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ROB HALFORD Looks Back On PMRC: 'We Got Attacked For Something That Was Completely Out Of Order'

In a recent interview with Canada's C103 radio station, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked what it felt like to have the band's track "Eat Me Alive" included in Parents' Music Resource Center's (PMRC) "Filthy Fifteen" list of objectionable songs three decades ago. He responded: "It was kind o...
September 27, 2015
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Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN: 'Satan's Tomb' Title Track Streaming

Michael Denner and Hank Shermann, the original Danish guitar players of MERCYFUL FATE's legendary "Melissa" and "Don't Break the Oath" albums, have created a new classic in the forthcoming EP "Satan's Tomb", coming on October 2 via Metal Blade Records. These songs were crafted with the MERCYFUL FATE...
September 26, 2015
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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: 'Every Opportunity We Get To Play, I Take It Very Seriously'

Mike Preston of Psycho Babble TV conducted an interview with QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali at the Farm Rock 2015 festival, which was held September 4-6 in Wauconda, Illinois. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he approaches per...
September 23, 2015
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DESTRUCTOR Signs With PURE STEEL RECORDS

Pure Steel Records has announced the signing of Euclid, Ohio's speed/thrash veterans DESTRUCTOR to a three-album deal. Pure Steel will release the "Back In Bondage" material for the first time and in remastered style and then a formal announcement of a new album will come. Says Andreas Lorenz of Pur...
September 11, 2015
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RITCHIE BLACKMORE's BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: 'Will O' The Wisp' Video Released

On September 18, Frontiers Music Srl will release "All Our Yesterdays", the tenth studio album from BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night. The video for the "All Our Yesterdays" track "Will O' The Wisp" can be seeen below. Among...
September 11, 2015
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EVERGREY: Video Footage Of New York City Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of EVERGREY's September 3 performance at Marlin Room at Webster Hall in New York City can be seen below. EVERGREY's latest album, "Hymns For The Broken", was released in September 2014 via AFM Records. The CD was recorded at a few different studios and mixed at Hansen studio...
September 4, 2015
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ESCAPE THE FATE: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Just A Memory' Video Shoot

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Just A Memory", the new video from ESCAPE THE FATE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Hate Me", which will be released on October 30 via Eleven Seven Music. When a band has had as storied and, at times, controversial a firs...
August 25, 2015
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Ex-BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS Members To Take Part In Israel's 'Titans Of Metal' Event

Israel's Progstage Productions has announced the addition of three more participants to its first annual "Titans Of Metal" event, set to take place on December 17 at Hanger 11 in Tel Aviv. They are guitar virtuoso Tony MacAlpine, legendary ex-RAINBOW vocalist Graham Bonnet and RHAPSODY OF FIRE and A...
August 20, 2015
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ESCAPE THE FATE: 'Just A Memory' Video Released

"Just A Memory", the new video from ESCAPE THE FATE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Hate Me", which will be released on October 30 via Eleven Seven Music. When a band has had as storied and, at times, controversial a first decade in the limelight as ESCAPE ...
August 20, 2015
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Legendary MERCYFUL FATE Guitarists MICHAEL DENNER And HANK SHERMANN: 'Satan's Tomb' EP Artwork, Trailer

Michael Denner and Hank Shermann, the original Danish guitar players of MERCYFUL FATE's legendary "Melissa" and "Don't Break the Oath" albums, have created a new classic in the forthcoming EP "Satan's Tomb", coming on October 2 via Metal Blade Records. These songs were crafted with the MERCYFUL FATE...
August 18, 2015
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ESCAPE THE FATE To Release 'Hate Me' Album In October

ESCAPE THE FATE will release its new album, "Hate Me", on October 30 via Eleven Seven Music. When a band has had as storied and, at times, controversial a first decade in the limelight as ESCAPE THE FATE, there is often a temptation to focus on that past, rather than concentrating on the future. Yet...
August 18, 2015
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The Essential Rob Halford

For JUDAS PRIEST fans, it's referred to (and in some cases, mocked) as "the Ripper years." However, it was more than just that seven year stretch from 1996 to 2003 when Tim "Ripper" Owens realized the dream a lifetime (and its correlating nightmares) by stepping into the boots of heavy metal royalty...
August 17, 2015
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MURDERDOLLS May Never Get Revisited, Says WEDNESDAY 13

During a brand new interview with Music Mania's Clint Switzer, Wednesday 13 was asked once again if there is any chance of him and former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison regrouping anytime soon to work on a new MURDERDOLLS studio album."I would say right now, no," he said (see video below). "But I al...
August 11, 2015
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LED ZEPPELIN's 'In Through The Out Door' Back In The Top 10

According to The Pulse Of Radio, LED ZEPPELIN's final original album, 1979's "In Through The Out Door", has made its way back into the Top 10, hitting No. 9. The album, along with 1976's "Presence" and 1982 posthumous collection, "Coda", are the latest and final deluxe reissues spearheaded by Jimmy...
August 11, 2015
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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA Says MAYHEM FESTIVAL Attendance Was 'About What We Would Draw If We Were Doing Our Own Tour'

SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya has dismissed the suggestion that the band was playing to a smaller audience than usual as the headliner of this year's edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. "We have a fanbase of about five or six thousand at every place we play, so the crowd that w...
August 7, 2015