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BLACK SABBATH's Touring Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS Praises OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Charisma'

BLACK SABBATH's touring drummer Tommy Clufetos, who also plays in Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, pays tribute to rock's Prince Of Darkness in a new video teaser for "Memoirs Of A Madman", the singer's solo career retrospective that was released on October 7. Says Clufetos in the clip, which can be se...

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GUS G. Featuring JEFF SCOTT SOTO: Video Footage Of West Coast Tour Kick-Off

Joe Dolan of JoeDolanPR.com has uploaded video footage of Gus G. — well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND — performing on October 15 at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California. Check it out below. Gus ...

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K.K. DOWNING Doesn't Regret Leaving JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Thought That It Had Run Its Course'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing says that he has no regrets about leaving the band but admits that he misses "being at the pinnacle" of the group's career. Downing, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his re...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman DEE SNIDER Plays 'Shoot The Puck' In Chicago (Video)

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider made a stop at the United Center in Chicago Wednesday night (October 15) to play "Shoot The Puck". Snider, who is in town for the winter as he is working on "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", played the intermission game during Blackhawks' bout with the...

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SLIPKNOT's MICK THOMSON Says New Drummer 'Had Grown Up' With Band's Music

SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson says that the drummer who replaced founding member Joey Jordison "grew up with" the band's music and "knew all the material" before stepping in and joining the group during the songwriting sessions for its upcoming album, ".5: The Gray Chapter". SLIPKNOT's new drummer...

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AVERSIONS CROWN: 'Vectors' Video Released

The official video for the song "Vectors" from Australian death machine AVERSIONS CROWN can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Tyrant", which will be released on November 24 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in 2010 in Queensland's Brisbane, the same sunny stretch of...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN Blames The Internet For JOEY BELLADONNA's 'Friendship' Comments

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian says that he blames the Internet for the comments that were attributed to the band's lead singer, Joey Belladonna, in which the vocalist said he never "really found [his] place with" ANTHRAX and lamented the fact that he had very little friendship the other guys in the ba...

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GOTTHARD: 'C'est La Vie' Video Released

"C'est La Vie", the new video from Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest studio album, "BANG!", which was issued in North America via The End Records. On June 24, the digital version of "BANG!" was made available, with a deluxe version containing th...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Says New Drummer And Bassist 'Aren't Just Session Players'

SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor insists that the drummer and bassist who replaced founding members Joey Jordison and Paul Gray are not just "session players coming in for a paycheck," and explains that their identities have not been revealed because they are "not full members yet." SLIPKNOT's new drumm...

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GUS G. Taps Singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO For West Coast Tour

Gus G. — well known in rock and metal circles for his work as Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist and as leader of his own band FIREWIND — has tapped Jeff Scott Soto (TALISMAN, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) to sing for Gus' backing band on his North American West Coast tour, which kicks...

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DEE SNIDER Talks 'Rock & Roll Christmas Tale' On 'You & Me This Morning' (Video)

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider appeared on on WCIU's "You & Me This Morning" to talk about "Dee Snider's Rock & Roll Christmas Tale", starring and written by the iconic rocker, directed by Adam John Hunter and produced by John B. Yonover, which will play the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tow...

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'Metal Grasshopper' Weekly Series Starring PHILIP ANSELMO And Comedian DAVE HILL Premieres Today

Beginning today and threatening to melt your goddamn computer every Tuesday through November 11 comes "Metal Grasshopper", a new web series in which comedian Dave Hill travels to the wilds of Louisiana to get schooled in the ways of heavy metal by legendary frontman Philip H. Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA,...

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PAPA ROACH's JERRY HORTON Says 'ADD' Kept Band From Making All-Out Heavy Album With 'F.E.A.R.'

Californian rockers PAPA ROACH will release their eighth studio album "F.E.A.R.", on January 27, 2015 via Eleven Seven Music. The follow-up to 2012's "The Connection" was recorded at Las Vegas' The Hideout Recording Studio, which is owned and operated by Canadian producer Kevin Churko. Churko has pr...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE: Official 'The Final Tour' Program Unveiled

MÖTLEY CRÜE has posted "a couple of cell phone snaps" of the band's tour program for "The Final Tour", which kicked off at in early July and is scheduled to run through the end of 2015. Check them out below. Says MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx: "We've been asked for years from CrueHeads to do ...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: If 'Jugulator' Had ROB HALFORD's Name On It, It Would Have Been Hailed As A Masterpiece

Eamon O'Neill of Über Rock recently conducted an interview with powerhouse American singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Über Rock: Given Rob Halford's indelible mark on [JUDAS PRIEST], was there ever a feeling that it was a...