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ROB HALFORD Says Listening To Canadian Singer MICHAEL BUBLÉ Is 'Exciting' And 'Inspiring'

In a recent interview with the New York Post, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about his love for Canadian singer Michael Bublé. "Even though I'm a metal singer, the fact that I’ve been able to appreciate other types of performers has probably paid dividends," Halford said. "When I listen to Mi...

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SYMPHONY X's New Album Will Really Please The Band's Old Fans

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X have entered the studio to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. Regarding the musical direction of the new SYMPHONY X material, SYMPHONY X bassist Michael LePond told the "Talking Metal" podcast (hear audio bel...

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ACCEPT And DESTRUCTION Members Join Forces In PANZER; Debut Album Due In November

Nuclear Blast has announced the signing of the true Teutonic heavy metal trio PANZER. The new German supergroup is comprised of three undisputed genre legends: vocalist and bassist Schmier, best known as frontman of DESTRUCTION, guitarist Herman Frank (ACCEPT, VICTORY) and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann...

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SYMPHONY X To Begin Recording New Album This Week

American progressive metal veterans SYMPHONY X will enter the studio this week to begin recording the follow-up to 2011's "Iconoclast" for an early 2015 release. "We're gonna start the drums on Tuesday [September 9], and with all the recording and then the promotion, we hope to have a new album out...

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(r)Evolution

Power metal favorites HAMMERFALL are back and back to basics, it would seem. Their old mascot, Hector, returns, in art form and in ode on the band's latest album, "(r)Evolution". Hector was last seen on HAMMERFALL's debut, "Glory to the Brave", which was produced by Fredrik Nordström. After sixteen...

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SCOTT IAN Would Love To Hear LADY GAGA Cover ANTHRAX's 'In The End'

Germany's EMP Rock Invasion recently conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian. You can now watch the chat below. Elaborating on his previous comment that he would like to see pop superstar Lady Gaga cover an ANTHRAX song, Ian said: "Yeah, why not? She's into metal. She's a genuine met...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist MIKE LEPOND To Release 'Silent Assassins' Solo Album In September

UDR/Warner has set a September 26 release date for the first-ever solo album from SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond. "Mike LePond's Silent Assassins" is described in a press release as "a fantastic heavy, power metal album that combines all influences of Mike LePond's favorite bands from the past and p...

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PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR Talks To GetYourRockOut At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with PRONG guitarist/vocalist Tommy Victor at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. PRONG's latest al...

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ONE MACHINE: 'The Distortion Of Lies And The Overdriven Truth' Video Released

The video for "The Distortion Of Lies And The Overdriven Truth", the title track of the debut album from ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, NEVERMORE, FORBIDDEN, DRAGONLORD, VICIOUS RUMORS),can be seen below. Says Smyth: "A lot of work went into th...

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MACHINE HEAD To Tour North America With CHILDREN OF BODOM, EPICA, BATTLECROSS

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD will embark on a 21-show North American tour in the fall. Support on the trek will come from Finnish heavy metal powerhouse CHILDREN OF BODOM, Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA and American melodic death/thrash openers BATTLECROSS. The tour launches on Oct...

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Heavy Metal Fan JOKO 'JOKOWI' WIDODO Wins Indonesia's Presidential Election

Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who has professed love for heavy metal bands like METALLICA, MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and NAPALM DEATH, has been declared the winner of Indonesia's presidential election after receiving 53.13 percent of the vote. He is expected to be inaugurated on October 20. Upo...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Talks About Being 'Transformed' Into LADY GAGA On 'Sing Your Face Off'

Former SKID ROW vocalist Sebastian Bach spoke to Über Rock about his recent appearance on ABC's latest singing competition "Sing Your Face Off", where he had to take on the identity of some of music's famous faces such as into Willie Nelson, Lady Gaga, Adam Levine from MAROON 5 and Freddie Mercury o...

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SCOTT IAN: 'We Are Actually Hoping LADY GAGA Will Cover An ANTHRAX Song'

NME conducted an interview with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, which was held July 4-6 at Knebworth Park in Hertfordshire. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On performing the 1987 album "Among...

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JUDAS PRIEST Talks To Comedian JIM FLORENTINE About 'Redeemer Of Souls' (Video)

Comedian and metalhead Jim Florentine of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show" recently sat down with JUDAS PRIEST members Richie Faulkner (guitar),Rob Halford (vocals) and Glenn Tipton (guitar) at The Log Cabin Recording Studio in New York City to talk about the band's new album, "Redeemer Of Souls". Yo...

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ROB HALFORD Says LADY GAGA Is 'A Total Metalhead'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that one of his current favorite artists, pop superstar Lady Gaga, is the one that first brought up the idea of the two of them working together, but admits that he doesn't know if the proposed collaboration will ever come to fruition. Halford finally had the cha...