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'Lullaby Renditions Of Kiss' Due In August

Rockabye Baby! — which transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies — will release "Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions Of Kiss" on August 28. Album description: "There will never be a better show opener than 'Detroit Rock City'. 'Beth' is the gold standard for power ballads. A...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Harakiri' Cracks U.S. Top 30

"Harakiri", the new solo album from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian, sold nearly 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 29 on The Billboard 200 chart. "Harakiri" was released on July 10 via Reprise...

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METALLICA: Official Footage From Belgrade Concert

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's meet-and-greet, pre-show tuning-room jam and "My Friend Of Misery" performance on May 8 at Ušce in Belgrade, Serbia can be viewed below. METALLICA performed its top-selling 1991 LP, "Metallica", a.k.a. "the black album," in its entirety at the Belgrade c...

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METALLICA Drummer: 'There Was No Musician Like JON LORD In The History Of Hard Rock'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich (pictured below) has released the following statement regarding the passing of former DEEP PURPLE/WHITESNAKE keyboardist Jon Lord: "Ever since my father took me to see them in 1973 in Copenhagen, at the impressionable age of 9, DEEP PURPLE has been the most constant, co...

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SUICIDAL TENDENCIES: Quality Slovenia Performance Footage Posted Online

Jaka Curlic of JZA Crew has uploaded a quality 19-minute video clip of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES' July 12 performance at KC Mostovna in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. You can watch it below. When asked why he thinks the sound of SUICIDAL TENDENCIES has stood the test of time, the band's frotnman, Mike Muir, told...

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DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED Joined By SEX PISTOLS Bassist At CBGB FESTIVAL (Video)

SEX PISTOLS bassist Glen Matlock joined DUFF MCKAGAN'S LOADED on stage last weekend at New York's CBGB Festival to help commemorate the history of one of underground music's most hallowed institutions, CBGB. Like the former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER bassist, Matlock played guitar for...

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SERJ TANKIAN: 'Occupied Tears' Video Released

"Occupied Tears", the new video from singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian, can be seen below. The song comes off Serj's new solo album, "Harakiri", which was released on July 10 via Reprise Records/Serjical Strike. In a recent interview with CraveOnline...

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BOB SEGER Says He Loves METALLICA's Cover Of 'Turn The Page' (Video)

Multi-platinum recording artist Bob Seger performed a rousing version of his 1973 classic "Turn The Page" at the 43rd annual induction ceremony and awards presentation of the Songwriters Hall Of Fame, which was held on June 14 at New York City's Marriott Marquis. Hosted by legendary songwriter, ASCA...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES: Video Interview Posted Online

ThrashHits.com conducted an interview with Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES at this year's Download festival, which was held June 8-10 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. BLACK VEIL BRIDES' latest EP, "Rebels", was released last Dece...

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SERJ TANKIAN Performs On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' (Video)

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian was the musical guest on last night's (Wednesday, July 11) edition ABC-TV's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". The band performed two songs — "Harakiri" and "Butterfly" — on the show's outdoor stage in front of a standing-room-on...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN To Headline 'Guitar Universe 2012' European Tour

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will embark on the "Guitar Universe 2012" European tour in October. Support on the trek will come from Israel's Yossi Sassi (ORPHANED LAND) and France's Stéphan Forté (ADAGIO). Commented Marty: "Yossi and I became friends on my 2011 solo tour. We came up with...

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METALLICA: Official Footage From Austria's NOVA ROCK Festival

Official Metallica.com footage of METALLICA's pre-show tuning-room jam and "Fight Fire With Fire" performance at at this year's edition of the Nova Rock festival on June 10 on the Pannonia Fields in Burgenland, the easternmost federal state of Austria (near Nickelsdorf and the Hungarian and Slovak b...

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'Mission To Lars' Filmmakers Interviewed At 'Orion Music + More' (Video)

"Mission To Lars" — an uplifting documentary feature film about Tom Spicer, a learning-disabled man who, with his siblings help, goes on a transatlantic quest to find his much-obsessed-over hero, Lars Ulrich of METALLICA — was premiered at Hackney Picturehouse in London, England on June 6. The film...

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New FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Album To Feature Songwriting Contributions From JASON NEWSTED

Metal Army America recently conducted an interview with Michael Gilbert, guitarist and songwriter for American thrash metal legends FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. FLOTSAM AND JETSAM has set "Ugly Noise" as the title of its new album, which the band is c...

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METALLICA Guitarist To Appear At 'San Diego Comic-Con' Convention

METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett will sign "a few pre-determined cool thingies" pertaining his forthcoming book, "Too Much Horror Business - The Kirk Hammett Collection", at the San Diego Comic-Con convention on Friday, July 13 at the Tokyo Toy Booth #5336 in Hall G from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. A pos...