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CEREBRAL BORE Signs With EARACHE RECORDS

Earache Records has announced the signing of Scottish death metal band CEREBRAL BORE to a worldwide recording deal. CEREBRAL BORE is a young, talented group which formed in 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland and has built up a formidable reputation for its extreme brand of death metal. The band is comprised...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD: It's Time For Us To Find Another Drummer For 2011 And Beyond

Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has released the following statement: "For the past few months, we've been blessed with Mike Portnoy's talent and humanity. "When Mike agreed to tour with us, it was only through the end of 2010. We always knew we'd need to find another solution for 2011...

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DUFF MCKAGAN, BILLY SHEEHAN, RATT Members To Appear At NAMM

Duff McKagan of GUNS N' ROSES and VELVET REVOLVER fame will appear on the Rotosound booth at Winter NAMM at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California alongside fellow legendary bassist Billy Sheehan. Billy is regarded by many to have changed the way the bass guitar is played and has been...

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MR. BIG: Audio Samples Of Entire New Album Available

MelodicRock.com has uploaded 45-second audio samples (see below) of all the tracks that will appear on "What If…", the new album from the reunited MR. BIG. The CD will be released in Europe on January 21, 2011 via Frontiers Records. The North American release, also on Frontiers Records, will follow...

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'Mark And Brian Christmas Show' Featuring PERRY, RODGERS, ANTHONY, BONHAM To Be Streamed Live

Tonight's (Thursday, December 16) Mark And Brian Christmas Show at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California — featuring a performance by the M&B ALL STAR BAND, composed of AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry, Paul Rodgers (BAD COMPANY, FREE, QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS),Michael Anthony (CHICKENFOOT, VAN...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Says He Has 'The Right To Pick' Bands He Wants To Share Stage With

John Doran of The Quietus recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On his refusal to share the stage with the openly Satanic Swedish metal act DISSECTION back in 2005: Mustaine: "I'm a Christian and a headliner who has been...

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GUNS N' ROSES, SCORPIONS, ANTHRAX, RATT, CINDERELLA Drummers To Pay Tribute To JOHN BONHAM

Due to the overwhelming success and positive feedback from the audience and drummers at the first "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same" John Bonham tribute show on September 25, 2010, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton agreed to look into doing it again. The problem was Tichy would be on tour next year with...

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SLIPKNOT, MACHINE HEAD Members Featured In Newly Released 'Dimebash 2010' Rehearsal Clip

Video footage of MACHINE HEAD members Robb Flynn and Phil Demmel, along with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison and ex-STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos, rehearsing the PANTERA classic "A New Level" on October 28, 2010 at Swinghouse rehearsal studios in Hollywood, California for the following night's Dimebas...

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CONDEMNED?: New Album Details Revealed

Northern California-based crossover veterans CONDEMNED? will release their brand new album, "Condemned 2 Death", on February 11, 2011 in Europe and March 8, 2011 in North America via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios with producer Billy Anderson (NEUROSIS, M...

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ALICE COOPER Band Members Comment On ROCK HALL Induction News

With its upcoming induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, ALICE COOPER is acknowledged as one of the most influential bands in rock history. At inception forty years ago, the group shocked the world so fundamentally that it seems to have taken a preternaturally long time for their incredible...

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WHITESNAKE: European Tour Dates Announced

Legendary rock band WHITESNAKE has scheduled the following tour dates for 2011: June 02 - Moscow, Russia - Megasport Arena June 04 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Icearena June 13 - Newcastle, UK - City Hall June 14 - Glasgow, UK - Clyde Auditorium June 16 - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic June 17 - Manchester...

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AEROSMITH Guitarist Added To 'Mark And Brian Christmas Show'

AEROSMITH guitarist Joe Perry will join Paul Rodgers (BAD COMPANY, FREE, QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS),Michael Anthony (CHICKENFOOT, VAN HALEN),Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) and Peter Frampton in the M&B ALL STAR BAND, which will perform at the Mark And Brian Christmas Show at the Nokia Theatre in Los A...

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KILLTRIBE Guitarist Quits

Guitarist Hendrik Kröger has left German metallers KILLTRIBE in order to focus on his "math meal mayhem" project SYRANIC. A replacement axeman has not yet been announced. KILLTRIBE features in its ranks former 10 FOLD B-LOW singer Thomas Fischer and John Lennon Talent award recipient Max Widdra (ex-...

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TESTAMENT's 'Live At The Fillmore' To Be Reissued With Expanded Artwork, New Liner Notes

Prosthetic Records will re-release TESTAMENT's out-of-print 1995 hometown-show album "Live At The Fillmore" on CD on January 18, 2011. The LP was reissued digitally last spring. The "Live At The Fillmore" re-release includes expanded artwork and new layout by Carson Slovak and new liner notes by Rob...

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DUFF MCKAGAN, Wife Featured In PETA's 'Ink, Not Mink' Campaign

According to E! Online, Duff McKagan (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED) and his wife Susan recently posed for PETA's iconic "Ink, Not Mink" campaign to protest the cruel fur industry and prove that they'd rather go naked than wear fur. "Be comfortable in your own skin and let an...