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KISS' PAUL STANLEY Returns To IBANEZ GUITARS

In 1976, Ibanez approached KISS frontman Paul Stanley to collaborate on a signature guitar that would become the instrument with which he would be forever associated. Now, for the first time since 1996, Paul and Ibanez have reunited to reissue three exciting new versions of the original Paul Stanley...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY Featuring PEPPER KEENAN To Begin Work On New Album In January

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY drummer Reed Mullin has revealed more details about the band's plans to reunite with its onetime guitarist and vocalist Pepper Keenan in 2015 to record a new studio album and embark on a tour. Keenan, who has been focusing on DOWN in recent years, is still considered to be a...

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: 'War' Video Released, 'Zombie 5 Tour' Announced

"War", the new video from metal titans THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, can be seen below. The clip was helmed by director Maria Juranic, who also worked on the band's clip for "First Sight". The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "8:18", which sold around 16,000 copies in the United States in...

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VINCE NEIL Partners With QUICKEE BURGERS Restaurant

As Las Vegas Nevada prepares to welcome its second Quickee Burgers location, the company announced today their iconic ownership team from the worlds of sports, music and television. Boxing icon Mike Tyson, frontman Vince Neil of the legendary rock band MÖTLEY CRÜE, along with television and film sta...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Recording Song For HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Mixtape

According to KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach, the band has just finished recording vocals for a song that will appear on an upcoming "Game Of Thrones" mixtape from HBO. The sessions for the track were once again helmed by KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz. Leach writes on his Instag...

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Rock Or Bust

Hello again from the highway to you-know-where. Rock legends AC/DC come calling with their lean fifteenth album, "Rock Or Bust" and the title just might represent the factual mindset of the band as they trooped through well-publicized adversities to deliver it. Angus Young (who will likely be buried...

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CHRIS CORNELL To Join MIKE MCCREADY, DUFF MCKAGAN At MAD SEASON's 'Sonic Evolution' Concert

SOUNDGARDEN's Chris Cornell will perform with MAD SEASON featuring Mike McCready (PEARL JAM) and Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) plus the Seattle Symphony orchestra at a special "Sonic Evolution" concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall on January 30. Tickets start at $50 and may be purchase...

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CHAD SMITH 'Would Love To Make' Another CHICKENFOOT Record

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith "would love to make another record" with the CHICKENFOOT project despite singer Sammy Hagar's recent assertion that he didn't "see any reason" to make a new album. During a Twitter question-and-answer session with Rolling Stone magazine, Smith was asked what...

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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD Pays Tribute To THE ROLLING STONES' CHARLIE WATTS (Video)

This weekend's edition of legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's radio show "Rock 50" was all about Christmas, but also included his year-long tribute to drummers. The latest episode saw Bill spotlighting THE ROLLING STONES drummer Charlie Watts. Check out a highlights video below. You can list...

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CLASSIC ROCK Magazine Denies Disrespecting RANDY RHOADS

Classic Rock editor Siân Llewellyn has responded to former OZZY OSBOURNE bassist Bob Daisley's accusation that the magazine had disrespected Randy Rhoads, the original guitarist for the BLACK SABBATH singer solo band, at the recent Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards, where Ozzy was honored for Osbou...

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Black Lotus

Now with twelve years under their belts, SISTER SIN makes no bones which nest they comfortably roost in with their fifth album "Black Lotus", that being a snug spot between classic American and German power metal. The album comes off frequently like HELLION with some contemporary tweaks. Never short...

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Reactivated IRON BUTTERFLY Is Working On New Album, Says Guitarist MIKE PINERA

American psychedelic rock band IRON BUTTERFLY, best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", has reformed and is in the process of making a new studio album. Guitarist Mike Pinera, who joined IRON BUTTERFLY in 1969 — six months after "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was published — revealed the news of the...

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SYMPHONY X 'Almost Done' Recording New Album

In true "no update until there's something to say" form, New Jersey's progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X have been quiet as of late. Don't let the silence fool you, though; they've been busy. So busy, in fact, that the new CD is almost done! Recording of the drums, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and...

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Mass & Volume

Perhaps one of the unlikeliest breakouts in metal is PIG DESTROYER. Their superb grindcore blaster "Book Burner" was one of 2012's best slabs and for the band's fans, the long-shelved "Mass & Volume" EP finally sees the light of day. Its main attraction is to expose a different dimension to the...

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SLIPKNOT's CHRIS FEHN: 'Moshing Has Turned Into A Form Of Bullying'

During a brand new interview with South Africa's Music Review, SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn was asked if the band feels differently towards crowd interaction and mosh pits, especially after the whole incident of Randy Blythe's (LAMB OF GOD) arrest in the Czech Republic in 2012. "Yeah, that was...