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KILL DEVIL HILL: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Revealed

KILL DEVIL HILL — the band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals — will release its sophomore album, "Revolut...

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TROUBLE Guitarist Interviewed On 'Radioactive Metal' Podcast (Audio)

Guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE was interviewed for the latest edition of "Radioactive Metal". You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. TROUBLE recently announced the addition of bassist Rob Hultz to the group's ranks. Hultz is no stranger to the heav...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarists CHRIS HOLMES, RANDY PIPER To Perform With SIN CITY SINNERS

Former W.A.S.P. guitarists Chris Holmes and Randy Piper will join SIN CITY SINNERS on stage on Friday, September 6 at Count's Vamp'd Rock Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada. SIN CITY SINNERS features Todd Kerns (SLASH, AGE OF ELECTRIC),Brent Muscat (FASTER PUSSYCAT),Rob Cournoyer (RAGING SLAB) a...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Signs With CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS

KILL DEVIL HILL — the band featuring legendary drummer Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) alongside Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN) on bass, Mark Zavon (RATT, W.A.S.P., 40 CYCLE HUM) on guitar and Jason "Dewey" Bragg (PISSING RAZORS) on vocals — has inked a multi-album North American dea...

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HIRAX: New Album Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

California thrashers HIRAX will release their new album, "Immortal Legacy", on October 22 (six days later in Europe) via SPV/Steamhammer. It will be made available as a CD, gatefold colored LP and a digital download. Commented HIRAX singer and mastermind Katon W. De Pena: "We recorded the new album...

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TROUBLE: New Bassist Announced

Chicago doom metal legends TROUBLE have announced the addition of bassist Rob Hultz to the group's ranks. Hultz is no stranger to the heavy metal, hard rock, and doom metal genres as his lengthy music resume boasts. While still in high school, he joined an East Coast hardcore band called SOCIAL DECA...

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Former MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA To Sign Copies Of Upcoming Book

Former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza will take part in The Rock N Roll Autograph Show, set to take place September 13-15 at The Westin Los Angeles Airport. The show will provide attendees to meet musicians and performers that have played a major role in rock music history. Proceeds from this event wit...

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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES: Why 'They All Lie And Cheat' Video Came Out So 'Sh***y'

Matt Phelps of Über Röck recently conducted an interview with former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Über Röck: It's taken a while to get to this point as you've been out of the spotlight for a little while now. There have been a few projects ...

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TROUBLE Guitarist Says PHILIP ANSELMO Was Going To Sing On New Album

In a brand new interview with Illinois Entertainer, guitarist Rick Wartell of Chicago doom legends TROUBLE revealed that former PANTERA and current DOWN singer Philip Anselmo was going to lay vocal tracks on two of the songs on TROUBLE's new album, "The Distortion Field". "Once Kyle [Thomas, current...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist Taking HOOKERS & BLOW Brand To 'Next Level'

The official merchandise of HOOKERS & BLOW, the band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed and QUIET RIOT guitarist Alex Grossi, is now available exclusively online and in-store at Forgotten Saints LA. "We are very excited to be taking the HOOKERS & BLOW brand to the next level," sa...

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TROUBLE: 'The Distortion Field' First-Week Sales Revealed

"The Distortion Field", the first studio album in six years from Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE, sold around 760 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 25 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new...

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Video: DIZZY REED's HOOKERS & BLOW Performs GUNS N' ROSES Classic In Philadelphia

HOOKERS & BLOW, the band led by GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed, performed at The Blockley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this past Saturday night (July 20) as part of a short U.S. tour. The trek will conclude this coming Wednesday, July 24 at the legendary Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood,...

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TROUBLE Frontman Interviewed On 'Maximum Threshold' (Audio)

Vocalist Kyle Thomas of Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE was interviewed on the latest edition of the "Maximum Threshold" radio show. You can now listen to the program using the audio player below. (Note: The Thomas interview begins around the six-minute mark.) TROUBLE released its first studio al...

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HIRAX: Performance Footage Of New Song 'Black Smoke'

Fan-filmed video footage of California thrash metal veterans HIRAX performing a brand new song, "Black Smoke", on July 12 at the Rising Festival in Asuncion, Paraguay can be seen below. The track will appear on the band's new full-length album, "Immortal Legacy", which will be released in Germany on...

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TROUBLE: Three New Songs Available For Streaming

Chicago doom-metal legends TROUBLE will release their first studio album in six years, "The Distortion Field", in North America on July 16 and in Europe on August 23 via FRW Records. The 12-song follow-up to 2007's "Simple Mind Condition" is being helmed by veteran producer Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, W.A...