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QUEENSRŸCHE Singer Schedules More Solo Dates

QUEENSRŸCHE lead singer Geoff Tate has scheduled the following solo dates: Apr. 29 - Denver, CO - Bluebird May 01 - Lincoln, NE - Knickerbockers May 02 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House May 03 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall May 04 - Lincolnshire, IL - Viper Alley May 05 - Chicago, ...

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METALACHI: The World's First And Only Heavy Metal Mariachi Band

METALACHI, billed as the first and only heavy metal mariachi band, has lined up a number of U.S. dates leading up to its appearance at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival on March 15 in Austin, Texas. The group is described as "a five-piece ensemble of classically trained mari...

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CRASHDIET Bassist Undergoes Surgery For Spinal Disc Herniation

Bassist Peter London of Swedish Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET underwent surgery earlier this week after he was diagnosed with spinal disc herniation. A herniated (slipped) disk occurs when all or part of a disk in the spine is forced through a weakened part of the disk. This places pressure on near...

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CRASHDIET Bassist To Undergo Surgery For Spinal Disc Herniation

Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET have been forced to cancel their March 9 appearance at the Rock The Night festival in Lichtenfels, Germany so that the band's bassist, Peter London, can undergo surgery after he was diagnosed with spinal disc herniation. Commented Peter: "Well, as some of you already k...

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UPON WINGS Releases 'The Dream' Debut Single

UPON WINGS will release its debut single, "The Dream", on March 6 via iTunes, Amazon MP3 and Google Music. "The Dream" is the result of a collaboration between classically-trained mezzo-soprano Anne Erickson and Grammy-nominated producer Glenn Brown (EVANS BLUE, SPINAL TAP, THE VERVE PIPE). UPON WIN...

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SLAYER, IRON MAIDEN Vans Shoes Being Reissued As Part Of Special SXSW Promotion

Vans — one of the world's leaders in the shoe and apparel market — and Nice Kicks have teamed up to present Vulcanized Vinyl, a temporary pop-up shop in Austin, Texas during the SXSW (South By Southwest) Music And Media Conference, taking place March 9-18. The retail space will be open noon to midni...

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PSYCROPTIC Drummer Talks 'The Inherited Repression' In New Audio Interview

On January 17, Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault conducted an interview with drummer Dave Haley of Australian technical death metallers PSYCROPTIC. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud player below. PSYCROPTIC's fifth studio album, "The Inherited Repression", was released on Feb...

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Former COAL CHAMBER Bassist's VERA MESMER: New Performance Footage Available

Video footage of VERA MESMER, the project featuring ex-COAL CHAMBER bassist Nadja Peulen and former REVEILLE guitarist Chris Turner (a.k.a. Christopher Mesmer),performing the song "Back From The Dead", on February 3 at the Viper Room in Hollywood, California can be seen below. VERA MESMER spent the...

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DAVID LEE ROTH: 'I've Been Rich And I've Been Poor. Rich Is Better. Totally Better.'

Guardian.co.uk recently conducted an interview with VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. On whether it was ever hard work appearing to be having that much fun all the time: Roth: "I was a surgical tech right out of high school, I sold clothes; I shovelled ...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's KIA Commercial Posted Online

Dreams have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout history, and Kia Motors America (KMA) is tapping into the idea of dreams revealing true desires in a new 60-second commercial set to air during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. In the spot, titled "Drive the Dream", the new 2012 O...

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OLIVER DAWSON SAXON To Release 'Motorbiker' This Month

OLIVER DAWSON SAXON, the British heavy metal band featuring founding SAXON members Graham Oliver and Steve Dawson, will release its long-awaited album, "Motorbiker", on February 27 via Angel Air Records. The CD was described by Dawson in a recent interview as "what me and Graham do best . . . a hard...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE In KIA Commercial; More Details Revealed

Dreams have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout history, and Kia Motors America (KMA) is tapping into the idea of dreams revealing true desires in a new 60-second commercial set to air during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI. In the spot, titled "Drive the Dream", the new 2012 O...

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MINISTRY: 'Double Tap' Single Due Next Month

Deep in the heart of Hell Paso Texas, MINISTRY's Al Jourgensen re-opened the doors of his industrial compound studio in fall 2011 and invited his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS),Tony Campos (STATIC-X),Tommy Victor (PRONG) and Casey Orr (RIGOR MORTIS, GWAR) to climb on board th...

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PSYCROPTIC Guitarist's Online Video Chat Available

Guitarist Joe Haley of Australian technical death metallers PSYCROPTIC took part in an online video chat on January 9. You can now watch the 47-minute question-and-answer session below. PSYCROPTIC's fifth studio album, "The Inherited Repression", will be released on February 7 in North America and F...

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PSYCROPTIC: Third 'The Inherited Repression' Trailer Posted Online

The third trailer for "The Inherited Repression", the fifth studio album from Australian technical death metallers PSYCROPTIC, can be seen below. The CD will be released on February 7 in North America and February 10 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. Commented PSYCROPTIC guitarist Joe Haley: "'Th...