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It's Official: MALCOLM YOUNG Taking Break From AC/DC Due To 'Ill Health'

Legendary Anglo-Australian hard rockers AC/DC have released the following statement: "After forty years of life dedicated to AC/DC, guitarist and founding member Malcolm Young is taking a break from the band due to ill health. Malcolm would like to thank the group's diehard legions of fans worldwide...

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Sixth Annual REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS Awards Show To Air In May On VH1 CLASSIC

According to Billboard.com, the Revolver Golden Gods awards show presented by Epiphone, America's only hard-rock and heavy-metal awards show, will return to TV on Saturday, May 24 via VH1 Classic at 8 p.m. ET/PT, produced by Dick Clark Productions and Revolver magazine. The four-hour live show will...

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BRIAN JOHNSON Told Italian TV Channel 10 Days Ago AC/DC Was Entering Studio In May

AC/DC singer Brian Johnson told an Italian television channel on April 6 — exactly ten days ago — that the band was planning on entering the studio in May to begin recording its 16th studio album. During the three-minute chat, which was conducted by Sky Italia's Sky Sports F1 channel at the Bahrain...

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Video: Original GRIM REAPER Members STEVE GRIMMETT And NICK BOWCOTT Reunite At RAGNARÖKKR METAL APOCALYPSE

STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER led by singer Steve Grimmett, performed in the USA for the first time since 1987 on April 5 at the Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse festival at Reggies bar in Chicago, Illinois. The band's set consisted of m...

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Friend Says AC/DC's MALCOLM YOUNG Is 'Unable To Perform Anymore'

A friend of AC/DC's Malcolm Young says the guitarist will not be able to perform with the band again due to an unspecified serious illness. Speaking to ABC Radio (as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald),CHOIRBOYS singer Mark Gable, who has been friends with AC/DC "for years," said: "That is true, M...

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AMARANTHE Interviewed By Italy's Heavy-Metal.it (Video)

Laura Rossi of Heavy-Metal.it conducted an interview with AMARANTHE — the modern metal sextet from Gothenburg, Sweden — on March 26 in Milan, Italy. You can now watch the chat below. AMARANTHE has confirmed an autumn 2014 release date for its new studio album via Spinefarm Records. The as-yet-untitl...

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Conflicting Reports Surface Regarding AC/DC's Future

**Update** -- April 15 at 4:35 a.m. EST: Mark Evans, who says that he is the son of original AC/DC singer Dave Evans, tweeted a few hours ago that reports of AC/DC's imminent retirement announcement are not merely rumors. He added: "Malcolm Young is very sick.... [Malcolm's son] Ross Young spoke to...

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Goathrower

"Smoked out, beer drenched, headbangers belching burrito-tinged death breath since '07." So decrees Atlanta thrash maniacs SPEWTILATOR, and while that may not be the most enticing invitation to hook up with their out-of-control vinyl EP, "Goathrower", if you like it dished tirelessly fast and stupid...

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REVAMP: North American Tour Diary Part 1 (Video)

REVAMP — the Dutch band led by former AFTER FOREVER frontwoman and current NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen — is currently touring North America as the support act for ICED EARTH and SABATON. The first in a series of clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the trek can be seen below. REVAMP's se...

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WHITECHAPEL: 'Our Endless War' Lyric Video Released

Knoxville, Tennessee metallers WHITECHAPEL will release their fifth full-length album, "Our Endless War", on April 29 via Metal Blade. A ruthlessly honed effort that refuses to compromise on brutality, it is also by far the band's most streamlined, atmospheric, and emotionally powerful release, push...

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Video: KILL DEVIL HILL Performs Cover Of PANTERA's 'Mouth For War' In Melbourne

Fan-filmed video footage of KILL DEVIL HILL performing a cover version of the PANTERA classic "Mouth For War" on March 13 at The Palace in Melbourne, Australia can be seen below (courtesy of AndrewHaug.com). KILL DEVIL HILL features former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown alongside Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S....

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LED ZEPPELIN: Full Live Track From Deluxe Reissue Of Debut Album Available For Streaming

John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant came together in 1968 as LED ZEPPELIN. Over the next decade, the band would become one of the most influential, innovative and successful groups in modern music, selling more than 300 million albums worldwide. Their songs are some of the most...

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VAN HALEN Singer DAVID LEE ROTH's 'The Roth Show': Episode 3 Of Season 2 Posted Online

Episode 3 of Season 2 of "The Roth Show", the video podcast program hosted by VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth, can be seen below. In this episode, Roth discusses more of "The New York City Way". In a 2013 interview, Roth explained that "The Roth Show" started off as an experiment. "You can prop ...

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Tied to a Dying Animal

It can never be understated that double albums come with risks, the main caveats being they should either be special or at least serve a credible purpose. Otherwise, there lies automatic suspicion of bloated packaging in the interest of sales boosting. Black metal/dark meditative artists SHROUD OF D...

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Video Of TOM MORELLO's Entire KISS ROCK HALL Induction Speech

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's Tom Morello inducted KISS into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this past Thursday night (April 10) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Video footage of Morello's entire speech can be seen below. A transcript follows. "Good evening, I'm Tom Morello. "They are four...