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CIVIL WAR Blames Former Record Label For Nearly Non-Existent Profile Outside Sweden

CIVIL WAR — the Swedish metal band featuring former SABATON members Rikard Sundén (guitar),Daniel Mullback (drums),Daniel Mÿhr (keyboards) and Oskar Montelius (guitar) alongside singer Patrik Johansson (ASTRAL DOORS, LION'S SHARE),bassist Stefan "Pizza" Eriksson (VOLTURYON) and guitarist Peturs G...

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NAPALM DEATH's SHANE EMBURY: BABYMETAL Will Cross Over To Young Kids And Get Them Used To Heavy Sound

Bassist Shane Embury of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH is the latest musician to defend BABYMETAL against the "gimmick" tag given to them by critics who liken them to the success of Swedish occult metallers GHOST. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Drummer Is 'Absolutely In Love' With Band's Just-Completed New Album

Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS recently completed recording their new album at a California studio for a tentative early 2015 release via Razor & Tie. The follow-up to 2012's "A War You Cannot Win" was helmed by producer Josh Wilbur, who has previously worked with LAMB OF GOD and GOJIR...

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ACE FREHLEY Says PAUL STANLEY And GENE SIMMONS Are 'Trying To Rewrite History'

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was interviewed on the latest episode of "One On One with Mitch Lafon". You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked why he thinks KISS leaders Paul Stanley continue to bash him in interviews, Frehley said: "I think they're compelled to pu...

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NICKELBACK's CHAD KROEGER And AVRIL LAVIGNE Rumored To Be Headed For Divorce

According to The Pulse Of Radio, NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger and pop singer Avril Lavigne are reportedly headed for divorce after a year of marriage. Inside sources revealed to Us Weekly, "It's over. He has been going around L.A. telling people that they are divorcing." The 39-year-old Kroeger...

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IN FLAMES: 'Siren Charms' Cracks U.S. Top 30

"Siren Charms" the eleventh album from Swedish metallers IN FLAMES, sold around 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 26 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, 2011's "Sounds Of A Playground Fading", opened with around 14,000 units to la...

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RUSH To Release 'R40' 40th-Anniversary Collectors Box Set In DVD And Blu-Ray

Canadian rock legends RUSH will release a special "R40" video box set on six Blu-ray discs or ten DVDs this coming November to celebrate their 40th anniversary. The set features live footage spanning all four decades of the band's career, including over two hours of unreleased material, a rare perfo...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Keyboardist Says OLI SYKES Is 'A Different Person' After Overcoming Addiction

Kaytie The Rock Goddess of the Rock 105.7 WOBG radio station in Fairmont, West Virginia recently conducted an interview with keyboardist Jordan Fish of the British deathcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON. You can now listen to the chat using the SondCloud widget below. Speaking about BRING ME THE HORIZON...

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SANCTUARY's WARREL DANE, LENNY RUTLEDGE Talk To Metalholic.com About 'The Year The Sun Died' Album

On September 10, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with vocalist Warrel Dane and guitarist Lenny Rutledge of the reunited '80s cult metal outfit SANCTUARY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. SANCTUARY's comeback album, "The Year The Sun Died", will be releas...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's JEREMY SPENCER Offers Word Of Advice To Those Struggling With Alcohol Addiction

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer urges anyone battling alcohol or drug addiction to seek out help before it's too late. The drummer, who celebrated two years of sobriety in January, released his autobiography, "Death Punch'd: Surviving Five Finger Death Punch's Metal Mayhem", on Septem...

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Former ACE FREHLEY Bassist ANTHONY ESPOSITO Says He Was 'Tossed Away' And 'Dissed' By Original KISS Guitarist

SROMaginc.com recently conducted an interview with former ACE FREHLEY bassist Anthony Esposito. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what it was like working with Ace Frehley: Esposito: "It started out really amaz...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Ecuador

Vocalist Jesse Leach of Massachussets metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE has uploaded behind-the-scenes footage of the band's August 15 performance in Quito, Ecuador. Check it out below. Due to a family emergency, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Joel Stroetzel was forced to sit out the group's tour dates at th...

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PAUL DI'ANNO's ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ To Enter Studio In February

ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ, the new band featuring former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno alongside members of Paul's longtime German touring backing group THE PHANTOMZ, will enter a German studio in February to begin recording its debut album for a tentative May 2015 release. ARCHITECTS OF CHAOZ says: "Lo...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Is Focusing On Writing 'The Best' And Most 'Honest' Songs Possible

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer believes that radio support is essential to a band's success these days and he credits radio airplay for helping each one of the first three FIVE FINGER albums go gold in the U.S. for sales of 500,000 copies or more. "I've certainly seen a share of nega...

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GHOST Will 'Step Down' Before Becoming Musically Irrelevant

On August 23, A Nameless Ghoul from Swedish occult metallers GHOST was interviewed at Teatro Estudio Cavaret in Guadalajara, Mexico. You can now watch the chat below. Asked where he hoped to see GHOST in five years, the Nameless Ghoul said: "I hope that we will be relevant in five years. "It is alwa...