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KING'S X, Ex-THE MARS VOLTA Members Unite In PINNICK GALES PRIDGEN

Magna Carta has set a February 12 release date for the self-titled debut album from PINNICK GALES PRIDGEN. It's often been said that three-piece bands are the most expressive and most balanced musical units known to the rock world. CREAM, THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, RUSH, THE POLICE, PRIMUS… These...

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MELECHESH: New Audio Interview With ASHMEDI

Maria Voutyriadou and Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with Ashmedi of Sumerian black/thrash kings MELECHESH. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. MELECHESH released a digital EP called "Mystics Of The Pillar II" in April 2012 via Nuclear...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT's Advice To Young Musicians: 'Be On Time'

Ryze-Up magazine recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ryze-Up: Are you currently teaching music? Thal: It's much harder to teach with all the touring in the last few years. Last year I gave some Skype les...

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SOULHEALER Completes Recording New Album

Finnish metallers SOULHEALER have issued the following update: "One year has passed again, and this was a really great one for SOULHEALER. One highlight was for sure our first show in Germany at the warmup show of the Headbangers Open Air, where we had a blast. And we hope and promise to be back in...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS To Embark On European Tour In April

SPIRITUAL BEGGARS — the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (FIREWIND) — has issued the following year-end update: "Happy New Year, rockers! Thank you for your support and patience in 2012. We're looking forw...

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NAPALM DEATH Frontman Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' (Audio)

Vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. "Radioactive Metal" is broadcast on Pure Rock Radio Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST at www.pureroc...

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RAVEN LORD: Second 'Raven Lord TV' Episode Posted Online

The second episode of Raven Lord TV from multinational metallers RAVEN LORD can be seen below. RAVEN LORD recently announced the addition of keyboardist Alessandro Duo (VOODOO HIGHWAY) to the group's ranks. The Italian musician will join RAVEN LORD on the road in 2013 and will take part in all of th...

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HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Like Stress; It Keeps Me Rockin''

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins was interviewed on the December 21-23 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Inter...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM: First Video Update From The Studio

Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM entered the studio on Friday, December 28 to begin recording their new album for a late spring/early summer 2013 release via Marquee Inc. in Japan and Nuclear Blast in other parts of the world. The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes foota...

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JOE LYNN TURNER, TONY CAREY Featured On New THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT Album

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) sings three songs on the new album from THE JAN HOLBERG PROJECT, "At Your Service", which is being released in Norway in January via Nordic Records. Also making guest appearances on the CD are former RAINBOW keyboa...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Talks About 'Hysteria' In Vegas

DEF LEPPARD will play its 1987 album, "Hysteria", in its entirety as part of the Las Vegas residency, which is scheduled to kick off at the end of March. Viva Hysteria! follows Hard Rock residencies from MÖTLEY CRÜE and GUNS N' ROSES. Tickets are on sale now and start at $49.50, with floor seats goi...

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SLASH's Bassist TODD KERNS Interviewed On 'Music Biz Weekly' Podcast (Audio)

Todd Kerns, the bassist and backup vocalist in Slash's band as well as a member of SIN CITY SINNERS, was interviewed for this week's edition of the "Music Biz Weekly" podcast. Kerns sat down with Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson to talk about his music, playing with Slash, what drives his creati...

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FATES WARNING Completes Writing Music For New Album

Guitarist Jim Matheos of U.S. progressive metal icons FATES WARNING has issued the following update: "I'm happy to say that all the music for [the new FATES WARNING album] is now written (finally!). Still some lyrics to do, but we're close. Looking forward to sharing this with you in 2013." FATES WA...

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METAL SAFARI Parts Ways With Vocalist, Drummer, Bassist

Drummer Yazu, vocalist Ina and bassist Tomo have left Japanese extreme metallers METAL SAFARI. Commented the band's guitarist, Hiro: "As the guitarist, songwriter and producer of METAL SAFARI, I still have lots of things I want to do with METAL SAFARI. In my mind, it's more like expecting what's to...

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THE AGONIST: Video Recap Of Asian Tour

A five-minute video recap of THE AGONIST's November 2012 Asian tour — which included stops in Taiwan and Japan — can be seen below. THE AGONIST's third album, "Prisoners", debuted at No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing ar...