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Video: AMON AMARTH Performs 'Deceiver Of The Gods' Title Track Live For The First Time

Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH performed the title track of their ninth studio album, "Deceiver Of The Gods", live for the first time yesterday (Saturday, June 1) at the Fortarock XL festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be...

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Video: BRET MICHAELS Talks To FOX NEWS About 'Rock My RV' Series

Video footage of POISON frontman Bret Michaels talking to Fox News about Travel Channel's new original series, "Rock My RV With Bret Michaels", can be seen below. From childhood road trips in his family's Winnebago to touring the U.S. in his own custom coach, rock musician Bret Michaels is the ultim...

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Audio: Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH Talks About Rejoining SLAYER, Remembers JEFF HANNEMAN

Paul Bostaph is "excited to be back" with SLAYER and is "looking forward" to hitting the road again with the band starting this week, the drummer revealed during his first interview since rejoining the group. Speaking to Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone (hear...

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HALFORD Says JUDAS PRIEST Performing On 'American Idol' Was 'Great Opportunity' For Heavy Metal

Mike Gamms of Screamer Magazine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On JUDAS PRIEST's new concert DVD and Blu-ray, "Epitaph", captured live at London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 26, 2012: On whether when he was recordin...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Video Footage Of Dallas Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of GUNS N' ROSES' May 29 performance at the House Of Blues in Dallas, Texas can be seen below. Although the current version of GUNS N' ROSES has a few more shows coming up, the band's guitarist, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal told Rolling Stone that there is music ready to go for a ....

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METALLICA Bassist: 'JAMES HETFIELD's Worst Riff Would Be Another Band's Best Riff'

There has been a lot of talk about METALLICA's next album, with singer/guitarist James Hetfield saying they've got a handful of music already and drummer Lars Ulrich stating he'd be surprised if their next record comes out before 2015. So what's the holdup? VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner asked META...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Says He Found Out Online That He Was Being Replaced For SLAYER's Summer Tour

Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo says that he learned via the Internet that he was being replaced for the band's forthcoming European tour. "And…. There you have it folks!" Lombardo tweeted shortly after Paul Bostaph's return to SLAYER was officially announced. Asked by a fan via Twitter whether...

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SLAYER's Returning Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH: Photo Of YAMAHA Kit Used During Tour Rehearsals

A photo of the Yamaha drum kit that Paul Bostaph has been using to get ready for SLAYER's upcoming tour can be seen below. It was announced yesterday (Thursday, May 30) by SLAYER's Tom Araya and Kerry King that Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when the band kicks off the ...

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SLAYER Welcomes Drummer PAUL BOSTAPH Back To The Fold

SLAYER's Tom Araya and Kerry King have announced that drummer Paul Bostaph has rejoined the band on a full-time basis. Bostaph will be behind the drum kit beginning June 4 when SLAYER kicks off the first leg of its 2013 international tour in Warsaw, Poland. EXODUS' Gary Holt will continue to fill in...

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SIX FEET UNDER Parts Ways With Drummer, Announces Replacement

Florida-based death metal veterans SIX FEET UNDER have parted ways with drummer Kevin Talley and have replaced him with Marco Pitruzzella. Marco, who previously played with SIX FEET UNDER bassist Jeff Hughell in BRAIN DRILL, will make his live debut with SIX FEET UNDER this Saturday in Memphis, Tenn...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Drummer Says Band Didn't Intentionally Try To Sound Like THIN LIZZY

Roger Scales of TheyWillRockYou.com recently conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS drummer Jimmy DeGrasso. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. TheyWillRockYou.com: Your new band BLACK STAR RIDERS was born from the last incarnation of THIN LIZZY. With the amount of talent contain...

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Drummer JON DETTE To Play For HEATHEN On European Tour

Jon Dette (pictured below),who recently played with SLAYER and ANTHRAX (and previously with TESTAMENT),will be playing drums for HEATHEN on the San Francisco Bay Area thrash band's upcoming European tour with GENERATION KILL and DUST BOLT. Comments HEATHEN: "As most of you know already, Darren [Mi...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Says New Album Should Be Completed By End Of Year

In 2011, British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST embarked on the "Epitaph" tour, their final massive world trek ever, but that doesn't mean the band is hanging it up. In fact, they're working on new music and singer Rob Halford told VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner what to expect from it. "We have a...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist Issues Recap Of European Tour, Offers Update On Upcoming Album

Brazilian/American thrashers SEPULTURA will reunite with producer Ross Robinson (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT) to record the band's next album, tentatively due in October via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD will be tracked in June at Robinson's studio in Venice, California and will be co-produced by St...

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FOREIGNER's MICK JONES Recalls Producing VAN HALEN

According to Ultimate Classic Rock, FOREIGNER's Mick Jones (pictured below) recalled producing VAN HALEN's first album without David Lee Roth, 1986's "5150". Jones remembered the first day of sessions at Eddie Van Halen's studio back in 1985, saying, "[Sammy Hagar] picked me up at the hotel and we w...