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MERCYFUL FATE And WITCHFINDER GENERAL Albums Remembered In New Ebooks

Two new one-dollar short ebooks tell the stories of the making of influential black metal and doom metal albums from 1983 — MERCYFUL FATE's "Melissa" and WITCHFINDER GENERAL's "Friends Of Hell". Author Martin Popoff explains: "We explore one of the most imposingly scary and skilled metal classics ev...

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MICHAEL WILTON: 'With The Addition Of TODD LA TORRE, We Have Taken QUEENSRŸCHE To A New Level'

Jeffrey Easton of Metal Exiles recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metal Exiles: With all of the pre-release touring that QUEENSRŸCHE is doing, how exciting is it to see the fan reactions to the new material and...

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LEATHERWOLF To Be Rejoined By Bassist PAUL CARMAN For This Month's Dates

California metallers LEATHERWOLF will be joined by bassist Paul Carman on their upcoming run of dates, which gets underway June 13 at Bobby McGee's in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. "We're grateful that our old friend Paul has agreed to step in for our regular bass player, Pat Guyton, who is not able to d...

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HALESTORM: Lyric Video For New Version Of 'Here's To Us'

The official lyric video for the new version of the HALESTORM song "Here's To Us" featuring guest appearances by a number of well-known hard rock and heavy metal musicians can be seen below. Joining the band on the song are Slash, SHINEDOWN's Brent Smith, ALTER BRIDGE's Myles Kennedy, SIXX: A.M.'s J...

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Video: QUEENSRŸCHE's GEOFF TATE Talks 'Frequency Unknown', Band Split And Future Plans

The latest episode of the "Dropping The Needle" podcast features an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate conducted before his band's June 2 performance in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. "Dropping The Needle" is hosted by Michael Brandvold from Michael Brandvold M...

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KORN Guitarist's LOVE & DEATH: Pro-Shot Footage Of ROCK AM RING Performance

LOVE & DEATH, the band led by KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, performed at this year's edition of the Rock Am Ring festival on June 7 in Nürburgring, Germany. Professionally filmed video footage of LOVE & DEATH's appearance at the event can be seen below (courtesy of Dasding). LOVE AND DE...

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'15 Questions' With PAPA ROACH's JACOBY SHADDIX (Video)

Dasding conducted an interview with singer Jacoby Shaddix of Californian rockers PAPA ROACH on June 7 at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. PAPA ROACH's latest album, "The Connection", was re-released in Europe as a special tour edition on May 6 via...

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ONSLAUGHT Taps THOMAS 'PLEC' JOHANSSON For New Album Mix

British thrashers ONSLAUGHT have tapped Thomas "Plec" Johansson (TIAMAT, SCAR SYMMETRY) to mix their as-yet-untitled sixth album at Panic Room studios in Skara, Sweden beginning on July 7. The follow-up to 2011's "Sounds Of Violence" will be released in September via AFM Records. Comments ONSLAUGHT...

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DANAVA Signs With TEE PEE RECORDS

Portland, Oregon sci-fi psychmetal rockers DANAVA (pronounced: DON-UH-VUH) have inked a deal with Tee Pee Records. The group, which just completed a month-long European headlining tour, will enter an undisclosed studio this summer to record the follow-up to 2011's "Hemisphere Of Shadows", which was...

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VOLBEAT: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire ROCK AM RING Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of VOLBEAT's entire June 8 performance at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany can be seen below. VOLBEAT will take part in this summer's Monster Energy's Rock Allegiance Tour alongside HIM, ALL THAT REMAINS and AIRBOURNE. "The fans have made our Nort...

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PHENOMENA Featuring GLENN HUGHES, JOHN NORUM, NEIL MURRAY To Perform At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL

PHENOMENA, the rock project formed by record producer Tom Galley, will make its first-ever live appearance at next year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival, set to take place June 4-7, 2014 in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Special guest musicians during PHENOMENA's performance will tentatively include Glenn...

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GEOFF TATE Says That He Is The Victim Of An Internet 'Smear Campaign'

Roger Scales of TheyWillRockYou.com recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Geoff Tate. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. TheyWillRockYou.com: No matter what happens with the pending litigation regarding ownership of the name later this year, as a QUEENSRŸCHE fan, I...

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EUROPE: Video Footage Of SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Press Conference

Video footage of EUROPE's June 7 press conference at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden, can be seen below. EUROPE were scheduled to be joined by special guests Scott Gorham (BLACK STONE RIDERS, THIN LIZZY) and Michael Schenker (ex-SCORPIONS, UFO) at their 30th-ann...

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Video: TODD LA TORRE-Fronted Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE Performs Two New Songs In Mexico

Fan-filmed video footage of the Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE performing two new songs, "Fallout" and "Redemption", during their June 6 concert at José Cuervo Salón in Mexico City, Mexico can be seen below. Both tracks come off the band's self-titled album, which will be released on J...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE: 'Breaking Point' Video Released

"Breaking Point", the new video from Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's fourth album, "Temper Temper", which sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD arriv...