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Skeletons

Referred to by their fans as S&S or SandS, Rochester. New York's SIRENS & SAILORS are amassing a solid following for their semiautomatic-echoing style of metalcore. A lot of the band's success rides on feverish blast beats and crashing thrash parts administered by Doug Court. The rest of wha...

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Live Fast Die Loud

For a contemporary heavy music market where intricacy is valued more than ever, once in a while, straightforward and simple wins the day. Chuck Garric, veteran bassist for Alice Cooper and affiliate of a Who's Who list in hard rock and metal ranging from Ronnie James Dio to Steven Tyler to CHEAP TRI...

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Unblackened

Back in March of this year, Zakk Wylde and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY put together a special treat at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, a scaled-back, relaxed retrospective set filled with ten BLS songs, three from the PRIDE & GLORY days and four selections from Zakk's 1996 solo album, "Book of Shadows". "Unb...

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MEGADETH's ELLEFSON: 'It Feels Good To Know That I Used A Gift God Gave Me To Give Something Back To God'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently spoke to Yahoo! Music about how music helped him reconnect with religion. Check out the clip below. "The church started calling to me, 'Hey, we need a bass player this week. Can you come and play?'" Ellefson said. "It's kind of like God knows if he can get me...

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GENE SIMMONS, SEBASTIAN BACH, DAVID ELLEFSON Confirmed For Las Vegas 'Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp'

Rock Legend and media mogul Gene Simmons will mentor and jam with campers along with fellow rock star friends at Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp, offering an opportunity of a lifetime at its Las Vegas studios. The camp will also feature Tommy Thayer (KISS),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Steve Stevens (BILLY...

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SLASH Says MOTÖRHEAD's 'Aftershock' Is 'One Of The Most Brilliant' Rock Albums That Has Come Out In A Long Time

In a brand new interview with Independent.com, legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) was asked what still excites him about playing guitar. "I don't know; I just love playing guitar, and it seems the longer I've been doing it, the more I love it," he replied. "I've never really...

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SCYTHIA: 'Bear Claw Tavern' Video Released

"Bear Claw Tavern", the new video from Canadian metallers SCYTHIA, can be seen below. The old world-themed clip, directed by fantasy movie director Richard Olak and filmed at the Storm Crow Tavern in the band's hometown of Vancouver, B.C., is an uproarious three-minute scorcher featuring the band ro...

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INDIAN: New Song 'Rhetoric Of No' Available For Streaming

Chicago's favorite blackened doom nihilists INDIAN will release their long-awaited fifth full-length album, "From All Purity", via Relapse Records on CD/LP/digital in North America on January 21, 2014, Germany/Benelux/Finland on January 17, and in the rest of the world on January 20. The effort was...

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STERN PINBALL Releases AC/DC 'Luci' Premium Game

Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's leading maker of real pinball games, today announced the availability of the AC/DC Luci Premium pinball machine. Based on Steve Ritchie's hit design, the latest addition to the AC/DC pinball lineup features an entirely new original artwork package that captures the t...

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EUROPE Guitarist JOHN NORUM To Release Instructional DVD

Guitarist John Norum of Swedish hard rockers EUROPE will release his very first instructional DVD in the months to come. It will be sold exclusively through Norum's official web site. In a 2010 interview, Norum stated about how he came to be such a well-respected musician: "I think you're born to do...

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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Says Industrial Material On Latest MORBID ANGEL Album 'Lacked Quality'

On October 22, AndrewHaug.com, Australia's first-ever dedicated 24/7 rock and metal online radio station launched by Andrew Haug, the former host of Triple J Australia's "The Racket" radio show (originally "Full Metal Racket"; 2001-2011),conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal"...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says 'Super Collider' Is 'Almost Like A Biopic Of Our Career'

Alan Sculley of The Morning Call recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On the latest MEGADETH album, "Super Collider": Mustaine: "I think 'Super Collider' is kind of like a really broad [distillation] of what our whole c...

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SCAR THE MARTYR: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Corpus Christi Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of SCAR THE MARTYR's November 17 performance at Concrete Street Amphitheater in Corpus Christi, Texas during the "Night Of The Living Dreads" tour with KORN and ROB ZOMBIE can be seen below. SCAR THE MARTYR's self-titled debut album sold around 3,300 copies in the United Sta...

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LOSTPROPHETS Singer's Stepfather: We Thought, 'There Must Be Some Mistake Here'

The stepfather of LOSTPROPHETS singer Ian Watkins has spoken to the Daily Mail about being "devastated" to hear about his son's "heinous" crimes against children, expressing his fear that Watkins will be remembered as a "Jimmy Savile character". Watkins appeared in court in Cardiff, Wales on Tuesday...

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UGLY KID JOE Guitarist KLAUS EICHSTADT Talks To RockNLive.org (Video)

RockNLive.org conducted an interview with with guitarist Klaus Eichstadt of reunited hard rockers UGLY KID JOE before the band's November 23 concert at Le Forum in Vauréal, France. You can now watch the chat below. UGLY KID JOE's new CD + DVD, "Stairway To Hell", was released on October 4 via Metalv...