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AC/DC's 'Rock Or Bust': First-Week Sales Revealed

AC/DC's new album, "Rock Or Bust", sold around 172,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 3 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marks a huge drop from the opening number of AC/DC's last CD, 2008's "Black Ice", which topped sales charts in 29 countries, inc...

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STEEL PANTHER Plays Intimate Acoustic Show In London; Video Available

Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER played an intimate acoustic show last night (Monday, December 8) at the 12 Bar Club in London, England. You can now watch video footage of the performance in three parts below. STEEL PANTHER has just released its first-ever original Christmas track, "Th...

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PAUL DI'ANNO, DOOGIE WHITE, STEVE GRIMMETT Pay Tribute To IRON MAIDEN On 'Celebrating The Beast'

Collectors Dream Records will release a new tribute to metal legends IRON MAIDEN on January 23, 2015. Titiled "A Tribute To Iron Maiden - Celebrating The Beast Vol. 1 (The Evil That Men Do)", the album will include new interpretations of classic MAIDEN songs by several acclaimed vocalists in the har...

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STEEL PANTHER Releases 'The Stocking Song' For Christmas

Fans of rock n' roll and Christmas music, your prayers have been answered this holiday season! Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER bring you their first-ever original Christmas track, "The Stocking Song". Check out the official lyric video for the song below. "The Stocking Song" features...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL's LAST IN LINE Resumes Work On Debut Album

LAST IN LINE — the band featuring DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell alongside fellow founding DIO members Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain and Claude Schnell, plus singer Andrew Freeman, who has previously fronted HURRICANE and LYNCH MOB — has returned to the studio to put the finishing touches on the s...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Vocalist WILLIAM DUVALL Recalls Being Racially Profiled By Police

**UPDATE**: ALICE IN CHAINS' publicist has clarified to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the incident described in Duvall's tweets took place "about five years ago. [William] was sharing a story/participating in the ongoing #AliveWhileBlack conversation that's taking place following Ferguson and the grand jury...

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ARCH ENEMY Featuring Guitarist JEFF LOOMIS: Fan-Filmed Footage Of Tilburg Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of ARCH ENEMY's December 4 performance at 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY last month parted ways with guitarist Nick Cordle and replaced him with Jeff Loomis (ex-NEVERMORE). Loomis is making his live debut with ARCH ENEMY on the band's European...

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AC/DC's 'Rock Or Bust' Projected To Sell 135K-145K First Week

According to music industry web site Hits Daily Double, AC/DC's new album, "Rock Or Bust", is likely to sell between 135,000 and 145,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The estimate was based on two-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on December 2...

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SLASH To Be Honored With Les Paul Award At 30th Annual NAMM TEC Awards

Iconic guitarist Slash will receive the prestigious Les Paul Award during the 30th annual NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 in Anaheim, California. Comedian Sinbad will provide the laughs as the evening's host. The NAMM TEC Awards honors individ...

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Former FAITH NO MORE Vocalist CHUCK MOSLEY Falls On Hard Financial Times, Asks Fans For Donations

Former FAITH NO MORE singer Chuck Mosley has fallen on hard financial times and is asking for help from his fans so that he and his family can avoid being evicted from the house they have lived in for the past decade. In a December 3 post on his Facebook page, Mosley writes: ...

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VOLBEAT Announces Exclusive European Show For 2015

There will be only one chance to experience VOLBEAT live in Europe next year. Denmark's global phenomenon will perform a one-time, unique concert on August 1, 2015 in The Thousand Year Forest a.k.a. Tusindårsskoven. Located in Odense, Denmark, the rural grounds are surrounded by garden associations,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Entire Medina Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's entire October 24 performance at Medina Entertainment Center in Hamel, Minnesota can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Nightrider 02. Breaking The Silence 03. Walk In The Shadows 04. The Whisper 05. En Force 06. Warning 07. X2 08. Where D...

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SWEET & LYNCH Featuring MICHAEL SWEET, GEORGE LYNCH: 'The Wish' Video Premiere

SWEET & LYNCH — the new band featuring guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER, legendary guitarist George Lynch (T&N, DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB),bassist James Lomenzo (MEGADETH, WHITE LION, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Brian Tichy (S.U.N., WHITESNAKE) — will release...

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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Says He Wants To Make His Next Solo Album 'Heavier'

Original KISS drummer Peter Criss is continuing work on a new rock solo album, which he promises will be "heavier" than the stuff he has done in the past. Criss's last solo CD, titled "One for All", came out in 2007. Peter produced the album himself for the first time, and was joined by guest ...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Explains 'Spirit On A Mission' Album Title

Legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker (SCORPIONS, UFO) took part in a press conference on December 1 at Hard Rock Cafe in Paris, France. You can now watch the question-and-answer session in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he would describe...