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IN FLAMES Bassist Discusses His Involvement With Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation

Bassist Peter Iwers of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES recently spoke to NBCNews.com about his involvement with Barncancerfonden — a Swedish charity that fights to end childhood cancer and to ensure that affected children, teens and their families receive the care and support that they need. Asked if he...

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AC/DC Sells 48,000 Digital Albums And 696,000 Songs In iTunes Debut

According to Billboard.com, AC/DC's 25 albums — which became available digitally for the first time on Monday, November 19 — sold a combined 48,000 downloads and its songs shifted 696,000 in the U.S. in the week ending November 25. AC/DC's top-selling album for the week was 1980's "Back In Black" wi...

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ENFORCER Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

Swedish metallers ENFORCER have inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's new album, "Death By Fire", will be released on February 1, 2013. Commented ENFORCER vocalist/guitarist Olof Wikstrand: "It feels great to finally have finished this long-awaited third ENFORCER record. Now with Nucle...

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JASON NEWSTED Uploads New Rehearsal Footage

Former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted has uploaded video footage of today's rehearsal session at his Chophouse studio in Walnut Creek, California. He says, "We're havin a blast!" In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q1...

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IRON MAIDEN Bassist Releases 'Us Against The World' Video

"Us Against The World", the new video from IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, can be seen below. The song comes off his first-ever solo release, "British Lion", which sold around 3,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 3 on the Top New Artist Albu...

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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA's HATRIOT: Audio Snippet Of New Single Available For Streaming

HATRIOT, the new San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band led by former EXODUS and LEGACY (pre-TESTAMENT) frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, will release its debut album, "Heroes Of Origin", on January 25, 2013 via Germany's Massacre Records. The CD was recorded with producer Juan Urteaga (MACHINE HEAD,...

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CRASHDÏET: New Album Details Revealed

Frontiers Records will release "The Savage Playground", the fourth album from Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET, on January 25 in Europe (excluding Scandinavia) and January 22 in North America. A leading force in the Swedish "sleaze rock" scene of the 2000s — a revival of the glam metal of the 1980s, but wi...

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EXTREME Bassist To 'Get The Funk Out' With Students From Deangelis Studio Of Music

Boston's own Pat Badger from the band EXTREME will "Get The Funk Out" with students from Haverhill's Deangelis Studio Of Music. Come join the fun Sunday, December 2 at 5 p.m. at The Claddagh in Lawrence, Massachusetts to support The Rock School Scholarship Fund. DeAngelis Studio Of Music, well known...

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RANDY BLYTHE On Manslaughter Charge: 'I Am Innocent, I Believe That In My Heart Of Hearts'

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was released from a prison in Prague on August 2, more than a month after he was arrested and incarcerated. Blythe was facing the possibility of conviction and a long-term jail sentence after a 2010 incident in which a fan attending a LAMB OF GOD show died almost a...

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HEADSPACE: New Video Interview Posted Online

Live Prog recently conducted an interview with the progressive rock outfit HEADSPACE. You can watch the chat below. HEADSPACE released its first full-length album, "I Am Anonymous", on May 22 in North America (one day earlier in Europe) via InsideOut Music. The artwork for the CD was created by Blac...

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SEBASTIAN BACH: 'I Will Always Be The Singer Of SKID ROW, No Matter What'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was interviewed on this past Friday's (Novermber 23) edition of Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his claim in a Twitter posting that he wa...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist Releases 'Nothing To Lose' Solo Album

"Nothing To Lose", the new solo album from former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes, is now available through Artisthead Music. Holmes composed, performed, and produced the music and vocals, and teamed up with former MOTÖRHEAD drummer Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor to perform on and engineer the CD. "No...

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APOCALYPTICA's PERTTU KIVILAAKSO To Perform With MAIDEN UNITED In Holland

APOCALYPTICA's Perttu Kivilaakso will join MAIDEN UNITED — the all-acoustic IRON MAIDEN tribute project featuring Damian Wilson (THRESHOLD, HEADSPACE) and Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION) — on stage at the last three shows of MAIDEN UNITED's tour in The Netherlands. For more information, see the poste...

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VIKING: Another New Song Available For Streaming

Los Angeles thrashers VIKING have released a rough, pre-release mix of the song "An Ideal Opportunity" from their long-awaited comeback album, "No Child Left Behind". The track features drummer Gene Hoglan (DETHKLOK, ex-DARK ANGEL, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD),bassist Michael Gonzalez (ex-DARK ANGEL),and...

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SONS OF AEON: First Track From Upcoming Debut Album Available For Streaming

SONS OF AEON, the new Jyväskylä, Finland-based metal band featuring members of GHOST BRIGADE, SWALLOW THE SUN, CODE FOR SILENCE and ENDSTAND, will release its self-titled debut album via Lifeforce Records on the following dates: January 18, 201: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Finland + Digital world...