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VAN HALEN Singer's Handwritten Lyrics For 'Tattoo'

Unofficial VAN HALEN web site VHLinks.com has uploaded VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth's handwritten lyrics and graphics for "Tattoo", the first single off the band's forthcoming album, "A Different Kind Of Truth". Check out the image below. According to Billboard.com, "Tattoo" blasted onto the Rock...

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ZAKK WYLDE Taks About Upcoming ROCK & ROLL ROAST In New Interview

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: When did Guitar World approach you with the idea of the Rock & Roll Roast? Zakk: I'm good buddies with all...

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GOJIRA Frontman: 'My Bank Account Is Completely Empty'

Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier of Frech progressive metallers GOJIRA. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Radio Metal: What happened with the "Sea Shepherd" EP? How is it coming along? Joe: We've had a lot of setbacks and technical pro...

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VAN HALEN's 'Tattoo' Lands On 'Rock Songs' Chart

According to Billboard.com, "Tattoo", the lead single from VAN HALEN's comeback album with David Lee Roth, "A Different Kind of Truth", the band's first since 1984's "1984" to feature Roth on lead vocals, blasted onto the Rock Songs chart at No. 16. The song arrived with 4.6 million first-week audie...

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CRYPTOPSY Taps NEURAXIS Bassist

Bassist Olivier Pinard (NEURAXIS, VENGEFUL) has officially joined Canadian extreme metallers CRYPTOPSY. A playthrough bass video of Pinard filmed and edited by Bookaking Productions can be seen below. Guitarist-turned-bassist Youri Raymond left CRYPTOPSY last month, explaining in a statement that "i...

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DEPTHS Signs With DEADBOY RECORDS

New Zealand-based brutal death metallers DEPTHS have inked a deal with Deadboy Records. The band's new album will be released later in the year. Commented Deadboy A&R representative Vasely Sapunov: "It is a great pleasure to be working with our newest signing DEPTHS. They are a super-hard-workin...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Torture' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed; New Song Streaming

Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will release their twelfth studio album, "Torture", on March 13 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Evisceration Plague" offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal. "Torture" was again produced by HATE ETERNAL'...

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DOWN Members Talk Upcoming EP, Split With Bassist REX BROWN

DOWN, the acclaimed New Orleans band which features in its ranks CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Patrick Bruders (CROWBAR),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RIT...

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Vicious Nightmare

In some circumstances I might wonder why a 2009 album would be re-released only a few years later by a different record label. But in the case of an album like STRIKEMASTER's "Vicious Nightmare" any exposure it may have gotten upon its initial release (very little as it turns out) couldn't possibly...

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VAN HALEN: 'A Different Kind Of Truth' Vinyl Tour Collector's Edition Detailed

The Live Nation store is taking pre-orders for vinyl tour collector's edition of VAN HALEN's new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth". The double gatefold vinyl album includes all 13 songs on two LPs plus custom artwork. This edition also comes with the Deluxe MP3 Edition of the album which will be de...

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SKID ROW Founder Doesn't Understand How American Group Ended Up Using His Band's Name

Brendan "Brush" Shiels, founding member of the late 1960s/early 1970s Irish blues-rock act SKID ROW — which is best known as legendary guitarist Gary Moore's first professional band — has posted a YouTube video in which he accuses the American rock group SKID ROW of using the band name without his p...

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MORTAD: 'Waste Of My Rage' Video Released

"Waste Of My Rage", the new video from the London, England-based, female-fronted metal band MORTAD, can be seen below. The clip was sponsored by the Alchemy apparel clothing brand and produced by the Manchester-based video production company Video Ink. More than a dozen actors were cast for the vide...

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MACHINE HEAD Drummer Says Band Almost Broke Up During 'The Blackening' Tour

Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with drummer Dave McClain of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Kaoz: MACHINE HEAD are working on a DVD release. Is that correct? Dave: Obviously, you are talking...

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SUPREME PAIN Guitarist Quits

Guitarist Bas Brussaard has quit Dutch brutal death metallers SUPREME PAIN because "he is no longer motivated," according to the remaining members of the band. A replacement axeman has not yet been announced. SUPREME PAIN in November announced the addition of drummer Eric De Windt to the group's ran...

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EPICA Performs New Song In Hengelo; Video Available

Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA debuted a brand new song, "Storm The Sorrow", during their headlining concert last night (Thursday, January 12) at Metropool in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. EPICA's fifth full-length album, "Requiem For The I...