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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT Meets 'Warhammer'

IGN Music recently learned of a unique collaboration between members of the legendary heavy rock band BLUE ÖYSTER CULT and the development team behind the fantasy MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) Warhammer Online: Age Of Reckoning. Lead singer Eric Bloom and guitarist Richie C...

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Surveillance Video Of PEARL JAM Bassist Robbery/Assault Available

Surveillance camera footage of PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament being attacked and robbed outside Southern Tracks Recording in Atlanta, where the band was working on its next album, can be viewed below. Although the attack took place on the afternoon of April 27, details have just emerged about the inci...

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DIRGE WITHIN Signing With E1 MUSIC

DIRGE WITHIN (formerly DIRGE),the new metal band featuring ex-SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass, THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA),vocalist Jeremy "Jerms" Genske, bassist Brian Paz and guitarist Matt Szlachta, is rumored to have inked a deal with E1 Music (formerly K...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist Collaborates With Former FEMME FATALE, VIXEN Members; Audio Available

Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has collaborated with ex-FEMME FATALE vocalist Lorraine Lewis and ex-VIXEN drummer Roxy Petrucci on "a little BAD COMPANY-esque/countryfied rocker" entitled "Desperate". The track is currently available for streaming at Jeff's MySpace page. Jeff Young wil release...

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ZAO: 'Awake?' First-Week Sales Revealed

"Awake?", the new album from the influential heavy music act ZAO, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and deve...

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PEARL JAM Bassist Injured In Robbery Outside Atlanta Studio

RollingStone.com reports that PEARL JAM bassist Jeff Ament was the victim of a violent robbery outside Southern Tracks Recording studios in Atlanta, where the band is recording their ninth studio album with producer Brendan O'Brien. According to a police report, Ament and a band employee pulled up t...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS To Support HEAVEN & HELL In Europe

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has scheduled the following European solo dates: Jun. 04 - Oslo, Norway, Spektrum (supporting HEAVEN & HELL) Jun. 06 - Sölvesborg, Sweden, Sweden Rock Festival Jun. 08 - Giess...

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TRIVIUM Drummer Interviewed On Australian Radio; Audio Available

Drummer Travis Smith of Florida metallers TRIVIUM was interviewed on Perth, Australia's 89.7 TwinCitiesFM radio station on May 4, 2009. The program is now available for streaming below. TRIVIUM's headlining tour of Australia will kick off on May 13 in Brisbane. Support on the trek will come from HEA...

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NACHTMYSTIUM: More 'Doomsday Derelicts' MCD Details Revealed

Battle Kommand Records has announce the label's first in-house CD release in over a year: the brand new MCD from Chicago's purveyors of psychedelic blackened metal NACHTMYSTIUM, entitled "Doomsday Derelicts". The release was arranged in cooperation with Century Media Records, NACHTMYSTIUM's home lab...

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MOTÖRHEAD, MÖTLEY CRÜE, ALICE IN CHAINS Members To Guest On DUFF MCKAGAN's 'Radio Loaded'

Seattle native Duff McKagan (DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED, VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES) will make his radio host debut today (Tuesday, May 12) with "Radio Loaded", a one-hour show on 99.9 KISW "The Rock of Seattle" and at KISW.com. The show will air at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Says McKagan: "Okay, so I...

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LAZARUS A.D. Interviewed By FANGORIA Magazine; Video Available

Fangoria, an internationally distributed U.S. film fan magazine specializing in the genres of horror, slasher, splatter and exploitation films, recently conducted an interview with Kenosha, Wisconsin's LAZARUS A.D.. Watch the five-minute chat below. LAZARUS A.D. recently shot a video for the song "T...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS: Another Solo Track Posted Online

Powerhouse American heavy metal vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, BEYOND FEAR, ex-JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH) has posted a new solo track, entitled "Believe", on his MySpace page. The song, which was written by Owens, features the following lineup: * Tim "Ripper" Owens (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN,...

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HYDROGYN Guitarist Launches COLLAPSE THE EMPIRE

Guitarist Jeff Westlake of Ashland, Kentucky-based rockers HYDROGYN has announced the formation of his new band COLLAPSE THE EMPIRE. He is joined in the group by Charleston, West Virginia frontman Justin Johnson (DOG SOLDIER) and HYDROGYN members Chris Sammons (bass) and Josh Cumberland (drums). "Th...

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Texas' THUNDER OF GODS FESTIVAL Cancelled

Jeff Tandy of Austin Metal Music Examiner reports: "Thunder of Gods Festival was going to be the first of its kind in Texas. Held in Dripping Springs, it was touted as a multi-genre (though mostly metal) event to rival the giant festivals of Europe. Tickets were available for months, and the posters...

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Former MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Performs AEROSMITH Cover; Video Available

Video footage of former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young and female singer Twinkle performing a cover version of AEROSMITH's "Seasons Of Wither" for a festive little group of pre-schoolers at a Save The Music-type event can be viewed below. Commented Young: "I've wanted to do a cover of AEROSMITH's 'Se...