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QUEENSRŸCHE To Tour Europe This Summer

Seattle-based progressive metallers QUEENSRŸCHE will return to Europe this summer to promote their latest effort, "Condition Hüman", which was released last October via Century Media. Comments QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd LaTorre: "We are very much looking forward to returning back to Europe! The Europea...

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TREAT: New Song 'Endangered' Available For Streaming

Frontiers Music Srl will release "Ghost Of Graceland", the new album from Swedish hard rockers TREAT, on April 15. The song "Endangered", taken from "Ghost Of Graceland", can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Building on the success of their last album, 2010's "Coup De Grace", hailed by both fa...

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RAINBOW's 'Monsters Of Rock - Live At Donington 1980' DVD + CD Due In April

On April 22, Eagle Rock Entertainment release "Monsters Of Rock - Live At Donington 1980" by RAINBOW on DVD + CD format. The DVD contains all the surviving footage from the show and this release marks the first time that the audio from the show has been available as a full-length standalone CD. "Mon...

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RAGING SPEEDHORN To Release 'Lost Ritual' Album In July

Resurrected Corby, U.K. metallers RAGING SPEEDHORN will release their new album, titled "Lost Ritual", on July 15. However, anyone who pledged on the record will receive their copy a week earlier, on July 8. RAGING SPEEDHORN guitarist Jim Palmer had this to say on the album and its title: "This albu...

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DEFTONES Perform New Song 'Doomed User' Live For First Time (Video)

California-based rock band DEFTONES performed a brand new song, "Doomed User", live for the first time this past Saturday, March 5 at the Musink festival at the OC Fair & Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. "Doomed User" is taken from DEFTONES' ei...

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DYING FETUS, THE ACACIA STRAIN, JUNGLE ROT Set For Sixth Annual 'Metal Alliance Tour'

The sixth annual "Metal Alliance Tour" will be headlined by DYING FETUS, with support from THE ACACIA STRAIN, JUNGLE ROT, BLACK CROWN INITIATE and rotating openers REAPING ASMEDEIA and NYLITHIA. The trek will make its way across United States and Canada starting on the East Coast in April. The dates...

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CHRIS CORNELL Announces Second Leg Of 'Higher Truth' Tour

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell has announced the second North American leg of his critically acclaimed "Higher Truth" world tour, with fan presales beginning today (March 7). The tour will kick off on June 16 in Clearwater, Florida and travel up the East Coast through the Midwest and up to the Pac...

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VARDIS To Release 'Red Eye' Album In May

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) band VARDIS will release its new album, "Red Eye", on May 20 via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort will be made available as a digipak version (including two bonus tracks and poster),LP version in red vinyl and as a digital download (iTunes exclusive contains two...

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DEE SNIDER Doesn't Feel TWISTED SISTER Has Gotten Its Due

In a brand new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider was asked if he feels the band has finally gotten its due and the respect it deserves, more than forty years after its inception. He responded: "I've often taken personal responsibility for wherever I went in my he...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: 'I'm Scratching My Head' About RITCHIE BLACKMORE's New RAINBOW

Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer Joe Lynn Turner says that he is still "scratching [his] head" about why Ritchie Blackmore has chosen to go out and perform the two bands' classic material with a new group musicians instead of reforming RAINBOW with a more "authentic" lineup. Turner — who fronte...

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GUNS N' ROSES Keyboardist CHRIS PITMAN Apologizes For Calling Reunion 'Nostalgia Tour'

Longtime GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman has apologized for calling the band's reunion a "nostalgia tour." The reunited GUNS N' ROSES — featuring Axl Rose alongside guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan — has six shows scheduled so far, all in April: two at the Coachella Music And Arts Fes...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Announces U.S. Spring Tour With An 'Intimate' Twist

In anticipation of his upcoming book, "18 And Life On Skid Row", iconic rocker Sebastian Bach will embark on a U.S. spring tour that will incorporate an intimate acoustic set followed by a full electric live show. Says Bach: "'An Evening With Sebastian Bach'. No, that doesn't mean we're going to end...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL Wishes His Former Bandmates Well

Ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal says that he had "a lot of fun" playing in the Axl Rose-fronted group and wishes his former bandmates "well." Just days after guitarist DJ Ashba quit GUNS N' ROSES last July, a source confirmed to Detroit music writer Gary Graff that Thal was also no...

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SLASH Gets New GUNS N' ROSES Guitar Pick (Photo)

Dunlop has created new Tortex guitar picks for Slash that the guitarist will presumably use during GUNS N' ROSES' upcoming tour. The new pick, which can be seen below, features GUNS N' ROSES' "bullet" logo, which is synonymous with the band's classic lineup. GUNS N' ROSES has six shows scheduled so...

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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Metal Gods' Performance Clip From 'Battle Cry' DVD

JUDAS PRIEST's tour in support of their 17th studio album overall, "Redeemer Of Souls", was one of the most extensive of the group's entire career — consisting of 130 shows in 33 countries, and offering a setlist that touched upon selections from nearly all of their classic albums. And now, fans can...