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KING KOBRA Recording New Album

KING KOBRA is busy recording the follow-up to last year's successful self-titled album for an early 2013 release via Frontiers Records. Commented guitarist David Michael-Phillips: "We’ve got a high-energy combination of the classic KING KOBRA sound mixed with some of our favorite (heavy) influences:...

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Former SEBASTIAN BACH Drummer MARK 'BAM BAM' MCCONNELL's Family Releases Statement

Drummer Mark "Bam Bam" McConnell, who was a member of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach's touring band from 1997 to 2005, passed away on Thursday, May 24 in a Gainesville, Florida hospital. According to unconfirmed online reports, the musician's liver and kidneys had shut down, which led to part...

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HELLYEAH: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire ROCKLAHOMA Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of HELLYEAH's entire May 27 performance at the Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma can be seen below. Although it was announced last week that HELLYEAH guitarist Greg Tribbett would sit out several dates — including Rocklahoma — on the band's current tour due t...

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SLIPKNOT 'Putting Together Demos' For Next Studio Album; Greatest-Hits Collection On The Way

Roadrunner Records has set a July 17 North American release date for a SLIPKNOT greatest-hits album titled "Antennas To Hell". The first in a series of teaser clips for "Antennas To Hell" — this one focusing on SLIPKNOT's DJ, Sid Wilson — can be seen below. In other news, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Tay...

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GOTTHARD: New Video Interview Posted Online

Barbara Caserta of Italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with guitarist Leo Leoni and singer Nic Maeder of Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD. You can now watch the chat below. GOTTHARD's new album, "Firebirth", will be released on June 1 via Nuclear Blast/Warner Music. The CD was...

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POWER QUEST To Support FREEDOM CALL In October

Following on from an overwhelmingly successful first leg of the FREEDOM CALL tour in March this year, U.K.-based metallers POWER QUEST have been asked back to join the second leg of the "Journey To The Crimson Dawn" tour as special guests. Confirmed dates are as follows: Oct. 16 - FR - Paris @ Le Di...

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ZAKK WYLDE Says Next BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Studio Album Won't Arrive Until 2014

On Friday, May 25, Niclas Müller-Hansen of Sweden's Metalshrine conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Metalshrine: Are you gonna do something with Kerry King [SLAYER]? Zakk: Well, I mean, I always talk with Kerry...

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SLIPKNOT Members Visit PAUL GRAY's Grave On Two-Year Anniversary Of His Death

Vocalist Corey Taylor and other members of SLIPKNOT visited the grave site of the band's late bassist, Paul Gray, last night on the two-year anniversary of his death. "We just hung out and told some good stories," Taylor tells Revolver. "It felt good to do that. It was the first time we've been ...

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GOTTHARD: New Video Interview With NIC MAEDER

On April 17, MetalSickness.com conducted an interview with singer Nic Maeder of Swiss hard rockers GOTTHARD in Paris, France. You can now watch the chat below. GOTTHARD's new album, "Firebirth", will be released on June 1 via Nuclear Blast/Warner Music. The CD was produced at the band's own Yellow H...

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Former SEBASTIAN BACH Drummer MARK 'BAM BAM' MCCONNELL Dies

Drummer Mark "Bam Bam" McConnell, who was a member of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach's touring band from 1997 to 2005, passed away this morning (Thursday, May 24) in a Gainesville, Florida hospital. According to unconfirmed online reports, the musician's liver and kidneys had shut down, which...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, PAUL DI'ANNO To Appear On 'Millennium Tribute To Iron Maiden'

On July 10, Versailles Records will release "Two Minutes To Midnight: A Millennium Tribute To Iron Maiden", a two-CD set featuring former JUDAS PRIEST/ICED EARTH and current YNGWIE MALMSTEEN/BEYOND FEAR frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens, ex-IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno, Chris Poland (MEGADETH),Keri Ke...

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Former SEBASTIAN BACH Drummer 'Fighting For His Life'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has issued the following update: "Everybody, please say a prayer. My friend and live drummer for years, also on 'Bring 'Em Bach Alive', Mark Bam Bam McConnell is fighting for his life right now in hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Miracles can happen, though, so...

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PANTERA's 'Vulgar Display Of Power' Re-Enters BILLBOARD Top 50

The 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's "Vulgar Display Of Power" sold 9,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 48 on The Billboard 200 chart. This is more than double the first-week tally registered by the 20th-anniversary reissue of PANTERA's classic...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Answers Fan-Submitted Questions (Video)

Earlier this month, guitarist Eric Peterson of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT answered a number of questions that were submitted via the Nuclear Blast Europe Facebook page. The 15-minute question-and-answer session, which was conducted by Nuclear Blast's Patrick Walch on May 11, can be s...

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ACE FREHLEY, IRON MAIDEN's JANICK GERS Interviewed On 'Talking Metal Pirate Radio' (Video)

"Talking Metal" hosts Mark Strigl and John "Ostronomy" Ostrosky have returned with a new self-produced web series called "Talking Metal Pirate Radio" premiering on May 22 on their YouTube page. The debut episode, which can be seene below, features exclusive interview clips with original KISS guitari...