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Learn To Play SAXON's 'Hammer Of The Gods' (Video)

A four-minute video podcast in which SAXON guitarists Doug Scarratt and Paul Quinn teach you how to play the band's new song "Hammer Of The Gods" can be seen below. Packing an armory of steel-coated riffs and songwriting swagger, British hard rock legends SAXON will release their 19th studio album t...

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AMORPHIS, MOONSORROW, IN EXTREMO Added To 70000 TONS OF METAL

AMORPHIS, MOONSORROW and IN EXTREMO have been confirmed for next year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The festival billing is shaping...

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SAXON: 'Call To Arms' Pushed Back To June

Packing an armory of steel-coated riffs and songwriting swagger, British hard rock legends SAXON will release their 19th studio album titled "Call To Arms" via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI on the following dates: * Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway: J...

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SAXON Interviewed On U.K.'s ROCK RADIO (Audio)

On April 13, Ricky Kirby of U.K.'s Rock Radio conducted an interview with British heavy metal legends SAXON when the band played in Manchester, England. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Packing an armory of steel-coated riffs and songwriting swagger, Brit SAXON will release its 19t...

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SAXON Frontman On 'Call To Arms': 'I Love This Album. I Love The Songs. I Love The Sounds.'

Packing an armory of steel-coated riffs and songwriting swagger, British hard rock legends SAXON will release their 19th studio album titled "Call To Arms" on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. Recorded at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, U.K. and Brighton Electric Studios in Brighton, U.K....

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49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch

Where does one even begin with the iconic, influential, and unwavering Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister? It began for me with the purchase of the MOTÖRHEAD's "No Remorse" compilation cassette in the '80s, one of those life-changing purchases. In addition to compiling the best of the Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor and...

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Vengeance

Not having issued an album since the 1980s, straight-ahead heavy metal band THE RODS reunited in 2008 and have now released an album of brand new studio material called "Vengeance". The trio of guitarist/vocalist David "Rock" Feinstein, bassist/lead vocalist Gary Bordonaro, and drummer/vocalist (and...

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SAXON Frontman Talks New Album In Video Interview

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was interviewed during the band's recent U.K. headlining tour. You can now watch the chat below. SAXON new album, "Call To Arms", will be released on May 23 via Militia Guard Music, UDR and EMI. The follow-up to 2009's "Into The Labyrinth" (S...

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FREEDOM CALL: 'Live In Hellvetia' Trailer Available

Having sold over 35,000 copies of its debut, "Stairway To Fairyland", FREEDOM CALL's tour with SAXON, ANGRA and EDGUY turned into a triumphal march. The tour culminated with memorable shows with SAVATAGE and SKEW SISKIN in August 1999 as part of the Popkomm music fair in Cologne. The band played alm...

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MY DYING BRIDE, PESTILENCE, STRATOVARIUS Among Confirmed Bands For 70000 TONS OF METAL

MY DYING BRIDE, PESTILENCE and STRATOVARIUS are among the first confirmed bands for next year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which will set sail from Miami, Florida to Cayman Islands on January 23, 2012 and return four days later. A total of 40 acts will perform on the cruise. The fest...

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JUDAS PRIEST, WHITESNAKE, SAXON Confirmed For SOFIA ROCKS

JUDAS PRIEST, WHITESNAKE, SAXON, SLADE and MIKE & THE MECHANICS have been confirmed for the Sofia Rocks festival, set to take place Friday, July 8 at the National Hippodrome Bankya in Bankya (Sofia),Bulgaria. More acts will be announced soon. For more information, go to this location.

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SAXON To Collaborate With Polish Philharmonic Orchestra

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON has revealed to RockAAA that the band's next project will see SAXON collaborating with Polish Philharmonic Orchestra to give some of the group's most popular songs an orchestral overhaul. The entire event will be filmed for a DVD and a docume...

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GLYDER: New Album Details Revealed

Irish rockers GLYDER will enter the studio on April 18 to begin recording their fourth album, "Backroads To Byzantium", for a September release via SPV/Steamhammer. Regarding the new CD title, guitarist Bat Kinane said, "We settled on 'Motions Of Time' as an album title a few weeks back for the four...

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LEAVES' EYES: Another New Song Available For Streaming

An audio sample of "Meredead", a new song from LEAVES' EYES — the German/Norwegian band formed by ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY singer Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull and members of ATROCITY — is available for streaming at this location. The track is the title cut of LEAVES' EYES' fourth full-length album, whic...

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SAXON: Performance Footage Of Two New Songs

British heavy metal legends SAXON performed two new songs — "When Doomsday Comes" and "Call To Arms" — live for the first time during the first two shows of their European tour in Thessaloniki (April 6) and Athens, Greece (April 7). Check out fan-filmed video footage below. "When Doomsday Comes" and...