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JETBOY Debuts Three New Songs At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL; Video Available

California rockers JETBOY debuted three new songs during their performance at the at the M3 Rock Festival, which was held this past Saturday (May 30) at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. All three tracks — "Perfectly Wrong", "Dog's Gotta Roam" and "Goin' Down From Above the Cloud...

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COREY TAYLOR Interviewed At LAZERFEST; Video Available

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor was interviewed by Samantha Knight of the Lazer 103.3 radio station prior to his May 31, 2009 performance at Lazerfest 2009 in Indianola, Iowa. Watch the seven-minute chat below. Taylor performed at Rockfest with his new solo project, COREY TAYLOR AND THE JU...

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COREY TAYLOR Performs GN'R's 'It's So Easy' With DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR) performing the GUNS N' ROSES classic "It's So Easy" with VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan's side band, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, on May 30, 2009 at Rockfest in Kansas City, Missouri can be viewed below. Taylor performe...

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Thrashers RATTLEHEAD And DEVASTATOR Announce Summer U.S. Tour

Two of California's most promising young metal acts, thrashers RATTLEHEAD (from Los Angeles) and DEVASTATOR (from Sacramento),will team up for a U.S. tour this summer, bringing their own brand of metallic mayhem to over 40 cities. The trek, appropriately called "Slaughtering The Masses", will be bo...

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COREY TAYLOR: Footage From Kansas City's ROCKFEST Posted Online

Fan-filmed video footage of COREY TAYLOR AND THE JUNK BEER KIDNAP BAND — featuring SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor — performing at Rockfest in Kansas City on Saturday, May 30 can be viewed below (courtesy of "Joker013084"). Corey recently told Metromix about the new project: "I had wanted...

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TOOL Expands Summer Tour

The Pulse of Radio reports: TOOL has expanded its upcoming summer tour, adding six more shows to the itinerary, according to the band's web site. The trek now kicks off at the Mile High Music Festival in Commerce City, Colorado on July 18, with gigs slated to run through at least early August. The b...

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Promoters In Australia, Japan In Negotiations To Extend AC/DC's 'Black Ice Tour'

The West Australian reports that organizers for the much-anticipated AC/DC "Black Ice Tour" are still locked in negotiations with promoters in Japan to postpone a scheduled tour there so that they can hold a third concert in Perth . AC/DC promoter Garry Van Egmond said he has not been able to reach...

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OBITUARY/Ex-DEICIDE Guitarist Releases New Solo Tracks

Guitarist Ralph Santolla (OBITUARY, DEICIDE, SEBASTIAN BACH, ICED EARTH, DEATH) has posted demo versions of his tracks "Aida's Song" and "Witchery" on his MySpace page. Both songs are expected on Santolla's next guitar album. More information will be made available soon. Santolla, 38, has played in...

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POWER QUEST: Audio Interview With STEVE WILLIAMS Available

An interview with keyboardist Steve Williams of the U.K.'s POWER QUEST conducted at the inaugural installment of the Hammerfest festival (which was held April 24-25 at at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, United Kingdom) aired recently on Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom's "Metalheadz" show. The chat i...

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JUDAS PRIEST's HALFORD, TIPTON Get Probed By RICK WAKEMAN

Vocalist Rob Halford and guitarist Glenn Tipton, members of JUDAS PRIEST, recently talked to Rick Wakeman and provided a mesmerizing insight into the drive and determination that led the Metal Gods from the working-class steel town of Birmingham, England to becoming one of the biggest heavy metal ba...

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Fate Of Third AC/DC Perth Concert Known Tomorrow

The West Australian reports that organizers for the much-anticipated AC/DC "Black Ice" tour should know by tomorrow whether the popular band will hold a third concert in Perth, Australia after the first two concerts sold out within hours. AC/DC promoter Garry Van Egmond told The West Australian toda...

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GOJIRA: New Video Interview Available

Metal Injection conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier and bassist Jean-Michel Labadie of French progressive metallers GOJIRA during the band's recent U.S. headlining tour. Watch the chat below. Universal Music Publishing has released a 135-page tablature book for GOJIRA's...

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SKUNK ANANSIE: 'Greatest Hits Tour' Dates Announced

Reunited '90s British rockers SKUNK ANANSIE will embark on the "Greatest Hits Tour" in October/November. Confirmed dates so far are as follows: Oct. 09 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, BEL Nov. 03 - Coliseum - Lisbon, POR Nov. 04 - Coliseum - Porto, POR Nov. 05 - Riviera - Madrid, SPA Nov. 08 - Parad...

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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM: New Video Interview Available

HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with drummer Aaron Weaver of Pacific Northwestern black metal eco-terrorists WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM on May 19, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Watch the 31-minute chat below. WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM released its latest album, "Black Cascade", in March via S...

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Die Wontcha

Time and distance are conspiring against retro-rockers FALCON, and not just in the usual sense that they'd be on a major label if the year was 1974. After the release of their self-titled debut, mainman Perry Grayson (ARTISAN, DESTINY'S END) wound up moving to Australia, leaving bassist Greg Lindstr...