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X JAPAN Leader Releases Video Message About U.S. Tour

A video message from X JAPAN leader/drummer/pianist/composer Yoshiki about the band's upcoming U.S. tour can be viewed below. They've sold 30 million records and DVDs, filled the 55,000-seast Tokyo Dome a record-breaking 18 times, they pioneered "Visual-Kei," the Japanese music movement that helped...

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'Lemmy' Filmmakers: For Anyone Who Has A Low Opinion Of MOTÖRHEAD, Our Movie Will Change That

Amy Sciarretto of AOL's Noisecreep recently conducted an interview with Greg Olliver and Wes Orshoski — directors/producers of "Lemmy", the long-awaited documentary examining the life and career of MOTÖRHEAD frontman and rock icon Lemmy Kilmister. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Noi...

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SLAYER Drummer: 'My Mindset Was Very, Very Different For This Record Than Any Of The Others'

Amy Kelly of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: I'd like to take a look at the latest album, "World Painted Blood". How would you describe the songwriting process for that record...

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QUEEN: 'Singles Collection 4' Detailed

The final volume in the massively impressive retrospective four box set, "Queen: The Singles Collection 4", will be released October 18. The closing chapter to the entire history of QUEEN's worldwide singles releases, Volume 4 tracks the band's output through the latter years of 1989 to 1999. The 13...

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ADAM DUTKIEWICZ And JESSE LEACH Discuss TIMES OF GRACE In New Video Interview

Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE vocalist Jesse Leach about TIMES OF GRACE, a brand new band that finds the duo taking a creative left turn, boldly exploring new musical terrain, while fearlessly digging deep i...

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CARCASS Frontman's Signature Bass To Be Officially Presented To Public At NAMM

Fernandes Guitars has announced the addition of a legendary artist to its family roster: Jeff Walker of CARCASS. Jeff has been playing during the band's last run of European festivals a new signature custom bass model, which was designed by the man himself and developed at the Fernandes custom shop...

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THE CULT's New 'Capsule' To Arrive This Month

According to a posting on THE CULT's official Twitter profile, the band's previously announced four-song "capsule" — which is described as a collection of not just new music, but film, art and fashion — will arrive on September 14. The "capsule" will span across multiple media formats, including vin...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's ZAKK WYLDE Talks About The Making Of 'Order Of The Black', Health Issues

Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) took part in a live media teleconference on August 3 where he answered questions from a number of journalists — including Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com — regarding the new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY album, "Order Of The Black". A few excerpts from the c...

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SAHG: Performance Footage From 'Sahg III' Release Party Available

Contraband Candy has uploaded video footage of from SAHG — the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE — performing a new song, "Mortify", at the Garage, Bergen during the listening party for the band's third album, "Sahg III"...

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KAMELOT: 'The Great Pandemonium' Video Released

"The Great Pandemonium", the new video from American/Norwegian metallers KAMELOT, can be viewed below. The clip was helmed by Swedish director Owe Lingvall of Village Road Films. A three-and-a-half-minute medley of tracks that will appear on "Poetry For The Poisoned", the highly anticipated ninth st...

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EUROPE Bassist Interviewed By U.K.'s 'Metalheadz'

Peter Bailey of the "Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with bassist John Levén of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 30 - August 1, 2010 at Knebworth Park. Watch the chat below. EUROPE will embark on the "Balls 'N' Banners" U.K...

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SAHG: New Song Available For Streaming

"Hollow Mountain", a brand new song from SAHG — the Norwegian heavy rockers who feature in their ranks current/former members of GORGOROTH, MANNGARD and AUDREY HORNE — is available for streaming at the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's third album, "Sahg III", which is being relea...

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X JAPAN's YOSHIKI Interviewed By SHOCKHOUND

Hot Topic's ShockHound recently conducted an interview with X JAPAN's leader/drummer/pianist/composer Yoshiki. Watch the chat below. According to Yoshiki, about half of the upcoming CD will feature some of the band's most popular songs from throughout their career, with all lyrics re-recorded in Eng...

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KAMELOT: New Album Samples Available

A three-and-a-half-minute medley of tracks that will appear on "Poetry For The Poisoned", the highly anticipated ninth studio album from American/Norwegian metallers KAMELOT, can be streamed on the band's MySpace page. The CD will be released in North America on September 14 via the group's own labe...

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DOWN: New Video Interview With PHILIP ANSELMO

PlanetBrowny.com conducted an interview with DOWN/ex-PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo when DOWN performed at this year's High Voltage festival at the end of July in London, England. An excerpt from the chat can be viewed below. The entire interview is available here. According to an August 24, 2010 tw...