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WE ARE THE FALLEN: New Video Interview, More Performance Footage Posted Online

Reality Rocks/Yahoo! Music blogger Lyndsey Parker conducted an interview with WE ARE THE FALLEN — the new band featuring original EVANESCENCE members Ben Moody (guitar) and John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson — on Monday, June 22...

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DEF LEPPARD, POISON, CHEAP TRICK Kick Off Summer Tour: Video Footage, Photos Available

Last night (Tuesday, June 23),DEF LEPPARD, POISON and CHEAP TRICK kicked off their 2009 North American tour with a smashing show in Camden, New Jersey. For almost one hour and 45 minutes, LEPPARD played a selection of their biggest hits in front of an enthusiastic, near sold-out crowd at the Susque...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist On 'The Formation Of Damnation', The Resurgence Of Thrash

Away-Team.com senior staff writer Jim Keller recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Skolnick of San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Away-Team.com: Your current album, "The Formation of Damnation", to me, is far and away the s...

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Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Drummer Discusses Infamous 'Unleash The Fury' Incident

Fredrik Hjelm of Shockwaves recently conducted an interview with Swedish drummer Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, SILVER MOUNTAIN). An excerpt from the chat follows below. Shockwaves: Any crazy stories about being on the road with Yngwie? Anders: Lots! I'll tell you about this one tim...

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SLIPKNOT Frontman Talks To BBC Radio 1's 'Rock Show' About DOWNLOAD Festival

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor was interviewed earlier tonight (Monday, June 22) on BBC Radio 1's "Rock Show" about the band's performance in front of 80,000-plus fans at the U.K.'s Download festival. In addition, SLIPKNOT's entire show at Download was aired in full on the program, which is presente...

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HEAVEN & HELL's METALWAY Cancelation: Video Footage Of DIO's Speech Available

Video footage of HEAVEN & HELL frontman Ronnie James Dio explaining to the audience at last night's (Sunday, June 21) Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain that the band would not be able to perform because guitarist Tony Iommi was "very, very ill" can be viewed below. Sergi Ramos of The Metal Ci...

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SLIPKNOT Announces U.S. Tour Dates With ANTHRAX, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER

SLIPKNOT will kick off a two-week summer U.S. headline tour on August 22 in Seattle, Washington. Members of OutsideThe9.com, the band's official fan club, will be offered tickets first with a pre-sales starting on June 24. A limited number of tickets will be available for general presale on Slipknot...

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SLAYER's DAVE LOMBARDO Talks About 'World Painted Blood'

By Keith Bergman Just as it's impossible to fully calculate the influence of SLAYER on heavy metal, it's hard to imagine where metal drumming would be without their founding skinsman Dave Lombardo. His forceful fills, precision double-bass work and breakneck thrashing inspired and influenced a gener...

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HEAVEN & HELL Guitarist's 'Back Pain' Forces METALWAY Cancelation

According to Sergi Ramos of The Metal Circus, HEAVEN & HELL was forced to cancel its appearance Sunday night (June 21) at the Metalway Festival in Zaragoza, Spain due to back pain suffered by guitarist Tony Iommi. Ramos tells BLABBERMOUTH.NET, "The stage was already set with all [HEAVEN & HE...

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DIO's 'Killing The Dragon' Reissued On Limited-Edition Vinyl

DIO's "Killing The Dragon" album from 2002 is being released this month on limited-edition vinyl with a gatefold pop-up cover via Night Of The Vinyl Dead. Only 500 hand-numbered copies are being manufactured. "Killing The Dragon" was originally released by Spitfire Records. The track listing is as f...

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KISS Is 'Four Days From Finishing' New Album

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has issued the following udate: "We're about four days from finishing the new KISS album. Eleven tracks, and it IS everything I've told you. It IS classic. It IS all written within the band. And IT ROCKS BIG TIME! Tommy [Thayer, guitar] and Eric [Singer, drums] b...

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SLIPKNOT: New Video Interview Posted Online

Scuzz TV conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and percussionist Chris Fehn at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the four-minute chat below. As previously reported, SLIPKNOT's Download performance in front of 80,000...

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UFO Drummer Explains New Album Title

antiMusic's Morley Seaver recently conducted an interview with drummer Andy Parker of the legendary British band UFO. An excerpt from the chat follows below. antiMusic: What's the story behind the title of the [new UFO] record ["The Visitor"]? Andy: The black and white engraving in the middle is som...

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SLIPKNOT: Entire DOWNLOAD Performance To Air On BBC RADIO

After an incredible headline set in front of 80,000-plus fans at this year's Download festival on Saturday, June 13 at Donington Park, United Kingdom, and an overwhelming response to the live tracks that were broadcasted from the band on the four-hour "Download - Rock Show Special" on Monday, June 1...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist Vows To Keep 'Pushing Metal Forward'

David "Gus" Griesinger of Backstage Axxess recently conducted an interview with guitarist K.K. Downing of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Backstage Axxess: You guys will be playing "British Steel" in its entirety [on the upcoming tour]. Why...