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AIRBOURNE: Pro-Shot Footage Of ROCK AM RING Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of AIRBOURNE's June 8 performance at the Rock Am Ring festival in Nürburgring, Germany can be seen below. AIRBOURNE's third album, "Black Dog Barking", was released on May 21 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2010's "No Guts. No Glory." was produced by Bria...

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OZZY On SABBATH Reunion: We Decided That If We Were Going To Do This, It Was Our Last Chance

Kevin Courtney of The Irish Times recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On BLACK SABBATH's enduring influence: Ozzy: "I remember it was a year or two after my departure from SABBATH, people would come to me and ask me ques...

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METALLICA Performs Entire 'Kill 'Em All' Album During Surprise Afternoon Set At ORION

METALLICA played its 1983 debut album, "Kill 'Em All", from beginning to end during a surprise performance earlier this afternoon at the band's Orion Music + More festival at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. After word got around that a group called DEHAAN (presumably a nod to actor Dane DeHaan, who...

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METALLICA Bassist Talks To 106.7 THE D About ORION MUSIC + MORE (Video)

On Thursday, June 6, Detroit's 106.7 The D radio station conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo about the second annual Orion Music + More, a music and lifestyle festival created by METALLICA and their friends at C3 Presents. The event, which is taking place June 8-9 at Belle...

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Windsor Residents Complain About Volume Of ORION MUSIC + MORE Soundchecks

According to The Windsor Star, a number of residents have called Windsor, Ontario, Canada mayor Eddie Francis' office to complain about the volume of Friday's soundchecks for this weekend's Orion Music + More, the music and lifestyle festival created by METALLICA and their friends at C3 Presents, wh...

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Audio: METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Talks 'Orion Music + More' Festival

Anne Erickson of Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett about the second annual Orion Music + More, a music and lifestyle festival created by METALLICA and their friends at C3 Presents. The event, which is taking place June 8-9 at Belle Isle in Detroit, will...

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JASON NEWSTED: METALLICA 'Would Have Imploded' If I Hadn't Left

NEWSTED — the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted — took part in a press conference yesterday (Friday, June 7) after its performance at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now watch video footage of the ques...

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METALLICA Guitarist: Launching 'Orion' Festival Was 'A Lot Of Work, But It Was A Lot Of Fun'

Gibson.com recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Gibson.com: Tell me about the experience of launching Orion Music + More last year. It was quite an undertaking. Kirk: It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun, and it was ....

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OZZY, DIO, BON SCOTT, LEMMY, SLASH, DIMEBAG Featured In 'Cemetary Gates' Book

Set for release this month via Plexus Publishing is the book "Cemetary Gates: Saints & Survivors Of The Heavy-Metal Scene" by Mick O'Shea. A description of the illustrated paperback reads as follows: "Between genius and madness, this world and the next, there's nothing but the faintest flicker o...

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Video: METALLICA Frontman Talks To WRIF About 'Orion Music + More' Festival

Steve Black of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station spoke to METALLICA frontman James Hetfield yesterday (Thursday, June 6) about the second annual Orion Music + More festival, a music and lifestyle festival created by METALLICA and their friends at C3 Presents, which will take place June...

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METALLICA's 'Orion Music + More' Press Conference In Detroit: Video Footage Available

On Thursday, June 6, METALLICA vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and bassist Robert Trujillo joined members of BATTLECROSS, Detroit restaurateur and entrepreneur Phil Cooley and members of the Detroit City Council to talk about the second annual Orion Music + More festival, a music and lifestyle fes...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Drummer: 'People Don't Value Music The Way They Used To'

Natalie Zina Walschots of Exclaim.ca recently conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS drummer Sean Kinney. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim.ca: I've just found it fascinating how you have resisted labeling, and despite how long you have been around, how consistently hard...

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Video: METALLICA Frontman Talks To Detroit's WXYZ-TV About This Year's ORION MUSIC + MORE

WXYZ-TV, the ABC-affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan, spoke to METALLICA frontman James Hetfield earlier today (Thursday, June 6) about the second annual Orion Music + More festival, a music and lifestyle festival created by METALLICA and their friends at C3 Presents, which will take...

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LARS ULRICH Says METALLICA Lost Money On Last Year's Inaugural 'Orion Music + More' Festival

METALLICA's Orion Music + More festival debuted last June in Atlantic City, New Jersey and is set to return this coming weekend on Detroit, Michigan's Belle Isle. Even though the two Atlantic City shows sold a total of 24,000 tickets, according to The Press Of Atlantic City, METALLICA drummer Lars U...

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VISTA CHINO: Debut Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled

VISTA CHINO, the group comprised of two founding members of the legendary rock band KYUSS — Brant Bjork and John Garcia — and guitarist Bruno Fevery, will release its debut album, "Peace", in the early fall via Napalm Records. The cover artwork for the CD was created by the renowned California art c...