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Is Heavy Metal Bad for You? Or Is It a Lifesaver?
Laina Dawes, author of the book "What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life And Liberation In Heavy Metal" (Bazillion Points),was recently interviewed on the "Ontario Today" show on CBC Radio Canada. During the chat, she defended heavy metal against new research that suggests a link between the...February 15, 2013
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AC4 To Release 'Burn The World' In March
AC4, the Swedish hardcore punk band fronted by Dennis Lyxzén, best known as the singer of REFUSED and THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY, will release its second album, "Burn The World", on March 22 via Ny Våg Records. Lyxzén is backed in the group by guitarist Karl Backman, bassist Christoffer Rö...February 15, 2013
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LORDI Talks New Album In Video Interview
Sonic Shocks recently conducted an interview with Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI in London, England. You can now watch the chat below. LORDI will release its new album, "To Beast Or Not To Beast", on March 1 in Europe (excluding Finland) via AFM Records. The CD will be made available in North Am...February 14, 2013
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AMORPHIS To Perform Entire New Album At Helsinki Concert
Finnish melancholic dark metal forerunners AMORPHIS will perform their eleventh album, "Circle", in its entirety at a special record-release show on on April 25 at Circus in Helsinki. "Circle" will be released on April 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Production and mixing duties for the follow-up to 2...February 14, 2013
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Bassist: We Will Be 'Up There With The Big Boys For The Next 20 Years'
Brian Giffin of Australia's Loud magazine recently conducted an intervie with bassist Jay James of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Loud: Looking back on the ["Temper, Temper"] album now it's done, what are your thoughts about it? James: I thi...February 14, 2013
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RATT Taps Producer BRIAN HOWES For New Album
Eric Blair of "The Blairing Out With Eric Blair Show" conducted an interview with RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer at this year's NAMM (National Association Of Music Merchants) show, a massive music-products convention that took place January 24-27 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California....February 14, 2013
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Video: PRIMAL FEAR Singer Laying Down Guest Vocals On New TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK Album
Ralf Scheepers (PRIMAL FEAR, ex-GAMMA RAY) has recorded a guest appearance on the track "Within The World Of Dreams" from the forthcoming album from Norwegian metallers TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK, to be released in January 2014 via the Australian label Battlegod Productions. This song, which will open the a...February 14, 2013
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WHITESNAKE To Release 'Made In Japan' In April
Frontiers Records will release WHITESNAKE's highly anticipated live concert, "Made In Japan", on deluxe 2CD/DVD edition, Blu-ray and DVD in North America on Tuesday, April 23. Multi-platinum rock band WHITESNAKE co-headlined the Loud Park festival on October 15, 2011 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan...February 13, 2013
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BOBBIE BROWN Says PAUL STANLEY Was 'Creepiest' Rock Star That Ever Hit On Her
Bobbie Brown, the ex-wife of late WARRANT frontman Jani Lane and the video vixen in WARRANT's "Cherry Pie" video, recently fan-submitted questions via the Fuse.tv web site. Asked who is the "creepiest rock star" that ever hit on her, Bobbie said (see video below): "Paul Stanley from KISS. He was jus...February 13, 2013
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TWISTED SISTER Guitarist Looks Back On Band's Early Years
TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French has issued the following update: "Within the next year, a documentary about the history of the first 10 years of TWISTED SISTER will finally be exhibited from the [German] filmmaker Andy Horn. "Andy has been working on this documentary for the last four years....February 12, 2013
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RATT Singer's Tell-All Memoir Due In May
RATT singer Stephen Pearcy's long-awaited book, "Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll: My Life In Rock", will be released on May 7 via Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The 288-page hardcover is described in a press release as "a jaw-dropping tell-all from the lead singer of the 1980s superg...February 12, 2013
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TERROR: 'Live By The Code' Title Track Available For Streaming
"Live By The Code", a brand new song from the Los Angeles hardcore/metal band TERROR, can be seen below. The track is the title cut of the group's sixth studio album, which will be released on April 9 via Victory Records. Regarding TERROR's new deal with Victory, the band's vocalist, Scott Vogel, pr...February 12, 2013
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MEGADETH: New Album Title, Record Label Revealed
MEGADETH has set "Super Collider" as the title of its new album, due this June via MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's new label, Tradecraft, which is distributed by Universal Music Enterprises(UMe). "It was a real thrill for us to learn there was an opportunity to join Universal," said Mustaine. "It s...February 12, 2013
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ROYAL HUNT: New Audio Interview With DC COOPER
On February 9, Brian Rademacher of RockEyez conducted an interview with singer DC Cooper of Danish/American hard rockers ROYAL HUNT. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Frontiers Records released ROYAL HUNT's new box set, "20th Anniversary - Special Edition", on November 23, 20...February 12, 2013
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Navy SEAL: METALLICA Asked Us To Stop Using Their Music To Torture Prisoners
The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden told his story to Esquire magazine — speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. In the article, the unidentified man spoke of one raid, where he and his team, ...February 11, 2013
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