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KISS Featured On CNN; Video Available

Video footage of legendary rockers KISS showing their support for wounded warriors and reflecting on their 35-year-career with CNN's Naamua Delaney can be viewed below. Guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley says that he feels no shame in KISS being lumped in with other vintage, or classic rock acts — in f...

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GENE SIMMONS Offers Fans Chance To Own His Signature Axe Bass Guitar

Gene Simmons, co-founder of the legendary KISS, has announced fans will be able to get their own licks in with the purchase of a limited and personally signed edition of the Gene Simmons Axe Bass. Rock Star gallery in Scottsdale Arizona, which specializes in music collectibles and celebrity fine art...

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METALLICA's Ottawa Concert Raises $8,000 For Food Bank

580 CFRA reports that Tuesday night's (November 3) METALLICA concert at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is helping to fill the shelves at the Ottawa Food Bank. METALLICA has donated a portion of each ticket to the sold-out show to the Food Bank, delivering a cheque for CAD $8,700 (approx...

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Breathing The Fire

I suppose "retro" is in the eye of the beholder, but Ohio metal warlords SKELETONWITCH have never seemed like a regurgitated history lesson in denim and bullet belts to me. They get lumped in with the likes of TOXIC HOLOCAUST and MUNICIPAL WASTE primarily because their metal is so elemental, I guess...

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HAMMERFALL To Tour North America In March/April

Swedish melodic metallers HAMMERFALL will return to North America for a full tour in March/April 2010. This will be the band's first tour of U.S./Canada in almost five years. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 05 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx Mar. 06 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Mar. 07 - New York, NY @...

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KISS' STANLEY, SIMMONS Discuss 35th Anniversary Of 'Alive!'

KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley discussed the 35th anniversary of "Alive!" last month on "In The Studio - The Stories Behind History's Greatest Rock Bands" with professional radio broadcaster and rock musician interviewer Redbeard. Paul and Gene also talked about the band's beginnings, KI...

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The Great Cessation

Okay, first there was YOB, with songs longer than God's beard hair, creepy otherworldly vocals beamed in from some other planet, and riffing so slow and heavy it ground lesser music into sediment like a sonic glacier. Then the rhythm section left, and Mike Scheidt, being one of the most gracious dud...

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SONIC SYNDICATE Plays First Gig With New Singer; Video Footage, Photos Available

Swedish/British metallers SONIC SYNDICATE made their live debut with their new singer, Nathan J. Biggs, on October 31, 2009 at The Tivoli in Helsingborg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Check out photos at this location. SONIC SYNDICATE released a second new...

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DELAIN Joined By NIGHTWISH's HIETALA, Former AFTER FOREVER Singer At Zwolle Concert

DELAIN's "special show" on Saturday, October 31 at Broerenkerk in Zwolle, Holland was professionally filmed for possible release. Joining the group during the performance were special guests Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT) and Floor Jansen (AFTER FOREVER, REVAMP). Fan-filmed video footage of the co...

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KISS Interviewed At VOODOO EXPERIENCE; Video Available

The members of KISS were interviewed by Fuse TV prior to their October 31, 2009 performance at the 11th annual Voodoo Experience music festival in New Orleans. Watch the chat below. More than 150 acts played on eight stages in three separate areas — named Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival — aro...

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KISS: Footage From VOODOO EXPERIENCE Available

Video footage of KISS' October 31, 2009 performance at the 11th annual Voodoo Experience music festival in New Orleans can be viewed below. More than 150 acts played on eight stages in three separate areas — named Le Ritual, Le Flambeau and Le Carnival — around the city. Other major acts on the Vood...

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DELAIN: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Stay Forever' Video Shoot Available

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Stay Forever", the new video from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — can be viewed below. The song comes off the band's second a...

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W.A.S.P.: More 'The Crimson Covers' Tribute Album Details Revealed

Hamburg, Germany-based record label Remedy Records is putting together a W.A.S.P. tribute album, entitled "W.A.S.P. Tribute - The Crimson Covers". The collection will be released early 2010 as a limited-edition two-CD set for the price of a normal CD. It will be mastered by Marius Costache, who has...

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KISS' PAUL STANLEY: 'The Fact That We Can Annoy Or Irritate People So Much Is Kind Of Funny'

Jon Bream of StarTribune.com recently conducted an interview with KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. StarTribune.com: Why did you decide to go with a Wal-Mart exclusive for "Sonic Boom"? Stanley: The reality is that the music retail store has pretty much...

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KISS: 'Guitar Hero 5' Tracks Announced

Look for KISS to headline the "Guitar Hero" stage on November 19 with a three-song track pack that's sure to satiate the KISS fan in everyone. The track pack will feature "Modern Day Delilah", the first single off the band's new album, "Sonic Boom"; "Lick It Up", the title track from the group's 198...