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LOUDNESS Signs With FROSTBYTE MEDIA

Veteran Japanese metallers LOUDNESS have inked a deal with FrostByte Media. The band's latest album, "Eve To Dawn", will be released outside Japan this summer. The CD was originally made available in the group's home country last September. In advance of an extensive North American tour around the r...

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STONE SOUR, TESLA, FOREIGNER, Ex-SKID ROW Members Added To JOHN BONHAM Tribute

After three groundbreaking tribute shows entitled "Bonzo: The Groove Remains The Same", as well as popular demand and a collective passion and respect amongst all the participating drummers, past and present to John Bonham, the greatest rock drummer ever, Brian Tichy and Joe Sutton have decided to g...

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MICHAEL SWEET Talks STRYPER Tour, Upcoming Solo Album (Audio)

Mike Jones of the Washington D.C. radio station DC101 recently conducted an interview with vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER. Sweet discusses the new tour STRYPER starts this week, the M3 Rock Festival, plans for new solo and full-band albums and when the appropriate...

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SLAYER Drummer's PHILM: Another Song Available For Streaming, Download

"Held In Light", a new song from PHILM — the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (SLAYER),guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE),and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR) — can be streamed and downloaded for free below. The track comes off P...

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PRIMATE: 'Draw Back A Stump' To Be Re-Released Via RELAPSE With Bonus Tracks

Having signed with Relapse Records last year, Atlanta-based thundergrinders PRIMATE will formally unleash their debut LP via the label in the scorching summer months ahead. PRIMATE features the distinctive vocal stylings of Kevin Sharp (BRUTAL TRUTH),ripping fret-board antics by Bill Kelliher (MAST...

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PHILIP ANSELMO On PANTERA: 'The Media Has A Whole Lot To Do With Destroying Our Relationship'

On May 8, Fitz Madrid, afternoon DJ at the Phoenix, Arizona radio station 98 KUPD, conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, ARSON ANTHEM, SUPERJOINT RITUAL). You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow. On whether there is any truth to rumors that...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's MIKE DEAN Interviewed On 'The Metal File' (Audio)

Bassist/vocalist Mike Dean of Raleigh, North Carolina legends CORROSION OF CONFORMITY was interviewed for the latest edition of "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. You can now stream the chat using the audio player below. The new self-titled album from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY sold 3,80...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Frontman Interviewed On Brazilian Radio Station (Video)

Vocalist Mike Muir of the long-running Venice Beach, California thrash/punk band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES was interviewed earlier this week in the studios of the Brazilian radio station Rádio Kiss FM. You can now watch the chat below. In a 2011 interview with Loudwire, Muir was asked if SUICIDAL TENDENCI...

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Ultimate DANKO JONES DVD Collection Due Next Month

Canadian rockers DANKO JONES will release their first-ever DVD, "Bring On The Mountain", in the first week of June. The two-disc DVD will feature a 90-minute documentary on the band, a short film based on their three latest videos featuring Elijah Wood, Selma Blair, Ralph Macchio, Jena Malone, Lemmy...

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P.O.D.: 'Murdered Love' Cover Art Unveiled

Christian hard rockers P.O.D. (PAYABLE ON DEATH) will release their new album, "Murdered Love", on July 10 via Razor & Tie. The band's long-awaited follow-up to "When Angels & Serpents Dance" sees them reunited with longtime producer Howard Benson, who also produced the group's massive "Sate...

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OPETH Explains Maplewood Concert Cancelation

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH have issued the following statement: "Many have already learned that yesterday’s performances at The Myth In St. Paul had to be cancelled due to [guitarist/vocalist] Mikael [Åkerfeldt] having an accident. "Right before stage time, Mike bumped his head on the tour...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: 'Run With The Wind' Single Certified Gold In Sweden

The "Run With The Wind" single from German guitarist AXEL RUDI PELL, which was exclusively distributed in Sweden via Sweden Rock Magazine, was certified gold in that country by the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 10,000 copies. (Note: Each copy of the mag...

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CHICKENFOOT's 'Tour Announcement' Video

Step into CHICKENFOOT's studio The Foot Locker and take a peek at Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Kenny Aronoff (filling in for Chad Smith),and Sammy Hagar as they rehearse for the summer tour and meet with their new E.D.C.F.R.N.R. (Environmental Design Coordinator For Rock And Roll) about the tour'...

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ADRENALINE MOB: 'Indifferent' Video Released

"Indifferent", the new video from ADRENALINE MOB — the band featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD),SYMPHONY X frontman Russell Allen, guitar virtuoso Mike Orlando (SONIC STOMP) and DISTURBED bassist John Moyer — can be seen below. The clip was was filmed in March in the d...

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LEATHER LEONE Returns With SLEDGE LEATHER Debut

In absence for more than two decades, we embrace new material from Leather Leone (CHASTAIN, RUDE GIRL, MALIBU BARBI) and drummer Sandy Sledge (RUDE GIRL, MALIBU BARBI, WARBRIDE, WEAPONSVAN) in their new project SLEDGE LEATHER. The SLEDGE LEATHER debut album, "Imagine Me Alive", was inspired in 2010...