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QUIET RIOT Covers AC/DC's 'Highway To Hell' At Italy's FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL (Video)

QUIET RIOT played a cover version of the AC/DC classic "Highway To Hell" during the Frankie Banali-led band's April 28 appearance at the Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan, Italy. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. The concert was filmed for a forthcoming DVD. Asked by Ital...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Kicks Off 'No More Tours 2' At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival (Video)

Ozzy Osbourne official kicked off his "No More Tours 2" Friday night (April 27) at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Jacksonville, Florida. He was joined at the gig by his longtime collaborators Zakk Wylde (guitar),Rob "Blasko" Nicholson (bass),Tommy Clufetos (drums) and Adam Wakeman (keyboards...

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Video Premiere: OF MICE & MEN's 'Instincts'

OF MICE & MEN's Ben Anderson-directed video for the song "Instincts" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album "Defy", which was released in January through Rise Records. "Defy" marks OF MICE & MEN's first full-length release without vocalist Austin Carlile, who left the gr...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Officially Confirms KEN MARY As New Drummer

Veteran Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have officially welcomed Ken Mary (ALICE COOPER, ACCEPT) as their permanent drummer. Mary, who began touring with the group last year after Jason Bittner was invited to join OVERKILL, will join the band on all of their upcoming tour dates, including a sho...

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CLUTCH Frontman Explains 'Book Of Bad Decisions' Album Title

Maryland rockers CLUTCH are tentatively set to release their new album, "Book Of Bad Decisions", in September. The disc was recently completed at Sputnik Sound studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer and engineer Vance Powell (THE WHITE STRIPES, RED FANG). Speaking to "The Liquid Conversations"...

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QUIET RIOT To Film Live DVD This Weekend At Italy's FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali was recently interviewed by Barbara Caserta and Primo Bonali of Italy's Linea Rock. The full conversation can be heard below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On playing this year's Frontiers Rock Festival, which marks QUIET RIOT's first-e...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Bassist: 'I Was Going Through About An Eight-Ball Of Cocaine A Week'

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael celebrated his 76th day of sobriety on Saturday, April 21, telling KLAQ's Lisa Sanchez that he hasn't had a drink or done drugs in almost three months. "I was going through about an eight-ball of cocaine a week," Kael admitted at this past weekend's Las Rag...

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LINKIN PARK's MIKE SHINODA Releases 'About You' Video

LINKIN PARK vocalist Mike Shinoda has released a music video for the song "About You", taken from his upcoming solo album "Post Traumatic". The track is a collaboration with producer blackbear, and the accompanying clip was directed by Shinoda. Shinoda spoke with ET Canada about the songwriting pro...

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LIV SIN Releases Video For Cover Of DANZIG's 'Devil's Plaything'

LIV SIN, the band led by former SISTER SIN vocalist Liv "Sin" Jagrell, has released the official music video for its cover version of the DANZIG song "Devil's Plaything". The track will appear on LIV SIN's upcoming EP, "Inverted", which will be issued on May 25. The vinyl-only release, which was pro...

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SKELETONWITCH To Release 'Devouring Radiant Light' Album In July

Blackened metallers SKELETONWITCH will release their first full-length album in five years, "Devouring Radiant Light", on July 20 via Prosthetic Records. The first single from the disc, "Fen Of Shadows", can be streamed below. Guitarist Scott Hedrick describes "Fen Of Shadows" as "SKELETONWITCH 2.0....

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DIMMU BORGIR Frontman On Eight-Year Gap Between Albums: 'We Were Feeling That We Were Losing A Little Bit Of Our Identity'

Vocalist Shagrath of Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR recently spoke to Lords Of Metal about the eight-year gap between the release of the band's last studio album, "Abrahadabra", and the arrival of the follow-up effort, "Eonian". He said: "[It's] strange to have been away for quite some time;...

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Reunited HITTMAN Plays First Comeback Concert (Video)

Reunited 1980s New York metal band HITTMAN played its first comeback concert last night (Tuesday, April 24) at Blackthorn 51 in Elmhurst, New York. The group played a selection of cuts from its classic 1988 self-titled debut album as well as two new songs that will be included on HITTMAN's new CD, t...

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LINKIN PARK's MIKE SHINODA: 'I Had Terrible Days, And Now I Have Less Bad Days'

LINKIN PARK vocalist Mike Shinoda will release his debut solo album, "Post Traumatic", on June 15. The singer/producer released three new solo tracks as a digital EP in late January. Also titled "Post Traumatic", the set directly addressed the death of LINKIN PARK bandmate Chester Bennington and Sh...

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Guitarist BILL HUDSON Exits U.D.O. And DIRKSCHNEIDER After Only A Year

Bill Hudson has exited U.D.O. and DIRKSCHNEIDER — the two groups fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider — after only a year. The American-based guitarist and the German bands decided to go their own separate ways "due to a difference in their individual visions for the future," according...

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GUNS N' ROSES Will Play Largest Concert Ever To Be Held In Iceland

According to Iceland Monitor, GUNS N' ROSES' show in Reykjavik this summer will be the largest concert ever to be held in Iceland. It will take around one week to prepare the Laugardalsvöllur football stadium for the July 24 event, which is being put on by the organizers behind the Secret Solstice f...