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Reunited Original Lineup Of EXCITER Hopes To Release New Studio Album In 2017
Kevin McGowan of the "Shortlife" podcast recently conducted an interview with guitarist John Ricci of veteran Canadian metallers EXCITER. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the reunion of the origina...October 13, 2016
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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Praises MARILYN MANSON: He Was 'So Cutting Edge And Yet So Rough'
Japanese promoter Hayashi International Promotion (H.I.P.) conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT members Corey Taylor (vocals) and Shawn "Clown" Crahan (percussion) prior to the band's August 14 concert at The Forum in Inglewood, California. You can now watch the chat in three parts below. Speaking a...October 12, 2016
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HANOI ROCKS: 'Strange Boys' Collector's Edition Box Sets Due This Month
On October 21, Finnish rockers HANOI ROCKS will see their early albums compiled into two collector's edition box sets, one a 5CD set and the other a 6LP vinyl set, both to be released by Cleopatra Records. Titled "Strange Boys", these collections offer the band's first four studio albums, plus the l...October 12, 2016
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OPETH Frontman: I Would Hate For Our Music To Become Corrupted By Other Things
Metal Wani's Sandra Yeomans conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH on October 5 at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On when he deci...October 11, 2016
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Historic SLASH Guitar Emerges After 30 Years
The metallic red B.C. Rich Warlock guitar owned and played by Slash during the Hollywood era early days of GUNS N' ROSES has been found and is being offered for sale at auction on November 5 through Julien's Auctions. The guitar is signed on the body "Slash" with his signature drawing of a "skull an...October 11, 2016
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Reunited Classic Lineup Of DOKKEN: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Breaking The Chains' Performance From Sioux Falls Concert
The reunited classic lineup of DOKKEN — singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lynch, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer "Wild" Mick Brown — played its only U.S. show on September 30 at Badlands Pawn Guns Gold And Rock 'N' Roll in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The concert was a warm-up gig for the band's six...October 11, 2016
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ROB ZOMBIE Says His Feud With Original 'Halloween' Director JOHN CARPENTER Was Quashed In 'One Second'
Rob Zombie and legendary director John Carpenter recently "buried the hatchet" after video surfaced of Carpenter blasting Zombie for allegedly "lying" to him about Zombie's 2007 remake of Carpenter's 1978 horror classic "Halloween". Speaking to IndieWire about the supposed feud, Rob said: "I mean, i...October 10, 2016
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Classic DOKKEN Reunion Is 'Never Gonna Happen Again,' Claims DON DOKKEN
Don Dokken and George Lynch were recently interviewed by Japan's Young Guitar magazine about the reunion of DOKKEN's classic lineup, which played its only U.S. show on September 30 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota before embarking on a six-show Japanese run dubbed "Unleashed In The East". "I never thoug...October 10, 2016
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Announces Summer 2017 European Tour Dates
SYSTEM OF A DOWN will return to Europe in June/July 2017 to play summer festivals and select headline dates. So far, the following shows have been confirmed: Jun. 07 - Nancy, FR - Open Air Zenith Jun. 10 - Paris, FR - Download Jun. 12 - Prague, CZ - O2 Arena Jun. 17 - Lodz, ...October 10, 2016
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Pocho Aztlan
At long last, Juan Brujo and his Mexecutioner collective BRUJERIA returns on album, and what a return! While ghosts of BRUJERIA past such as Dino Cazares, Tony Campos, Jesse Pintado, Raymond Herrera, Adrian and Daniel Erlandsson and Billy Gould are out and about in their respective ventures, Brujo y...October 10, 2016
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Low Country
Last year, I hung a perfect ten rating upon THE SWORD's dazzling and frankly ballsy "High Country" album. I stand by it a year later as THE SWORD takes the unplugged route with a mostly acoustic companion piece, "Low Country". To set the record straight about "Low Country", the ten songs revamped in...October 10, 2016
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Only Ghosts
One of 2014's biggest breakouts was Portland's RED FANG. The drone modernizers cracked as high as 66 on the Billboard charts with "Whales and Leeches", an album praised by fans and critics alike. It didn't hurt RED FANG's chances of connecting with the heavy music public that its videos are a freaki...October 9, 2016
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Tygers Of Pan Tang
In some respects, NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG's history parallels its peer SAXON, albeit Biff Byford, Paul Quinn, Nibbs Carter and Nigel Glockler have pulled off a heftier and more prolific comeback. Nevertheless, the TYGERS and SAXON both released a slew of raw yet tremendous albums in their...October 9, 2016
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Make Some Noise
Rock supergroup THE DEAD DAISIES, in the span four years, sure has had a ton going on! What MINK's David Lowy and Jon Stevens of INXS/NOISEWORKS had in mind when putting this group together surely couldn't have included a revolving-door policy. It rings more like an open-door policy as the collectiv...October 9, 2016
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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: I'm Going To Keep Making Albums Until I Can't Do Them Anymore
Seven solo studio albums into his remarkably prolific career, veteran STRYPER singer and one time BOSTON co-singer/guitar slinger Michael Sweet has pushed back against criticism of the rapid-fire pace at which he is releasing new music. He tells BigMusicGeek.com in a new interview: "It's funny, ya k...October 9, 2016
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