Zoe are excited to bring "Rush: Time Stand Still" to movie theatres nationwide for a raw, intimate and vivid look into RUSH's "R40" tour for a one-night event on Thursday, November 3. In 2015, RUSH went out for a 40th--anniversary tour; rumored to be the last tour of i...

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VINNIE PAUL: PHILIP ANSELMO Has 'Done A Lot Of Things That Tarnish' PANTERA's Image

Vinnie Paul Abbott says that "it's sad" to see Philip Anselmo doing "a lot of things" that have tarnished PANTERA's image in the fifteen years since the band's split. The former PANTERA drummer's comments came during an interview he and his HELLYEAH bandmates gave to R7 before the latter group's Sep...

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DISTURBED Frontman Says People Are Too Quick To Demonize Music Streaming Services

DISTURBED singer David Draiman, who has been a vocal supporter of Spotify for years, says that people are too quick to demonize streaming services for the paltry payments they pay out to music rightsholders. The most popular subscription service, Spotify reportedly has more than 100 million users, 4...

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Video Premiere: STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER's 'Walking In The Shadows'

STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER led by singer Steve Grimmett, released its new album, "Walking In The Shadows", on September 23 via Dissonance Productions. The official video for the CD's title track can now be seen below. "Walking In...

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RIKKI ROCKETT, STEVEN ADLER Featured In 'My Way' Girl Rockumentary; DVD To Arrive In November

After winning five top awards on the film festival circuit and receiving a theatrical release in New York City and Los Angeles, "My Way" now comes to DVD and VOD on November 4. Meet Rebekah Starr, a small-town girl stuck in a mid-western corporate life. Yearning to break free, she ditches her briefc...

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Next SAXON Album To Include Song Dedicated To MOTÖRHEAD

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON spoke to EonMusic about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2015's "Battering Ram" album. He said: "Yeah, we got about nine drum tracks laid down. We're running two studios at the same time, so we're writing in...

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JOE LYNN TURNER's 'The Sessions' To Include Guest Appearances By DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE Members

Vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, best known for fronting Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW during that band's creative peak in the 1980s and later as the frontman for Yngwie Malmsteen, has been called The Man With The Golden Voice, and it's easy to understand why; nearly everything Turner records sounds blessed...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: Having Cancer 'Reinvigorated My Passion For Life And For My Work'

DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell recently spoke to Talking Metal about his continuing battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, with which he was diagnosed in 2013. He said (hear audio below): "It's one of these things — it's one step forward, two steps back. "I'm not concerned about my...