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BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, SOUNDGARDEN Featured In 'No Schlock…Just Rock!' Book

In addition to being the author of three well-received books (2008's "A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon" and "Touched By Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story", plus 2009's "Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music"),writer Greg Prato...

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EARTH CRISIS Offers High Praise For Going Vegan In New PETA2 Ad

As their much-anticipated album "To the Death" (Century Media) dropped today, all five members of the defining straight-edge hardcore band EARTH CRISIS appear in a brand-new pro-vegan print ad for peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights organization. In the ad, the guys appear next to the tag...

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GEEZER BUTLER: Why I'm A Vegan

BLACK SABBATH/HEAVEN & HELL bassist Geezer Butler has teamed up with peta2 — the world's largest youth animal rights organization — to shoot a brand-new pro-vegetarian ad featuring Butler as he picks at his bass next to the tagline "I'm Geezer Butler, and I'm a vegan." (See video below.) "I used...

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ABSU's SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XII Performance Pushed Back A Day

Proscriptor McGovern from the Texas-based mythological occult metal outfit ABSU has issued the following statement: "We regret to announce that due to a massive flight cancellation from Madrid to Porto, our performance originally scheduled for Friday, May 1 at the SWR Barroselas Metalfest XII has be...

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HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS: Tour Dates Announced

HERMAN ZE GERMAN AND FRIENDS, the band led by former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell, has scheduled the following dates: July 10 - Rocklahoma - Pryor, OK (Retrospect Stage Headliner) July 17 - Mississippi Mud House - Cape Girardeau, MO July 18 - Heartbreakers - St. Louis, MO The group's current li...

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HACKNEYED Checks In From The Studio

German death metal lunatics HACKNEYED have entered Weltraumstudios in Munich with producer Corni Bartels (DIE ÄRZTE, KILLERPILZE, END OF GREEN, MEGAHERZ etc.) to begin recording their new album, "Burn After Reaping". Commented drummer Tim: "The last few days meant nothing but hard work to us and we...

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Working Class Rock Star

As LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe bluntly states on "Working Class Rock Star" about those desiring to "make it" in the hard scrabble world of extreme (or perhaps eclectic in the case of TUB RING) music: "you better be prepared to eat shit and suffer; otherwise, you're a punk-ass" (or words to that effec...

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OPETH Frontman Issues Post-South American Tour Update

Guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has issued the following update: "Where have you been all my life??? "Buenos Aires? I love you! Yeah, kinda fell in love with the city...absolutely stunning! I could definitely see myself and my fam having a few weeks on holi...

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ALICE COOPER, KISS Guitar Legends To Guest On 'Metal Lessons Radio'

This week's edition of "Metal Lessons Radio", a theme-based hard rock and metal show, will feature Dick Wagner (ALICE COOPER, LOU REED) and Bob Kulick (Grammy Award-winning producer, and guitarist). Dick Wagner first came to international attention with the success of LOU REED's 1974 live record "Ro...

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PAUL STANLEY: New KISS Album To Be Released In September

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has told Brazil's O Dia Online that the band's new LP will be released in September. He also described it as "a classic KISS album" and a throwback to the "Destroyer" and "Love Gun" songwriting style bit with modern production. KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons...

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PAUL STANLEY: New Album 'Sounds Very Much Like Early Classics, Though Sonically Miles Beyond'

KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley has told legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin that the band is "well on the way" recording its new studio album. According to Halfin, Stanley said "it sounds unmistakeably and very much like the early classics, though sonically miles beyond." KISS bassist/voca...

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MEGADETH Mainman Checks In From Paris

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has issued the following update from the "Priest Feast" European tour, also featuring JUDAS PRIEST and TESTAMENT: "Well, we are within a week of ending the tour for the 'Priest Feast'. Oddly enough, I have not spent any time with the guys from JUDAS PRIEST, whereas Sha...

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ANIMALS AS LEADERS Unveils Artwork, Track Listing For Debut Album

The Washington, D.C.-based progressive instrumental group ANIMALS AS LEADERS, which features the seven- and eight-string guitar wizardy of former REFLUX guitarist Tosin Abasi, has revealed the cover art of its self-titled debut, due on April 28 via Prosthetic Records. The track listing for the CD is...

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SODOM, EVILE, IN THA UMBRA Confirmed For Portugal's SWR BARROSELAS METALFEST XII

SODOM, EVILE and IN THA UMBRA are among the newly confirmed bands for the SWR Barroselas Metalfest XII, set to take place April 30 – May 2, 2009 in Barroselas, Portugal. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: Thursday, April 30: AKERCOCKE UNMERCIFUL DORNENREICH AD HOMINEM ROMPEPROP INSIDIOUS...

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Behold the Failure

It is time again for one of those "Holy Shit!" albums. With "Behold the Failure", Switzerland's MUMAKIL may have just established themselves as heirs to NASUM's grindcore throne. What is sure to end up one of 2009's worthiest grind albums, "Behold the Failure" is the kind of disc that is in league w...