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METALLICA: Multi-Camera Footage Of 'MusiCares MAP Fund' Performance Featuring Pro-Recorded Audio

METALLICA performed a four-song acoustic set on May 12 at the 10th anniversary MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles. This year's honorees were BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne and Village Studios owner and CEO Jeff Greenberg. Also performing were Keb'Mo and Slash, the la...

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SEVENDUST's CLINT LOWERY: 'We Are Going To Be Smarter About How Much We Tour' In Coming Years

Full Throttle Rock recently conducted an interview with SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Full Throttle Rock: I am yet to hear a bad album from you guys. What is it about this group that keeps producing consistently good album after album? Clint: Man,...

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JAKE E. LEE: I'm Not Guaranteeing That There Will Be Another RED DRAGON CARTEL Album

Sea Of Tranquillity recently conducted an interview with former OZZY OSBOURNE/BADLANDS and current RED DRAGON CARTEL guitarist Jake E. Lee. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Sea Of Tranquillity: BADLANDS, the band you formed after your stint with OZZY OSBOURNE, ended way back in the e...

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VIXEN Singer JANET GARDNER's Illness Forces Postponement Of Toronto Shows

VIXEN lead singer Janet Gardner is suffering the effects of a severe allergic reaction to a medication mimicking that of food allergy. Sadly, this is forcing the postponement of VIXEN's two shows this weekend (May 23-24) at the Rockpile West and Rockpile East in Toronto, Canada. The members of VIXEN...

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MASTODON Cover Artist SKINNER Talks About Inspiration For 'Once More 'Round The Sun' Art

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release their sixth album, "Once More 'Round The Sun", on June 24 via Reprise Records. The follow-up to 2011's "The Hunter" was recorded in Nashville with Grammy Award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz, who is known for his work with RUSH, DEFTONES, FOO FI...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY's BEN WELLS Speaks To POP CULTURE MADNESS At CAROLINA REBELLION (Video)

Kristyn Clarke of PopCultureMadness.com conducted an interview with guitarist Ben Wells of Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY on May 3 at the Carolina Rebellion festival at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. You can now watch the chat below. BLACK STONE CHERRY's fourth album, "M...

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Public Memorial Service For RONNIE JAMES DIO To Be Held On Fifth Anniversary Of His Death

A "most beautiful memorial service" for legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW) was held on the fourth anniversary of his death — Friday, May 16 — at his gravesite at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills cemetery in Los Angeles. According to his wife a...

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ICE-T's BODY COUNT: 'Talk S**t, Get Shot' Video Premiere

"Talk Shit, Get Shot", the new video from BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T, can be seen below. The clip was filmed on April 6 at The Morgan in Brooklyn, New York with director Frankie Nasso, who has previously worked with EMMURE and ASKING ALEXANDRIA, am...

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Ex-WHITESNAKE/DIO Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Talks 'Raiding The Rock Vault' In CelebrityRadio.biz Audio Interview

Alex Belfield of CelebrityRadio.biz recently conducted an interview with former WHITESNAKE and DIO guitarist Doug Aldrich, who has spent the past few months performing with Raiding The Rock Vault — dubbed "the ultimate classic rock concert experience" — at the LVH Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas. Boas...

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CHASTAIN: 'Uncut' Version Of 'Surrender To No One' Now Available

The "uncut" version of "Surrender To No One", the comeback album from the reformed CHASTAIN — featuring Leather Leone on vocals — is out now on digital format on Leviathan Records worldwide. Hellion Records will release the "Uncut" edition on CD format in Europe and South America. Comments CHASTAIN...

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DOWN's 'IV - Part Two' EP Cracks U.S. Top 25

DOWN's new EP, "Down IV - Part Two", sold around 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 23 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous EP, "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", opened with around 12,000 units in September 2012 to land ...

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PARADISE LOST's GREGOR MACKINTOSH Talks To GoetiaMedia.com About VALLENFYRE (Audio)

Jorge Fretes of Spain's GoetiaMedia.com recently conducted an interview with Gregor Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST, VALLENFYRE). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. VALLENFYRE's second full-length album, "Splinters", was released on May 12 in Europe and on May 13 in North America vi...

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CALIFORNIA BREED Featuring GLENN HUGHES And JASON BONHAM: 'The Way' Video Released

"The Way", the new video from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, can be seen below. The song is taken from the group's self-titled...

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GLENN HUGHES Says He Underwent Heart Surgery Last Year To Replace His Aortic Valve

Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, CALIFORNIA BREED) has revealed to Billboard.com that he underwent heart surgery last year to replace his aortic valve, and survived subsequent near-fatal complications. "For some reason I wasn't frightened....

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FLOOR JANSEN On Why She Doesn't Like To Discuss Her Personal Life In Interviews And Why She Can't Always Meet Fans After Concerts

The Great Southern Brainfart recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH and REVAMP singer Floor Jansen. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. The Great Southern Brainfart: What is a question that you get asked way too frequently during interviews? Floor: Um, well, no so much in just intervi...