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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Drops The Puck Before Cardiff Devils Vs. Glasgow Braehead Clan Game (Video)

Bruce Dickinson was the guest of honor at Cardiff Devils' Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom on Sunday, November 20. The IRON MAIDEN singer watched the Welsh ice hockey team against Glasgow Braehead Clan and was invited to drop the puck before face-off. Check out video footage below. Last m...

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ARMORED SAINT Releases 'Aftermath' Performance Video

ARMORED SAINT has teamed up with PledgeMusic to give fans a new live album: "Carpe Noctum". Having toured with METALLICA, WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER, SCORPIONS and many other artists since their inception in the early '80s, ARMORED SAINT has always been a highly regarded live act — not only in their h...

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ARMORED SAINT Singer Is 'Bummed' About General Feeling Of Divison In America

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush has weighed in on underdog Donald Trump's stunning upset of Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, saying that "everyone just has to lighten up and respect everybody." Speaking to California Rock News at last night's (Thursday, No...

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ARMORED SAINT: 'Carpe Noctum' Live Album Details Revealed

ARMORED SAINT has teamed up with PledgeMusic to give fans a new live album: "Carpe Noctum". Having toured with METALLICA, WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER, SCORPIONS and many other artists since their inception in the early '80s, ARMORED SAINT has always been a highly regarded live act — not only in their h...

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ARCH ENEMY To Release 'As The Stages Burn!' DVD In March

ARCH ENEMY will release a new live DVD, "As The Stages Burn!", on March 31, 2017 via Century Media. The set contains video footage of the band's largest stage production to date from their performance last summer at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. This performance marks the pinnacle...

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ARMORED SAINT Drummer GONZO SANDOVAL Urges Americans To Vote For DONALD TRUMP

ARMORED SAINT drummer Gonzo Sandoval has publicly come out in support of Donald Trump, who is vying to become the next President of the United States. Gonzo, who — like his brother and ARMORED SAINT bandmate Phil Sandoval — is of Mexican descent (ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera is "half Mexican," ac...

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DORO PESCH On Being A Female Lead Singer In The '80s: 'It Was A Little Bit Lonely Sometimes'

Zombie Tapdance Magazine recently conducted an interview with German metal queen Doro Pesch. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how she's able to assemble an all-star cast of characters for her many live albums: Doro: "We are great friends...

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WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival Site Undergoes Major Excavation

It is known as the "Holy Wacken Land," but during this autumn, the infield in Wacken, Germany, where the world's biggest heavy metal festival takes place, looked like a moonscape. Large infrastructure measures for drainage and securing the area required special treatment. During the last two years,...

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STEVE HARRIS Will Never Make Other Bands Pay To Support IRON MAIDEN: 'It's Just Wrong'

Steve Harris says that he will never make any act pay for the opportunity to support IRON MAIDEN on tour, calling the pay-to-play practice "just wrong." Asked by Spain's Metal Journal why he is such an ardent supporter of new talent more than forty years after MAIDEN's inception, the bassist said: "...

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TARJA TURUNEN Releases 'Demons In You' Digital Single Featuring ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ

Coinciding with the start of Tarja Turunen's European tour in Hanover, Germany, this Friday, the Finnish queen of heavy rock surprises fans with the digital release of her new single, "Demons In You". On November 11, the single will also be released as an exclusive, limited 1CD digipak collector's i...

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DISTURBED Singer Blasts RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'It Almost Isn't Letting The Dead Be Dead'

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that he has mixed feelings about the hologram of Ronnie James Dio, which made its debut at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany on August 6. Created by Eyellusion, the surprise appearance of the heavy metal icon during DIO DISCIPLES' set closed out the massiv...

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MICHAEL WILTON: 'The Real Creativity Was Stifled' In Previous Version Of QUEENSRŸCHE

FOK! conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton on September 3 at the CityRock festival in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On choosing the setlist: Michael: "It's a balance to appease...

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GAMMA RAY's KAI HANSEN: 'XXX - Three Decades In Metal' Audio Samples

Kai Hansen, earMUSIC and Wacken Foundation are gearing up for the release of "XXX - Three Decades In Metal", the first solo album by Hansen, one of the most influential guitarists and singers to emerge from Germany during the first part of the '80s. Hansen first made his name with the ground-breakin...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Explains Why His Love For Aviation And Music Are Complementary

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson — who is also known as a commercial pilot, brewmaster, entrepreneur and creative business thinker — was interviewed on the August 22 edition of CNN International's flagship program "Quest Means Business". You can now watch the segment below. Asked why he thinks his...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON: 'People Still Pay For Music, Only In Different Ways'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson has compared the oil market's worst slump in a generation to what happened to the music business fifteen years ago when it refused to adapt to the changes brought about by the Internet. The digital music revolution started with Napster — the file-sharing service dr...