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HELLYEAH's 'Blood For Blood' Projected To Sell 13K-15K First Week

HELLYEAH's fourth studio album, "Blood For Blood", is likely to sell between 13,000 and 15,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on Ju...
June 11, 2014
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HELLYEAH's TOM MAXWELL Talks 'Blood For Blood' With MUSICIAN PHOTO JOURNAL (Video)

Musician Photo Journal recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell. You can now watch the chat below. HELLYEAH's fourth album, "Blood For Blood", was released on June 10 via Eleven Seven Music. The CD was helmed by producer Kevin Churko at his The Hideout Recording Studio in...
June 11, 2014
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Video: PAUL STANLEY Signs Copies Of 'Face The Music' In Denver

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley signed copies of his life-spanning memoir, "Face The Music: A Life Exposed", on May 5 at Tattered Cover in Denver, Colorado. Check out video footage of the event below. "Face The Music: A Life Exposed" debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times' Best Sellers list for...
June 11, 2014
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Former SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO Joins AMEN

AMEN, the band led by firebrand frontman Casey Chaos, is working on a brand new album for release later this year and is set for its long-awaited return to the U.K. this August. In addition, the band is excited to announce the enlistment of former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo to AM...
June 11, 2014
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VINNIE PAUL Says Former HELLYEAH Guitarist GREG TRIBBETT 'Contributed Very Little' To Songwriting Process

Raymond Westland of ThisIsNotAScene.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ThisIsNotAScene.com: "Blood For Blood" is the most focused and concise HELLYEAH album to date. How did it come...
June 10, 2014
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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA: 'A Lot Went Into My Decision' To Rejoin EXODUS

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS on Sunday (June 8) announced the departure of their singer of the past nine years, Rob Dukes, and the return of his predecessor, Steve "Zetro" Souza. Souza, who previously fronted EXODUS from 1986 to 1993 and from 2002 to 2004, told MetalRecusants....
June 10, 2014
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ORIGIN: 'Absurdity Of What I Am' Lyric Video

Technical death metallers ORIGIN will release their new album, "Omnipresent", on July 8 in North America via Nuclear Blast (July 4 in Europe through Agonia). The CD was recorded with longtime producer/engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in Lenexa, Kansas and was mixed and mastered at Menegro...
June 10, 2014
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PRETTY BOY FLOYD And MURDERDOLLS Members Join Forces In KRISTY MAJORS AND THE THRILL KILLS

Southern California-based punk/rock band KRISTY MAJORS AND THE THRILL KILLS — featuring members of PRETTY BOY FLOYD and MURDERDOLLS — will release its debut self-titled album on June 17. With roots that feed from the East Coast '70s punk scene to the West Coast '80s metal scene, KRISTY MAJORS AND TH...
June 9, 2014
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STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA To Begin Recording Vocals For New EXODUS Album This Week

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS yesterday announced the departure of their singer of the past nine years, Rob Dukes, and the return of his predecessor, Steve "Zetro" Souza. Dukes joined EXODUS in January 2005 and appeared on four of the band's studio albums — "Shovel Headed Kill...
June 9, 2014
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It's Official: Singer STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Is Back In EXODUS

Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS has released the following statement: "As a band, we all had to make a very difficult choice to part ways with [our singer of the past nine years] Rob Dukes. We have nothing but love and admiration for him and the deepest gra...
June 8, 2014
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VINNIE PAUL Doesn't Want 'Hack Version' Of PANTERA To Tarnish Band's 'Amazing' Legacy

During a recent interview with Puff of the 99X radio station in Shreveport, Louisiana (hear audio below),former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was asked about PANTERA's enduring legacy 14 years after the release of the band's final studio album, 2000's "Reinventing The Stee...
June 8, 2014
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EXODUS Parts Ways With Singer ROB DUKES, Welcomes Back STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA

***UPDATE***: Guitarist Gary Holt of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS has released the following statement: "As a band, we all had to make a very difficult choice to part ways with [singer] Rob Dukes. We have nothing but love and admiration for him and the deepest gratitude for th...
June 8, 2014
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KISS Las Vegas Residency Coming This Fall

KISS is rumored to be planning a Las Vegas residency at the Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel And Casino this fall. Several signs hinting at the run of shows have been spotted around Vegas, including the one seen in the tweet below. KISS frontman Paul Stanley confirmed late last year that the ...
June 7, 2014
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VINNIE PAUL: 'No DIMEBAG DARRELL, No PANTERA'

Former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray were interviewed on a recent episode of the French show "Une Dose 2 Metal" on L'Enorme TV. You can now watch the entire chat beginning around the 18-minute mark below. Asked about the recent 20th-anniversa...
June 6, 2014
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VINNIE PAUL: 'PANTERA Carried The Heavy Metal Flag When Heavy Metal Was Uncool'

Brian Ives of Radio.com recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. You can now watch the chat below. Regarding the recently released 20th-anniversary deluxe reissue of PANTERA's "Far Beyond Driven", Vinnie said: "I'm somebody that doesn't liv...
June 5, 2014