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JOE PERRY: Auditions To Begin For New AEROSMITH Singer

According to The Pulse of Radio, AEROSMITH plans to begin auditioning new singers next month, with guitarist Joe Perry telling Canada's QMI Agency that the band is "already getting the word out there." He added that they will "start having some auditions, making some phone calls. Hopefully, we'll ha...

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'Metal Mad': An Army Of Artists Paying Homage To Heavy Metal

Giant Robot Gallery in New York City will host Metal Mad, a group art show featuring works inspired by the headbanging, guitar-driven, amps-to-11 musical genre owned by the misunderstood. While all artists will share a love of shredding guitar and bone-shaking volume, their styles and mediums will b...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Talks About His New 7-String Signature B.C. RICH Guitar

Video footage of SLAYER guitarist Kerry King talking about his new B.C. Rich signature-model seven-string "Warlock" guitar at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show in Anaheim, California can be viewed below. King has earned his reputation as one of thrash metal's premier gu...

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'Star Wars' Actor To Appear On THE ALIEN BLAKK Album

Mark Hamill, who played the boyish hero Luke Skywalker in all three of the original "Star Wars" films, will make a guest appearance on "Bekoming", the sophomore album from THE ALIEN BLAKK, the band led by guitarist/producer Joshua Craig Podolsky. Mark's voiceover appearance on the CD marks the very...

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SLAYER: Rescheduled U.K. Dates Announced

Californian thrashers SLAYER have announced the rescheduled dates for their U.K. headlining tour, with Sweden's THE HAUNTED as support. The trek will kick off on May 26 at the 02 Academy in Leeds, with the band playing seven headline shows, ending with two in London. All tickets for the original sho...

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SLAYER: New Video Interview With KERRY KING, DAVE LOMBARDO Posted Online

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King and drummer Dave Lombardo talk about taking part in the "Big Four" shows (alongside METALLICA, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX) this summer, King's long-running beef with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, and their favorite songs to play live in a new Shockhound "Alive And Killing" vi...

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TOM MORELLO, SLASH To Appear On New CYPRESS HILL Album

According to The Pulse of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello will appear on the new album from rap veterans CYPRESS HILL, called "Rise Up". Morello contributes to the title track, which is also the first single, and another song called "Shut 'Em Down". He said in a statement, "It...

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MEGADETH Members Perform At 'NAMM Jam'; Video Available

Video footage of MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine (guitar, vocals),James Lomenzo (bass) and Shawn Drover (drums) performing the song "Symphony Of Destruction" on Friday, January 15 at the Grove of Anaheim in Anaheim, California as part of the "NAMM Jam" can be viewed below. A photo of the performance (cour...

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TED NUGENT To Perform At 10th Annual GOLDEN MOOSE AWARDS

Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc., America's leader in outdoor TV, today unveiled the list of nominees for its 10th annual Golden Moose Awards, the most popular and longstanding outdoor television awards event in the country. In a ceremony to be held on January 21, at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino L...

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HENRY ROLLINS Interviewed On Ireland's NEWSTALK

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins was recently interviewed by Tom Dunne of Newstalk, Ireland's national independent talk radio broadcaster. You can listen to the chat at this location. In an interview with Times Online, Rollins was asked if he is finished with singing. "Let's pretend my career in music i...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed On 95X's 'Saturday Night Scream'

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT was recently interviewed on "Saturday Night Scream", a metal show that airs every Saturday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on the 95X radio station in Syracuse, New York. The chat is now available for streaming using the audio playe...

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HATEFORM Begins Recording New Album

Finnish death/thrash metallers HATEFORM have issued the following update: "A couple of years of playing gigs, little lineup changes and other shit hitting the fan, and again it's time for a new HATEFORM album to emerge. "The recordings for the upcoming album just started at the Ansa studio and the r...

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JON OLIVA'S PAIN: Audio Sample Of Another New Song Available For Streaming

A 90-second audio sample of another new JON OLIVA'S PAIN song, "The Evil Within", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's fourth album, "Festival", which is scheduled for release on February 19 via AFM Records. The track listing for the CD is as follows...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Interviewed By HARMONY CENTRAL At NAMM; Video Available

Harmony Central conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine at the Marshall booth at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which is being held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Watch the chat below. Marshall Amplifi...

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VENOM Frontman Says New Songs Are 'Tremendous'

John Doran of The Quietus recently conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Conrad "Cronos" Lant of British black metal pioneers VENOM. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. The Quietus: I need to ask you about that incident from when you were first on tour with SLAYER all those years ago t...