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RACER X, DEATH DEALER, STEELHEART Members Join Forces In BLASTED TO STATIC

Brace yourself for a vicious onslaught of shredding rock unlike anything you've heard in a long time. More explosive than a hailstorm of hand grenades, BLASTED TO STATIC delivers a cutting-edge offering that is both refreshingly new, and re-imagines the hallmarks of '80s guitar histrionics as a soni...

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Video: New Lineup Of JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL Performs In Charlotte

ToneChaser.org has uploaded video footage of RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, performing on April 18 at Amos' Southend in Charlotte, North Carolina. Check out the clips below. Bassist Greg Chaisson announced his departure from RED DRAGON CAR...

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AC/DC Plays Second COACHELLA Concert; Video Footage Available

AC/DC played its second full North American show in over five years on Friday (April 17) when the band headlined the second of two shows at the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival in Indio, California. Aside from two songs performed at the Grammy Awards in February, this also marked the second...

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Video: DRAGONFORCE Presents World's First Underwater Live Guitar Performance

The world's first underwater live guitar performance happened on the Full Metal Cruise during DRAGONFORCE's "Through The Fire And Flames" on the "Maximum Overload" world tour. Check out video footage below. DRAGONFORCE will release its debut DVD, "In The Line Of Fire", on July 10. Shot in high defin...

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NICK MENZA: MEGADETH Expected Me To Work On New Album For Free

Former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza was recently interviewed by Caleb Smith of the "The Sick Room" podcast in New Zealand. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he is not playing on the new MEGADETH album after apparently holding d...

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TARJA: First Glimpse Of 'Luna Park Ride' Bonus Material

Former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen's "Luna Park Ride" live performance will be made available for the first time as an audio CD and standalone video — including over 70 minutes of bonus material. Below you can check out the first glimpse of the bonus material. "Never Enough", performed at Summer...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT On Jamming With MESHUGGAH: 'It Was An Amazing Experience'

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett (a.k.a. Kirk Von Hammett) joined Swedish progressive metallers MESHUGGAH on stage this past Sunday, April 12 at RockBar Theater in San Jose, California during the second installment of his annual horror-themed Fear FestEvil, a music and memorabilia event. During an a...

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SLAYER To Perform At CONVERSE's 'Rubber Tracks Live' Festival

SLAYER is among the artists that will perform at Converse's five-day, multi-genre Rubber Tracks Live festival in Boston, Massachusetts. The event, which will feature five different themed concerts — alternative rock, indie dance, heavy metal, hip-hop and punk — will kick of on Monday, April 27, with...

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Finnish Postal Service To Honor NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, APOCALYPTICA, HIM On Stamps

Finland's postal service, Posti, will release nine new stamp publications in September-November, with a total of 35 different stamps. The stamps will feature musical themes ranging from Sibelius to hard rock, including six internationally successful Finnish rock bands that got to where they are toda...

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JOURNEY Drummer DEEN CASTRONOVO Delivers $10,000 Check To Oregon High School After Fire

According to the Albany Democrat-Herald, JOURNEY drummer Deen Castronovo gave a $10,000 check to a high school in Albany, Oregon on Wednesday (April 15) to help replace band equipment lost in a fire. The destroyed building stored the school's sound equipment, band and choir instruments and more than...

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HIGH ON FIRE To Release 'Luminiferous' Album In June

California heavy rockers HIGH ON FIRE will release their new album, "Luminiferous", on June 23 via eOne Music. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the CD is the follow-up to the group's 2012 release, "De Vermis Mysteriis", an album hailed as "not for the fain...

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JAKE E. LEE's RED DRAGON CARTEL: First Rehearsal Photos Of New Lineup

The first photos of the new lineup of RED DRAGON CARTEL, the band led by former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee, rehearsing for its upcoming tour can be seen below. Bassist Greg Chaisson announced his departure from RED DRAGON CARTEL last month. He said in a statement: "I'm afraid t...

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THEORY OF A DEADMAN To Release 'Angel Acoustic' EP

Roadrunner/604 recording group THEORY OF A DEADMAN has announced the "Angel Acoustic" EP, a collection of acoustic performances of fan favorite THEORY OF A DEADMAN songs as well as an acoustic cover of TOVE LO's "Habits (Stay High)". The EP will be available for preorder via iTunes beginning April 2...

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LORDI Documentary 'Monsterman' To Receive International Premiere At DOXA Documentary Film Festival

"Monsterman", the Finnish documentary by director Antti Haase, will receive its international premiere on Saturday, May 9 at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. "Monsterman" tells the moving story of the heavy metal monster band LORDI which unexpectedly won the...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: Video Footage Of Mexico City Clinic

Video footage of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson's April 12 clinic in Mexico City can be seen below. MEGADETH has finished writing 15 songs for its next album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The CD will be the band's first to feature Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro, best known for his...