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LEGION OF THE DAMNED: 'Ravenous Plague' Earbook Unboxing Video

Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. Video footage of the "Ravenous Plague" Earbook unboxing can be seen belo...

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Former L.A. GUNS Guitarist STACEY BLADES Discusses LET IT RAWK In 'The Hellion Rocks' Interview (Audio)

James Anaya of "The Hellion Rocks" on Bleach Bangs Radio recently conducted an interview with former L.A. GUNS guitarist and LET IT RAWK's creator and producer Stacey Blades. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. The Vegas strip had nothing on the Sunset Strip when it came to roc...

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MAYAN: 'Faceless Spies' Lyric Video Released

The official lyric video for the song "Faceless Spies" from MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — can be seen below. The track is taken from MAYAN's sophomore album, "Antagonise", which will be released on...

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED: 'Mountain Wolves Under A Crescent Moon' Video Released

Dutch thrashers LEGION OF THE DAMNED will release their new album, "Ravenous Plague", on January 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was produced by Andy Classen (TANKARD, KRISIUN, HOLY MOSES) at the Stage One Studio in Germany. "Ravenous Plague" track listing: 01. Intro: The Apocalyptic Surge (by Jo...

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BUCKCHERRY, FEAR FACTORY, ULI JON ROTH To Help Celebrate Whisky A Go Go's 50th Anniversary

The world-famous Whisky A Go Go nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California turns 50 years old on Thursday, January 16, 2014. The venue will ring in this historic evening with a show by legendary THE DOORS guitarist Robbie Krieger and his JAM KITCHEN band. Mayor John Heilman will be...

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LAMB OF GOD Partners With SPECTICAST For Distribution Of 'As The Palaces Burn' Feature Film

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have entered into a worldwide distribution deal with Specticast (LED ZEPPELIN's "Celebration Day", Paul McCartney's "Rock Show") for their Don Argott-directed ("Last Days Here", "Art Of The Steal", "School Of Rock") feature film "As The Palaces Burn". Filming...

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CHROME DIVISION: 'Endless Nights' Video Released

"Endless Nights", the new video from CHROME DIVISION — the Norwegian five-piece featuring DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (a.k.a. Stian Thoresen) on guitar — can be seen below. The song is taken from CHROME DIVISION's fourth album, "Infernal Rock Eternal", which will be released on January 17, 2014 v...

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HOUSE OF LORDS To Release 'Precious Metal' In February

Frontiers Records will release the new HOUSE OF LORDS studio album entitled "Precious Metal" on February 21, 2014 in Europe and February 25, 2014 in North America. "Precious Metal" is HOUSE OF LORDS' ninth studio album, following up the critically acclaimed "Big Money". This brand new release, recor...

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EDDIE VAN HALEN Makes Surprise Visit To Los Angeles Music School

VAN HALEN guitar legend Eddie Van Halen made a surprise visit to music students at LA Unified School District's Foshay Learning Center on Thursday, December 5. Twenty-seven aspiring musicians, under the tutelage of music director Vincent Womack, were transfixed as Van Halen inspired them to pursue t...

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IRON MAIDEN's NICKO MCBRAIN Talks To West Palm Beach's 98.7 THE GATER (Video)

On December 5, Chad Tyson of the 98.7 The Gater radio station in West Palm Beach, Florida conducted an interview with IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain. You can now watch the chat below. A pack of three Titleist DT Solo golf balls featuring IRON MAIDEN mascot Eddie and Nicko McBrain's printed signat...

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VAN CANTO: 'Dawn Of The Brave' EPK Available

German "a cappella metal" band VAN CANTO — which consists of five singers and one drummer (no guitars, no bass, no keyboards) — will release its new studio album, "Dawn Of The Brave", on February 7, 2014 via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded with Charlie Bauerfeind (BLIND GUARDIAN, HELLOWEEN, HAMM...

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Retrospect

Symphonic metal has its enthusiasts and its haters. With so many practitioners of the form, there's been little much else to say that hasn't been said already. Then again, you have EPICA, a band that's heavier than the norm in this sanction and you just knew one day they were going to lay down somet...

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Generation Nothing

I recently caught up with METAL CHURCH vocalist Ronny Munroe at the Rock Harvest II benefit festival on the outskirts of Baltimore. Munroe was in town as a special guest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania's GHOST OF WAR where they banded together for a mini-set of METAL CHURCH classics and "Pierced by the...

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The Innocent, the Forsaken, the Guilty

Tommy Mezmercardo, these days known as "Trouble Tommy", has a little psych metal band from yesteryear that he maintains is in hiatus even though there's been no proper new release since the mid-Eighties. Until now. THE MEZMERIST has remained a deep cult legend best remembered by southern and coastal...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Pays Tribute To NELSON MANDELA

LAMB OF GOD singer Randy Blythe was one of many musicians who have taken to social media to pay their respects to Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president and a groundbreaking civil rights activist. Mandela died on Thursday (December 5) at age 95. One of the foremost civil rights leaders...