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Former DARK ANGEL Singer DON DOTY Is Back With New Lineup Of ELIMINATE

The new lineup of ELIMINATE, the band featuring former DARK ANGEL singer Don Doty, will make its live debut on April 8 at the Rage Of Armageddon festival in Brooklyn, New York. ELIMINATE performs material from the first two DARK ANGEL albums, "We Have Arrived" and "Darkness Descends". ELIMINATE's cu...

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Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

DARKEST HOUR, one of the truly great modern metal bands, finds itself on its fourth label in as many albums. Quizzically the band is now on Southern Lord, the label apparently is expanding its horizons. Not that DARKEST HOUR can't roll here, but the band is hardly the same doomed-up, crunked-out, dr...

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Crystal Fairy

The notion of a side project suggests that a band is secondary to its members' "main" bands. Another semantic spin, "supergroup," is more prestigious, assuming that the band's component members are involved with notable acts within their given genres. Whatever the case may be, such acts typically fa...

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Live VII

One of "post metal's" (still one of the most obnoxious terms in the genre) great acts, now turned legacy in a short time, is ISIS. Sadly, the fundamental terror group of the same moniker cropped up while this band hit its creative height. Thus, only a select few worldwide have the guts nowadays to p...

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Alive

While IN THIS MOMENT continues to rise as a dominant force in contemporary hard rock alongside HALESTORM and LACUNA COIL, it's odd that EDGE OF PARADISE is still scraping for turf. Despite six years as a band, a couple albums and a powerhouse singer who may well take over the scene if given the prop...

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Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer BLAZE BAYLEY Says He's 'Completely Independent'

United Rock Nations recently conducted an interview with British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) and guitarist Chris Appleton of Blaze's solo band. You can watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the success of Blaze's 2016 "Infini...

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Battle Over MASSACRE Band Name Is 'Disgusting' And 'Pathetic,' Says KAM LEE

Former MASSACRE vocalist Kam Lee has called the "controversy" surrounding the band's name "disgusting" and "pathetic." Back in December, Lee and guitarist Rick Rozz DeLillo — after trading verbal barbs and taunts for many years — announced that they were rejoining forces in a revamped version of MAS...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'As The Stages Burn!' Unboxing Video

An "unboxing" video for ARCH ENEMY's new live DVD, "As The Stages Burn!", can be seen below. Released on March 31 via Century Media, the set contains video footage of the band's largest stage production to date from their performance last summer at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Th...

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'The Evangelist' Movie Feat. Music By Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL Due In May

ITN Distribution has acquired the rights to worldwide distribution for the horror/psychological thriller "The Evangelist" (formerly "Clean Cut") with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and eOne Entertainment releasing the film in the U.S. and Canada. On May 9, enter the sadistic world of The Evangelis...

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Video: CHICKENFOOT Performs DEEP PURPLE's 'Highway Star'

Supergroup CHICKENFOOT released "Best + Live", the band's first-ever best-of collection, on March 10. CHICKENFOOT features legendary guitarist Joe Satriani, former VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar, ex-VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith. In addition to "Divine...

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KISS Featured In 'Lost' Scene From 'Why Him?' Movie

A "lost" scene from the 2016 movie "Why Him?", featuring a cameo from KISS members Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, can be seen below. Released in December, "Why Him?" tell story about Ned, an overprotective dad, who visits his daughter at Stanford where he meets his biggest nightmare: her well-meanin...

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MICHAEL MONROE To Release Best-Of Compilation Featuring Five Bonus Tracks

Former HANOI ROCKS frontman Michael Monroe will release a best-of compilation album, "Michael Monroe - The Best", before the summer to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of his debut solo album, "Nights Are So Long". Included on the new collection will be five bonus tracks, one of which is a new so...

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SINNER Releases 'Road To Hell' Video

German rockers SINNER — who are led by PRIMAL FEAR bassist Mat Sinner — have released the official video for the song "Road To Hell". Check it out below. "Road To Hell" is taken from SINNER's new album, "Tequila Suicide", which will be released on March 31 via AFM. The disc was produced by Mat ...

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Read CELTIC FROST Chapter From 'Damn The Machine - The Story Of Noise Records' Book

Deliberation Press and Iron Pages Books have just released the book "Damn The Machine - The Story Of Noise Records", which tackles the complicated history of Germany's Noise Records, one of the most influential European independent heavy metal record companies of the 1980s. The creation of Karl-Ulri...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Releases Official Video For 'Speak To Me' Solo Single

EVANESCENCE frontwoman Amy Lee has released the official music video for her new single, "Speak To Me", the end title theme from the forthcoming suspense/drama "Voice From The Stone". "Game Of Thrones"' Emilia Clarke stars in the film alongside Marton Csokas, Caterina Murino, Remo Girone, Lisa Gasto...