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New ARCH ENEMY Singer ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ: 'We Couldn't Just Make A Mediocre Album Here'

Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with former THE AGONIST and current ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Assault: So, before it was officially announced [that you were joining ARCH ENEMY], how long was t...

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STEEL PANTHER's MICHAEL STARR Talks To 'Ric Drasin Live!' About Performing, Staying In Shape (Video)

Michael Starr, the lead singer of STEEL PANTHER, the American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California mostly known for its profane and humorous lyrics as well as its exaggerated on-stage personae that reimagine and parody the heavy metal music and lifestyle of the 1980s, spoke to "Ric Drasin L...

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FOO FIGHTERS Drummer TAYLOR HAWKINS To Guest On New SIXX: A.M. Album

FOO FIGHTERS drummer Taylor Hawkins will guest on the forthcoming third album from SIXX: A.M., the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx alongside guitarist DJ Ashba and vocalist James Michael. Sixx tweeted on Wednesday (April 30): "Really excited Taylor Hawkins is gonna play on some of the...

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ANTISEEN Guitarist JOE YOUNG Dead At 54

Joe Young, the guitarist and founding member of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based punk-rock band ANTISEEN, died on April 30 at the age of 54. The cause of death has not yet been disclosed. Formed in 1983, ANTISEEN — which derived its name from a distortion of the phrase "anti-scene" — backed up no...

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MARK SLAUGHTER Says VINNIE VINCENT Is 'An Incredibly Talented Musician, Writer, Guitar Player'

Music writer Joel Gausten recently conducted an interview with singer/guitarist Mark Slaughter (SLAUGHTER, VINNIE VINCENT INVASION). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Joel Gausten: SLAUGHTER still maintains a very prolific performance schedule. I can still remember watching "Headbange...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer KELLY D. SMITH Battles MRSA Infection Before Performing At KEEP IT TRUE Festival

After a rehearsal on April 17, drummer Kelly D. Smith of Arizoma metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM popped what appeared to be a blood blister. On Monday, April 21, he was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital And Medical Center emergency room in Phoenix for a severe MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloc...

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ICED EARTH's STU BLOCK Speaks To 'The Metal Voice' (Video)

"The Metal Voice" co-host Jimmy Kay recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH vocalist Stu Block during the band's North American tour. You can watch the chat below. ICED EARTH's new album, "Plagues Of Babylon", sold around 6,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land...

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TANKARD: New Song 'Fooled By Your Guts' Available For Streaming

German beer lovers and cult thrashers TANKARD will release their new album, "R.I.B." (Rest In Beer),on June 20 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2012's "A Girl Called Cerveza" was recorded at Studio 23 in Frankfurt, Germany. "R.I.B." track listing: 01. War Cry 02. Fooled By Your Guts 03. R.I.B. (...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Am Not Going To Start Sucking Now'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: How did your approach to this record differ than your past releases? Did you have a different way of going about things this time ....

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DEVILMENT Featuring CRADLE OF FILTH Singer DANI FILTH: Debut Album Due In The Fall

Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K.-based band DEVILMENT, featuring vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, is poised to ink a deal for the release of its debut album, "The Great And Secret Show". Recorded at Grindstone studios by producer Scott Atkins (BEHEMOTH, CRADLE OF FILTH...

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GEOFF TATE Announces 'Queensrÿche Starring Geoff Tate - The Farewell Tour'

More than thirty years after setting forth on the musical journey that would become known as QUEENSRŸCHE, singer Geoff Tate — one of rock's quintessential front men and the lead vocalist heard on all QUEENSRŸCHE hits — will be performing his farewell tour as QUEENSRŸCHE beginning in late July. The a...

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GEOFF TATE On QUEENSRŸCHE Lawsuit Settlement: 'I'm Very Happy That It's Over And Done'

Nearly two years after QUEENSRŸCHE fired Geoff Tate, the singer and his former bandmates announced that QUEENSRŸCHE members Eddie Jackson (bass),Scott Rockenfield (drums) and Michael Wilton (guitar) will keep the group's name. According to the agreement, Jackson, Rockenfield and Wilton along with r...

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JOURNEY Guitarist NEAL SCHON: 'Serenity' Lyric Video Released

Guitar legend Neal Schon has joined forces with bassist Marco Mendoza (BLACK STAR RIDERS, TED NUGENT, WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) and drummer Deen Castronovo (JOURNEY, OZZY OSBOURNE, STEVE VAI, HARDLINE) to create a unique body of work with jazz and blues-inspired virtuosic hard rock playing, entitled "...

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RIOT V: Pro-Shot Footage Of METAL ASSAULT Performance

StreetClip.tv has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of RIOT V, the new band featuring nearly all the surviving members of the most recent lineup of U.S. metal pioneers RIOT, performing on February 8 at the Metal Assault festival at Posthalle in Würzburg, Germany. Check it out below. RIOT...

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WAMI Project Featuring VINNY APPICE, DOOGIE WHITE, MARCO MENDOZA: New Song 'Transition' Available For Streaming

WAMI, the brand new project featuring vocalist Doogie White (RAINBOW, MICHAEL SCHENKER, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL, DIO) and bassist Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE) alongside 16-year-old Polish guitarist Iggy Gwadera, will release its debut album...