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DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE: Live Acoustic Performance Of New Song Posted Online

Video footage of DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE, the new band featuring former STEREOMUD singer Erik Rogers, performing an acoustic version of a brand new song, "What's Your Name", on April 18, 2009 at DreamField Productions in Alabama can be viewed below. A studio version of the track is expected to be rele...

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HATEBREED, VOIVOD, IN THIS MOMENT, SUICIDE SILENCE Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

HATEBREED, A DAY TO REMEMBER, IN THIS MOMENT, THERAPY?, GOD FORBID, BACKYARD BABIES, HOSTILE, MIDDLE CLASS RUT, NO AMERICANA, ESOTERICA, SUICIDE SILENCE, TIM "RIPPER" OWENS, VOIVOD, SYLOSIS, TURBO WOLF, WE ARE THE OCEAN and DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen's side-project MAN RAZE have been confirme...

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BILLY SHEEHAN Discusses MR. BIG Reunion

BigMusicGeek.com recently conducted an interview with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS). Several excerpts from the chat follow below. BigMusicGeek.com: What were the main motivations behind MR. BIG reuniting? I had always assumed, based solely on the rumors and half-tr...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Drummer Auditions For SMASHING PUMPKINS

The web site of the SMASHING PUMPKINS, who recently parted ways with longtime drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, has been updated with the following message: "In total, 12 drummers were auditioned [in Los Angeles] on Tuesday. An additional tryout could potentially be held in May due to such overwhelming resp...

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TESTAMENT Frontman To Guest On TotalRock Tomorrow

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT will be interviewed by Chloe on TotalRock tomorrow (Saturday, April 18) between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. U.K. time. You can listen to the show live via the Internet at www.totalrock.com. TESTAMENT will embark on a North American...

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FAITH NO MORE: Berlin Headlining Show Announced

According to Eventim, Europe's largest ticketing company, reunited influential '90s alt-metal band FAITH NO MORE will play a headlining show at Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide in Berlin, Germany on June 16. Upcoming FAITH NO MORE shows: Jun. 12 - Download - Donington Park UK Jun. 13 - Greenfield - Interlaken,...

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BILLY SHEEHAN To Guest On KNAC.COM's 'WildSide'

Legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH, TALAS) will be the special guest on Diana DeVille's KNAC.COM '80s hair metal specialty program "WildSide" tomorrow (Saturday, April 18) at 4:00 p.m. PST. You can listen to the show live via the Internet at www.knac.com. Billy Sheehan will per...

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ALICE COOPER's 2008 Interview With BILLY BOB THORNTON To Re-Air This Monday

In the wake of the widely reported imbroglio involving Billy Bob Thornton's responses (or lack thereof) during an interview on CBC radio's "Q" program that has become a YouTube sensation, Billy Bob's November 11, 2008 session as a guest on "Nights With Alice Cooper" will be re-broadcast on the Monda...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: 'Play My Game' Gydget Available

A gydget for "Play My Game", the first solo album from powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH),is available below. "Play My Game" will be released in May via SPV/Steamhammer. The offering consists of around a dozen bra...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist To Be Interviewed On 525.com's 'Power Tracks'

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson will be interviewed today (Friday, April 17) on 525.com's "Power Tracks" show at 12 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST. Listen online at this location. TESTAMENT will embark on a North American headlining tour in May/June. Support on the trek will come from UNEARTH and LAZARUS...

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BIOHAZARD's BILLY GRAZIADEI Interviewed In Hamburg; Video Available

Germany's Rockalarm conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei of the reunited original lineup of the New York hardcore/metal band BIOHAZARD in November 2008 when the band toured Europe. Watch the first part of the chat below (second part to follow). Sen Dog of CYPRESS HILL joine...

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TESTAMENT Frontman Interviewed In London; Audio Available

Peter Bailey of MetalheadzFM conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT on March 25, 2009 at the Islington Academy in London, England. The chat is now available for streaming at this location. TESTAMENT will embark on a North American headl...

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UNHOLY: 'New Life Behind Closed Eyes' Artwork Unveiled

The Aeron Alfrey-designed cover artwork for "New Life Behind Closed Eyes", the new album from the Syracuse, New York-based quintet UNHOLY, can be viewed below. "The cover as well as the interior art has really captured the mood of the lyrical content of our new record," says guitarist Jonathan Denni...

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CRANK COUNTY DAREDEVILS Sign With GEARHEAD RECORDS

Gearhead Records, an independent record label located in Northern California, has announced the signing of the Asheville, North Carolina sleaze-metal band CRANK COUNTY DAREDEVILS. The group's new CD is scheduled for a late summer release. Label owner Michelle Haunold had been aware of the band for s...

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THE ACCUSED Signs With SOUTHERN LORD RECORDS

Seattle's reigning kings of "splatter rock" THE ACCUSED have signed a multi-album agreement with Southern Lord Records. The band will enter a Seattle studio next week with producer Billy Anderson (MR. BUNGLE, NEUROSIS) to begin recording its new album, "The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead", tentatively...