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THE RODS At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL; Audio Interview, Fan-Filmed Video Footage

Metal Express Radio conducted an interview with David "Rock" Feinstein of Cortland, New York-based metal veterans THE RODS after the band's June 7 performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Also available is fan-filmed...

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KILLER DWARFS Frontman Discusses Near-Fatal Road Crash On 'One On One With Mitch Lafon' (Audio)

Episode 21 of "One On One With Mitch Lafon" features an interview with Russ Graham of Canadian rockers KILLER DWARFS in which the singer discusses his band’s near-fatal car wreck in Indiana at the end of May (after a successful run of U.S. tour dates). Russ details the injuries he sustained in the a...

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THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Interviewed At KERRANG! AWARDS (Video)

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN was interviewed by Sophie Eggleton at this year's Kerrang! Awards, which was held on June 12 at London, England's Troxy. You can now watch the chat below. "Happiness Is A Smile", a brand new song from THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, was made available on limited-edition colored...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Is 'Not Nervous' About Playing U.K.'s GLASTONBURY Festival

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has spoken further about the negative feedback to the band's upcoming headlining appearance at the U.K.'s Glastonbury festival, which will be the first time in the event's 44-year history that a metal act has topped the bill. Asked about the response, Ulrich told Metal...

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Suspected Cop Killer's Love Of Heavy Metal 'Had Nothing To Do With' His Alleged Crimes, Says Friend

A friend of the 24-year-old man suspected of killing three police officers and wounding two others in the Canadian city of Moncton says that he is perplexed as to what could have happened to his friend to cause him to commit these horrific crimes. "[The alleged gunman Justin Bourque] loved MEGADETH...

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Former LAAZ ROCKIT Drummer VICTOR AGNELLO Dead at 50

Victor Agnello, who played drums for San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans LAAZ ROCKIT from 1983 to 1989 and again from 2005 to 2006, died on June 1 after over a year of battling leukemia. He was 50 years old. He passed away quietly at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, surrounded b...

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Former THE GATHERING, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY, THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL Singers Join Forces For 'The Sirens' Tour

Vocalists Kari Rueslåtten (THE 3RD AND THE MORTAL),Anneke van Giersbergen (THE GATHERING) and Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull (LEAVES' EYES, THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) will join forces for "The Sirens" tour in the fall. The seeds for "The Sirens" were planted when Anneke approached Kari in early 2013 with the...

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GLENN HUGHES Says He Underwent Heart Surgery Last Year To Replace His Aortic Valve

Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, CALIFORNIA BREED) has revealed to Billboard.com that he underwent heart surgery last year to replace his aortic valve, and survived subsequent near-fatal complications. "For some reason I wasn't frightened....

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE: Multi-Camera Footage Of 'Diamond In The Firepit' Release Concert

Multi-camera video footage of BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — performing on May 3 at Vigin Oil Co in Helsinki, Finland can be seen below. BROTHER FIRETRIBE will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North Ame...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Says Identity Of Next Album's Producer Is 'Certainly Not Gonna Surprise Anybody'

During a brand new interview with BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic". "We're just doing our best," Ulrich replied (hear audio below). "I mean, what am I gonna...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Meant No Disrespect To NIKKI SIXX Or MÖTLEY CRÜE'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet claims that he meant no disrespect to Nikki Sixx or MÖTLEY CRÜE when said that much of CRÜE's official biography, "The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", and Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Slams STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET For 'Talking S**t' In Order To Sell His Upcoming Book

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has slammed STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet for claiming that much of CRÜE's official biography, "The Dirt - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band", and Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is "stretched" and "b...

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NIGHTWISH Guitarist's BROTHER FIRETRIBE: 'For Better Or For Worse' Video Released

BROTHER FIRETRIBE — the Finnish AOR/hard rock band featuring NIGHTWISH guitarist Emppu Vuorinen — will release its third album, "Diamond In The Firepit", on June 3 in North America, May 3 in The United Kingdom and May 2 in the rest of Europe via Spinefarm Records. The video for the "For Better Or Fo...

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Death-Scene Note From KURT COBAIN's Wallet Mocking Vows To COURTNEY LOVE Released By Seattle Police

According to CBS, Seattle police has released a note found in Kurt Cobain's wallet at the time of his death that was kept private until now. The note, which is not dated, mocks the NIRVANA frontman's vows with his then-wife Courtney Love, begins as a seemingly direct parody of standard Christian mar...

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DEVILMENT Featuring CRADLE OF FILTH Singer DANI FILTH: Debut Album Due In The Fall

Ipswich, Suffolk, U.K.-based band DEVILMENT, featuring vocalist Dani "Filth" Davey of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH, is poised to ink a deal for the release of its debut album, "The Great And Secret Show". Recorded at Grindstone studios by producer Scott Atkins (BEHEMOTH, CRADLE OF FILTH...