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ACCEPT, DOKKEN, POISON, QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On 'Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3' CD

Metal fans have spoken, so get ready to turn the volume up to "11" as Sidewinder Music and VH1 Classic Records will be releasing "VH1 Classic Metal Mania Stripped Volume 3" on Tuesday, March 6. The new CD release will once again feature rare and never-before-heard acoustic versions of some of metal'...

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HELL WITHIN Completes Work On New Album

Massachusetts-based metallers HELL WITHIN have completed work on their new album, "Shadows of Vanity", due in North America on May 15 via Lifeforce Records. The CD was tracked with longtime producer John Ellis and mixed by Mark Lewis of AudioHammer Studios (TRIVIUM, BURY YOUR DEAD, GOD FORBID). Mast...

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RUSH Signs With SESAC Performing Rights Organization

SESAC, the nation's fastest growing performing rights organization, has signed legendary rock group RUSH for U.S. representation. One of the music world's most successful and revered rock bands, RUSH has been a mainstay on rock stations for more than three decades accumulating multiple platinum and...

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AEROSMITH Bassist: 'We're Doing Our First Tour Of Europe In About A Decade'

AEROSMITH bassist Tom Hamilton, who spent much of last year recovering from throat cancer, has issued the following update: "I need to acknowledge some of the hardest of hardcore AEROSMITH fans who went way above the call. "A few months ago when I was still feeling kind of wiped out they made me a r...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN PAICE To Take Part In Rare U.K. Drum Clinic

According to Deep-Purple.net, DEEP PURPLE's Ian Paice will be participating in a rare one-off U.K. drum clinic on Friday, March 2 at Tom's Music Venue, Treforest, Wales in support of the University of Glamorgan's new Cardiff School of Creative & Cultural Industries — dubbed the Atrium. Also on t...

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EYES OF EDEN: Albums Samples Available

EYES OF EDEN, the new German female-fronted band featuring Waldemar Sorychta — former GRIP INC./DESPAIR guitarist and producer for such bands as LACUNA COIL and MOONSPELL — has posted two songs from its upcoming debut album, "Faith", due this summer via Century Media Records. Check out the tracks "W...

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HATEBREED Guitarist Opens Tattoo Shop; Commercial Available

A commercial/webisode for Brass City Tattoos, owned and operated by guitarist Sean Martin of HATEBREED, has been posted online at YouTube.com. The 10-minute video, which features appearances by Sean Martin and HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, can be viewed at this location. Brass City Tattoos is loca...

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U.T.D.

The worst stereotypical excesses of one-man black metal bands are on infamous display here, as Norway's FURZE clatter through eight tracks of atonal, horribly-recorded, comical noise collages that have more in common with hallucinogenic musique concrete experiments than anything resembling actual so...

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SLAYER Wins GRAMMY In 'Best Metal Performance' Category

SLAYER was honored with a Grammy in the "Best Metal Performance" category in the pre-telecast ceremony at the 49th annual Grammy Awards, which are being held tonight (Sunday, February 11) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The nominees in the "Metal" category were as follows: LAMB OF GOD - "Redne...

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VELVET REVOLVER Guitarist Jams With SHOOTER JENNINGS In Hollywood

According to a posting on his official web site, VELVET REVOLVER guitarist Dave Kushner "jammed some acoustic blues/country/rock jams [Tuesday] night [February 6] at the Hotel Café in Hollywood. Me, Shooter Jennings and Leroy (guitar player from Shooter's band) whooped it up at Tom Morello's [RAGE A...

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SLAYER Guitarist: 'We Worked Hard To Get Here, And No One Is Gonna Take It Away From Me!'

Shawn Jam Hill of The Ottawa Citizen recently conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On the band's 25-year career: "I enjoy my longevity. SLAYER has cultivated this sh--, there is no image. I put my leathers on, put my nails on (King's sig...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Records 'Latin' Version Of 'Practice What You Preach'; Audio Available

ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO, the band led by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, will release its new album, "Last Day In Paradise", on March 15 via Magnatude Records. The CD consists of seven original compositions along with three arrangements of hard rock "standards" (a concept upon which the trio has built...

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HELLYEAH: First Single To Go For Radio Adds At The End Of The Month

The first single from HELLYEAH's self-titled debut album, "You Wouldn't Know", will go for radio adds on February 26-27. HELLYEAH is the new band featuring former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott alongside members of MUDVAYNE and NOTHINGFACE. The group's debut CD is scheduled for releas...

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TOM ARAYA: 'At My Age, I'm Not Too Old To Listen To SLAYER'

Chad Painter of The Other Paper recently conducted an interview with SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. A few excerpts from the chat follow: On being insprired to write "Eyes of the Insane", a song about an American soldier stationed in Iraq who kills himself following a nervous breakdown, after rea...

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ONCE DEAD: Recording Update

ONCE DEAD, the Christian metal band featuring former members of VENGEANCE RISING alongside HIRAX guitarist Glenn Rogers, has issued the following update: As far as the [new ONCE DEAD] album [entitled 'Visions of Hell'] goes; we have completed the drum tracks and Bryan Jay (our producer) has been wor...