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HAMMERFALL: 'Hector's Hymn' Video Released

"Hector's Hymn", the new 11Frames Productions-directed clip from Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "(r)Evolution", which will be released on August 29 in Europe and September 2 in North America via Nuclear Blast. After taking a creative bre...

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'Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe' Projected To Sell 28K-31K First Week

"Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe" is likely to sell between 28,000 and 31,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day sales reports compiled after the record arrived in stores on August...

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GEOFF TATE Is 'Looking Forward To The Freedom Of Being Able To Create Music Without A Predetermined Moniker'

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate recently spoke to Lauren Wise of the Phoenix New Times about the settlement agreement with his former bandmates over the rights to the QUEENSRŸCHE name and his decision to carry on as OPERATION: MINDCRIME, named after QUEENSRŸCHE's epic concept album from 1988. "I...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist MICHAEL WILTON's SOULBENDER: New Song 'Turn Anger Up' Available For Streaming

SOULBENDER, the project featuring QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton, will release its sophomore album, simply titled "Soulbender 2", later this year via Rat Pak Records. The disc will contain all-new songs as well as remasters of previously released cuts. A track from "Soulbender 2" called "Turn...

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SLASH Talks To New Zealand's THE ROCK FM About 'World On Fire' Album (Audio)

Slash was interviewed earlier this week on The Rock FM radio station in New Zealand. You can now listen to the chat at this location. "World On Fire", the third album to be made available under the Slash solo banner, will be released on September 15 via Slash's own label Dik Hayd International ...

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DARIUS RUCKER Says He Is 'Really Proud' Of His Cover Version Of MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Time For Change'

"Nashville Outlaws: A Tribute To Mötley Crüe" is in stores today (Tuesday, August 19). The project features covers of 15 MÖTLEY CRÜE hits dating back to the early '80s by such country stars as FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE, Justin Moore, Brantley Gilbert, LeAnn Rimes and HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH frontman Da...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's KELLY D. SMITH Interviewed By TotalRock At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Matt of TotalRock conducted an interview with drummer Kelly D. Smith Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. FLOT...

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KISS Guitarist TOMMY THAYER's Rig Rundown (Video)

Premier Guitar caught up with current KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer, along with Francis and Michael Berger, to dig into all the axes, effects, and amps that the band brought out on their 2014 tour with DEF LEPPARD. Check out the footage below. Thayer is a longtime Les Paul man and brings several on .....

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SIXX: A.M.'s JAMES MICHAEL Talks New Song 'Stars' (Video)

Video footage of SIXX: A.M. vocalist James Michael talking about the band's new song "Stars" can be seen below. The track is taken from SIXX: A.M.'s third album, "Modern Vintage", which will be released on October 7 via Eleven Seven Music. SIXX: A.M. is the band featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki S...

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Do You Want to Start a War

WWE legend Chris Jericho returns once again with his STUCK MOJO, ADRENALINE MOB and DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE cohorts in FOZZY, and what began initially as a novelty has, wakey wakey, turned into a viable commodity. Jericho (call him "Mongoose McQueen" or "The Ayatollah of Rock 'n Rolla" if you like) ha...

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Man Dies In Wreck Involving 18-Wheeler Transporting MÖTLEY CRÜE Equipment

According to WBRC, a 47-year-old man was killed Friday morning (August 15) in a collision with a semi-trailer truck hauling equipment for MÖTLEY CRÜE. Michael Wayne Marsh's vehicle crashed with an 18-wheeler around 4:15 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-65 at exit 280 in Jefferson County, Alabama. T...

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Video: SLASH And MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Perform In San Francisco

Fan-filmed video footage of Slash and his backing band, MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS, performing on August 13 at the Fillmore in San Francisco California can be seen below. "World On Fire", the third album to be made available under the Slash solo banner, will be released on September 15 via...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Guitarist MICHAEL WILTON's SOULBENDER To Release New Album

SOULBENDER, the project featuring QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton, will release a new album later this year via Rat Pak Records. The disc will contain all-new songs as well as remasters of previously released cuts. In addition to Wilton, SOULBENDER's current lineup features ex-MY SISTER'S MACHI...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM To Dig Into Vaults For Next Studio Album

Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are preparing to enter the studio to begin work on a new album for a tentative early 2015 release. Asked by Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut at last weekend's Bloodstock Open Air festival in the United Kingdom if the band has begun writing new material yet, F...

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Isolate and Medicate

Once modest champs of the grunge underground, SEETHER have risen through the ranks of AOR to become trusty rock venue fillers. Some would argue this commercial favorability has come at much cost to their original sound and there's evidence of that claim on the trio's latest album, "Isolate and Medic...