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ALICE COOPER: Official Pro-Shot Footage Of WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

Professionally filmed video footage of Alice Cooper's August 5 performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. Alice told The Spokesman-Review about his current tour: "It's a pure Alice Cooper show with the snakes and guillotine and the straight jacket, but there's...

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ARCH ENEMY Performs New Single 'The World Is Yours' Live For First Time (Video)

ARCH ENEMY performed its new single, "The World Is Yours", live for the first time on Friday, August 4 at the Rock Pod Kameňom festival at Sninské Rybníky, Snina, Slovakia. Fan-filmed video footage of the live premiere can be seen below. "The World Is Yours" is taken from ARCH ENEMY's new album, "Wi...

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ACCEPT Guitarist 'Would Love To' Perform With Orchestra Again

German/American heavy metal veterans ACCEPT celebrated the release of their new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", with a special performance last Thursday, August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The set consisted of three parts: a classic ACCEPT set, packed with new and old hits; AC...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Is 'Not Going To Pass Judgment' On RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram

Original DIO guitarist Vivian Campbell says that he is "not going to pass judgment" on the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at last year's Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed ou...

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Ex-MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS THE BOSS Inducted Into 'Hall Of Heavy Metal History' At WACKEN OPEN AIR (Video)

Wacken Open Air, one of the world's largest heavy metal music festivals, and the Hall Of Heavy Metal History have joined forces to former MANOWAR and DICTATORS guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman as the first-ever "Global Metal Ambassador." The onstage induction ceremony took place August 3 in front...

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How MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Found Himself 'At The Forefront Of Innovation In Music'

Rainer Maria Jilg of the German public broadcaster 3Sat conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine on August 4 at this year's edition of the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if it's true that MEGADETH was one of the first bands ever...

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Watch ACCEPT Perform With Orchestra At Germany's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

German/American heavy metal veterans ACCEPT celebrated the release of their new album, "The Rise Of Chaos", with a special performance this past Thursday, August 3 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. The set consisted of three parts: a classic ACCEPT set, packed with new and old hit...

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Listen To MASTERPLAN's Reworked Version Of HELLOWEEN's 'Mr. Ego'

MASTERPLAN, which features former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, will release a new studio album titled "PumpKings" on July 28 via AFM. The effort consists of reworked versions of HELLOWEEN songs from albums that Grapow played on during his time in the legendary German power metal band. Included...

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New ORANGE GOBLIN Album To Feature Guest Appearance By MOTÖRHEAD's PHIL CAMPBELL

London, England's ORANGE GOBLIN has commenced the songwriting process for a brand new album, to be released around May/June 2018. The new record will be their first for the Candlelight label since being acquired by Spinefarm/Universal and will be recorded early next year at Orgone Studios, U.K. with...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram To Embark On 'Dio Returns' World Tour; First Dates Announced

Live music's premier hologram production company Eyellusion today revealed initial dates for "Dio Returns: The World Tour", featuring a hologram of Ronnie James Dio reunited with the late rock star's former bandmates from the DIO band. The tour will make more than eighty stops around the globe, kick...

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Listen To MASTERPLAN's Reworked Version Of HELLOWEEN's 'Escalation 666'

MASTERPLAN, which features former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, will release a new studio album titled "PumpKings" on July 28 via AFM. The effort consists of reworked versions of HELLOWEEN songs from albums that Grapow played on during his time in the legendary German power metal band. Included...

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ARCH ENEMY Releases Music Video For New Single 'The World Is Yours'

ARCH ENEMY has released a new single, "The World Is Yours", taken from the band's forthcoming album, "Will To Power", due out on September 8 via Century Media Records. ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott comments: "We've been hard at work on the new album for a while now and we're proud to present th...

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METAL CHURCH Guitarist Looks Back On 'Horrible' Reunion Of Band's Classic Lineup

In a brand new interview with EonMusic, METAL CHURCH guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof spoke about the ill-fated reunion of the band's classic lineup for the 1999 "Masterpeace" album. He said: "'Masterpeace', which I like to call 'Disasterpeace'. The whole thing was a great idea, but when we tried to put t...

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Listen To ARCH ENEMY's Cover Of SKITSLICKERS' 'The Leader (Of The F**kin' Assholes)'

ARCH ENEMY's cover of the song "The Leader (Of The Fuckin' Assholes)" from the '80s Swedish hardcore punk band SKITSLICKERS can be streamed below. ARCH ENEMY's version of the track will appear on the "Råpunk" EP, to be included in the limited-edition deluxe box set of the band's new album, "Will To...

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UNISONIC Feat. HELLOWEEN Members: 'Exceptional' Performance Clip From 'Live In Wacken' DVD

A performance clip of the song "Exceptional" from UNISONIC's "Live In Wacken" set can be seen below. Recorded at UNISONIC's 2016 Wacken Open Air show, "Live In Wacken" will be released on July 21 via earMUSIC. With its 2012 self-titled debut album, UNISONIC unleashed a storm of enthusiasm. For the f...