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STRIFE Films New Video

Southern California hardcore band STRIFE filmed a video earlier today (Sunday, September 23) for an as-yet-unspecified track off its forthcoming album, "Witness A Rebirth". The CD will be released in October via 6131 Records. Some bands leave such an impression on fans that, even after two decades,...

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IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT Members Perform At MARSHALL 50th-Anniversary Event

Global rock royalty from such bands as IRON MAIDEN, SLIPKNOT, WHITESNAKE, CHICKENFOOT, THE CULT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST, SLAYER and BLACK SABBATH took part in last night's (Saturday, September 22) Marshall 50th-anniversary event at Wembley Arena in London, England. The lumina...

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'Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet' Documentary To Be Released On DVD In December

According to Blu-Ray.com, Kino Lorber has set a December 18 North American release date for the DVD version of the documentary film "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet". The world premiere of "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet", took place on March 3 at the Cinequest film festival in San Jose, California at the Sa...

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ALICE COOPER Awards GUILLERMO DEL TORO An Eyegore, Unveils New Haunted Maze At Universal

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper made a quick stop in Los Angeles for Universal Hollywood's 2012 Eyegore Awards, where he presented director Guillermo Del Toro with the evenings final Eyegore. The annual award show is the precursor to the unveiling of Universal Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights haunt...

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Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Is Officially Sold Out

All 75,000 tickets to next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival have been sold — a little more than a month after being made available. This marks the eighth time in a row that Wacken Open Air is sold out and it is the event's fastest sellout ever. The next Wacken Open Air ...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Slams Illegal Music Downloaders: 'You Don't Go Around Stealing Cars!'

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen visited Britain's iconic Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday (September 20) to offer his patronage to "Rock The House", the parliamentary live music competition founded by Mike Weatherley, a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP),whi...

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PARKWAY DRIVE: New Album Details Revealed

Australian metallers PARKWAY DRIVE will release their fourth album, "Atlas", on October 30 via Epitaph Records. The deluxe package will include the "Home Is For The Heartless" DVD, a unique travelogue that follows the band's adventures touring to many obscure destinations including Colombia, China a...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Talks 'Down IV Part I - The Purple EP' (Video)

A two-minute video clip of Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA) talking about "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", DOWN's first in a series of four EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs),each touching on a different aspect of the band's sound, can be seen below. "Down ...

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STRATOVARIUS Singer, Ex-SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist: 'Blackoustic' Album Trailer Available

earMUSIC has set an October 19 release date for "Blackoustic", the first-ever acoustic album by Finnish heavy metal singer Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, CAIN'S OFFERING, KOTIPELTO) and guitarist Jani Liimatainen (CAIN'S OFFERING, ex-SONATA ARCTICA). The duo has been working together and playing acou...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Sings THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE Classics At 'Sunflower Jam'; Better-Quality Footage

Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Brian May (QUEEN),Alice Cooper, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) are among the musicians who took part in the 2012 edition of The Sunflower Jam, which took place on Sunday, September 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in Lo...

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Former CLOUDSCAPE Guitarist To Release WARNOT Debut In November

Combining many sub-genres of music, mainly from rock and metal, WARNOT is melodic, raw, symphonic, theatrical, doomy and progressive; "His Blood Is Yours" is an epic rock/metal adventure ride that rings fresh. Guitar player/composer Björn Eliasson picked up his axe in the Eighties and started his fi...

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RAMMSTEIN Confirmed For U.K.'s DOWNLOAD, Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festivals

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have been confirmed for next year's Download and Wacken Open Air festivals. Download will be held held June 14-16, 2013 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom; Wacken Open Air will take place August 1-3, 2013 in Wacken, Germany. Commented the band:...

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FLYING COLORS Live In Milan; Video Footage, Photos Available

FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE) — is wrapping up its first-ever European tour, which kicked off on September 9 in Hamburg, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the Septembe...

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DOWN's PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I Consider Myself A Free Agent Still To This Day'

Former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo spoke to Pat Douglas of GreatFallsTribune.com about "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", the first in a series of four DOWN EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs),each touching on a different aspect of the ...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Shoots Down MICHAEL ANTHONY 'Supergroup' Rumor

Legendary singer Joe Lynn Turner (pictured below; RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has dismissed as a "rumor" the recent report on MelodicRock.com, that he is putting together a new supergroup with drummer Carmine Appice (KING KOBRA, VANILLA FUDGE, OZZY OSBOURNE, BLUE MURDER) and bassist Mich...