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SIRENIA: Audio Samples of Entire 'The Seventh Life Path' Album

Norwegian/Spanish symphonic gothic metallers SIRENIA will release their new album, "The Seventh Life Path", on April 28 in North America (one day earlier internationally) via Napalm Records. Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "The Seventh Life Path" can be streamed below. "The...

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SABATON Guitarist THORBJÖRN 'THOBBE' ENGLUND To Release 'From The Wilderness' Solo Album

Thorbjörn "Thobbe" Englund, lead guitarist of Sweden's SABATON, will release his second solo album filled with super-intense, high-quality guitar playing and a fantastic tone. Due on May 22 via Lion Music, "From The Wilderness" was composed and recorded while Englund was touring the world with SABAT...

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D.J. ASHBA On GUNS N' ROSES' Current Status: 'I'm Looking At This More As A Hiatus Than The End'

Even though GUNS N' ROSES has been inactive since the end of its most recent residency in Las Vegas in June 2014, the group's guitarist of the last six years, D.J. Ashba, says that he expects to return to the stage with GUNS N' ROSES frontman and sole original member Axl Rose at some point ...

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NELSON: New Song 'Rockstar' Available For Streaming

The new NELSON song "Rockstar" can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. In their 25 years as a musical duo, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, collectively known simply as NELSON, have grown from pop music idols to seasoned songwriters and performers. Now, as the brothers celebrate a quarter century at th...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: KIKO LOUREIRO Is 'Definitely The Best Guitarist We've Ever Had'

According to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, the band's new lead guitarist, Kiko Loureiro, has finished laying down all the acoustic guitar parts for the group's fifteenth album. Mustaine added in a tweet: "[Kiko is] definitely the best guitarist we've ever had." Mustaine's latest comments echo thos...

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ZAKK WYLDE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, MICHAEL SCHENKER, ALEX SKOLNICK And More Set For 'Axes & Anchors' Cruise

In an age where heavy metal music cruises with high-profile lineups are becoming a dime a dozen, it's about time that true guitar pros, gearheads, theorists and hobbyists have a voyage of their own. Imagine a cruise exclusively planned for guitarists and instrumentalists, featuring performances and...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES Postpone Shows In Chile, Argentina Due to 'Family Emergency'

Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES have been forced to postpone their shows in Buenos, Aires, Argentina (April 21) and Santiago, Chile (April 23) due to "an unforeseen family emergency." BLACK VEIL BRIDES frontman Andy Biersack states: "We do, however, plan to still come to Brazil at t...

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More Than 300,000 Tickets Sold For AC/DC's Upcoming Australian Tour

According to News.com.au, more than 300,000 tickets were snapped up for AC/DC's upcoming Australian tour within hours of the "Rock Or Bust" stadium shows going on sale Monday morning (April 20). Due to overwhelming demand, the promoter added second concerts in Sydney and Melbourne just an hour after...

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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Ft. Wayne Show During 'Unblackened' Tour

Fan-filmed video footage of BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's April 10 performance in Ft. Wayne, Indiana during the "Unblackened" tour can be seen below. Originally performed as a one-night-only concert at Club Nokia in Los Angeles for a live CD/DVD release two years ago, the "Unblackened" show is now making it...

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SAMMY HAGAR Is Still Waiting For $1.4 Million Car He Custom-Ordered

According to Yahoo! Autos, legendary rocker Sammy Hagar is still waiting for the $1.4 million Ferrari LaFerrari that he custom-ordered in white with black and beige accents while touring the Maranello factory for the first time. "Last October, I went to Italy to visit Ferrari with my wife, Kari, and...

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HELLOWEEN: Official Lyric Video For New Single 'Battle's Won'

German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release their 15th studio album, "My God-Given Right", on May 29 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded between October 2014 and February 2015 at the band's MiSueno Studio on the isle of Tenerife with producer Charlie Bauerfeind (GOTTHARD, HAMMERFALL). HELLOWEEN...

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DAVE GROHL: 'I Will Be A Diehard METALLICA Fan Until The Day I Die'

METALLICA will celebrate Record Store Day this month with the release of an exact duplicate of the band's 1982 cassette demo tape, "No Life 'Til Leather". The limited-edition cassette will be available exclusively in independent record stores on April 18. It features artwork copies from drummer Lars...

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THEORY OF A DEADMAN To Release 'Angel Acoustic' EP

Roadrunner/604 recording group THEORY OF A DEADMAN has announced the "Angel Acoustic" EP, a collection of acoustic performances of fan favorite THEORY OF A DEADMAN songs as well as an acoustic cover of TOVE LO's "Habits (Stay High)". The EP will be available for preorder via iTunes beginning April 2...

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BEAUVOIR FREE To Release 'American Trash' Album In June

Frontiers Music Srl will release "American Trash", the new album from rock and roll veterans Jean Beauvoir and Micki Free, on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America. Best known as the driving force behind the legendary CROWN OF THORNS self-titled debut album in 1994, Beauvoir and Free's collec...

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NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN: It's About Time People Stopped Referring To Bands As 'Female Fronted'

Metal Nation Radio host and Metal Wani editor in chief Owais "Vitek" Nabi recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked for her opinion about bands like NIGHTWISH being lumped in the "female-fronted symphonic metal...