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HOUSE OF LORDS: 'Go To Hell' Video Released

Frontiers Music Srl will release of HOUSE OF LORDS' tenth studio album, titled "Indestructible", on June 3 in Europe and June 7 in North America. The CD shows once again what HOUSE OF LORDS stands for: powerful and heavy songs, with major hooks and melodies and grandiose arrangements. The official v...

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Was GUNS N' ROSES' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Inspired By Early '80s Song From Australian Band?

Australian blog MAX TV has pointed out similarities between the GUNS N' ROSES classic song "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Unpublished Critics", a song by the Australian band AUSTRALIAN CRAWL. "Unpublished Critics", which was released in 1981 — six years before "Sweet Child O' Mine" — contains "the same...

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METALLICA To Perform At 2015 X GAMES In Austin

METALLICA will perform at the 2015 X Games, set to take place June 4-7 in Austin, Texas. The band's Super Stage headlining appearance is scheduled for June 6. Other artists who have signed on to play at the extreme sports showcase are Nicki Minaj, Talib Kweli, THE GLITCH MOB, Kid Ink, PENNYWISE, Del...

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Audio: SIXX: A.M. Members Discuss First-Ever Headlining Tour On 'Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx invited his SIXX: A.M. bandmates James Michael and D.J. Ashba back on his "Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx" radio show for a recap of all the action from SIXX: A.M.'s first headlining tour. Hear about the taser wars, new tattoos and tour bus hijinx in the audio clip below....

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TONY IOMMI Is 'Flattered And Honored' By Release Of 'Great Lefty: Live Forever' Tribute Album

Tanzan Music and "Tony Iommi Fan-Tastic" team of Iommi supporters together with Facebook communities "Tony Iommi The Man The Master The Legend" and "Global Black Sabbath Convention" have released a compilation tribute in honor of BLACK SABBATH's true heart and soul, legendary riffmaster Tony Iommi....

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SAMMY HAGAR Recalls Day RONNIE MONTROSE Committed Suicide

Sammy Hagar says that he "doesn't regret anything" about his relationship with late MONTROSE legend Ronnie Montrose, explaining that he tried desperately to be friends with the guitarist before Ronnie took his own life on March 3, 2012. Sammy and Ronnie co-founded MONTROSE in the early 1970s, releas...

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HOLY GRAIL To Enter Studio This Weekend

Los Angeles-based metal powerhouse HOLY GRAIL will enter the studio this weekend with Grammy Award-winning producer John Spiker to begin tracking its third album. A fall release via Prothetic is expected. Following an extensive tour campaign to promote the band's 2013 release, "Ride The Void", HOLY...

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Original RAINBOW Bassist CRAIG GRUBER Dies After Battle With Prostate Cancer

Bassist Craig Gruber died on Tuesday (May 5) at the age of 63 after a battle with prostate cancer. Albeit not a household name, Gruber is best known as the original bassist in RAINBOW, having played on the band's first album, "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". He was also a member of ELF alongside vocal...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: Teaser For Fifth Album

A short teaser for the forthcoming fifth album from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE can be seen below. Tentatively due this summer, the CD was helmed by producer Colin Richardson (CARCASS, FEAR FACTORY, MACHINE HEAD) and producer/engineer Carl Bown. Speaking about the band's mindset going in...

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Lawsuit Filed Over EXODUS Fan's Arrest

The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has filed a federal lawsuit (PDF file) on behalf of James Evans, the Muhlenberg County man previously arrested and charged with making threats online for posting song lyrics from the heavy metal band EXODUS. In 2014, Evans posted on his Facebook page ly...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'The Day MÖTLEY CRÜE Plays Its Last Show, I Will Never Play Another MÖTLEY CRÜE Song Again'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx says that his other band, SIXX: A.M., is its own entity and not an attempt to recycle elements of the CRÜE in order to appeal to an already established fan base. "I think they're totally separate — I really compartmentalize the two," Sixx tells RiffYou.com. "What's imp...

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Video: JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL Plays Second Show With New Singer CHAS WEST

RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, played its second show with new singer Chas West (Jason Bonham, LYNCH MOB, 3 LEGGED DOGG) this past Saturday night (May 2) at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can...

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Noita

Finnish folk metal favorites KORPIKLAANI are back with their ninth album, "Noita", which is, according to the traditional connotation, a shamanistic healer versus the witchcraft tag forced upon it by pious delusion. Being the upbeat band KORPILAANI is, they celebrate the original inference by embrac...

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TOOL Frontman's Side Project PUSCIFER Almost Finished With New Record

Work may finally be progressing a little more consistently on the new TOOL album, but meanwhile singer Maynard James Keenan has apparently found the time to complete a new disc from his music-and-cabaret act PUSCIFER. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Keenan told Punchdrink.com that a new PUSCIFER se...

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Third Annual 'Metallica Day' Held At AT&T Park In San Francisco; Video Footage, Photos

The San Francisco Giants' third annual "Metallica Day" was held yesterday (Saturday, May 2) at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants took the field against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. As was the case at the first two installments of the "Metallica Night", METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich...