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MIKE PORTNOY, BILLY SHEEHAN, TONY MACALPINE, DEREK SHERINIAN To Tour Europe And Asia

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),bassist Billy Sheehan (STEVE VAI, DAVID LEE ROTH),guitarist Tony MacAlpine (neo classical-metal style, STEVE VAI) and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, PLANET X, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) will join forces this fall, embarking on an e...

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Learning-Disabled Man Goes On Transatlantic Quest To Meet METALLICA Drummer

"Mission To Lars" is an uplifting documentary feature film about Tom Spicer, a learning-disabled man who, with his siblings help, goes on a transatlantic quest to find his much-obsessed-over hero, Lars Ulrich of METALLICA. Tom has Fragile X Syndrome, a sort of autism. All he's ever wanted is to meet...

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JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE: Orangevale Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE's April 6 performance at the Boardwalk in Orangevale, California can be seen below. JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE kicked off its "High Seas" tour on March 3 at Route 46 in Sanford, Florida. The band's hour-long set featured the following tracks: 01...

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ATTACKER Recording Vocals For 'Steel Vengeance' Song

New Jersey "classic/true" metallers ATTACKER will enter the studio today to lay down vocals on the track "Steel Vengeance", formerly known as "Condemned". The song was never officially made available any ATTACKER album but was released as an extremely limited quantity single for the band's 2008 Keep...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Forced To Cancel Shows Due To Hemorrhaged Vocal Cord

Guitar virtuoso and singer/songwriter Richie Kotzen (formerly of POISON and MR. BIG) has regretfully canceled his shows planned for later this month in New York City, Long Island, Baltimore, and Redondo. "Since I came back from Europe I have been struggling with my voice," Richie said in a statement...

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MICHAEL KISKE, KAI HANSEN Talk UNISONIC In New Video Interview

A new video interview with former HELLOWEEN and current UNISONIC members Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen can be seen below. In addition to Kiske and Hansen, UNISONIC features in its ranks Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer (who has p...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'The Fatal Feast' Video Shoot

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video for "The Fatal Feast", the title track of the new MUNICIPAL WASTE album, can be seen below. The clip was filmed with director Jeff Speed of Halo Of Flies in Los Angeles on the former set of the space western television series "Firefly". Commente...

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FIREWIND To Release 'Wall Of Sound' Digital Single

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND — who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. — will release their new album, "Few Against Many", in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 through DisManic, Inc. via eOne Distribution. The CD was mixed by Jaso...

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FIREWIND: 'Few Against Many' Trailer Released

A one-minute trailer for "Few Against Many", the new album from Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND — who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. — can be seen below. "Few Against Many" will be released in Europe on May 21 via Century Media Records and in North America on May 22 t...

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METAL MIKE Performs With School Of Rock's Metal All-Stars In New York City

Guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak (HALFORD, SEBASTIAN BACH, TESTAMENT, PAINMUSEUM) was a special guest judge for the School Of Rock's all-star "Metal Fest" competition that took place this past Saturday, April 7 at New York City's Gramercy Theater. Metal Mike judged competing bands from nine School O...

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QUEEN To Play Four Shows With ADAM LAMBERT This Summer

According to Billboard.com, QUEEN's Roger Taylor and Brian May will play four shows with "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert in June and early July. On tap is a June 30 show in Moscow, a concert with Elton John in Kiev as well as two early July shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in London ...

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ATTACKER Announces New Singer

ATTACKER has recruited Bobby "Leatherlungs" Lucas (SEVEN WITCHES, OVERLORDE, MORBID SIN) as its new vocalist. Lucas is still a member of OVERLORDE, which is currently working on a new album. According to ATTACKER drummer Mike Sabatini, the band will focus on writing and recording material for its as...

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DANGEROUS TOYS/BROKEN TEETH Frontman Ties The Knot

Texas-based hard rock singer Jason McMaster's (DANGEROUS TOYS, WATCHTOWER, IGNITOR, BROKEN TEETH) lady, Katie, finally made an honest man of him, and on his birthday, no less! They were married last month in Los Angeles, visited the set of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", and came home with a couple...

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JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE: Tacoma Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE's March 31 performance at the Backstage in Tacoma, Washington can be seen below. JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE kicked off its "High Seas" tour on March 3 at Route 46 in Sanford, Florida. The band's hour-long set featured the following tracks: 01. C...

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GREAT WHITE Members Are 'Shocked And Saddened' By JACK RUSSELL's Trademark Lawsuit

GREAT WHITE lead guitarist Mark Kendall, drummer Audie Desbrow, guitarist/keyboardist/backing vocalist Michael Lardie have retained the Pasadena, California intellectual property law firm of Karish & Bjorgum, PC to represent them in the recent trademark lawsuit filed by the band's estranged lead...