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GRAND MAGUS: Official 'The Hunt' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for "The Hunt", the title track of the new album from Swedish heavy rockers GRAND MAGUS, can be seen below. Due in Europe on May 25 via Nuclear Blast Records, the CD's cover artwork was created by Arik Roper (CATHEDRAL, HIGH ON FIRE, SLEEP),who also handled the art on GRAND...

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PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR Interviewed On KASC THE BLAZE 1330 AM (Audio)

KASC The Blaze 1330 AM (web site) recently conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor. The chat is now available for streaming using the SoundCloud player below. PRONG's new album, "Carved Into Stone", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD lan...

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PRONG: 'Carved Into Stone' First-Week Sales Revealed

PRONG's new album, "Carved Into Stone", sold around 1,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 13 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never ap...

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SLASH Talks About Recording Process For 'Apocalyptic Love' (Video)

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, ex-GUNS N' ROSES) invited MusiciansFriend.com to Barefoot recording studios in Hollywood, California, where he was finishing his upcoming album, "Apocalyptic Love", and gave the site a little insight into his gear and recording process. Check out the foota...

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Long Live Heavy Metal

3 INCHES OF BLOOD is a known quantity in the world of metal, but I'm not sure the Canadians always get the attention they deserve from all corners of the traditional heavy metal community. Perhaps it is the purists that haven't invested any time in the band's four albums for juvenile reasons that in...

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Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes

Kansas City's STONEHAVEN have singlehandedly reignited my fire for black metal with a scorcher called "Concerning Old-Strife and Man-Banes". Not only has this 59-minute album of Scandinavian-rotted, traditional black metal kept my interest from one end to the other, it has been without hesitation th...

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THE SWORD: Previously Unreleased 'Age Of Winters'-Era Track Available On iTunes

In advance of Friday's premiere of this year's highly anticipated movie "Marvel's The Avengers", Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD have announced the release of "Hammer Of Heaven", an early track dating back to 2003 that was not included on "Age Of Winters", which the band submitted for inclu...

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Reunited Canadian Metallers SWORD Perform At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival (Video)

Reunited '80s Montreal power metallers SWORD (not to be confused with Texas-based luminaries THE SWORD) performed this past Friday night (April 27) at the Keep It True XV festival Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. SWORD playe...

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PRONG In Denver: Video Interview, Quality Performance Footage Available

"Superskum" (web site) conducted an interview with PRONG mainman Tommy Victor when the band played at the Marquis Theater in Denver, Colorado with CROWBAR. You can now watch the chat below. Also available is quality performance footage from the Denver concert. PRONG's new album, "Carved Into Stone",...

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SLASH Interviewed On Sweden's BANDIT ROCK (Audio)

On Tuesday, April 24, legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was interviewed on the Stockholm, Sweden-based radio station Bandit Rock. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.

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DRAGONFORCE: 'The Power Within' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Power Within", the new album from British epic power metallers DRAGONFORCE, sold 5,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 74 on The Billboard 200 chart. DRAGONFORCE's previous CD, "Ultra Beatdown", opened with 24,000 units back in September 2008 to...

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SLASH Interviewed On CBC's 'Q' (Video)

Jian Ghomeshi of CBC's cultural affairs show "Q" conducted an interview with legendary VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash during his recent visit to Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 21-minute chat can be viewed below. Slash will release his second solo album, "Apocalyptic Love", on May 22...

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PRONG: 'Revenge ... Best Served Cold' Video Released

"Revenge ... Best Served Cold", the new video from PRONG, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's new album, "Carved Into Stone", which will be released on April 24 in North America via Long Branch Records/SPV. The CD was recorded with producer Steve Evetts, who has previously worked with T...

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THE SWORD: Guitar-Lesson Videos Now Available

Music lesson web site PlayThisRiff.com is now featuring guitar lesson videos with J.D. Cronise and Kyle Shutt from Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD. At PlayThisRiff.com you will find the following guitar lesson videos by THE SWORD: * "Arrows In The Dark" Part 1 (Intro) * "Arrows In The Dark"...

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'Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy Live: Made In Stoke' Concert To Air On HDNET

Legendary guitarist Slash (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) will release his second solo album, "Apocalyptic Love", on May 22 via his own label Dik Hayd International distributed through EMI. "Apocalyptic Love" was recorded like a live performance record where the band was all set up in a big room at...