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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'Relentless: The Memoir' Promotional Video

Legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen has just released his autobiography entitled "Relentless: The Memoir" via Wiley. A one-minute promotional video for the book can be seen below. How does a kid from Sweden make his way to America at the tender age of eighteen and, within a month, have peop...
April 26, 2013
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New BLACKMORE'S NIGHT Album To Include JON LORD Tribute

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, will release a new album, "Dancer And The Moon", on June 11 in North America on Frontiers Records. "Dancer And The Moon" will be released in two editions — as a CD and a digipak deluxe editi...
April 10, 2013
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RAINBOW's 'Live In Munich 1977' To Be Released On CD, DVD, LP In April

On April 30, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release RAINBOW's "Live In Munich 1977" on 2CD, DVD, and 2LP. Captured during the band's 1977 European tour, "Live In Munich" is the only full live concert ever filmed with the classic Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio/Cozy Powell classic lineup. With newl...
March 13, 2013
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HEAVEN & EARTH's 'Dig' Due In April

Taking up where iconic bands like DEEP PURPLE and BAD COMPANY left off, HEAVEN & EARTH is on a mission to resurrect the sanctity of classic rock in its purest, most accessible form on their third studio album titled "Dig". Due out on April 23 via Quarto Valley Records, the CD was produced by Dav...
February 10, 2013
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'I Make Music That I Love Because I Only Live Once'

Joe Charupakorn of Premier Guitar recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Premier Guitar: What prompted the decision to play all of the instruments on "Spellbound"? Yngwie: There was no reason why it happened...
January 31, 2013
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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Tribute Stratocaster: The Guitar That Spawned The Iconic Riff

For more than 40 years now, Ritchie Blackmore's famously forceful G minor blues riff in the 1972 DEEP PURPLE classic "Smoke On The Water" has served as the quintessential heavy rock guitar riff and a metal-melody primer for burgeoning rock guitarists everywhere. Its place in rock history is as solid...
January 24, 2013
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RIVERA BOMMA: 'Empty Desire' Video Featuring SYMPHONY X Bassist

"Empty Desire", the new video from Christian metallers RIVERA BOMMA, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's third album, "Infinite Journey Of Soul", which will be released on January 22 via Retroactive Records. Having two metal releases on several overseas labels, RIVERA BOMMA storm the U....
January 22, 2013
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SYMPHONY X Bassist Featured On New RIVERA BOMMA Album

Christian metallers RIVERA BOMMA will release their third album, "Infinite Journey Of Soul", on January 22 via Retroactive Records. Having two metal releases on several overseas labels, RIVERA BOMMA storm the U.S. with their first new effort in seven years. Featuring a stunning collection of musicia...
January 12, 2013
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Former METALLICA Producer FLEMMING RASMUSSEN Talks About His Work On Classic Metal Albums

On December 10, 2012, Jason Saulnier of the MusicLegends.ca web site conducted an interview with Danish producer Flemming Rasmussen (METALLICA, RAINBOW, BLIND GUARDIAN, MORBID ANGEL, EVILE). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. In a 2011 interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Rasmu...
January 10, 2013
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Drummer BRIAN TICHY Explains His Departure From WHITESNAKE

Renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy, known for his tours of duty with BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER and OZZY OSBOURNE, announced his departure from WHITESNAKE last Friday (January 4) in order to focus on SOMETHING UNTO NOTHING (S.U.N.),the band he started with Sass Jordan, a...
January 8, 2013
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DEEP PURPLE: Deluxe Edition Of 'Slaves And Masters' To Include Two Rare Bonus Tracks

On February 5, Friday Music will release the deluxe edition of DEEP PURPLE's "Slaves And Masters", the only album featuring former RAINBOW/FANDANGO singer Joe Lynn Turner. Now remastered, the LP features two rare bonus tracks: "Slow Down Sister" (B-side of "Love Conquers All" 12-inch and 45 rpm sing...
January 4, 2013
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DEEP PURPLE: 'Live In Paris 1975' Remastered CD Reissue Audio Samples

2013 will be a momentous year for DEEP PURPLE. Not only is the band's new album on the way (to be released April 30 via earMusic/Eagle Rock Entertainment),but 10 classic recordings from the DEEP PURPLE cannon will be exhumed, starting with the 2CD/digital release of "Live In Paris 1975" on January...
January 3, 2013
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DEEP PURPLE: 'Live In Paris 1975' Remastered CD Reissue To Hit Stores In January

2013 will be a momentous year for DEEP PURPLE. Not only is the band's new album on the way (to be released April 30 via earMusic/Eagle Rock Entertainment),but 10 classic recordings from the DEEP PURPLE cannon will be exhumed, starting with the 2CD/digital release of "Live In Paris 1975" on January...
December 20, 2012
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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Joins National Guitar Museum Board Of Advisors

The National Guitar Museum (NGM),the first museum dedicated to the history, science, and cultural impact of the world's most popular instrument, has announced that Tony Iommi — guitarist and founding member of BLACK SABBATH — has joined the museum's board of advisors. As an advisor to the National...
December 19, 2012
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Concerto For Group And Orchestra

It may come off pass? to say the late Jon Lord was fond of classical music. As we've come to learn over the years through Yngwie Malmsteen and Eddie Van Halen's Mozart, Bach and Beethoven translations into heavy metal form, the two styles have exhibited a propensity for marriage of the finest capaci...
December 17, 2012