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BAD RELIGION Bassist Talks Next Album, Band's 30th Anniversary

Rob Sleigh of Room Thirteen recently conducted an interview with bassist Jay Bentley of the California punk rock legends BAD RELIGION. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Room Thirteen: You're currently working on a new album. How is that going? Jay Bentley: Really good. We're probably...

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PRETTY MAIDS: New Audio Interview With RONNIE ATKINS Available

On May 19, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with vocalist Ronnie Atkins of Danish hard rock veterans PRETTY MAIDS. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. PRETTY MAIDS recently announced the addition of former KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino to the group's...

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TESTAMENT's SKOLNICK Talks About Songwriting Process For Next Album

Joe Matera of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: TESTAMENT currently working on a new album how has it been going and what can fa...

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OPETH, IN FLAMES, EUROPE Members To Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO On SWEDEN ROCK CRUISE

Some of Sweden's finest heavy metal musicians will gather to pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio during this fall's edition of the Sweden Rock Cruise, set to sail on October 7, 2010 from Stockholm, Sweden for Åbo, Finland and return the following day. There will be a long tribute concert with a number o...

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JORN LANDE To Honor RONNIE JAMES DIO's Musical Legacy With 'Dio' Album

Powerhouse Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) will honor the musical legacy of Ronnie James Dio with his new album, aptly entitled "Dio", to be released on July 2 in Europe and July 27 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records. Handpicking some lesser known tunes o...

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BRUTAL GODZ Parts Ways With Ex-METAL CHURCH Singer, Announces Replacement

BRUTAL GODZ, the new Germany-based project featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE and REBELLION, has parted ways with former METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe and has replaced him with Ian Breeg, a young Russian musician from Moscow. Commented bassist Oliver Holzwarth (w...

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ACHERON Officially Laid To Rest; Festival Appearances Cancelled

After 22 years of existence, black/death metal band ACHERON has officially calledit quits. The group has released five original full-length albums, three mini-CDs, one covers CD and a number of other underground releases. Commented mainman Vincent Crowley: "After a 22-year run, I am finally putting...

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EQUILIBRIUM: Another New Song Posted Online

"Verbrannte Erde", a brand new song from German pagan/folk metallers EQUILIBRIUM, is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Rekreatur", which is scheduled for release on June 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. The track listing for the CD is as fol...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN Singer Talks About Making Of 'Tear The World Down'

ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino recently conducted an interview with WE ARE THE FALLEN singer Carly Smithson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. ARTISTdirect.com: Do you feel like [WE ARE THE FALLEN's debut album] "Tear The World Down" came together quite naturally? Carly: We work...

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Ex-VICIOUS RUMORS Singer RONNIE STIXX: DIO 'Has Now Truly Earned His Wings Of Steel In Heaven'

BLOOD REDSKIES/ex-VICIOUS RUMORS vocalist Ronnie Stixx has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "It has taking me a few days to take in the death of my hero... "When I heard he had ca...

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Ex-ANTHRAX Singer NEIL TURBIN: DIO 'Was To Heavy Metal What ELVIS Was To Rock 'N' Roll'

Former ANTHRAX and current DEATHRIDERS frontman Neil Turbin has released the following statement regarding the passing of legendary heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio (DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW): "As a teenager, I got to witness the BLACK SABBATH and BLUE ÖYSTER CULT concert li...

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EXTREME: Audio Interview With GARY CHERONE Posted Online

Classic Rock Revisited's Billy "Pops" Wilson recently conducted an interview with EXTREME vocalist Gary Cherone for the "Decades Of Distortion" show on the Arkansas City, Kansas radio station KACY 102.5 FM. The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below. Part 1: ...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Hopes 'Big Four' Tour Will Make It To America

SLAYER guitarist Kerry King told AOL's Noisecreep that he hopes the "Big Four" tour — featuring METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX, the forefathers of thrash — will expand beyond this summer's shows in Europe. "I hope SLAYER/MEGADETH [American Carnage] tour is a precursor to the Big Four coming...

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WITCHERY: Behind-The-Scenes Footage From 'Witchkrieg' Video Shoot Posted Online

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Witchkrieg", the new video from Swedish metallers WITCHERY, can be viewed below. The clip, which was shot in early May in Stockholm, Sweden, was filmed, directed and produced by Daniel Larrson and AT THE GATES/THE HAUNTED guitarist Anders Björler (At The...

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ARTIZAN Signs With PURE STEEL RECORDS

U.S. melodic power metallers ARTIZAN have inked a worldwide deal with Germany-based Pure Steel Records for the release of their as-yet-untitled full-length debut. ARTIZAN, hailing from Jacksonville, Florida, was formed by original members of the acclaimed Century Media recording artist LEVIATHAN, an...