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CENTAURUS-A Taps DARKANE Singer LAWRENCE MACKRORY For Second Album

German technical death metallers CENTAURUS-A have recruited Lawrence Mackrory (DARKANE, F.K.Ü., SCARVE) to sing on their second album. The CD is currently being recorded at Dugout Studios in Uppsala, Sweden with producer Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR). Says CENTAURUS-A: "Lawr...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Hopes To Release New Studio Album This Summer

Keith "Keefy" Chachkes of Ghost Cult magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the possibility of bringing back some songs from "Demonic" into the band's live set: Chuck: "Well...

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HELL's ANDY SNEAP Speaks To Sweden's ACCESS: ROCK (Video)

On December 7, 2013, Anna Dave Bertram of Sweden's Access: Rock conducted an interview with with guitarist Andy Sneap of reactivated British occult metal legends HELL at Arenan/Fryshuset in Stockholm, Sweden during the band's European tour with AMON AMARTH. You can now watch the chat below. HELL's s...

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BATTLECROSS Guitarist Interviewed By CAPITAL CHAOS TV (Video)

Capital Chaos TV conducted an interview with guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala Michigan's BATTLECROSS on October 18, 2013 at Slim's in San Francisco, California. You can now watch the chat below. BATTLECROSS' latest album, "War Of Will", sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of...

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DEVILDRIVER's MIKE SPREITZER Interviewed In Nebraska (Video)

Bryan Odell, a reporter from Lincoln, Nebraska, recently conducted an interview with guitarist guitarist Mike Spreitzer of California metallers DEVILDRIVER. You can now watch the chat below. DEVILDRIVER's latest album, "Winter Kills", sold around 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week...

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I AM HERESY: 'Rahabh' Lyric Video

Delaware/New Jersey sextet I AM HERESY will release its second full-length album, "Thy Will", on March 4, 2014 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. The CD was engineered and produced by John Ferrara at Portrait Studios, who also helmed I AM HERESY's "O Day Star, Son Of Dawn"...

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GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 Album 'Appetite For Destruction' Remembered In New eBook

A new two-dollar eBook tells the story of the making of GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 album "Appetite For Destruction". Author Martin Popoff talks with Slash, Duff McKagan and a number of key behind-the-scenesters who helped make "Appetite" the biggest, boldest "dirty hair metal" statement of the '80s and ind...

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Video: GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Performs 'Silent Lucidity' In Atlanta

Fan-filmed video footage of the Geoff Tate-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE performing the song "Silent Lucidity" on January 10 at Center Stage in Atlanta, Georgia can be seen below. Tate — who was fired from QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — and his former bandmates have reque...

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HUNTRESS Singer JILL JANUS Interviewed by Austria's Stormbringer.at (Video)

Austria's Stormbringer.at recently conducted an interview with singer Jill Janus of the Los Angeles-based, occult-themed traditional heavy metal band HUNTRESS. You can now watch the chat below. HUNTRESS' sophomore album, "Starbound Beast", was released on June 28, 2013 in Europe and on July 2, 2013...

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INSOMNIUM's VILLE FRIMAN: The 'New Songs Sound Just Amazing'

Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM have finished recording their new album for a spring release via Century Media Records. In order to achieve the best production in the band's history, they decided to track drums at SF Sound (with Kimmo Perkkiö),located in INSOMNIUM's former hometown (Joens...

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LOST SOCIETY To Release 'Terror Hungry' In March

Finnish thrashers LOST SOCIETY will release their new album, "Terror Hungry", on April 4 via Nuclear Blast Records. Produced by Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM, LORDI) at Sonic Pump studios (FINNTROLL, SONATA ARCTICA, OMNIUM GATHERUM),the CD sees the "Finns shred their way with the energy and sp...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Speaks To SLAYED IN OREGON (Video)

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed by Slayed In Oregon when the band performed in Portland in October 2013. You can now watch the chat below. SAXON's new album, "Unplugged And Strung Up", sold around 500 copies in the United States in its first week of release....

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GEOFF TATE And Former Bandmates Request More Time To Hammer Out QUEENSRŸCHE Settlement

Singer Geoff Tate — who was fired from the Seattle progressive rock band QUEENSRŸCHE in 2012 after fronting it for three decades — and his former bandmates have requested more time to hammer out a settlement in their legal battle over the rights to the group's name. King County Superior Court Judge...

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Former TOTO Singer FERGIE FREDERIKSEN Dead At 62

Melodic rock singer Dennis Hardy "Fergie" Frederiksen passed away yesterday (January 18) after a lengthy battle with liver cancer. He was 62 years old. Frederiksen was best known as the former vocalist of TOTO (on the "Isolation" album, released in 1984),as well as his involvement involved in a lot...

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AMON AMARTH Premieres Epic Video For 'Father Of The Wolf'

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH premiered their stunning production video for the track "Father Of The Wolf" last night (Friday, January 17) at the first show of their U.S. tour in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fans who did not attend this show are now able to view this epic music video, which is more like...