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ICED EARTH Cancels Tour Dates So JON SHAFFER Can Undergo Neck Surgery

ICED EARTH guitarist and leader Jon Schaffer has released the following statement: "It is with sincere apologies that I write to inform you all that ICED EARTH is forced to cancel this summer’s festivals and headline shows. "As many of you know, I underwent surgery on my neck in the year 2000, due t...

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UNISONIC's MICHAEL KISKE, DENNIS WARD Talk To Spain's 'Metalovision' About 'Light Of Dawn' Album (Video)

Zayk Mov of Metalovision recently conducted an interview with UNISONIC members Michael Kiske and Dennis Ward. You can now watch the chat below. UNISONIC, the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and K...

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CALIFORNIA BREED: Quality Fan-Filmed Footage Of New York City Concert

Quality fan-filmed video footage of CALIFORNIA BREED's May 31 performance at Gramercy Theatre in New York City can be seen below. CALIFORNIA BREED is the new band built around the foundation of legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and 23-year-old newcomer guit...

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ACE FREHLEY, DUFF MCKAGAN, DEE SNIDER, ALICE COOPER Featured In ARTISAN NEWS' REVOLVER Special (Video)

Artisan News has uploaded a 70-minute Revolver Golden Gods black-carpet special featuring "complete" interviews with: * Wendy Dio (Ronnie James Dio's manager/wife) * Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) * Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, Richie Kotzen (THE WINERY DOGS) * 12 FOOT NINJA * James Michael (SIXX: A.M....

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DUFF MCKAGAN Performs With GUNS N' ROSES In Las Vegas (Video)

Ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan joined his former band on stage last night during the sixth show of their second Las Vegas residency, "No Trickery! An Evening Of Destruction", at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. McKagan stuck around for the group's entire set, which included such GN'...

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UNISONIC To Release 'Light Of Dawn' Album In August

UNISONIC, the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (both of Germany's PINK CREAM 69),will release its second album, "Light Of Dawn", on Aug...

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ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Interviewed On Australia's 'Rabid Noise' (Audio)

Nev Pearce of Australia's "Rabid Noise" podcast recently conducted an interview with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz of Swedish / American / Canadian metallers ARCH ENEMY. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. ARCH ENEMY's new album, "War Eternal", will be released in North America on...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Is 'Transformed' Into LADY GAGA On 'Sing Your Face Off' (Video)

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach is one of the contestants in ABC's new competition series, "Sing Your Face Off". Actor John Barrowman ("Torchwood", "Arrow") hosts the show, which features five celebrity contestants taking on the identity of an iconic music performer each week. ABC launched "Si...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT On LOU REED Collaboration 'Lulu': 'I Love That Album To Death'

In a brand new interview with Finland's MTV, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett said that he still stands proudly behind "Lulu", the band's controversial collaborative album with former THE VELVET UNDERGROUND frontman Lou Reed. "Lulu" polarized fans around the world and earned METALLICA some of the mo...

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KISS: Preview Clips From HBO's ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction Special

On Saturday, May 31, HBO will air a three-hour special of the 2014 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction. The event itself — which took place April 10 in Brooklyn, New York — ran nearly two hours longer and featured the surviving members of NIRVANA playing a four-song set in which they were joined .....

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ARCH ENEMY Covers MODERAT LIKVIDATION, ANTI CIMEX For DECIBEL Magazine Flexi Disc

Swedish / American / Canadian metallers ARCH ENEMY continue the run of Century Media artists supporting Decibel magazine with an exclusive flexi disc featuring two cover tracks, MODERAT LIKVIDATION's "Nitad" and ANTI CIMEX's "When The Innocent Die". If you missed the WATAIN, DARK TRANQUILLITY, PARAD...

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ARCH ENEMY: 'War Eternal' Track-By-Track Breakdown Part 1 (Video)

The first track-by-track breakdown video for "War Eternal", the new album from Swedish / American / Canadian metallers ARCH ENEMY, can be seen below. The CD will be released in North America on June 10 via Century Media Records. The cover artwork was created by Costin Chioreanu. ARCH ENEMY played it...

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On The Tour Bus With FIREWIND/OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist GUS G. (Video)

While on the road on his first European solo tour, guitar virtuoso Gus G., well known in the metal and rock universe for his work as leader of his own group FIREWIND and also as member of Ozzy Osbourne's band, takes you inside his tour bus and shows you around... or at least he tries ...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT On Singer Switch: 'Metal Fans Don't Really Take To Change That Well'

Guitarist Michael Amott of Swedish / American / Canadian metallers ARCH ENEMY spoke to GuitarWorld.com about the departure of the band's lead singer Angela Gossow and addition of Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of THE AGONIST. "It was a very tough and emotional experience," Michael said. "It took a whil...

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GUNS N' ROSES To Release 'Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live From The Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas' In July

GUNS N' ROSES will release "Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live From The Hard Rock Casino - Las Vegas" on July 1 via Universal Music Enterprises. The show was filmed on November 21, 2012 during the "Appetite For Democracy" tour in celebration of twenty-five years of "Appetite For Destruction" and four y...