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LINKIN PARK, AC/DC, GODSMACK, DISTURBED Among Top-Selling Hard Rock Albums Of 2010

Billboard magazine has published a list of the top-selling hard rock and metal albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. (Note: Not all the albums on the list were actually released during 2010.) It is as follows: 01. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK 02. A Thousand Suns - LINKIN PARK 03....

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Former ANNIHILATOR Touring Drummer Dies Of Cancer

Guitarist/mainman Jeff Waters of Canadian metal veterans ANNIHILATOR has posted the following message on the band's official web site: "A few weeks ago (while I was touring in Europe),I got word that we lost a former member of ANNIHILATOR's touring lineup, Dave Machander. He passed away from cancer...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Talks About LOS ANGELES FITNESS EXPO (Video)

Phil Collen, vegetarian and lead guitarist for the legendary multi-platinum rock band DEF LEPPARD, will set aside his axe and join the highly successful Los Angeles Fitness Expo as a special guest presenter on January 29 and January 30, 2011. Phil will be joined by his longtime trainer, internationa...

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HINDER Interviewed By BACKSTAGE ENTERTAINMENT (Video)

Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with Oklahoma hard rockers HINDER when the band played the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines, Iowa on November 24, 2010. You can now watch the chat below. HINDER recently announced an over-the-top deluxe CD package that has to be seen to...

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HINDER: New Audio Interview With MARK KING

LocalBozo.com recently conducted an interview with HINDER guitarist Mark King. You can now listen to the chat in the Vimeo clip below. HINDER recently announced an over-the-top deluxe CD package that has to be seen to be believed. The Oklahoma hard rockers will release their new album, "All America...

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TWISTED SISTER Frontman Performs With SCHOOL OF ROCK's 'All Stars' At Charity Event (Video)

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider joined the School Of Rock music program's All Stars on Thursday, November 18 for a one-hour afternoon concert at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City to raise awareness for the Children's Miracle Network. The kids got to play two songs with Dee — the TWISTED SISTER...

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HINDER: 'Ultimate Fan Experience' Deluxe Package Detailed

HINDER has just announced an over-the-top deluxe CD package that has to be seen to be believed. The Oklahoma hard rockers will release their new album, "All American Nightmare", on December 7 and they're offering an "Ultimate Fan Experience" for $2,995 which includes, among other things, a private...

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HIBRIA To Release 'Blind Ride' In January

Brazilian metallers HIBRIA have set "Blind Ride" as the title of their third album, due on January 26 via King Records in Japan. The CD was mixed and mastered at Machine Shop Studios and marks the recording debut of the band's new bass player Benhur Lima, who joined HIBRIA after the tour in support...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN To Appear At LOS ANGELES FITNESS EXPO

Phil Collen, vegetarian and lead guitarist for the legendary multi-platinum rock band DEF LEPPARD, will set aside his axe and join the highly successful Los Angeles Fitness Expo as a special guest presenter on January 29 and January 30, 2011. Phil will be joined by his longtime trainer, internationa...

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WOLFSBANE To Release EP, Full-Length Album

According to Classic Rock magazine, reunited U.K. rockers WOLFSBANE — featuring former IRON MAIDEN frontman Blaze Bayley — are currently working on both an EP and an album. The former, featuring re-recordings of classic songs, is due out in March, with the latter following next September. The band —...

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BILLY CORGAN: 'If I'm Considered Difficult Because I Don't Wanna Fit In, I'm OK With That'

During a recent interview with Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, THE SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan was asked if he was bothered by his reputation as someone who is "difficult" to work with. "I think I've helped create, in my own way, an image that isn't conducive to, like, an...

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DEAD BY SUNRISE, LORDI, KROKUS, DIR EN GREY Featured On 'Saw 3D' Soundtrack

Back for the seventh installment of the "Saw" horror series this Halloween moviegoers will once again cringe in their seats as blood, guts and body parts are up for grabs in "Saw 3D". As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gather to seek the support of self...

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DIMMU BORGIR Guitarist On 'Abrahadabra': 'We Feel That We Have Topped Ourselves'

Brendan Crabb of Utopia.com.au recently conducted an interview with guitarist Silenoz (real name: Sven Atle Kopperud) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Utopia.com.au: The last album (2007's "In Sorte Diaboli") featured many orchestr...

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The Best of a Decade

These "best-of" packages are always a bit maddening to review, especially when the band in question is one with 40 years of history and a slew of compilation releases under its belt already. That UFO is one of the best, most underrated classic rock acts of all time and one whose 21st Century materia...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On METALLICA: 'We're Totally Friends Now, Have Been For Years'

Chris Riemenschneider of the Star Tribune recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Star Tribune: The book sets a different tone on your firing from METALLICA. You didn't come off so hot in the movie "Some Kind of Monster"....