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Tribute To Late DEEP PURPLE Guitarist TOMMY BOLIN: 'Great Gypsy Soul' Album Details Revealed

In the annals of rock history, Tommy Bolin occupied a brief, but shining stint as a brilliant guitarist who wowed those in the know with his mastery of many genres —rock, fusion, funk, reggae and heavy metal among others. Along with a much-lauded solo career that, pushed the boundaries of rock/jazz...

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SOULFLY: 'Enslaved' Cover Artwork, First Photo Of New Lineup Unveiled

SOULFLY will release its eighth album, "Enslaved", on March 13 via Roadrunner Records. The CD was recorded at Tallcat Studios in Phoenix, Arizona and was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris, the seasoned knob twiddler behind some of the most notable bands in metal today, such as SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE: 'Torture' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed; New Song Streaming

Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will release their twelfth studio album, "Torture", on March 13 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2009's "Evisceration Plague" offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal. "Torture" was again produced by HATE ETERNAL'...

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Made in Germany: 1995 - 2011

Sixteen years' worth of material represented by 16 tracks, including one new song ("Mein Land") and the common denominator on RAMMSTEIN's "Made in Germany: 1995 – 2011" is the consistency of style. If one didn't know any better, he might not even realize this to be a greatest-hits collection since f...

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EPICA Performs New Song In Hengelo; Video Available

Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA debuted a brand new song, "Storm The Sorrow", during their headlining concert last night (Thursday, January 12) at Metropool in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. EPICA's fifth full-length album, "Requiem For The I...

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Ex-KORN Guitarist Doesn't Rule Out Reunion With His Former Bandmates

John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews recently conducted an interview with former KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Legendary Rock Interviews: It was sort of shocking to the fanbase and I'm sure your bandmates in KORN when you announced you were qu...

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Botswana's Cowboy Metalheads Focus Of Acclaimed 'Renegades' Exhibition

Renegades, a landmark exhibition by South African photographer Frank Marshall, representing a decisive outcropping of a heavy metal subculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, is currently on view at the Bekris Gallery in San Francisco until January 27 and is tipped to move onto another space in the country....

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WARRANT: New Audio Interview With JERRY DIXON

On December 27, 2011, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with bassist Jerry Dixon of California rockers WARRANT. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. WARRANT's new album, "Rockaholic", was released in North America on May 17, 2011 via Frontiers...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'When I Go To A Concert, I Want To See Some Activity, Some Movement'

Jim Barber of Kingston, Ontario, Canada's daily newspaper Kingston Whig Standard recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On MEGADETH's upcoming shows in Canada as part of this year's Gigantour alongside MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT...

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MIKE PORTNOY, STEVE MORSE, NEAL MORSE Unite In FLYING COLORS; Debut Album Details

Mascot Label Group has announced the release of the eponymous debut album from FLYING COLORS — the spectacular new virtuoso prog/pop/metal rock band formed by drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) and guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE). The CD will be made available via Music Theories Recordings...

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A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH: Knitting Factory Webcast Available

A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH, the new band featuring Brooklyn, New York native Sal Abruscato — who played drums on three TYPE O NEGATIVE albums ("Slow, Deep & Hard", "Origin Of The Feces", "Bloody Kisses"),as well as four LIFE OF AGONY releases ("River Runs Red", "Ugly", "River Runs Again", "Broken...

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JUDAS PRIEST, DISTURBED, LAMB OF GOD, ARCH ENEMY Members Send Best Wishes To TONY IOMMI

A number of hard rock and heavy metal musicians have taken to Twitter to offer best wishes to legendary BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, who announced earlier today that he has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of cell that forms part of the ...

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SIXX: A.M. Begins Work On Third Album

SIXX: A.M. — the band consisting of Nikki Sixx (also of MÖTLEY CRÜE),DJ Ashba (also of GUNS N' ROSES) and James Michael — has begun writing material for its third album. According to Sixx, the CD will "probably [be] a 2013 release considering the body of work we're setting as a goal." "7", the ...

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LILLIAN AXE: New Audio Interview With BRIAN JONES

Brian Rademacher of Rock Eyez recently conducted an interview with vocalist Brian Jones of Louisiana rockers LILLIAN AXE. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. LILLIAN AXE will release their its album, "XI: The Days Before Tomorrow", in North America on February 14 via CME Record...

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HALFORD, LEMMY, ALICE COOPER, GLENN HUGHES Set For RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Album

JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford, MOTÖRHEAD's Lemmy Kilmister, DEEP PURPLE's Ian Gillan, Alice Cooper, Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Chris Jericho (FOZZY) and Dave Grohl (NIRVANA, FOO FIGHTERS) are among the artists who have signed on to be part of the upcoming Ronn...