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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Sings IRON MAIDEN Classic In Brazil; Video Available

Powerhouse heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) was the special guest at the 14th-anniversary celebration of the Manifesto Rock Bar in São Paulo, Brazil on December 20, 2008. Fan-filmed video footage of Owens performing the IRON MAIDEN classic "Flig...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: Another New Song Posted Online

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have posted a new song, "The Gardeners of Eden", on their MySpace page. The track comes off the band's new album, "The Harvest Floor", which is scheduled for release on January 20 in North America; January 30 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy;...

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ROBB FLYNN, COREY TAYLOR On BRUCE DICKINSON's Radio Show; Audio Available

SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor and MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn were IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on December 19 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio program, dubbed "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". The program is now available for streaming at BBC.co.uk. Taylor an...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Perform With CAMP FREDDY Tomorrow?

According to drummer Matt Sorum (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER),Ozzy Osbourne is among the guest musicians who will join the all-star cover band CAMP FREDDY tomorrow night (December 23) for the group's performance at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California. This will be the fourth and final show of...

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SLIPKNOT, TRIVIUM, VOLBEAT Confirmed For ROCK AM RING/ROCK IM PARK Festival

SLIPKNOT, TRIVIUM and VOLBEAT are among the first confirmed bands for next year's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals, set to take place June 5-7, 2009 in the German towns of Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. The festival billing is now shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): BILLY...

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BILLY DUFFY, FRED DURST, BILLY GIBBONS Jam With CAMP FREDDY In Hollywood

Billy Duffy (THE CULT),Fred Durst (LIMP BIZKIT),Billy Gibbons (ZZ TOP) and Wes Scantlin (PUDDLE OF MUDD) are among the guest musicians who joined all-star cover band CAMP FREDDY this past Tuesday night (December 16) for its performance at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California. This was the third...

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SERPENTCULT: 'Weight Of Light' To Receive U.S. Release In January

Belgium's SERPENTCULT, the new band featuring former members of THEE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN and WELKIN, will release its full-length debut, "Weight of Light", will in North America on January 27, 2009 via Rise Above Records. A four-piece from Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, SERPENTCULT delivers punishing, down...

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CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'The Harvest Floor' E-Card Available

San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION will release their new album, "The Harvest Floor", on January 20 in North America; January 30 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy; and February 2 throughout the rest of Europe via Metal Blade Records. An e-card for the album can be found at this...

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TOMMY BOLIN Book Author To Guest On KKFI 90.1 FM

Journalist Greg Prato, whose work has appeared in a variety of sites and magazines, including All Music Guide, Billboard.com, RollingStone.com, Record Collector, and Classic Rock, will be interviewed by Stormin' Norman of Kansas City's KKFI 90.1 FM on Monday, December 22 at 7:00 a.m. CST. Greg will...

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'Roadrunner United The Concert' DVD: First-Week Sales Revealed

The "Roadrunner United The Concert" DVD sold just under 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 32 on the Top Music Videos chart. The double-disc set hit shelves almost three years to the day after the now-legendary concert held at the Nokia Theater in...

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JIMMY PAGE, JIMI HENDRIX, EDDIE VAN HALEN, STEVE VAI Among 'Chop Shop''s Top Guitarists

Envision Radio Networks' "Chop Shop" guitar show has announced "The Chop Shop's Top 100 Most Complete Guitar Players of All Time", a newly published list of the all-time greatest guitar players. Program host Steve Black (WRIF-FM) assembled a panel of music industry experts to help choose the list fe...

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Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Touched By Magic' Book Available

To many, Tommy Bolin was the legitimate heir to Jimi Hendrix's rock guitar throne. Stints with the JAMES GANG and DEEP PURPLE — as well as solo albums and a groundbreaking release with jazz-rocker Billy Cobham — certainly proved that the adulation was rightly deserved. And with a techno-color fashio...

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Reactivated WHIPLASH Signs With PULVERISED RECORDS

Reactivated New Jersey metallers WHIPLASH have inked a worldwide deal with Pulverised Records. The band will enter the studio in early March to begin recording its sixth album, "Unborn Again", with guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro handling the production duties. Co-producing the effort will be Harris...

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Fulfill the Curse

Doom acts have by and large not been a staple of the Razorback Records roster; that distinction has gone mainly to old school, gory death, thrash, and to some extent grind. However, two of the three new releases have fit the doom mold: the macabre psychedelic doom swirl of ACID WITCH's "Witchtanic H...

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SCOTT WEILAND's Busy New Year's Eve

Singer Scott Weiland (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, ex-VELVET REVOLVER) will join "American Idol" winner David Cook as a performer on the Fox network's "New Year's Live", which will be aired from the Mirage in Las Vegas. The show begins at 11 p.m. on December 31 and will also feature a "death-defying" motorc...