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Video: GEOFF TATE's OPERATION: MINDCRIME Performs At Sweden's METALLSVENSKAN Festival

Video footage of OPERATION: MINDCRIME, the new band led by former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, performing on June 4 at the Metallsvenskan festival in Örebro, Sweden can be seen below. Joining Tate in OPERATION: MINDCRIME's current touring lineup are guitarists Kelly Gray (QUEENSRŸCHE) and Scott Mo...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's MICHAEL WILTON: Split With GEOFF TATE 'Needed To Happen'

On June 24, "Music Mania" podcast conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Asked if the incident during QUEENSRŸCHE's appearance at the 2012 edition of the Rocklahoma festival when the band's then-singer Geoff Tate to...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Announces Fall U.S. Tour With ARMORED SAINT

Progressive metal veterans QUEENSRŸCHE have announced their next headlining tour throughout the United States. The month-long trek will take place this fall, starting on November 15 in Seattle, Washington and concluding on December 15 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. QUEENSRŸCHE will be joined by ARMO...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: Lyric Video For New Song 'Chasing The Priest'

"Chasing The Priest", the new lyric video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's twelfth studio album, "Concussion Protocol", which will be released on August 26 via SPV/Steamhammer. It will be made available as a digipak version (i...

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Listen To METALLICA Frontman JAMES HETFIELD's Guest Appearance On New HEART Album 'Beautiful Broken'

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame members HEART return July 8 with "Beautiful Broken", their sixteenth album and their first on Concord Records. HEART has sold over 35 million records, and this anticipated album is their first in four years. "Beautiful Broken" finds Ann and Nancy Wilson exploring new songs...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Guests On New HEART Album 'Beautiful Broken'; Preview Available

Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame members HEART return July 8 with "Beautiful Broken", their sixteenth album and their first on Concord Records. HEART has sold over 35 million records, and this anticipated album is their first in four years. "Beautiful Broken" finds Ann and Nancy Wilson exploring new songs...

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VICIOUS RUMORS: 'Concussion Protocol' Album Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled; Teaser Available

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS will release their twelfth studio album, "Concussion Protocol", on August 26 via SPV/Steamhammer. It will be made available as a digipak version (including a poster),on 2LP gatefold red vinyl and as a digital download. The CD features eleven brand new...

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Video: LITA FORD, GILBY CLARKE, DIO DISCIPLES Help Raise $50,000 For 'Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund'

The second annual Ride For Ronnie Motorcycle Ride And Concert, held on Sunday, May 22, raised $50,000 for the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. Some 1000 people participated in the day's events, including 300 motorcycle riders who made their way from Harley Davidson in Glendale to an...

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MICHAEL WILTON: QUEENSRŸCHE 'Is A Band Again'

Casper of Silver Tiger Media recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On QUEENSRŸCHE's rebirth following the addition of singer Todd La Torre...

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QUEENSRŸCHE To Begin Writing New Album In January

Levi Seth of Australia's Sticks For Stones recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how QUEENSRŸCHE fans have been responding to the band's singer of the past fou...

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Video Premiere: AVANTASIA's 'Draconian Love'

"Draconian Love", the new video from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, can be seen below. The clip contains live footage from AVANTASIA's recent shows in Brazil. "Draconian Love" is taken from AVANTASIA's seventh studio album, "Ghostlights", which entered the German chart at position...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ALICE IN CHAINS, SLAYER, VOLBEAT Among Confirmed Acts For ROCK ALLEGIANCE Festival

Monster Energy Rock Allegiance returns to Talen Energy Stadium (formerly PPL Park) in Chester, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia, on September 17 and September 18, 2016 with a lineup of over 35 bands on three stages, led by AVENGED SEVENFOLD and ALICE IN CHAINS, along with SLAYER, THE OFFSPRIN...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Featured On WHYY's 'On Tour' Show; Preview Clips Available

Seattle-based progressive metallers QUEENSRŸCHE are featured on the latest edition of WHYY's "On Tour" music and interview program. The show, which contains performance footage and an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield, will premiere this Thursday, May 5 at 10 p.m., and will air ag...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Tried To Recapture Magic Of Early Days On Post-GEOFF TATE Albums

Australia's The Dwarf recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Dwarf: I have to say I love the last two records, 2013's "Queensrÿche" and 2015's "Condition Hüman". The band seems to be re-energized and writing/pla...

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MICHAEL WILTON: TODD LA TORRE Was 'Shot Of Adrenaline' QUEENSRŸCHE 'Needed In A Stale Situation'

In a brand new interview with Free-Times.com, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton spoke the ill-fated band meeting in Brazil in April 2012 that ended in verbal and physical abuse between the group's then-vocalist Geoff Tate and the rest of QUEENSRŸCHE. "People see you onstage having a fun time, but...