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TARJA TURUNEN On Terrorist Attacks In Europe: 'You Can't Live In Fear'

Metal-Heads.de conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 4-6 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if the recent spate of terrorist attacks in Europe have made her more concerned that som...

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Norwegian Black Metal Legends EMPEROR To Perform 'Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk' Live In 2017

Norwegian black metallers EMPEROR will return in 2017 for a few exclusive appearances, perfoming their "Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk" album in its entirety to celebrate the LP's 20th anniversary. The first confirmed show is next August at the Brutal Assault festival in Josefov, Czech Republic. Unli...

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DISTURBED Singer Defends Streaming Music Services: They Were 'Never Meant To Replace Physical Sales'

Musik Universe conducted an interview with DISTURBED singer David Draiman at this year's Heavy Montreal festival, which was held August 6-7 at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if he thinks streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music help the...

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Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Explains Decision To Shelf NEWSTED Project

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Billboard.com about his decision to shelf NEWSTED, the heavy metal project he operated between 2012 and 2014. "I was trying to take on too much stuff at once," he said. "You can only do so much and make it work right. I won't call it over ...

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SONATA ARCTICA: Lyric Video For New Song 'Closer To An Animal'

Finnish melodic metal quintet SONATA ARCTICA will release its ninth album, titled "The Ninth Hour", on October 7 via Nuclear Blast. Once again, the CD was produced by SONATA ARCTICA themselves and mixed by Pasi Kauppinen to create a typical yet refreshing sound that defines the spirit of the band in...

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PANTERA's 'The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition' To Include Previously Unreleased Recordings

PANTERA's "The Great Southern Trendkill: 20th Anniversary Edition" will be released on October 21. This two-disc set includes the original album remastered, plus a dozen previously unreleased mixes, instrumentals, and live recordings. Also being released on October 21 is a single LP titled "The Grea...

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'AC/DC In Full Flight' Book Features Concert Photos From BON SCOTT, BRIAN JOHNSON Years

Wymer Publishing has announced "AC/DC In Full Flight", a collection of AC/DC concert photos, most never seen before, taken during the last days with Bon Scott and the early years with Brian Johnson. All the photos were taken in England between 1978 and 1982. The Bon Scott-era photos were taken at th...

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GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA Feat. ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Members: 'Crucifixion' Video

"Crucifixion", the new Oleg Rooz-directed video from GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA, the band featuring ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall alongside members of MASTODON and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, can be seen below. The track is taken from GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA's debut album, "Broken Lines", whic...

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STEEL PANTHER Meets 'ANGELA MERKEL' At WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival (Video)

Drummer Stix Zadinia and vocalist Michael Starr of Los Angeles glam-metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER met with German chancellor Angela Merkel (played by German actress Sara Kelly-Husain) at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 4-6 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch their discu...

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SERPENTINE DOMINION Feat. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, CANNIBAL CORPSE Members: Debut Album Details Revealed

SERPENTINE DOMINION, the new band featuring KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz, CANNIBAL CORPSE frontman George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and ex-THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER drummer Shannon Lucas, will release its self-titled debut album on October 28 via Metal Blade. "Serpentine Dominion" track li...

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Watch Official, High-Quality Video Of RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram From WACKEN OPEN AIR

Over 75,000 fans were rocked at the Wacken Open Air music festival in Germany this past weekend as the late Ronnie James Dio reunited with his bandmates via hologram. The surprise performance took place at the end of DIO DISCIPLES' set to close the world's largest annual live heavy metal event. DIO...

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ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT Talks About Writing Process For Next Album

ARTE Concert conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz and guitarist Michael Amott at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held August 4-6 in Wacken, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the ARCH...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE To Enter Studio This Month

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will shortly commence work on their first new material since 2015's "Venom" album. Bassist Jamie Mathias told ARTE Concert at last weekend's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany (see video below): "I think the plan is, at the end of this month, we're go...

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Video: ZAKK WYLDE Performs Acoustically At 'HardDrive Radio' Studios

Zakk Wylde and Dario Lorina recently stopped by the HardDrive Radio studios to perform the song "Yesterday's Tears" from Zakk's "Book Of Shadows II" album. Check out the footage below. Wylde is currently touring in support of "Book Of Shadows II". Wylde is hitting over 40 cities spread out across th...

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Video: SEBASTIAN BACH Performs At HEAVY MONTREAL Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach's August 6 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. Bach's long-awaited autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row", which was scheduled to be released in June, will n...