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IAN HILL Says 'It's Up In The Air At The Moment' Whether JUDAS PRIEST Will Start Working On New Album Early Next Year

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill says that the band hasn't decided yet whether it will continue touring in support of its 2014 album "Redeemer Of Souls" through 2016 or if it will return to the studio to make a follow-up record. "We've got a few more territories to cover — or re-cover, [since] people w...
October 26, 2015
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EUROPE: 'Nothin' To Ya' Performance Clip From 'War Of Kings Special Edition'

EUROPE's place as a legendary hard rock band was platinum-stamped early in their career. Having enjoyed an explosive period of worldwide success in the '80s (under-pinned by their hit album and single "The Final Countdown"),2015's "War Of Kings" has seen them take full advantage of the global groun...
October 26, 2015
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MASTERPLAN's Album Of Re-Recorded HELLOWEEN Songs To Arrive Next Year

Heavy Talk conducted an interview with MASTERPLAN members Roland Grapow (guitar; HELLOWEEN) and Rick Altzi (vocals; AT VANCE, SANDALINAS, THUNDERSTONE) during the band's recent South American tour. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On re...
October 24, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST: Multi-Camera Video Footage Of Las Vegas Concert

Multi-camera video footage of JUDAS PRIEST performing the song "Desert Plains" on October 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada can be seen below. JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford recently told the Q104 radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada about the band's plans to record the follow-up album to last year'...
October 20, 2015
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EUROPE Announces 'War Of Kings Special Edition', 2016 USA Tour

EUROPE's place as a legendary hard rock band was platinum-stamped early in their career. Having enjoyed an explosive period of worldwide success in the '80s (under-pinned by their hit album and single "The Final Countdown"),2015's "War Of Kings" has seen them take full advantage of the global groun...
October 16, 2015
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EXUMER To Enter Studio This Month

German thrash metal veterans EXUMER will enter a studio in Dortmund, Germany on October 19 to begin recording the follow-up to their 2012 album "Fire & Damnation" for an early 2016 release via Metal Blade. The band will once again work with producer Waldemar Sorychta (SODOM, MOONSPELL, GRIP INC....
October 16, 2015
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CIRCLE II CIRCLE: Lyric Video For New Song 'Ghost Of The Devil'

Following the impressive main-stage performance of Zak Stevens with SAVATAGE and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA in front of 80,000 people at Wacken Open Air festival 2015, Zak and his band CIRCLE II CIRCLE will release their new album, "Reign Of Darkness", on October 16 via earMUSIC. The official lyric vi...
October 10, 2015
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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On Plans For 'Redeemer Of Souls' Follow-Up: 'We're Raring To Go'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was recently interviewed on the Q104 radio station in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On JUDAS PRIEST's plans to record a follow-up album to...
October 9, 2015
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MASTERPLAN: 'Spirit Never Die' Performance Clip From 'Keep Your Dream aLive' DVD

Melodic metallers MASTERPLAN will unleash their first-ever concert release on October 9. "Keep Your Dream aLive" will be available as DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD sets, both including the entire show from Masters Of Rock festival, recordings from Wacken Open Air, footage from the band's latest Asian tour a...
October 7, 2015
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CANDLEMASS To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With Brand New EP

Swedish metal legends CANDLEMASS are back to celebrate 30 years of doom with a brand new EP. Four studio tracks featuring Mats Levén on vocals are being recorded during September/October for a special anniversary release early next year on Napalm Records. CANDLEMASS has also announced that Levén, wh...
October 2, 2015
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BORKNAGAR To Release 'Winter Thrice' Album In January

Norwegian extreme metallers BORKNAGAR will release their tenth album, "Winter Thrice", on January 22, 2016 via Century Media. The CD was mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studio in Sweden by Jens Bogren (OPETH, KREATOR, PARADISE LOST),who previously took care of mixing duties for BORKNAGAR's...
October 1, 2015
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STRATOVARIUS: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Shine In The Dark' Performance From WACKEN TV

Wacken TV has uploaded professionally filmed video footage of Finnish metallers STRATOVARIUS performing their new song "Shine In The Dark" on July 31at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Check it out below. STRATOVARIUS's new album, "Eternal", was released in three formats: standard CD...
September 29, 2015
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MASTERPLAN To Release 'Keep Your Dream aLive' DVD/CD And Blu-Ray/CD In October

Melodic metallers MASTERPLAN will unleash their first-ever concert release on October 9. "Keep Your Dream aLive" will be available as DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD sets, both including the entire show from Masters Of Rock festival, recordings from Wacken Open Air, footage from the band's latest Asian tour a...
September 22, 2015
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SLAYER's 'Repentless' Cracks U.S. Top 5

SLAYER's "Repentless" debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending September 17. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent alb...
September 20, 2015
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SLAYER Members Discuss Writing Of New Song 'Cast The First Stone' (Video)

Video footage of the members of SLAYER discussing the writing of their new song "Cast The First Stone" can be seen below. SLAYER guitarist Kerry King previously told Rolling Stone that he got the idea for the track while walking around Greece, thinking about all of the bloodshed that took place ther...
September 19, 2015