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Former SABATON Keyboardist Discusses CIVIL WAR Debut

Chad Bowar of About.com Heavy Metal recently conducted an interview with former SABATON and current CIVIL WAR keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. About.com Heavy Metal: What led to you guys all leaving SABATON last year? Daniel Mÿhr: We all had our reasons to le...

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SAMMY HAGAR Announces New Rock-Collaborations Album 'Sammy Hagar And Friends'

On the eve of his fourth decade in rock and roll, Grammy Award-winning Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Sammy Hagar has teamed with a seminal array of his legendary rock and country artist friends and bandmates, past and present, for his first-ever rock collaborations album, "Sammy Hagar And Frie...

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Six-Year-Old Girl Sings 'Heavy Metal' On 'America's Got Talent' (Video)

A six-year-old girl shocked the judges on "America's Got Talent" last night (Tuesday, June 25) by screaming her way through an original "heavy metal" song. Aaralyn O'Neil, backed up on drums by brother Isaiah O'Neil, sang a track called "Zombie Skin", featuring such lyrics as "Everybody! Listen to m...

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BYZANTINE Bassist Quits

Bassist Michael "Skip" Cromer of reunited West Virginia metallers BYZANTINE has released the following statement: "I am writing this post to inform you that as of after the Sound Factory show this Friday, I will no longer be playing in BYZANTINE. "I have in recent months become a Christian and I fee...

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LORDI: Video Footage Of HELLFEST Press Conference

Video footage of LORDI's June 23 press conference at Hellfest in Clisson, France can be seen below. LORDI's new album, "To Beast Or Not To Beast", was released on March 1 in Europe (excluding Finland) via AFM Records. The CD was made available in North America on March 19 through The End Records. "T...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's ROCKENFIELD, WILTON Talk Next Chapter, Reflect On Past 30 Years (Video)

Google Play recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE drummer Scott Rockenfield and guitarist Michael Wilton. You can now watch the chat below. The new self-titled album from the Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE, was released today (Tuesday, June 25) via Century Media Records. The...

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NIGHTRAGE Singer Quits

Singer Antony Hämäläinen (pictured below) has officially left mutinational melodic death metallers NIGHTRAGE. He says: "There is no drama or bad blood. Quite the opposite actually as we all remain great friends. I personally would just like to explore other musical ventures. It's as simple as that."...

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JOE LYNN TURNER, TONY MARTIN, BIFF BYFORD, MARC STORACE To Take Part In SCHUBERT IN ROCK

Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) is taking part in the SCHUBERT IN ROCK project — a fusion of great rock musicians recording an album with Klaus Schubert from Austria. Also featured on the CD are the following singers: Tony Martin (ex-BLACK SABBAT...

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'The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert' To Be Released On 3DVD, Blu-Ray, And Digital Video

On September 3, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" on a triple DVD set, as an SD Blu-ray — with upscaled standard definition original material with uncompressed stereo and DTS-HD surround sound for the best possible quality — and digital. This release boasts...

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EDGUY's TOBIAS SAMMET Talks AVANTASIA On Brazil's 'Wikimetal' (Audio)

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with EDGUY and AVANTASIA singer Tobias Sammet. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. AVANTASIA will make its North American debut at the Quebec City Summer Festival (Festival D'été De Québec),set to take place Ju...

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STRYPER Frontman Comments On KANYE WEST's 'I Am A God'

Vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER has commented on hip hop artist Kanye West's decision to call his new album "Yeezus" and having a track called "I Am A God", with a humorously added "featuring God" credit listed. Said Sweet in a statement released to TMZ.com: "First...

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JAKE E. LEE Interviewed On VH1 CLASSIC's 'That Metal Show': Entire Episode Posted Online

Former OZZY OSBOURNE and BADLANDS guitarist Jake E. Lee was interviewed on this past weekend's episode of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show". You can now watch the entire program below. As previously reported, drummer Darren Smith of Canadian metallers WARMACHINE has been named the lead vocalist for Le...

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MPIRE OF EVIL, POWERWORLD Members Interviewed On 'Rich Davenport's Rock Show'

Tony "The Demolition Man" Dolan (MPIRE OF EVIL, VENOM) and Ilker Ersin (POWERWORLD, FREEDOM CALL) were interviewed on the latest edition of "Rich Davenport's Rock Show". The program can be streamed using the Mixcloud player below. MPIRE OF EVIL's "Crucified" album came out on May 7 via Deadline Musi...

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SAMMY HAGAR: New Music Preview, Video Interview

Rockin' Rag has posted a video interview and music sneak preview with legendary rocker Sammy Hagar and WDHA's Terrie Carr from Sunset Sessions 2013 in Carlsbad, California. Check it out below. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith and former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony recently spent time i...

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Former QUEENSRŸCHE Backing Singer PAMELA MOORE Talks To 'The Metal Factory' About Solo Album

Scotty The Rooster of "The Metal Factory" radio show on Insane Realm Radio recently conducted an interview with female vocalist Pamela Moore, who is best known for her performance as Sister Mary on QUEENSRŸCHE's 1988 epic release "Operation: Mindcrime" and 2006's sequel "Operation: Mindcrime II". Yo...