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The Great Pretender

The death of Freddie Mercury remains today a sensitive topic. One of rock music's most versatile and colorful voices has been lost to us for twenty-one years now and we still have no full grasp of who the man really was. Mercury's legacy to not only the music world but the entire human race will ...

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MATT SORUM Discusses 'Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head' Album

Patrick Prince of Powerline recently conducted an interview with drummer Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT, CAMP FREDDY) about the DEEP PURPLE tribute album "Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple's Machine Head", which features a contribution from Sorum's new project, KINGS OF CHA...

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Re-Machined: A Tribute To Deep Purple

Many, many summers ago, I used to mow my folks' lawn with a Walkman cassette player strapped around my head. Three tapes kept my mid-teen limbs moving briskly through what felt like absolute drudgery back then: the self-titled MONTROSE album, VAN HALEN's "5150" and DEEP PURPLE's "Machine Head". In r...

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DOWN: Fan-Filmed Video Footage Of Entire Sayreville Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of DOWN's entire September 29 performance at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Eyes Of The South 02. Witchtripper 03. Open Coffins 04. Lysergik Funeral Procession 05. Lifer 06. Pillars Of Eternity 07. Lo...

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OBITUARY Guitarist Talks Barbecue Sauce, Upcoming Presidential Election

Shaxul Records recently conducted an interview with guitarist Trevor Peres of Florida death metallers OBITUARY. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Shaxul Records: So you have a barbecue sauce. How did that come about? Trevor Peres: I love to cook. I have a smoker. I smoke my own meat ....

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JON LORD's Family Warns Against Pirate T-Shirts Exploiting DEEP PURPLE Legend's Passing

According to a posting on late DEEP PURLE keyboardist Jon Lord's official web site, Jon's family has been informed that someone has been selling unofficial T-shirts at gigs and online regarding Jon's passing. They would like to make it very clear that this has nothing to do with the family or DEEP P...

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IRON MAIDEN, MOTÖRHEAD, SLAYER, SLIPKNOT Members Perform At MARSHALL 50th-Anniversary Event

Global rock royalty from such bands as IRON MAIDEN, SLIPKNOT, WHITESNAKE, CHICKENFOOT, THE CULT, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DEEP PURPLE, JUDAS PRIEST, SLAYER and BLACK SABBATH took part in last night's (Saturday, September 22) Marshall 50th-anniversary event at Wembley Arena in London, England. The lumina...

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DOWN's PHILIP ANSELMO: 'I Consider Myself A Free Agent Still To This Day'

Former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo spoke to Pat Douglas of GreatFallsTribune.com about "Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", the first in a series of four DOWN EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs),each touching on a different aspect of the ...

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TESLA's FRANK HANNON Demos Nineteen80 Jr. 50W Combo (Video)

Video footage of renowned TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon demos a Krank Nineteen80 Jr. 50W combo at a Krank factory visit can be seen below. Frank ran his Gibson SG through his pedal board straight into the front of the combo. Frank will be using the combo live for all of his upcoming FRANK HANNON BAND...

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DOWN Rejoined By Bassist REX BROWN In Dallas; Video Available

Bassist Rex Brown (KILL DEVIL HILL, DOWN, PANTERA) rejoined his former bandmates in DOWN on stage last night (Tuesday, September 18) at Trees in Dallas, Texas to perform two songs: "Stone The Crow" and "Bury Me In Smoke". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. During an April...

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TESTAMENT Frontman: How I Beat Cancer

John Parks of Legendary Rock Interviews recently conducted an interview with vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Legendary Rock Interviews: You went through a well-documented health scare about a decade ago. A lot of us...

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OBSESSION: New Song Available For Streaming

Reactivated classic early '80s metal band OBSESSION will release its long-awaited new album, "Order Of Chaos", on October 3 in Europe and October 9 in North America through Inner Wound Recordings. The CD will be made available in Japan on September 19 through Spiritual Beast. In a recent interview,...

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KING DIAMOND On FULL METAL JACKIE's Radio Show: Entire 30-Minute Audio Interview Posted Online

Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE) (real name: Kim Bendix Petersen),was interviewed on a recent edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the entire 30-minute chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts from the...

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VENOMOUS MAXIMUS To Release 'Beg Upon The Light' In October

Texas occult metal band VENOMOUS MAXIMUS will release its new album, "Beg Upon The Light", on October 30 via Occulture Records. The CD was recorded at Origin Sound in Houston with a head space described as "somewhere between a Alejandro Jodorowsky film and a New Orleans voodoo den." "Beg Upon the Li...

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DOWN: Entire New EP Available For Streaming

"Down IV Part I - The Purple EP", DOWN's first in a series of four EPs to be released over the next few years (with a year between EPs),each touching on a different aspect of the band's sound, can be streamed in its entirety below (courtesy of Billboard.com). The first six-song EP, ...