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MPIRE OF EVIL: Footage From Italy's MARATONA ROCK Festival
Video footage of MPIRE OF EVIL (formerly PRIMEVIL) — the band formed in 2010 by ex-VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (bass, vocals) — performing on April 29 at the Maratona Rock festival in Santhià, Italy can be seen below. MPIRE OF EVIL recently completed...May 4, 2012
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Former DIO Members CAMPBELL, APPICE, BAIN, SCHNELL Reunite, Plan Live Shows
Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell has revealed via Facebook that he is planning to join forces with three other original DIO members to play "some gigs" that will see the musicians performing material from the early DIO records that Campbell appeared on. "I met up with the...May 4, 2012
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PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Members Discuss Reunion, Future Plans
Sakis Fragos, publisher and chief editor of Greece's Rock Hard magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dan Rock and vocalist Devon Graves (a.k.a. Buddy Lackey) of reunited San Diego, California-based progressive metallers PSYCHOTIC WALTZ. The question-and-answer session follows below...May 3, 2012
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STAM1NA Signs North American Deal With BIELER BROS. RECORDS
Lemi, Finland-based metallers STAM1NA have inked a North American deal with Bieler Bros. Records. The band's fifth album, "Nocebo", will be released in the U.S. on July 17. Commented Bieler Bros. co-founder Jason Bieler: "STAM1NA encapsulates everything Bieler Bros. looks for when signing a new arti...May 3, 2012
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PHILIP ANSELMO On New DOWN EP: 'It Has That Practice-Room Vibe To It'
On May 2, Patrick Musumeche of Full Metal Rock conducted an interview with Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA, ARSON ANTHEM, SUPERJOINT RITUAL). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow. On what fans can expect from DOWN's recently completed six-song EP, which...May 3, 2012
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VINCE NEIL Performs 'Piece Of Your Action' In Chicago (Video)
Fan-filmed video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil and his solo band performing the CRÜE classic "Piece Of Your Action" on April 27 at Cubby Bear in Chicago, Illinois can be seen below. Neil's live backing band continues to consist of bassist Dana Strum and Jeff Blando (both of SLAUGHTER) and...May 2, 2012
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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN Fills In On Vocals For DAVID LEE ROTH
According to The Pulse Of Radio, footage has surfaced online of the members of VAN HALEN doing their soundcheck before playing at Madison Square Garden this past February, shortly after the band kicked off its massive North American tour in support of its new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth". But...May 2, 2012
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Relapse
Break it all down, build it back up, assess the relevance of the band's impact on the history of rock music, and psychoanalyze Al Jourgensen six ways from Sunday; the only thing that matters here is that the album that was never supposed to happen is on the whole a good one. It is also ...May 1, 2012
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Sentenced to Life
BLACK BREATH captured lightning in a bottle on debut full length "Heavy Breathing", one of those releases on which everything clicked, the stars aligned, and the Swedish death metal (ENTOMBED in particular) crossed with crusty hardcore worked in a way that made the Seattle rabble set themselves apar...May 1, 2012
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All Tomorrow's Funerals
Peaceville does AUTOPSY right once again with "All Tomorrow's Funerals", 73 minutes of the influential band's doomed up, mud 'n guts death metal, most of which compiles previously released, out of print EP material, remastered and repackaged in a terrific hardcover booklet with righteously reeking a...May 1, 2012
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Hell to the Holy
It's called heavy metal, as in actual bona fide heavy metal, as is in the genuine article, and MPIRE OF EVIL (previously known as PRIMEVIL) play it with sooty heart and jagged, rusty edges that guarantee a trip to the hospital for tetanus shots. Featuring former VENOM members Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (gui...May 1, 2012
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Last Man Standing
I'd call it Pure American Metal if all but one member of LEGACY OF DISORDER weren't based in New Zealand. However, the one guy that isn't a New Zealander, drummer Matt Thompson, is a Texan who got connected to LEGACY OF DISORDER through the band's Dallas-based producer Sterling Winfield (PANTERA, HE...May 1, 2012
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Guitarist JEFF HANNEMAN To Sit Out SLAYER's European Tour; GARY HOLT To Fill In
California thrash metal veterans SLAYER have released the following "open letter" to their "fans around the world": "SLAYER fans everywhere — it's time to let you know what is going on with our brother Jeff Hanneman [guitar]. "As you know, Jeff was bitten by a spider more than a year ago, but what y...May 1, 2012
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ORGY: New Video Interview With JAY GORDON
EarplugsRequired.com recently conducted an interview with vocalist Jay Gordon of ORGY, the reactivated "death pop" band from California. You can now watch the chat below. ORGY recently canceled the last five shows of its "Bad Blood Tour 2012" "due to high demand for new music." Fan-filmed video foot...May 1, 2012
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SLIPKNOT Frontman Talks About Wearing 'The Mask' (Video)
A five-minute video clip in which SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor talks about wearing a mask during the band's live performances can be seen below. "When you put that mask on you go places you would never imagine," Taylor said during his June 2011 appearance at at the Oxford University. "It comes fro...April 30, 2012