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HIRAX To Enter Studio This Weekend

California thrash metal veterans HIRAX will enter a North Hollywood studio on April 26 with producer Bill Metoyer (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING, W.A.S.P., SLAYER) to begin recording their as-yet-untitled new full-length album for a September release via SPV/Steamhammer. HIRAX last year released a ne...

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SEVENDUST: New Video Interview With JOHN CONNOLLY

On April 11, The Front Row Report conducted an interview with SEVENDUST guitarist John Connolly in Fort Wayne, Indiana. You can now watch the chat below. SEVENDUST's ninth studio album, "Black Out The Sun", sold 27,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No....

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SOUNDGARDEN's CORNELL 'More Excited' About Possibility Of Rock Hall Induction

With the 2013 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductions now in the books, speculation will begin about who should get the nod for 2014. SOUNDGARDEN's Chris Cornell inducted HEART into the Hall last Thursday night (April 18) and told The Pulse Of Radio that this year's crop of inductees gave him hope tha...

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Video: DREAM THEATER Answers Another Fan Question In Twitter Q&A

Progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER are in the studio recording the follow-up to their Grammy-nominated album "A Dramatic Turn Of Events". Members John Petrucci, John Myung, Jordan Rudess, Mike Mangini and James LaBrie sat down and answered some questions from their fans on Twitter. Check out the...

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Video: BATTLECROSS Rehearsing With Drummer KEVIN TALLEY

Video footage of Detroit thrashers BATTLECROSS rehearsing with SIX FEET UNDER drummer Kevin Talley for their performances at the New England Metal & Hardcore (April 19) and Orion Music + More (June 8-9) festivals can be seen below. Talley, who has also played with DAATH, CHIMAIRA, MISERY INDEX,...

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Video: BATTLECROSS Rehearsing With Drummer KEVIN TALLEY

Video footage of Detroit thrashers BATTLECROSS rehearsing with SIX FEET UNDER drummer Kevin Talley for their performances at the New England Metal & Hardcore (April 19) and Orion Music + More (June 8-9) festivals can be seen below. Talley, who has also played with DAATH, CHIMAIRA, MISERY INDEX,...

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THE WINERY DOGS: 'Elevate' Video Released

"Elevate", the first video from THE WINERY DOGS, the new project featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG) and Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),can be seen below. The song comes off the band's self-titled debut album, which will be released in...

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THE WINERY DOGS Announces Shows In Osaka, Tokyo

THE WINERY DOGS, the new project featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG) and Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),will kick off its world tour by playing two shows in Japan this summer: July 16 in Osaka and July 17 in Tokyo. Dates for the rest o...

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NEWSTED Performs METALLICA Classics At U.S. Tour Kick-Off; Video Available

NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, kicked off its first-ever U.S. tour this past Friday, April 19 at Red House in Walnut Creek, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The 14-date trek will conclude on Ma...

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JASON NEWSTED: 'The Only Thing Original In Heavy Metal Is BLACK SABBATH'

ARTISTdirect.com editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: What influences you outside of music? Newsted: A l...

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MIKE TRAMP: 'A WHITE LION Reunion Is Not Possible'

French webmagazine Hard Force has posted the latest episode of "Metal XS", featuring an interview with former WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the possibility of a WHITE LION reunion with the band's original guitarist, Vito Bratta, Tramp recently told Rock...

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JOE SATRIANI: 'A Door Into Summer' Video Released

Joe Satriani, the incomparable guitar aficionado, is readying for the release of his 14th studio album, "Unstoppable Momentum", on May 7 through Epic Records, by releasing the first single, "A Door Into Summer", at radio this week. The video, conceived as a musical journey of sorts, was actually sho...

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BROKEN HOPE: New Album Title Revealed

Reformed Chicago death metallers BROKEN HOPE have set "Omen Of Disease" as the title of their sixth album, due late summer via Century Media Records. The drums for the CD were laid down at Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisconsin with engineer Chris Wisco (LAZARUS A.D., JUNGLE ROT, ORIGIN, GORGASM),wh...

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CHRIS CORNELL On Why HEART's Music Continues To Resonate With Him (Video)

Backstage at the 28th annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony earlier tonight (Thursday, April 18) at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live in Los Angeles, the organizers chatted with Ann and Nancy Wilson of HEART, and SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell, who will be inducting the group. In the in...

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NEWSTED Checks In From Tour Rehearsals (Video)

A new video message from NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, can be seen below. NEWSTED has just completed recording its first full-length album, to be released later this year. NEWSTED began mixing the effort last week, with more detai...