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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI On Split With BILL WARD: 'We Were All Disappointed In It'

Paul Cashmere of Australia's Noise11.com recently recently conducted an interview with BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi. You can now watch the chat below.On drummer Bill Ward's decision to back out of the BLACK SABBATH reunion over a contractual dispute:Iommi: "It's been a on-off thing with Bill f...

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SCOTT WEILAND Says STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Members Are 'Disrespectful' And 'Selfish'

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS members Robert DeLeo (bass),Dean DeLeo (guitar) and Eric Kretz (drums) last week filed a lawsuit against their former lead singer Scott Weiland claiming that he sabotaged their 20th anniversary tour by being chronically late for performances and missing promotional gigs. They al...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER Schedules Stockholm In-Store Appearance

KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer will make an in-store appearance at 4Sound Fridhemsplan in Stockholm, Sweden, on Sunday, June 2. The autograph-signing event, presented by 4Sound and Epiphone guitars, will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Launched this past January at NAMM, the Tommy Thayer "Spaceman" Les Paul...

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KAMELOT Guitarist Says New Singer Has Exceeded His Expectations

Paul Southwell of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Thomas Youngblood of American/German/Swedish symphonic metallers KAMELOT. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Loud: How has your new singer, Tommy Karevik, gone across for all the hardcore fans? Youngblood...

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JACK RUSSELL, DON DOKKEN, TONY MARTIN To Guest On HERMAN RAREBELL's 'Acoustic Fever'

Former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell will release a new album, "Acoustic Fever", at the end of June. The CD contains all-acoustic versions of 12 SCORPIONS songs Herman co-wrote while in the band. "Acoustic Fever" features Rarebell on drums alongside Robby Lochner (Rob Halford's FIGHT, Cherie Cur...

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FORBIDDEN's CRAIG LOCICERO Pays Tribute To SLAYER's JEFF HANNEMAN

Veteran San Francisco Bay Area guitarist Craig Locicero (pictured below; FORBIDDEN, MANMADE GOD, SPIRALARMS) has posted the following message on his Facebook page regarding the passing of SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman: "I haven't said very much publicly about the passing of Jeff Hanneman, because I...

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SLIPKNOT Drummer Talks About New Project

SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison recently spoke to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about his new project. "I'd been working on new SLIPKNOT material since the end of the 'All Hope Is Gone' tour cycle, but I ended up with so much stuff I had to take a step back and stop working on it," he explained. ...

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IMMOLATION: New Video Interview With ROBERT VIGNA

Peter Ruttan of MetalTitans.com conducted an interview with guitarist Robert Vigna of New York death metal veterans IMMOLATION on May 21 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the Decibel Magazine Tour with CANNIBAL CORPSE and NAPALM DEATH. You can now watch the chat...

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New MELIAH RAGE Singer Talks About Forthcoming Album 'Warrior'

Boston power/thrash veterans MELIAH RAGE recently announced the addition of singer Marc Lopes to the group's ranks. The band is currently working on a new album, "Warrior", to be released this summer via Metal On Metal Records. Commented Lopes: "Joining the band kind of came out of nowhere for me, a...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Evening In Hell': Official Poster For Upcoming Las Vegas Residency

MÖTLEY CRÜE will be coming back to the world's most notorious city this fall, when it returns to Las Vegas. The rockers best known for going to the extreme will once again take over the stage at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for an exclusive twelve-show engagement September 18 through Oc...

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JOE SATRIANI Discusses 'Unstoppable Momentum' Album In New Video

In a new three-part video, the incomparable guitar aficionado Joe Satriani discusses his inspiration behind the writing and recording of his 14th studio album, "Unstoppable Momentum". In part one, Joe discusses the concept of "Unstoppable Momentum", plus working with Mike Keneally and new collaborat...

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Video: LITA FORD Performs THE RUNAWAYS Classics In Sydney

Fan-filmed video footage of '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford performing the songs "Cherry Bomb" and "Black Leather" from her former band THE RUNAWAYS, which broke up in 1979, on May 25 in Sydney, Australia can be seen below. In 2010, the movie "The Runaways" was released starring Kristen Stewart of "T...

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'DIMEBAG' DARRELL ABBOTT Wax Sculpture Unveiled

According to The Metal Den, the Rock Legend Wax Museum in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada has honored "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott by unveiling a life-sized wax figure of the late PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN guitarist. The figure was conceived by Mandy De Vere of Mangry Inc. and sculpted by local Niagara Fall...

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SLAYER: More Photos Of Los Angeles Public Memorial Celebration

A photo tribute to late SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman by photogapher Kevin Estrada can be found at this location. It consists of photos from this past Thursday's (May 23) public memorial celebration for Hanneman at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California as well as photos of Jeff and SLA...

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STATUS QUO Announces New Drummer

British rock veterans STATUS QUO have announced the addition of drummer Leo Cave to the group's ranks. Says the band: "We're pleased to announce the new addition to QUO's engine room is Leon Cave. A hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, Leon has worked with Francis [Rossi] previously, has been in r...