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Former DIO Drummers VINNY APPICE, SIMON WRIGHT Talk About Their Contribution To 'This Is Your Life' (Video)

Former DIO drummers Vinny Appice and Simon Wright were interviewed by Artisan News at this past Monday's (March 17) exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Check out the report below. During the...

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CHASTAIN: 'Evil Awaits Us' Video Released

"Evil Awaits Us", the new video from the reformed CHASTAIN — featuring Leather Leone on vocals — can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's comeback album, "Surrender To No One", which was released on November 19, 2013 via Leviathan Records. "Surrender To No One" track listing: 01. Stand...

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CALIFORNIA BREED Featuring GLENN HUGHES And JASON BONHAM: 'Sweet Tea' Video Released

"Sweet Tea", the first video from CALIFORNIA BREED, the new band of 2014, built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, can be seen below. Mixing massive riffs, gutsy vocal...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN: 'The Music Business Has Sucked The Life Out Of Creativity'

Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD has posted the latest installment of his online blog, "The General Journals: Diary Of A Frontman... And Other Ramblings". It follows below in its entirety. "I'm in a shitty mood. "Not for the story I'm about to tell, but because of my thoug...

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DEFTONES Singer CHINO MORENO's CROSSES: 'The Epilogue' Video Released

"The Epilogue", the new video from ††† (CROSSES) — DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno's project with FAR guitarist Shaun Lopez — can be seen below. The song comes off ††† (CROSSES)'s self-titled full-length debut, which was released on February 11 via Sumerian Records. The CD includes the songs from †††...

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COREY TAYLOR, DUFF MCKAGAN, TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, LZZY HALE Perform At RONNIE JAMES DIO Third Annual Awards Gala

An exclusive VIP listening party for the Ronnie James Dio tribute album "This Is Your Life" and awards gala was held last night (Monday, March 17) at the Avalon in Hollywood, California. Fans got to hear the entire album two weeks before they could buy it and there were very special live performance...

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METALLICA Members Discuss DEEP PURPLE Influence (Video)

A ten-minute video clip in which METALLICA members James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo talk about the contribution of legendary British hard rockers DEEP PURPLE, in particular the classic albums "Machine Head" and "Made In Japan", and how DEEP PURPLE influenced one of the g...

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LARS ULRICH Says 'The Lords Of Summer' Is 'Fairly Representative' Of METALLICA's Current Creative Headspace

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to RollingStone.com about the band's new song "The Lords Of Summer", which was performed for the first time last night (Sunday, March 16) at the opening show of the band's South American tour in Bogota, Colombia. "We promised our fans we'd play a new song and we'v...

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WOLVHAMMER Recording Third Album

Midwestern black/death rock nihilists WOLVHAMMER are currently deep in the process of laying down the tracks that are to become the band's third LP, due this summer via Profound Lore. Occupying Hideaway Studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota, WOLVHAMMER is tracking its full-length follow-up to 2011's "The...

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HIM: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of New York City Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of HIM's March 14 performance at Irving Plaza in New York City can be seen below. Early albums from HIM were recently digitally reissued via The End Records, with deluxe versions in multiple configurations to come this summer. The albums that have been reissued are the band'...

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SLASH Talks To ARTISAN NEWS At SOUTH BY SOUTWEST (Video)

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) was interviewed by Artisan News (see video below) at the South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas where he threw the first-ever musician-focused Hackathon, titled Slashathon, at Capital Factory. For seven hours straight, teams of technol...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES Taps Producer BOB ROCK For Next Album

Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES have tapped Bob Rock (METALLICA, MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE CULT, BUSH, THE OFFSPRING) to produce their next album. According to the band's Facebook and Twitter accounts, the group has just completed the first week of pre-production for the new CD, which is exp...

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SLASH: Winners Announced For 'Slashathon'

Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N' ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) threw the first-ever musician-focused Hackathon, titled Slashathon, at Capital Factory during Austin music week (March 12). For seven hours straight, teams of technology developers worked to create new and interesting music-oriented applicat...

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Ex-NIGHTWISH Frontwoman ANETTE OLZON: 'It Is Easier To Implement Your Emotions In Your Own Songs'

On March 3, Mark Holmes of Metal Discovery conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Discovery: In terms of the lyrics, [your solo debut, "Shine"] strikes me as a very personal album, so did you have any apprehensions abo...

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ZAKK WYLDE Interviewed On 'Hangar 19' Podcast (Audio)

Cutter of Envision Radio Networks' "Hangar 19" podcast recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. The new BLACK LABEL SOCIETY studio album, "Catacombs Of The Black Vatican", will be released in Eu...