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Audio Premiere: HATE ETERNAL's 'Infernus'
Florida-based extreme metallers HATE ETERNAL will release their sixth full-length album, "Infernus", on August 24 via Season Of Mist. The CD was recorded at HATE ETERNAL founder and principal member Erik Rutan's (guitar, vocals) Mana Recording Studio (CANNIBAL CORPSE, MOUNTAIN GOATS, GOATWHORE) in S...August 4, 2015
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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's Cover Of MIKE OLDFIELD's 'Moonlight Shadow' Streaming
On September 18, Frontiers Music Srl will release "All Our Yesterdays", the tenth studio album from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night. The "All Our Yesterdays" track "Moonlight Shadow" — a cover of the Mike Oldfield song — ca...August 4, 2015
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Next Year's Edition Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Is Already Sold Out
This year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany was full of extremes: 145 liters of rain per square meter in five days, knee-deep puddles of mud and over 160 hours of live metal from over 30 nations. Now there is another extreme: next year's edition of Wacken Open Air, which w...August 4, 2015
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Interviewed For 'Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church' Documentary
About 100 miles south of Atlanta, next to a field just outside the town of Byron, there stands a plaque erected by the Georgia Historical Society marking the location of the second Atlanta International Pop Festival, where from July 3 to July 5, 1970, "over thirty musical acts performed, including r...August 3, 2015
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'Alice in Chains: The Untold Story': Entire First Chapter Posted Online
Journalist David de Sola will release "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story" on August 4. The book's entire first chapter can be read on the Macmillan web site. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Billboard magazine named "Alice in Chains: The Untold Story" in its summer "Must Reads" list, writing: "The e...August 2, 2015
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VAN HALEN: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Bangor Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of VAN HALEN's July 30 performance in Bangor, Maine can be seen below. VAN HALEN is performing a set featuring a number of rarities from the band's catalog that have not been heard live in decades. The Bangor show opened with "Light Up The Sky" from 1979's "Van Halen II" and...August 1, 2015
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CREMATORY Lands Two New Guitarists
After 17 years with German gothic metallers CREMATORY, guitarist Matze decided to leave the band in early 2015 to concentrate on his private life and to explore new musical horizons. He has since been replaced by two musicians: Tosse Basler, who has been in the music business for over 30 years and h...July 31, 2015
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First Taste Of New IRON MAIDEN Music From 'The Book Of Souls' Album
A 30-second preview of a new IRON MAIDEN song from the band's forthcoming album, "The Book Of Souls", is available in the YouTube clip below. In a recent interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris was asked if singer Bruce Dickinson's cancer diagnosis at the end of 201...July 30, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I'm In This To Make Quality Music That's Going To Stick'
In a brand new interview with MLive, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about how the heavy metal scene of today compares to the way it was in the mid '80s, when metal was enjoying its heyday on both sides of the Atlantic. "It's a different landscape today vs. the past," he said. ...July 28, 2015
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MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Talks The Business Side Of OPETH (Audio)
Rodney Holder of Australia's Music Business Facts recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the importance o...July 27, 2015
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D.J. ASHBA Quits GUNS N' ROSES
GUNS N' ROSES guitarist D.J. Ashba has announced his departure from the Axl Rose-fronted outfit. He says in a statement: "Six years ago, I received a call that changed my life forever. The call was from a dear friend of mine (Katie McNeil-Diamond) who was working with GUNS N' ROSES. It was an offer...July 27, 2015
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New Song Preview: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's 'Hell To Pay'
The release date of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's sixth album, "Got Your Six", has been pushed back to September 4 from the previously announced August 28 through Prospect Park in North America and Eleven Seven Music outside North America. The "Got Your Six" pre-order, as well as several exclusive album...July 24, 2015
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RITCHIE BLACKMORE's BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: 'All Our Yesterdays' Video Released
On September 18, Frontiers Music Srl will release "All Our Yesterdays", the tenth studio album from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night. The official video for the "All Our Yesterdays" title track can be seen below. "All Our Ye...July 24, 2015
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Video: ANTHRAX's JOEY BELLADONNA Rocks ZZ TOP Classic With CHIEF BIG WAY
Video footage of ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna's classic-rock covers band called CHIEF BIG WAY performing renditions of songs by ZZ TOP and SOUL BROTHERS SIX on June 30 in Sherrill, New York can be seen below. The upstate New York-based group, which features Belladonna, on drums and vocals, is roun...July 24, 2015
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Video: DEEP PURPLE Performs 'Smoke On The Water' On NBC's 'Today' Show
DEEP PURPLE performed its classic song "Smoke On The Water" this morning (Thursday, July 23) on NBC's "Today" show at New York City's Rockefeller Plaza. You can watch video footage of the band's appearance below. DEEP PURPLE's next album will once again be helmed by Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, PETE...July 23, 2015
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