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DOWN: 'The Purple EP' Cracks U.S. Top 40

DOWN's new EP, "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", DOWN's first in a series of four EPs to be released over ...

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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Schedules Book-Signing Appearances

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss will has scheduled the following signing events for his memoir, "Makeup To Breakup: My Life In And Out Of Kiss": October 23 Barnes & Noble 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street New York, NY 12:30 p.m. October 24 Bookends 211 E. RIDGEWOOD AVE RIDGEWOOD, NJ 6:00 p.m. Oc...

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GLENN HUGHES Interviewed On Brazil's 'Wikimetal' (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with legendary vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, TRAPEZE). You can listen to the chat using the SoundCloud player below. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is the Anglo-American rock group comprising H...

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JON LORD's Last-Ever Interview: 'I'd Like To Get To My Father's Age'

A week before he died this past July, former DEEP PURPLE keyboardist Jon Lord gave his last-ever interview, to Classic Rock, for the U.K. magazine's September 2012 issue. During the chat, Lord seemed optimistic about his prognosis a year after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. "When you get to...

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DOWN's PEPPER KEENAN Talks 'Purple' EP On 106.3 THE BUZZ (Audio)

Johnny Thrash of "The Oath" metal radio show, which airs on the KBZS-FM / 106.3 The Buzz station in Wichita Falls, Texas, recently conducted an interview with DOWN guitarist Pepper Keenan. You can now listen to the chat at this location. "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", DOWN's first in a ...

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STRIFE Films New Video

Southern California hardcore band STRIFE filmed a video earlier today (Sunday, September 23) for an as-yet-unspecified track off its forthcoming album, "Witness A Rebirth". The CD will be released in October via 6131 Records. Some bands leave such an impression on fans that, even after two decades,...

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IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT Members Perform At MARSHALL 50th-Anniversary Event

Global rock royalty from such bands as IRON MAIDEN, SLIPKNOT, WHITESNAKE, CHICKENFOOT, THE CULT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST, SLAYER and BLACK SABBATH took part in last night's (Saturday, September 22) Marshall 50th-anniversary event at Wembley Arena in London, England. The lumina...

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'Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet' Documentary To Be Released On DVD In December

According to Blu-Ray.com, Kino Lorber has set a December 18 North American release date for the DVD version of the documentary film "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet". The world premiere of "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet", took place on March 3 at the Cinequest film festival in San Jose, California at the Sa...

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ALICE COOPER Awards GUILLERMO DEL TORO An Eyegore, Unveils New Haunted Maze At Universal

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper made a quick stop in Los Angeles for Universal Hollywood's 2012 Eyegore Awards, where he presented director Guillermo Del Toro with the evenings final Eyegore. The annual award show is the precursor to the unveiling of Universal Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights haunt...

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Next Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Is Officially Sold Out

All 75,000 tickets to next year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival have been sold — a little more than a month after being made available. This marks the eighth time in a row that Wacken Open Air is sold out and it is the event's fastest sellout ever. The next Wacken Open Air ...

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Slams Illegal Music Downloaders: 'You Don't Go Around Stealing Cars!'

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen visited Britain's iconic Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday (September 20) to offer his patronage to "Rock The House", the parliamentary live music competition founded by Mike Weatherley, a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP),whi...

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PARKWAY DRIVE: New Album Details Revealed

Australian metallers PARKWAY DRIVE will release their fourth album, "Atlas", on October 30 via Epitaph Records. The deluxe package will include the "Home Is For The Heartless" DVD, a unique travelogue that follows the band's adventures touring to many obscure destinations including Colombia, China a...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Talks 'Down IV Part I - The Purple EP' (Video)

A two-minute video clip of Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA) talking about "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", DOWN's first in a series of four EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs),each touching on a different aspect of the band's sound, can be seen below. "Down ...

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STRATOVARIUS Singer, Ex-SONATA ARCTICA Guitarist: 'Blackoustic' Album Trailer Available

earMUSIC has set an October 19 release date for "Blackoustic", the first-ever acoustic album by Finnish heavy metal singer Timo Kotipelto (STRATOVARIUS, CAIN'S OFFERING, KOTIPELTO) and guitarist Jani Liimatainen (CAIN'S OFFERING, ex-SONATA ARCTICA). The duo has been working together and playing acou...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Sings THE WHO, DEEP PURPLE Classics At 'Sunflower Jam'; Better-Quality Footage

Bruce Dickinson (IRON MAIDEN),Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE),Brian May (QUEEN),Alice Cooper, John Paul Jones (LED ZEPPELIN) and Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) are among the musicians who took part in the 2012 edition of The Sunflower Jam, which took place on Sunday, September 16 at the Royal Albert Hall in Lo...