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FOREIGNER To Release 'Can't Slow Down' In March

Everyone knows more FOREIGNER than they think… classics such as "Cold As Ice", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and the No. 1 hit "I Want to Know What Love Is" have cemented the band's status one of the most popular rock acts ever. FOREIGNER's mix of blustery blues and impeccably crafted pop continues...

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GODSMACK, CREED, Others Help Send Supply Plane To Haiti

GODSMACK, CREED and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello are some of the music luminaries who have partnered with multi-media company DC3 Music Group to raise enough money to pack an MD-80 airplane with supplies and medical personnel and send it to Haiti. According to a press release, the...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Is 'Thrilled' To Be Supporting RODREGO Y GABRIELA On U.S. Tour

TESTAMENT/TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Alex Skolnick has issued the following update: "I am thrilled to announce that the ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO will be supporting [Mexican acoustic rock duo] RODREGO Y GABRIELA on their upcoming U.S. run. It looks like I will be sitting in nightly with Rod and Gab...

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VINNIE PAUL Says New HELLYEAH Album Is 'About Three-Quarters Of The Way Done'

Affliction Clothing's web channel "Affliction Vision" sent OZZY OSBOURNE/ex-ROB ZOMBIE bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson to this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 14-17, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. His interview with dru...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist: 'The Four Of Us Have No Intention Of Stopping Playing'

The Calgary Herald recently conducted an interview with AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether AEROSMITH has a future with frontman Steven Tyler: "I don't know what's going to happen. I never know. I still couldn't tell you what AEROSMITH is doing...

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CINDERELLA 'In Heavy Rehearsal' For Upcoming Tour

According to Bring Back Glam!, CINDERELLA's manager Tim Heyne has confirmed that the band will embark on a full-fledged tour in 2010. Writing on the group's official web site this past weekend, Heyne said, "It is with great excitement that CINDERELLA announces the band's return to the concert road i...

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POWERMAD Hard At Work On New Material

Paul Weston (a.k.a "The Metal Tyrant"),who hosts "Powersurge", a weekly metal show that airs on WLFE-ROCK 102 in the Champlain Valley in the Northeast, was recently contacted by Joel DuBay (vocals/guitars) from the recently reactivated Minneapolis, Minnesota thrashers POWERMAD. Here is the message...

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SOLUTION .45: More Debut Album Details Revealed

Swedish/Finnish progressive metal "supergroup" SOLUTION .45, which features in its ranks former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam and Jani Stefanovic (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW),will release its debut album, entitled "For Aeons Past", on April 9 in Europe via AFM Records. The CD was rec...

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GEMINI FIVE: New Demo Track Available For Streaming

A new GEMINI FIVE demo track entitled "If The Good Die Young" is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track is expected to appear on the Swedish hard rockers' forthcoming fourth album, which is currently being recorded at Sweet Studio with Martin Sweet (CRASHDIET) and bandmembers...

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MEGADETH: New Audio Interview With JAMES LOMENZO Available

DJ Johnnie Walker recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo. The chat can now be streamed using the audio player below. The much-anticipated American Carnage tour, featuring thrash metal behemoths MEGADETH, SLAYER and TESTAMENT, has been put on hold due to health issues. SL...

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SOLUTION .45 Parts Ways With Keyboardist

Swedish/Finnish progressive metal "supergroup" SOLUTION .45, which features in its ranks former SCAR SYMMETRY vocalist Christian Älvestam, and Jani Stefanovic (MISERATION, ESSENCE OF SORROW),has parted ways with keyboardist Mikko Härkin (ex-SONATA ARCTICA, KOTIPELTO). The band states, "Mikko, unfor...

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Vast Oceans Lachrymose

The style of music played by WHILE HEAVEN WEPT has been referred to as "epic doom metal," a tag that is barely appropriate in describing the music of "Vast Oceans Lachrymose". However, my understanding is that the group's prior works (they've been around since 1989) did in fact possess a marked doom...

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TOM MORELLO, DEE SNIDER, MATT SORUM To Appear In 'Private Sessions: Songs For Haiti'

Tom Morello (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE),Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) and Matt Sorum (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) are among the musicians who are scheduled to appear in "Private Sessions: Songs for Haiti", which is set to air this Sunday, January 24 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. ET/PT simultaneousl...

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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...