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SLASH To Partner With IFAW For 'Beneath The Savage Sun' Video

This week, Slash released "World On Fire", his latest solo album with his backing band MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS. He has already put out a pretty intense lyric video for the title track, so VH1 Radio Network's Dave Basner asked him if fans can expect more visuals for songs on the record....

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HIM To Release Limited-Edition Box Set Plus Four Deluxe Titles

Finnish "love" metallers HIM will release a limited-edition box set, "Lashes To Ashes, Lust To Dust: A Vinyl Retrospective '96-'03", on November 25 via The End. The box set includes the rare debut 1996 EP "666 Ways To Love: Prologue" on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl for the first time ever, along with...

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MOTHERLOAD Singer Says He Was Forced To Quit Day Job After Rejecting Sexual Advances Of Female Colleague

According to DailyMail.co.uk, the singer of the British hard rock band MOTHERLOAD claims that he was forced to quit his day job at a furniture store after a female coworker sexually harassed him by slapping his buttocks and calling him lewd names. 31-year-old Tom Ford says that Lucy Myers showered h...

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Video Premiere: SKELETONWITCH's 'Unending, Everliving'

"Unending, Everliving", the gruesome new music video by SKELETONWITCH, can be seen below. The track — taken from the band's acclaimed 2013 release, "Serpents Unleashed" — was put to film by Cleveland, Ohio's Turnstyle Films, with whom the band also collaborated on the promo clips for "I Am Of Death...

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LACUNA COIL: 'Nothing Stands In Our Way' Video Released

"Nothing Stands In Our Way", the new video from Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest studio album, "Broken Crown Halo", which sold around 13,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 27 on The Billb...

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ACE FREHLEY Says PAUL STANLEY And GENE SIMMONS Are 'Trying To Use Psychology' On Fans

Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley says that KISS leaders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons are "trying to use psychology on the fans" so that the fans will accept the new version of the band, which doesn't include Frehley and drummer Peter Criss. Simmons and Stanley have chosen to have current KISS me...

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LACUNA COIL's ANDREA FERRO Speaks To U.K.'s PLANETMOSH (Audio)

PlanetMosh conducted an interview with vocalist Andrea Ferro of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 7-10 at Catton Hall, Walton-On-Trent, West Midlands, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat using the audio play...

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LINKIN PARK Fans Become 'Mini Statues' On 'Carnivores' Tour

Staramba USA Corp., the German-American technology start-up joint-venture, is bringing fans of LINKIN PARK closer to their idols than ever before: from August 8 to September 19, the specialists in 3D body scanning and printing are joining the band's North American trek in support of LINKIN PARK's ne...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Explains Decision To Leave MEGADETH: 'I Just Couldn't Go On Anymore'

In a brand new interview with Wondering Sound, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman explained his decision to leave the band in 1999 in order to make the kind of music that he was passionate about: Japanese pop music, or J-Pop, which Friedman calls "embarrassingly happy." "I found myself touring...

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SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN: Bands Who Use Pre-Recorded Tracks During Live Shows Are 'Ripping Off' Fans

SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan has slammed bands who use pre-recorded backing tracks in their live shows, saying that he feels "ripped off" when he sees groups lip-synching in concert. Asked about reports that MÖTLEY CRÜE is using "backing tracks to sing and play to" on the band's current tour and hi...

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KIX Guitarist Wanted To Keep Band's Spirit Alive On 'Rock Your Face Off'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with KIX guitarist Brian "Damage" Forsythe. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: KIX came out of the Baltimore music scene and had a lot of success locally as a bar band before branching out nationally. Was that...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO: 'We're The Closest We've Been As A Band For A Long Time'

The Rockpit recently conducted an interview with SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Rockpit: It certainly seems like you are a happy band these days. Everyone seems to be getting on so well, and to see you guys playing out there, live, so ...

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Blues Legend JOHNNY WINTER Dead At 70

Blues legend Johnny Winter died yesterday (Wednesday, July 16) at his hotel room in Zurich, Switzerland at the age of 70. His wife, family and bandmates are all saddened by the loss of their loved one and one of the world's finest guitarists. According to the Chicago Tribune, there was no indication...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT: 'Anything You're Playing, Your Heart Should Be In It'

Steven Rosen of Ultimate-Guitar.com recently conducted an interview with GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ultimate-Guitar.com: How challenging is it for you as a guitarist to play the music of GUNS N' ROSES? Thal: I don't think the GUNS...

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BABYMETAL 'Did Not Know What Metal Was' When Band First Started

Colin McQuistan of The Huffington Post conducted an interview with BABYMETAL — the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal — before the band's sold-out July 7 concert at the Forum in London, England. BABYMETAL...