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SLASH Featured On 'Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume One' Tribute Album

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash has joined forces with Aaron Freeman (a.k.a. Gene Ween of WEEN) on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Wiggle Wiggle", to be included on a new tribute album to the legendary singer. Slash played acoustic guitar on the original version of the song, which appeared on Dylan's 1...

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GOTTHARD To Release 'BANG!' In April

Veteran Swiss rockers GOTTHARD will release their new album, "BANG!", on April 7 through PIAS. GOTTHARD has been at home touring the globe for over 20 years throughout Europe, North and South America and Asia on the back of 14 studio and live albums. They have collected multiple gold and platinum aw...

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ASIA: 'Valkyrie' Video Released

"Valkyrie", the new video from the legendary British band ASIA, can be seen below. According to USA Today, ASIA bassist John Wetton drew his inspiration for the song from the Norse deities who accompany the souls of heroic warriors to Valhalla. "I've got a bit of a fetish about the sacred feminine,"...

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REV THEORY: New Single 'Red Light Queen' Available For Streaming

New York rock act REV THEORY has returned after a two-year absence with a new single that will impact radio immediately. The composition, "Red Light Queen", is one of six the band has completed, with another half dozen tracks in motion. Singer Rich Luzzi reveals, "'Red Light Queen' is three minutes...

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MAGNUM: Audio Sample Of New Song 'Too Many Clowns'

Influential British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM will release their 19th studio album, "Escape From The Shadow Garden", on March 25 (one day earlier internationally) via Steamhammer/SPV. The effort will be made available as a limited digipak edition with bonus material, as a double colored vinyl LP,...

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British Supergroup ASIA To Release 'Gravitas' In March

ASIA, the legendary British band, moves into the next phase of its extraordinary career with "Gravitas", a brave new album that explores different musical landscapes while embracing its familiar musical past. Produced and written by band members John Wetton and Geoff Downes, "Gravitas" is deeply int...

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CRADLE OF FILTH To Utilize Two Session Guitarists For European Tour With BEHEMOTH

Guitarists Paul Allender and James McIlroy of British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH will both sit out the band's European co-headlining tour with BEHEMOTH due to "hugely important family matters" and "serious neck surgery," respectively. Filling in for them will be Ashok of Czech groups ROOT and...

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Classic BLACK SABBATH Albums Re-Enter BILLBOARD Chart

According to Billboard.com, several of BLACK SABBATH's catalog of albums made their digital debut a week ago, thus sparking a return to the chart for two of their classic titles. Both "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid", released in 1970, return to the chart this week. "Paranoid" re-enters at No. 121 wit...

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CLAWFINGER: Ultimate Anniversary Edition Of 'Deaf Dumb Blind' Due In March

20 years after its original release, preparations started for the ultimate anniversary edition of CLAWFINGER's classic album, "Deaf Dumb Blind", one of the most important crossover albums of the 1990s. "Deaf Dumb Blind" was turned into "Deafer Dumber Blinder" (which can be taken as a promise conside...

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MAGNUM: 'Escape From The Shadow Garden' Track Listing Revealed

Influential British melodic hard rockers MAGNUM will release their 19th studio album, "Escape From The Shadow Garden", on March 25 (one day earlier internationally) via Steamhammer/SPV. The effort will be made available as a limited digipak edition with bonus material, as a double colored vinyl LP,...

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BLACK SABBATH: 'The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1978' Now Available On iTunes

When Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Terry "Geezer" Butler and Bill Ward formed BLACK SABBATH in 1969, they created a signature sound that set the blueprint for heavy music and influenced generations of disciples for years to come. For the first time, the full catalog from the original BLACK SABBATH line...

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PIERCE THE VEIL Interviewed By PitCam TV (Video)

PitCam TV recently conducted an interview with the California-based progressive post-hardcore band PIERCE THE VEIL. You can now watch the chat below. PIERCE THE VEIL's very first documentary, "This Is A Wasteland", offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the band's life on the road through interviews,...

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SCORPIONS' KLAUS MEINE: 'There's A Huge Demand From The Fans And A Whole New Audience'

Brian Aberback of New Jersey's Steppin' Out magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Steppin' Out: When the SCORPIONS released their last studio album, "Sting In The Tail", in 2010, the band sai...

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BABYMETAL Interviewed At ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA (Video)

MTV 81 conducted an interview with BABYMETAL — the heavy metal offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and death metal — at Asia's biggest anime bash, Anime Festival Asia 2013. You can now watch the chat below. BABYMETAL relea...

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Former OZZY OSBOURNE Guitarist JAKE E. LEE Interviewed By EDDIE TRUNK Before Whisky Show (Video)

A short video interview with former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS and current RED DRAGON CARTEL guitarist Jake E. Lee conducted by radio personality and "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk prior to RED DRAGON CARTEL's first-ever show on December 12 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California...