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'Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet' Film To Premiere At CINEQUEST Festival

The world premiere of the documentary film "Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet", will take place at the Cinequest film festival on Saturday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. The screening will be held in San Jose, California at the San Jose Repertory Theatre. Jason will be there, along with his family and friends. Tick...

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Makeup-Less KING DIAMOND Performs Surprise Three-Song Set In Dallas (Video)

Legendary Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) played a surprise three-song set this past Friday, January 27 at Tree's in Dallas, Texas during the "5th Annual Nomad Recording Studio Throwdown". King, who appeared without his trademark makeup, was joined for the perfor...

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MICHAEL ANTHONY Has No Plans To Go After VAN HALEN For Songwriting Credit On Reworked Old Songs

Former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony says he's looking forward to hearing the band's new album because it includes material that he recorded with the group before they got signed in the 1970s. Speaking to the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock, Anthony said, "They [the current lineup of VAN...

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LUCA TURILLI'S RHAPSODY: New Album Title, Track Listing Revealed

In August 2011, RHAPSODY OF FIRE guitarist Luca Turilli and keyboardist Alex Staropoli announced their decision to go their separate ways. Due to legal reasons, Staropoli will continue under the RHAPSODY OF FIRE name. Turilli, on the other hand, will make his future efforts available under the RHAPS...

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SAMMY HAGAR On New VAN HALEN: 'I Think There's Zero Inspiration And Zero Creativity'

Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with CHICKENFOOT/ex-VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Radio Metal: These past years, you and [CHICKENFOOT/ex-VAN HALEN bassist] Michael Anthony have spoken out about how disappointed you were by VAN HALEN and you've both...

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DIABULUS IN MUSICA: New Album Details Revealed; 'Sceneries Of Hope' Video Released

Spanish female-fronted symphonic metallers DIABULUS IN MUSICA will release their sophomore album, "The Wanderer", in Europe on March 5 via Napalm Records. According to a press release, "With their latest album, the Spanish quintet proves that impressive symphonic metal need not hail from Scandinavia...

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JAMES DURBIN: 'Stand Up' Video Available

"Stand Up", the new video from "American Idol" finalist James Durbin, can be seen below. The song comes off Durbin's debut solo album, "Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster", which sold around 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 36 on The Billboard 200...

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VOLBEAT Drummer Interviewed At GIGANTOUR 2012 Kick-Off (Video)

Sami Jarroush of the Rock It Out! Blog conducted an interview with drummer Jon Larsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT on Thursday, January 26 at the opening show of this year's Gigantour at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below. Guitarist Hank Sh...

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MICHAEL MONROE Named 'Person Of The Year' In His Hometown

Former HANOI ROCKS singer Michael Monroe has been named "Vuoden Turkulainen" ("Person Of The Year") in his hometown of Turku, Finland. He writes on his Facebook page, "A million thanks to everyone who voted for me!" Monroe relocated to Turku, the former capital of Finland, in February 2000 after hav...

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RATT Hoping To Release New Album This Summer

According to a posting on RATT singer Stephen Pearcy's Facebook page, the band is continuing to write material for its new album, tentatively due this summer. Before then, "there could be a few surprise shows," he says. "Infestation", the first studio record in 11 years from RATT, sold around 14,000...

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Reunited BYZANTINE Preparing To Record New Studio Album

West Virginia metallers BYZANTINE have officially reformed almost four years to the day since their last album, "Oblivion Beckons", was released. The group's 2012 lineup is as follows: Chris Ojeda: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar Tony Rohrbough: Lead Guitar Michael Cromer: Bass Matt Wolfe: Drums Commented Oje...

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MERCYFUL FATE Guitarist Performs With VOLBEAT For First Time (Video)

Guitarist Hank Shermann (MERCYFUL FATE) made his live debut with Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT last night (Thursday, January 26) at the opening show of this year's Gigantour at the Susquahana Bank Arena, in Camden, New Jersey. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Sherma...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT To Be Featured In 'Eternal Descent' Comic

Guitarist Michael Amott of Swedish/German extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Eternal Descent comic. The issue will be available for pre-order from April 2012. Llexi Leon, creator of the multimedia concept Eternal Descent, recruits ESP artists for cameo appearan...

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MOTÖRHEAD: More 'The Motör-Bag' Details Revealed

It's universally agreed amongst headbangers that MOTÖRHEAD is responsible for some of the greatest all-time hard rock/heavy metal songs ("Ace of Spades", "Overkill", etc.) and albums ("Ace of Spades", "No Sleep 'til Hammersmith", etc.) — not to mention featuring one of rock's all-time great characte...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Talks About Upcoming U.K. Tour On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show' (Audio)

Legendary rock guitarist Michael Schenker was interviewed on the January 26, 2012 edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. (Note: The Schenker interview begins around the 11-minute mark.) Michael Schenker recently announced that his brand...