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BABYMETAL's 'Metal Resistance' Cracks U.S. Top 40, U.K. Top 20

"Metal Resistance", the second album from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, debuted at No. 38 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 12,914 equivalent album units in the week ending April 7. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consu...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE Answers Fan-Submitted Questions At U.K.'s PLANET ROCK (Video)

Geddy Lee of RUSH recently answered a number of listener-submitted questions at the studios of the U.K. digital radio station Planet Rock. Important issues covered include: tobogganing, mysterious discs, playing in cowsheds, and just how in the heck he manages to remember all the songs! Check out hi...

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PANTERA Confederate Flag Tattoo Leads To Accusations Of Racism From MICHAEL JACKSON's Family

According to TMZ.com, members of Michael Jackson's family fear that his daughter is dating a racist because of her boyfriend's PANTERA tattoo featuring the Confederate flag. Michael Snoddy, the 26-year-old drummer with the band STREET DRUM CORPS, reportedly met the 18-year-old Paris Jackson at Alcoh...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Guests On JIM BREUER AND THE LOUD & ROWDY Album 'Songs From The Garage'

Accomplished comedian Jim Breuer understands that comedy and heavy music have long made for great bedfellows. On his first musical full-length, "Songs From The Garage", Breuer delivers both in his inimitable style with longtime backing band THE LOUD & ROWDY. Due on May 27 via Metal Blade, the CD...

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BUTCHER BABIES Gave A Big 'F**k You' To The Music Industry, Says HEIDI SHEPHERD

Ryze Up conducted an interview with BUTCHER BABIES frontwomen Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey on February 6 at Ground Zero in Spartanburg, South Carolina. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the fact that BUTCHER BABIES have been steadily earning the respect of metal fans and other grou...

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CRADLE OF FILTH 'Is A Democracy And Everybody Else Can F**k Off If They Don't Believe It'

Ireland's Overdrive recently conducted an interview with vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Overdrive: [The] new [CRADLE OF FILTH] album "Hammer Of The Witches" is a total belter of an album which can be referred...

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UNLOCKING THE TRUTH's Debut Album To Finally See Light Of Day

UNLOCKING THE TRUTH — the heavy metal band from Flatbush, Brooklyn made up of three African-American boys, guitarist/vocalist Malcolm Brickhouse, bassist Alec Atkins and drummer Jarad Dawkins — will release its full-length debut album, "Chaos", on June 17 via premier independent music distributor Tu...

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DEVIL YOU KNOW Drummer To Sit Out Headlining Tour; JOHN BOECKLIN To Step In

DEVIL YOU KNOW, the band fronted by former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones, will kick off its first-ever North American headlining tour on April 15 in Fresno, California. Dubbed "Make America Metal Again", the trek will also feature the band ONI as direct support. Unfortunately, DEVIL YOU KNOW...

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SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG Performs For EVANS Drumheads (Video)

A three-minute video clip of SLIPKNOT's Jay Weinberg playing a drum solo on his Evans black chrome tom heads, heavyweight snare head and EMAD bass head can be seen below. Weinberg recently told Evans drumheads about his approach to playing and achieving his sound:"I think when I really started to ge...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Looks Back On 'Sad Wings Of Destiny' Album (Video)

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has uploaded a five-minute video clip to his official YouTube channel in which he looks back at the band's classic "Sad Wings Of Destiny" album on the 40th anniversary of its release. Check it out below. Downing recently said that he would be open to reunit...

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OPETH To Play Biggest Headlining U.K. Show At London's SSE Wembley Arena

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will play a one-off U.K. show at London's SSE Wembley Arena this winter. The band is currently hard at work on its new album, the follow-up to 2014's "Pale Communion", which is penciled for release later this year. Last year, OPETH celebrated its 25th anniversary...

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ORACLES Feat. ABORTED, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS Members: 'Quandaries Obsolete' Song Streaming

"Quandaries Obsolete", a brand new song from ORACLES, the extreme metal juggernaut featuring members of ABORTED, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, SYSTEMS DIVIDE and DIMLIGHT, can be streamed below. The track, which features a guest appearance by Ryan Knight (THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER) on guitar, is taken from ORACLE...

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ROB HALFORD: It's Great To Hear That There's That Passion Still In K.K. DOWNING's Voice For JUDAS PRIEST

Alison Booth of Metal Shock Finland recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford. You can now listen to the chat at this location. A couple of excerpts follow. On JUDAS PRIEST's plans to write and record the follow-up to 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" album: "The writing sessions...

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STEEL PANTHER's SATCHEL: 'I Don't Give A F**k If People Call Us A Parody Band'

STEEL PANTHER guitarist Satchel (real name Russ Parrish; ex-FIGHT) has told Australia's Heavy magazine that he doesn't take too kindly to anyone labeling his band a novelty or parody act. "I hate it when anybody tries to put a band in a category because categories are just fucking for people who wor...

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KURDT VANDERHOOF Says METAL CHURCH Was 'A Big Joke' To NIRVANA: 'F**k Those Guys'

METAL CHURCH founding guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof was interviewed on a recent edition of the "Talk Toomey" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. Speaking about METAL CHURCH's relationship with the bands from the early Seattle "grunge" scene like NIRVANA, Kurdt said: "I know...