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'Inside Metal: LA Metal Scene Explodes': Video Recap Of Los Angeles Screenings

A video recap of the Los Angeles screening premiere for the documentary film "Inside Metal: LA Metal Scene Explodes" (MetalRock Films) — which took place June 2 at The Attic in Hollywood, California and June 6 at Regency 6 in North Hollywood, California — can be seen below. The video features severa...

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SEVEN To Release 'Shattered' Album In September

Melodic rockers SEVEN will release their new album, "Shattered", on September 23 via Escape Music. The roots of SEVEN can be traced back to the late '80s/early '90s in South Africa, of all places. At the time, Keith McFarlane and the brothers Simon and John LeFevre were in a band called FACE TO FACE...

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FATES WARNING Guitarist Doesn't Get Why JOHN ARCH Fans Can't Like RAY ALDER

Patrick Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with founder/guitarist Jim Matheos of American progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Goldmine: [FATES WARNING singer] Ray [Alder] sounds as strong and melodic [on the band's new a...

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Watch DROWNING POOL Perform 'Bodies' With 82-Year-Old 'America's Got Talent' Contestant At CHICAGO OPEN AIR

82-year-old John Hetlinger, who became a viral video sensation last month when he belted out the DROWNING POOL classic "Bodies" on the NBC series "America's Got Talent", joined the band on stage earlier today (Friday, July 15) to perform the song at the Chicago Open Air festival. Video footage of hi...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Says LED ZEPPELIN's 'Stairway To Heaven' Case 'Should Have Never Gone To Court'

Ozzy Osbourne says that he cannot believe the members of LED ZEPPELIN had to defend themselves against a federal copyright infringement lawsuit claiming the opening to the 1971 classic "Stairway To Heaven" was a rip-off of the 1968 instrumental song "Taurus". "It's fucking crazy, actually," the BLAC...

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NIKKI SIXX's MÖTLEY CRÜE Catalog Acquired By DOWNTOWN

Downtown Music Publishing has acquired rock icon Nikki Sixx's complete MÖTLEY CRÜE publishing catalog featuring hits such as "Dr. Feelgood", "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Kickstart My Heart" and "Home Sweet Home". Downtown previously served as Sixx's administrator of these copyrights. As part of the agree...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's SCOUR Project: Entire Debut EP Available For Streaming

The self-titled debut EP from SCOUR, the new extreme metal "supergroup" featuring Philip Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN, SUPERJOINT) alongside members of CATTLE DECAPITATION and PIG DESTROYER, can be streamed in its entirety using the SoundCloud widget below. Due on July 15 via Anselmo's Housecore label, th...

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DROWNING POOL To Perform With 82-Year-Old 'America's Got Talent' Contestant At CHICAGO OPEN AIR

Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL recently surged to viral status after 82-year-old Navy veteran and aerospace manager John Hetlinger performed his favorite karaoke track — DROWNING POOL's hit song "Bodies" — on the popular NBC competition show "America's Got Talent", surprising and charming viewers...

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GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME To Release 'Resurrection' Album In September

Frontiers Music Srl will release "Resurrection", the new album from OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, on September 23. "Resurrection" is the second part of Tate's musical trilogy. One year after the release of the debut album in September 2015, OPERATION: MI...

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ELIMINATE Feat. Ex-DARK ANGEL, HIRAX, WHIPLASH Members: West Coast Dates Announced

ELIMINATE, the new band featuring former DARK ANGEL singer Don Doty, will embark on a short West Coast tour in August. Bay Area thrashers HATCHET will provide support on all dates. ELIMINATE is comprised of Doty, guitarists Scott Owen (HIRAX, SUBVERSION) and Henry Elizondo (DEVASTATION),bassist Joh...

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DOPESICK Feat. Ex-SKINLAB, MINISTRY Members: 'Ride The Night' Video

Oakland, California punk/hard rock outfit DOPESICK is a fresh name for many, but the band's members charge forward with quite the resume behind them. DOPESICK frontman/guitarist Adam Albright originally formed the band nearly two decades ago with the intention of touring while still performing with...

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Video Premiere: BEARTOOTH's 'Hated'

"Hated", the new video from Columbus, Ohio's BEARTOOTH, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Aggressive", which was released on June 3 via Red Bull Records. In the two short years since their debut album was cooked up in frontman Caleb Shomo's basement, BEARTOOTH has cat...

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Unleashed

Since breaking out, Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning Christian rockers SKILLET have been averaging a new album every three years since 2003's "Collide". In the wake of the release of 2013's "Rise", John Cooper — SKILLET's lead vocalist, bassist and co-founder — reportedly began writing the so...

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Heavy Rock Radio

Norwegian dynamo Jorn Lande may not always spring to the fore of metalheads' minds, but he's enjoyed a long and satisfying career doing what he does, which includes a rock opera project with guitarist Trond Holter last year, "Dracula - Swing of Death". Jorn's impeccable chops always demand attention...

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Relentless

In their short time together, FREHLEY'S COMET really had something good going on. Though dropping only two LPs and a live EP, the ensemble Ace Frehley staked his comeback with was one of the more notable units of the 1980s. "Second Sighting", a softer album compared to its highly-entertaining, self-...