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AVULSED: 'Dead Flesh Awakened' Video Released

"Dead Flesh Awakened", the new video from Spanish death metal veterans AVULSED, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's long-awaited sixth full-length album, "Ritual Zombi", which was released on September 1 via the following labels: * Xtreem Music (Europe) CD * Seraved Records (North Ameri...

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LITA FORD: 'The Bitch is Back... Live' Cover Artwork, Track Listing Revealed

'80s hard rock queen Lita Ford will release a new live album, "The Bitch is Back...Live", on October 22 in North America, on October 25 in Germany and on October 28 in the rest of Europe through SPV/Steamhammer. The disc features a recording of Lita's October 2012 performance at the Canyon Club in A...

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Former FOREIGNER Singer LOU GRAMM To Perform With 'Raiding The Rock Vault'

Raiding The Rock Vault — the ultimate classic rock concert experience — has announced Lou Gramm, best known as the founding vocalist of the rock band FOREIGNER, as the next singer in its Icon Series. Gramm will perform in five shows from October 18 to October 22. One of the best-selling bands of all...

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GAMMA RAY To Enter Studio Tomorrow

German power metallers GAMMA RAY have issued the following update: "After a successful tour across Europe and Asia, it is time now to finish what had been started with 'Master Of Confusion' EP beginning of this year: the band will enter their studio tomorrow looking through and carrying together new...

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CHTHONIC: 'Set Fire To The Island' Video Released

"Set Fire To The Island", the new video from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, can be seen below. Directed by Hoiji Huang and Alulu Kuo, the clip features stunning live footage from last year's Mass Battle concert in Taiwan and serves as a teaser for their pending Next Republic Asia Tour 2013. Says CHTH...

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CARL PALMER Says He Turned Down Opportunity To Play With BLACK SABBATH

Carl Palmer, the rock percussionist and veteran of hit British rock bands — including EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, ASIA, THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN and ATOMIC ROOSTER — says he turned down an opportunity to play with BLACK SABBATH when the heavy metal legends were looking for a drummer to replac...

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DARK FUNERAL At U.K.'s BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR: Audio Interview, Pro-Shot Performance Footage

On August 9, Felicity Hall of GetYourRockOut conducted an interview with Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL at the Bloodstock Open Air festival at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now listen to the chat below. Also available is professionally filmed video footage of DARK FUNERAL's...

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RIOT To Release New Album In 2014

Long-running U.S. metallers RIOT will release an as-yet-untitled new album in 2014 via SPV/Steamhammer (in North America and Europe) and Avalon/Marquee (Asia). The band will enter the studio in December to begin recording its first studio CD without guitarist and founding member Mark Reale, who die...

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TOBIAS SAMMET Issues Recap Of AVANTASIA's 'The Mystery World Tour'

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet has issued the following recap of the just-completed world tour from his AVANTASIA project: "Friends, finally I have cooled down a little after this extensive AVANTASIA world tour. Finally I have found a few moments to write down my thoughts on the tour. "I have been on...

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METALLICA Rocks China With Two Sold-Out Shows

Shanghai has witnessed music history. For the first time in its 30-plus-year career, METALLICA brought its earth-shattering live performance to China. Life-long fans from across the country descended upon Shanghai's Mercedes-Benz Arena for two sold-out nights. The first night sold out in record time...

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ROYAL HUNT Completes Writing New Album

Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT have completed all songwriting for their new album and rehearsals/pre-production will begin in a couple of weeks. The material has been described as a continuation of the band's last CD, "Show Me How To Live", but with new elements in in both the songwriting a...

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AVANTASIA Mainman Interviewed By U.K.'s JÄGERMEISTER At BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR (Video)

Jägermeister U.K. conducted an interview with EDGUY and AVANTASIA singer Tobias Sammet at the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which is being held August 8-11 at Catton Park, Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. AVANTASIA made its North American debut on July 7 at the Quebec Ci...

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UNISONIC Begins Work On Material For Second Album

UNISONIC, the band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen alongside guitarist Mandy Meyer (ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),bassist Dennis Ward and drummer Kosta Zafiriou (both of Germany's PINK CREAM 69),has "started collecting and exchanging ideas" for its...

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CHTHONIC Bassist: We Aren't A Political Band

Raymond Westland of Ghost Cult magazine recently conducted an interview with bassist Doris Yeh of Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Ghost Cult: A lot of the lyrics and albums in the band's discography are steeped in Tawainese political and historical them...

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AVANTASIA: Audio Recording Of MASTERS OF ROCK Press Conference

Japan's Metal Moment podcast has uploaded an audio recording of AVANTASIA's press conference at this year's Masters Of Rock festival on July 14 in Vizovice, Czech Republic. Taking part in the question-and-answer session, which can be streamed using the audio player below, were Tobias Sammet (EDGUY),...