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AEROSMITH To Perform In India In November?
According to DNAIndia.com, AEROSMITH is rumored to be planning to perform in India as part of the first edition of a major music festival to be held in Pune. The event, a joint venture by actor Arjun Rampal and entrepreneur Shailendra Singh, is said to be a three-day long "glocal" festival slated to...May 2, 2012
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Sorrow and Extinction
The band is PALLBEARER and the album title is "Sorrow and Extinction". If that doesn't tell you that this is a long player that smothers the listener (in melancholic doom metal, then you probably never cared to begin with. "Sorrow and Extinction" is five long (eight to twelve minutes) tracks of weig...May 1, 2012
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Hell to the Holy
It's called heavy metal, as in actual bona fide heavy metal, as is in the genuine article, and MPIRE OF EVIL (previously known as PRIMEVIL) play it with sooty heart and jagged, rusty edges that guarantee a trip to the hospital for tetanus shots. Featuring former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (gui...May 1, 2012
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Devil's Messenger
"You've seemed to find your place…", reads a line from "Hollowed", the final cut from THE DEVASTATED's "Devil's Messenger". Sounds rather pleasant, even hopeful, doesn't it? Here's the rest of that line. "…underneath a rock after it smashed your fucking face". Derisive? Yes. Cynical? Beyond belief....May 1, 2012
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Eat Dog Eat
How many times have you read a review in which the riff described was referenced as something reminiscent of Fast Eddie Clarke's work in MOTÖRHEAD or in some cases FASTWAY? His axe tone and the little things he does, like the twist at the end or a riff or a certain way that the run ...May 1, 2012
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XI: The Days Before Tomorrow
The last time I'd even thought about LILLIAN AXE was somewhere around the release of 2002 comeback live album "Live 2002" and even then it took a bit to jog my memory about the Louisiana band. Having paid exactly zero attention to the group during its late '80s/early '90s active period I remember th...May 1, 2012
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HBO's '2012 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony' Special: Trailer, More Details
GUNS N' ROSES, BEASTIE BOYS, Donovan, Freddie King, Laura Nyro, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS and SMALL FACES/FACES are among the inductees on the exclusive HBO special "2012 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony", debuting saturday, may 5 (9:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT). The 27th annual induction ceremony...May 1, 2012
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FATAL SMILE: New Album Samples Available
Swedish hard rockers FATAL SMILE will release their new album, "21st Century Freaks", on May 14 via FS Records/GMR Music Group. The CD was produced by Mr. Y, engineered/recorded by Philty and mixed by the two of them together. The mastering duties were handled by Mats "Limpan" Lindfors at Cutting Ro...May 1, 2012
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RUNNING WILD Mainman Discusses Latest Album, Reissues And Side Project
Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Rolf Kasparek of German metallers RUNNING WILD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On temporarily ending RUNNING WILD: Rolf: "It was about 2006 where I said goodbye to RUNNING WILD for myself. I figu...May 1, 2012
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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN: How I Got METALLICA's LARS ULRICH To Write Foreword To My Book (Video)
Video footage of SLIPKNOT mastermind/percussionist M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan talking to the Artisan News about how he got METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich to write the foreword to his photo book "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey" can be seen below. "Apocalyptic Nightmare Journey", which will be published by...May 1, 2012
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LAURA WILDE Wants To Rock Your Socks Off
The ferocious debut— "Sold My Soul" — from Laura Wilde, the 22-year-old hard rock import from Down Under (Melbourne, Australia, to be exact) was enough to land her on the upcoming TED NUGENT tour. Wilde is exactly that. She's a hard-charging take-no-prisoners balls-to-the-wall rocker who wrote it al...April 30, 2012
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FEAR FACTORY: 'The Industrialist' Box Set Unveiled
"The Industrialist", the new album from Los Angeles cyber metallers FEAR FACTORY, will be released in North America on June 5 via Candlelight Records (four days earlier in Europe through AFM Records). The effort will be made available in Europe on four formats: standard CD, a limited-edition deluxe...April 28, 2012
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'Rock 'N' Roll Allstars' Wraps South American Tour In Lima; Video Available
Rock 'N' Roll Allstars, an 11-piece supergroup comprised of Gene Simmons of KISS, three former members of GUNS N' ROSES, Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) and many other big names in rock history, played the final show of its short South American tour last night (Friday, April 27) at Jockey Club in Lima, Pe...April 28, 2012
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New FEAR FACTORY Lineup Performs Live For First Time; Video Of Entire Concert Available
The new lineup of FEAR FACTORY made its live debut this past Thursday night (April 26) at Teatro Vorterix in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fan-filmed video footage of the entire concert can now be seen below. FEAR FACTORY recently enlisted Matt DeVries as the band's new bass player. DeVries, previously o...April 28, 2012
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New FEAR FACTORY Lineup Performs Live For First Time; Video Available
The new lineup of FEAR FACTORY made its live debut last night (Thursday, April 26) at Teatro Vorterix in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. FEAR FACTORY recently enlisted Matt DeVries as the band's new bass player. DeVries, previously of CHIMAIRA (whe...April 27, 2012
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