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BLIND GUARDIAN: First 'Beyond The Red Mirror' Studio Trailer

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release their tenth studio album, "Beyond The Red Mirror", in Europe on January 30, 2015 and in North America on February 3, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The first studio trailer for the CD is available below. Says BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist and lyricist Hansi Kürs...

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BLIND GUARDIAN's 'The Bard's Song' Covered By HARP TWINS (Video)

Identical twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt have covered BLIND GUARDIAN's "The Bard's Song" as an electric duet harp arrangement. Check it out in the YouTube clip below. The track is now available on iTunes. Known as the "harp twins," Camille and Kennerly perform internationally as a dynamic acoustic...

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NAPALM DEATH: New Song 'Cesspits' Available For Streaming

"Cesspits", a brand new song from British/American grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is taken from the band's 15th studio album, "Apex Predator - Easy Meat", which will be released on January 27, 2015 (one day earlier internationally) via Ce...

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BLIND GUARDIAN: 'Beyond The Red Mirror' Album Trailer

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast. A trailer for the CD is available below. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to ....

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NIKKI SIXX: 'I Am Always Trying To Dig In The Dirt And Trying To Find More Skeletons And Bones'

During a recent interview with The Guardian, MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx spoke about the process that he goes through to come up with some of his darker lyrics now that he he has been clean and sober for more than a decade. "Inspiration comes from all over the place," ...

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BABYMETAL Performs New Song 'The One' In London (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of the Japanese pop-metal group BABYMETAL performing a brand new song, "The One", this past Saturday, November 8 at the Brixton O2 Academy in London, England can be seen below. Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that p...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release 'Beyond The Red Mirror' In January

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have set "Beyond The Red Mirror" as the title of their tenth studio album, due in Europe on January 30, 2015 and February 3, 2015 in North America via Nuclear Blast. Four and a half years in the making, the follow-up to 2010's "At The Edge Of Time" was recorded...

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NAPALM DEATH Guitarist MITCH HARRIS To Sit Out Upcoming Shows

British/American grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH have released the following statement: "Due to illness within his family, we would like to announce that [guitarist] Mitch Harris will, unfortunately, not be performing with us for the near future. We stress that this is not a permanent arrangement, al...

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NAPALM DEATH And VOIVOD To Join Forces For North American 'Through Space And Grind' Tour

NAPALM DEATH and VOIVOD will join forces for a North American tour, aptly dubbed "Through Space And Grind", in January/February. Said NAPALM DEATH frontman Mark "Barney" Greenway: "As a celebration of both the unconventional and more straight-out methods of musical attack, I think this tour lineup r...

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NAPALM DEATH To Release 'Apex Predator - Easy Meat' In January

British grindcore legends NAPALM DEATH will release their 15th studio album, "Apex Predator - Easy Meat", on January 27, 2015 (one day earlier internationally) via Century Media Records. NAPALM DEATH vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway had the following to say regarding the album's title and concept: "S...

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ROB HALFORD's Las Vegas Lounge-Singer Aspirations

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford says that he wants to keep singing for as long as possible, even if it means doing it "in the Badda Bing Lounge off the strip in Las Vegas." In a recent interview with The Guardian, Halford revealed that he has unfulfilled musical goals outside of his "metal ...

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FATES WARNING Singer Blames Band's 'Lackadaisical' Attitude For Lack Of DREAM THEATER-Level Commercial Success

FATES WARNING singer Ray Alder believes that the group's "lackadaisical" attitude towards recording and touring was was what ultimates cost him and his bandmates the kind of sustained commercial success that is enjoyed by DREAM THEATER, a band that many consider to be the premier progressive metal o...

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BLIND GUARDIAN To Release 'Twilight Of The Gods' Single In December; New Album Due In January

German "fantasy" metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will release "Twilight Of The Gods", the first single from their long-awaited new album, on December 5 via Nuclear Blast. BLIND GUARDIAN vocalist Hansi Kürsch says: "This song is a statement about BLIND GUARDIAN. The pure definition of all that the band stan...

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MICHAEL SWEET, DOUG PINNICK, MARTY FRIEDMAN Guest On TOURNIQUET Drummer's 'Onward To Freedom'

TOURNIQUET is widely known for its outspoken voice against animal abuse and has previously released songs that focused on that subject matter. This time, however, drummer and songwriter Ted Kirkpatrick devotes an entire album, "Onward To Freedom", to the struggles and abuses animals face. The CD fea...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'OASIS Has Been The Soundtrack To My Life For The Last 20 Years'

In a recent column in the UK's The Guardian, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich wrote about the "huge impact" English rock band OASIS has had on him throughout the years. "OASIS has been the soundtrack to my life for the last 20 years on this wonderful planet," he said. "I have stories and pictures ...