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UFO Announces West Coast Tour

British/American hard rock legends UFO will return to North America this fall for a West Coast tour. The dates are as follows: Nov. 15 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues Nov. 16 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall Nov. 17 - St. Charles, IL - Arcada Theater Nov. 18 - St. Charles, IL - ...

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WINTERSUN Mainman Answers Fan-Submitted Questions (Video)

Finnish epic metallers WINTERSUN will release their long-awaited new album, "Time I", on October 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. During the listening session for "Time I" at the Nuclear Blast headquarters in Donzdorf, Germany on July 28, Jari Mäenpää was interviewed by BLEEDING RED frontman Timo Joos,...

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MIKE PORTNOY Performs With RICHIE KOTZEN In Los Angeles (Video)

Drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB) joined Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) on stage last night (Tuesday, August 7) at The Baked Potato in Studio City, California to perform a cover version of the BOB DYLAN classic "All Along The Watchtower". Fan-filmed video foota...

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DEATH ANGEL To Perform Entire 'The Ultra-Violence' Album At U.S. Headlining Shows

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metallers DEATH ANGEL have added headlining dates around their upcoming tour with TESTAMENT and ANTHRAX this fall. The group will perform its 1987 classic debut album, "The Ultra-Violence", in its entirety at these shows. "We had such a blast on the first two legs that...

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TALISMAN Albums To Be Reissued With Bonus Tracks, Photos

The first four albums from TALISMAN — the now-defunct Swedish-American melodic hard rock band featuring singer Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, JOURNEY) and bassist Marcel Jacob (ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) — will be re-released on September 12 in new digipak artwork design with exclusive booklets and pr...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Discusses MorphWiz Music App (Video)

Donny from the Inside BlackBerry Blog recently conducted an interview with app developer and DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess about the popular MorphWiz music app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. MorphWiz won first place in the category of "Best Music Creation App" in the 2010 Billboard Mu...

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KORPIKLAANI: 'Manala' Track-By-Track Breakdown Part 2 (Video)

The second part of a track-by-track breakdown of "Manala", the eighth studio album from Finnish traditional folk metal pioneers KORPIKLAANI, can be seen below. The CD was released on August 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork was created by Finnish artist Jan Yrlund. Commented KORPIKLAANI...

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DISTURBED Frontman Working On Autobiography

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman has revealed via Twitter that he has written the first three chapters of his forthcoming autobiography. According to the singer, the book's release will coincide with the arrival of the debut album from DEVICE, his new industrial-style collaboration with former FILTE...

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NIKKI SIXX Talks MÖTLEY CRÜE, SIXX: A.M., 'Sixx Sense' On 97.1 THE EAGLE ROCKS (Audio)

Cindy Scull of the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks conducted an interview with MÖTLEY CRÜE/SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx and Nikki's radio co-host Kerri Kasem before MÖTLEY CRÜE's August 4 concert in Dallas. You can now listen to the chat below. 97.1 The Eagle KEGL-FM and...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM Defends His 'November Rain' Performance

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum has defended his performance in the classic GN'R track "November Rain", insisting that "drumming isn't all about fancy drum fills and splash cymbals." Ex-DREAM THEATER and current ADRENALINE MOB drummer Mike Portnoy, who normally doesn't shy away from his two...

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METALLICA Drummer Talks 'Mission To Lars' In Mexico City Post-Screening Q&A Session (Video)

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich took part in a question-and-answer session following the screening of the "Mission To Lars" movie this past Saturday, August 4 at the Blackberry Auditorium in Mexico Xity, Mexico. The screening was held in aid of CONFE, the Mexican equivalent of Mencap, the leading U.K....

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NIGHTRAGE Taps SNOWY SHAW For South Korea Concert

Multi-national thrashers NIGHTRAGE have tapped Snowy Shaw (THERION, KING DIAMOND, DREAM EVIL, DIMMU BORGIR) to sit behind the kit for their August 26 concert in South Korea. Snowy will be filling in for regular NIGHTRAGE drummer Johan Nunez, who has been busy touring and recording with FIREWIND. NIG...

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AMARANTHE: Video Highlights From WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

A seven-minute video clip featuring highlights from AMARANTHE's appearance at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which took place August 2-4 in Wacken, Germany, can be seen below. AMARANTHE's self-titled debut album was released in Europe in April 2011 via Spinefarm Records. AMARANTHE is the proj...

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WARBEAST To Support DOWN

WARBEAST, the Texas-based band featuring RIGOR MORTIS vocalist Bruce Corbitt, guitarist Scott Shelby, GAMMACIDE/DEVILFIST bassist Alan Bovee, DEMONSEED drummer Joe Gonzalez, guitarist Bobby Tillotson (a.k.a. "J.R."),and bassist Dré Karst (ENEMIES OF INERTIA, INFERNAL AGGRESSION, DIRTNAP),will supp...

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ANGBAND To Release 'Saved From The Truth' In September

Pure Steel Records has set a September 28 release date for "Saved From The Truth", the third studio album from Iranian power metallers ANGBAND. As was the case with 2010's "Visions Of The Seeker", the mixing and mastering for the new CD was handled by Achim Köhler (PRIMAL FEAR, AMON AMARTH, BRAINSTO...