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FIREHOUSE: New Audio Interview With BILL LEVERTY Available

RockMusicStar.com recently conducted an interview with FIREHOUSE guitarist Bill Leverty. The chat is now available for streaming below. With his guitar work as a member of FIREHOUSE, Leverty set the rock world ablaze with his fiery riffs and solos. But Leverty is no one-trick pony, as evidenced by h...

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STARKWEATHER Signs With DEATHWISH INC.

Philadelphia's STARKWEATHER has inked a deal with Deathwish Inc., the label founded by CONVERGE vocalist Jacob Bannon. Commented STARKWEATHER: "It's been a long four years since our last release. In that time we've been to Europe, played some spectacular and not-so-spectacular shows in the States, a...

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RAVENS CREED: New Album Title Revealed

RAVENS CREED, the "VENOM-worshipping scumbags" featuring ORANGE GOBLIN's Ben Ward, as well as Steve Watson (ex-IRON MONKEY),Jason Graham, and former SABBAT bassist Frazer Craske, have set "A Conspiracy Of..." as the title of their next album. According to the band, "So far we have a good chunk of i...

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MACHINE HEAD: Pro-Shot Footage From U.K.'s SONISPHERE Festival Available

Professionally filmed video footage of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD performing the song "Halo" on August 2 at the Sonisphere festival at the legendary Knebworth Park, United Kingdom can be viewed below. MACHINE HEAD — who announced on July 7 that they were pulling out of the U.K. So...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classics With Country Duo BIG & RICH; Video Available

Ex-SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach performed two classic songs from his former band — "Youth Gone Wild" and "I Remember You" — with American country music duo BIG & RICH on August 25 at Telus Field in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the "I Remember You" performance can be v...

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MR. DEATH: 'Detached From Life' Release Date Announced

MR. DEATH — the Stockholm, Sweden-based "straightforward, brutal, old-school death metal" band featuring Stefan Lagergren (TREBLINKA, EXPULSION, VOLDET) on guitar, Alex Stjärnfeldt (OCEANLIFT, EDWARD, DCLXVI) on guitar, Jonas Ohlsson (VOID, MASSIVE) on drums, Jörgen "Juck" Thullberg (TREBLINKA, TIAM...

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JADED HEART: New Album Details Revealed; Audio Samples Available

Frontiers Records has set an October 16 release date for the tenth JADED HEART studio album entitled "Perfect Insanity". Formed in 1990 by singer and songwriter Michael Bormann (ex-BONFIRE) and his brother Dirk Bormann (guitar),JADED HEART's lineup was completed the following year when Michael Müll...

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PRIMAL FEAR: South American Tour Report

German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR have posted a lengthy diary (text and pictures) covering the band's recent South American tour. Check it out at this location. Fan-filmed video footage of PRIMAL FEAR's August 8, 2009 concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina can be viewed below. "16.6 (Before The Devil K...

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TOM ARAYA On 'World Painted Blood': 'This Is A SLAYER Record For SLAYER Fans'

Mick Stingley of KNAC.COM recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. KNAC.COM: Please discuss the new album: what makes it so exciting for you? Speaking as a SLAYER fan, what can you say to other SLAYER fans about it? Tom Araya:...

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EVERGREEN TERRACE: 'Almost Home' Track Listing Unveiled

Jacksonville, Florida's EVERGREEN TERRACE has finalized the track listing for its new full-length album, "Almost Home", due out September 29 via Metal Blade Records. Continuing its blistering combination of melodic hardcore and metal, EVERGREEN TERRACE has gone back to its roots on "Almost Home". "I...

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HEAVEN & HELL Drummer To Guest On WJCU's 'Metal On Metal'

HEAVEN & HELL drummer Vinny Appice will appear "live" on WJCU's "Metal On Metal" radio program on Friday, August 21 at 7:30 p.m. (EST). Appice will discuss the band's current tour and "The Devil You Know" album, and will tell tales from the road, including a recent fun and unexpected run-in with...

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FOZZY Guitarist Talks About Forthcoming Album

STUCK MOJO/FOZZY guitarist Rich Ward recently spoke to Metal As Fuck about the forthcoming FOZZY album, "Chasing the Grail", tentatively due in early 2010 via Australia's Riot! Entertainment. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On the CD's title: "It's about the search for something we all ul...

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DREAM THEATER's PORTNOY Performs With ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA In NYC; Video Available

Fan-filmed video footage of DREAM THEATER's Mike Portnoy taking over lead vocals and sitting behind the kit for two FRANK ZAPPA songs — "Bobby Brown Goes Down" and "Willie the Pimp" — during ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA's August 9, 2009 concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City can be viewed below (courte...

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KISS, ANGEL Members Talk About CASABLANCA RECORDS

The legendary record label Casablanca Records is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. As a result, PopMatters.com has issued a five-part feature titled "Casablanca Records: Play It Again". New York City journalist Christian John Wikane wrote the 41,000-word article which covers the history of...

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EXODUS' GARY HOLT Makes The Switch To SCHECTER Guitars

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS has issued the following update: "First off, I'd like to announce that after six years or so have parted ways with Bernie Rico Jr. guitars. Bernie has been awesome, and I have nothing but thanks for all he's done and they awesome gu...