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Up the Dosage
Blaine Cartwright appears to mean business when he declares NASHVILLE PUSSY's new album "Up the Dosage" to be his band's "Back in Black". Well, maybe that's too hefty a claim since "Pussy's Not a Dirty Word" is the only song that sounds remotely like AC/DC on this album. Blaine and NASHVILLE PUSSY h...January 12, 2014
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The Bitch is Back Live
Six-string queen Lita Ford has had quite a tumultuous few years since resurfacing from her long dropout in the Caicos and Turks Islands near the Bahamas. Upon her re-entry into the music world, Ford has been torched for her quirky collaborative album with ex-husband Jim Gillette, "Wicked Wonderland"...January 12, 2014
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Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem, A Klok Opera Original Score Soundtrack
By now, Nathan Explosion and his virtual comrades encompassing the fictitious death grinders DETHKLOK on Adult Swim's "Metalocalypse" has ridden about every metal cliché into the charred embers with every ounce of hilarity anyone this side of SPINAL TAP could've expected. Every cliché, that is, exce...January 12, 2014
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Has 'No Problems' With Any Of The Other 'Big Four' Bands
During a brand new interview on "The MetalSucks Podcast", MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked by SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya's recent claim that "the politics of character in one particular band" were preventing more shows featuring the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLI...January 6, 2014
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The Paradigm Shift
It seems weird that KORN now carries senior status in the metal scene, but here we are on album eleven, nearly two decades following their crusty and tense self-titled debut. In that time, KORN has partaken quite a journey that has seen them cast as heroes and rogues, depending on whether you carry...December 8, 2013
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VINCE NEIL: MÖTLEY CRÜE's Decision To Embark On Farewell Tour Has Nothing To Do With MICK MARS' Health
Sally Steele, publisher of Vegas Rocks! Magazine, conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil at the November 5 VIP party for Vince Neil's Tatuado Eat-Drink-Party!, described as "the ultimate definition of Neil's Tatuado brand and outrageous lifestyle," in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can no...November 17, 2013
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SLAYER's ARAYA Says 'Politics Of Character In One Particular Band' Are Standing In Way Of More 'Big Four' Shows
During a brand new interview with Gazette.net, SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya expressed doubt about the possibility of more shows in the future featuring the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX. "I don't want to say politics is preventing that," Ar...November 12, 2013
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LITA FORD Interviewed On 'The Asylum' (Audio)
On October 17, "The Asylum" host John "Turbo" Shatesky, who suffers from spinal muscle atrophy, conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Ford will release a new live album, "The Bitch Is Back...Live", on November 5 in North...November 4, 2013
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's MICK MARS: 'My AS Has Never Kept Me From Touring'
MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars has once again dismissed reports that his poor health is partly to blame for the band's decision to retire from touring. In a recent interview with the Oakland Press, CRÜE singer Vince Neil said that Mars' ongoing battle with Ankylosing spondylitis, a painful form of...October 26, 2013
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MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Says MICK MARS 'Doesn't Wanna Tour Much Longer'
MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has revealed that guitarist Mick Mars's poor health is partly to blame for the band's decision to retire from touring. Lee videotaped a "Coffe Run" ride with the Canadian progressive-house music producer and performer Deadmau5 (see video below) and answered a variety of...October 17, 2013
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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS Drops A Million From Asking Price Of English Country House
IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris has dropped almost one million pounds from the asking price of his eight-bedroom mansion in Essex. Harris put his English country house on the market a year ago for £6,750,000 (approximately $10,778,000),but that price has come down by £0.9 million to £5,850,000 (ap...October 10, 2013
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Former GUNS N' ROSES, MEGADETH, WHITESNAKE Members To Perform At ROCK AGAINST MS Benefit Concert
On October 17, Rock Against MS returns to the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood, California with yet another amazing all-star lineup. On the heels of a spectacular sold-out show last March 27, the rock stars return in support of longtime friend and publicist Nancy B. Sayle. This rock-fueled concert is to...September 25, 2013
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The Fall of Omnius
It should be no surprise who French death grinders NEPHREN-KA emulates. Consider this group in the milling vein of NILE's debut album from which they derive their namesake, "Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka". Inspired by the same sandy wastelands as NILE, NEPHREN-KA doesn't consult ancient Sumeri...September 23, 2013
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CLUTCH Frontman To Undergo Surgery; September Tour Dates Postponed
Maryland rockers CLUTCH have been forced to postpone the September tour dates of the "Earth Rocker" North American tour so that singer Neil Fallon can undergo surgery for cervical spinal stenosis and two herniated discs. Most of the shows will be rescheduled. Support on the rescheduled concerts will...September 13, 2013
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EMPEROR Frontman Explains Why Now Is Right Time For Band's Return
Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their "In The Nightside Eclipse" album by making a number of festival appearances next year. In addition to performing at Germany's Wacken Open Air and Sweden's Sweden Rock Festival, the band will headline the 2014 edition of t...September 2, 2013
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