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Guitarist GABRIELE BELLINI To Guest On New HERETIC'S DREAM Single

Italian guitarist Gabriele Bellini will guest on "Chains Of Blood", the new single from the London, U.K- and Rome, Italy-based progressive rock band HERETIC'S DREAM. The group, which has supported such artists as Richie Kotzen and CRUCIFIED BARBARA, will record the new single at Kick studio in Rome...

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FIREWIND Schedules Vancouver Signing Session, Acoustic Performance

Greek melodic metallers FIREWIND — who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis) — will take part in an acoustic performance, question-and-answer session and signing on Tuesday, February 19 between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at Scrape Records in Van...

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Former MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS THE BOSS To Perform At Hurricane Sandy Relief Concert

Giving back to his hometown, which was battered by Hurricane Sandy, Ricky Byrd and Rockers In Recovery have united to present an all-star concert aiding those affected by the superstorm. The concert will take place on Friday, January 25 at The Cutting Room in New York City at 8 p.m. Two months have...

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FIREWIND's Live Album To Arrive Before Summer

Melodic metallers FIREWIND, who feature in their ranks current OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. (real name: Kostas Karamitroudis),successfully wrapped up the calendar year 2012 with four packed club shows in their native Greece (two nights in Thessaloniki and two nights in Athens),commencing the cel...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Launches Career As Rock Concert Promoter

According to Shropshire Star, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing has has started a career as a rock promoter under the banner The Future Of Heavy Metal. His first show will be at The Slade Rooms in Wolverhampton, England on May 16, followed by a gig at The Asylum in Birmingham the...

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ULI JON ROTH Looks Ahead To 'A Very Busy And Intensely Productive Year'

Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth (ex-SCORPIONS) has issued the following update: "Greetings to all of you! I hope you had a great New Year. "Here is a condensed list of some of the events that are planned for the first half of this year. 2013 is going to be a very busy and intensely productive ...

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ULI JON ROTH, STEVE MORSE, RICHIE KOTZEN, GUS G. To Perform At 'Jason Becker's Not Dead Yet'

Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE),Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON),Uli Jon Roth (SCORPIONS) and Gus G. (FIREWIND, OZZY OSBOURNE) are among the musicians who will perform at a special concert on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Slim's in San Francisco, California, reminding the world that Jason Becker's Not D...

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PORTNOY, KOTZEN, SHEEHAN Project Completes Work On Debut Album

The new project featuring Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG) and Richie Kotzen (MR. BIG, POISON) has completed work on its debut album for a 2013 release. Sheehan says: "I'm really pleased with it. Richie sang his ass off and played amazingly uni...

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INCITE: 'Hopeless' Video Released

"Hopeless", the new video from INCITE, the Phoenix, Arizona-based metal band fronted by Richie Cavalera — the stepson of SOULFLY/CAVALERA CONSPIRACY mainman Max Cavalera — can be seen below. The clip, recorded during INCITE's recent European tour, features live and rehearsal footage as well as foota...

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THE SWORD Bassist Reveals His Favorite Album Of All Time (Video)

Bassist Bryan Richie of Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD recently spoke to Rhapsody's "On The Record" about his favorite album — "Mission: Control!", the 1999 debut effort from the American rock band BURNING AIRLINES. Check it out below. "On The Record" is a video series where rock stars gus...

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Video: JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist RICHIE FAULKNER's Extended Jam For EMG TV

Video footage of an extended five-minute jam from guitarist Richie Faulkner of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST in which he demonstrates the new 57 and 66 pickups from EMG can be seen below. Also available is a previously released clip of Faulkner introducing the new EMG pickups. In a 2011 i...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Talks About His Youth, Band's Early Years (Video)

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing was interviewed on a recent edition of "The Summer And Ellajade Show", the interview program hosted by the "talkative tag team" Summer Golding and Ella Jade Pumphrey. "We have the cutest chat show hosts on the planet," reads the show's official de...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA And His Stepson Interviewed In Vienna (Video)

Austria's Stormbringer.at webzine conducted an interview with Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SEPULTURA) and his stepson Richie Cavalera (INCITE) on October 15 in Vienna, Austria. You can now watch the chat below. SOULFLY's eighth album, "Enslaved", sold 5,900 copies in the United States...

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Texas fuzz lords THE SWORD have carved a niche by riding the rails of retro, which includes fantastical dreamscapes Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja and Kull the Conqueror would ideally call home. All set to the grind of vintage doom, Southern boogie sludge and early Seventies dirt prog. In other word...

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Video: JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist RICHIE FAULKNER Introduces New Pickups From EMG

Video footage of guitarist Richie Faulkner of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST introducing the new 57 and 66 pickups from EMG can be seen below. In a 2011 interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Faulkner stated about the task of replacing original PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing, "First...