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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'OASIS Has Been The Soundtrack To My Life For The Last 20 Years'

In a recent column in the UK's The Guardian, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich wrote about the "huge impact" English rock band OASIS has had on him throughout the years. "OASIS has been the soundtrack to my life for the last 20 years on this wonderful planet," he said. "I have stories and pictures ...

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STRYPER Frontman Finds It 'Deeply Puzzling' That Album Sales Don't Equate With Followers On Facebook And Twitter

Guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER says that he is "deeply puzzled" by the fact that sales of most bands' albums keep declining even as their social-media presence continues to grow. STRYPER's latest studio album, "No More Hell To Pay", sold around 9,600 copies in the...

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RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL: 'I Am Grateful For All The Experiences I Had With GUNS N' ROSES'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal is currently using the downtime from touring to work on a new solo album and also has a fun new app on the iTunes App Store called Rock Science, which is a rock trivia game with a social gaming twist. Asked by John Parks of Legendary ...

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ART OF DYING Signs With ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC

Allen Kovac's Eleven Seven Music Group has announced the signing of ART OF DYING. The band — Jonny Hetherington (vocals),Jeff Brown (drums),Cale Gontier (bass) and Tavis Stanley (guitar) — has just completed work on its new album in New Jersey with producer David Bendeth (BRING ME THE HORIZON, BRE...

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ILL NIÑO: 'I'm Not The Enemy' Video Released

ILL NIÑO's video for the song "I'm Not The Enemy" can be seen below. Shot on the streets of Los Angeles, the clip tells a bold story of youthful injustice, overcoming social stereotypes and the dreams of constructing a better life. Says ILL NIÑO vocalist Cristian Machado: "We wanted something tradit...

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Inked in Blood

Following five years since their last album, "Darkest Day", death metal legends OBITUARY hit the Kickstarter campaign trail to fund their ninth outing, "Inked in Blood". Partnering up with Relapse Records, OBITUARY slings out "Inked in Blood" with current guitarist Kenny Edwards and bassist Terry Bu...

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ROB HALFORD Says His TWO Project Has 'Stood The Test Of Time'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford believes that his collaboration with former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 (real name: John William Lowery) has stood the test of time and still sounds fresh and exciting more than a decade and a half since its original release. The TWO project...

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METALLICA, LINKIN PARK And DEFTONES Confirmed For Inaugural U.S. Edition Of ROCK IN RIO

METALLICA, LINKIN PARK and DEFTONES are among the confirmed bands for the inaugural United States edition of the Rock In Rio festival, set to take place on May 8-9, 2015 and May 15-16, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event will feature six stages and unique lineups for each of the four days. The anno...

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JAKE E. LEE Gets Signature Overdrive Pedal

After months of R&D and serious road testing by the man himself, Jake E. Lee (current RED DRAGON CARTEL and former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist),Majik Box is proud to begin shipping the new Body Blow Jake E. Lee Mod overdrive. Never truly happy with any overdrive pedal in his arsenal, J...

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Lightning Bolt Street Sign To Be Reinstalled On AC/DC Lane To Mark 10th Anniversary

"Renegade street artist" Knifey and Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, have put aside their differences to commemorate the tenth anniversary of AC/DC Lane, working together to reinstall the iconic stolen lightning bolt street sign installation mounted to the lane-way wall back in 2004. Orig...

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Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Is No Longer On Facebook, Twitter Or Any Other Social Networking Site

According to a posting on NewstedHeavyMetal.com, former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted is "not on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or any other social networking website as of September 15, 2014 & and has no affiliation with any such impostor sites using his name or...

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SLASH: 'World On Fire' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed

"World On Fire", the third album to be made available under the Slash solo banner, sold around 29,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 10 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived in stores on September 16 via Slash's own label Dik Hayd International...

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DOYLE Says He 'Cried' When He Found Out His Girlfriend ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Landed ARCH ENEMY Singer Gig

In a recent interview with Jay Nanda of San Antonio Metal Music Examiner, former MISFITS guitarist Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein was asked how he celebrated when his much younger girlfriend, ex-THE AGONIST singer Alissa White-Gluz, landed the gig as the frontwoman of ARCH ENEMY. "We cried, actuall...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Is 'F**king Sick And Tired' Of Answering Questions About His Split With SLAYER

Niclas Müller-Hansen of RockSverige.se recently conducted an interview with former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. RockSverige.se: About SLAYER, can you pinpoint a time when it became more business than camaraderie? Dave: Well, I think...

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Russian Orthodox Activists Appeal For CANNIBAL CORPSE Concert Ban

According to RIA Novosti, Dmitry Tsorionov, the head of "God's Will," a Russian Orthodox social movement, is imploring authorities in the country to cancel upcoming concerts by Florida death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE, saying the musicians violate Russia's anti-blasphemy law. Tsorionov (who sometimes...