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MERCYFUL FATE's Manager Offers Recap Of Band's Performance At METALLICA's Anniversary Event

MERCYFUL FATE members King Diamond (vocals),Hank Shermann (guitar),Timi Hansen (bass) and Michael Denner (guitar) were among the musicians who joined METALLICA on stage on December 7 for the second of four intimate shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco as part of the week-long celebration of META...

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CRASHDIET Drummer Fractures Hand, Is Forced To Sit Out Dates

Drummer Eric Young of Swedish glam rockers CRASHDIET fractured his right hand and his unable to perform with his bandmates in Rome, Italy (December 13); Milan, Italy (December 14); and Lichtenfels, Germany (December 167). Filling in for him for those shows is Michael Sweet, the "kid brother" of CRAS...

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DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, DYING FETUS: 'Metal Alliance Tour' Dates

DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, DYING FETUS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and IMPENDING DOOM will join forces for the Metal Alliance Tour in March/April 2012. The dates are as follows: Mar. 15 - Austin, TX @ SXSW / Scoot Inn Mar. 16 - New Orleans, LA @ The Hangar Mar. 17 - St ...

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KAI HANSEN Talks GAMMA RAY, UNISONIC In New Video Interview

HeavyWorlds.com conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Kai Hansen of German power metallers GAMMA RAY when the band played at the Winter Masters Of Rock festival on November 26, 2011 in Zlin, Czech Republic. You can now watch the chat below. GAMMA RAY's latest release, "Skeletons & Majes...

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GREAT WHITE Singer Says His Estranged Bandmates Are Trying To Keep Him From Doing What He Loves

GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell says that he is "deeply hurt and saddened" by his estranged bandmates' decision to "purposely exploit [his] personal and private medical conditions to try to prevent [him] from doing what [he] love[s]." Russell revealed over the weekend that he was joining forces with...

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GREAT WHITE: JACK RUSSELL 'Does Not Have The Right To Start His Own' Version Of The Band

GREAT WHITE members Mark Kendall (lead guitar),Scott Snyder (bass),Audie Desbrow (drums),Michael Lardie (guitar, keyboards) and Terry Ilous (lead vocals) have responded to founding singer Jack Russell's announcement that he is planning to hit the road in early 2012 with a brand new version of GRE...

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VOLBEAT, ICED EARTH Leaders Planning Collaboration

Michael Poulsen of Danish metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT joined ICED EARTH on stage on December 3, 2011 at Amager Bio in Copenhagen, Denmark to perform the classic ICED EARTH song "Watching Over Me". A video message from Poulsen and ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer recorded shortly after the concert...

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MATT SORUM On The Last Days Of GUNS N' ROSES (Video)

Matt Sorum (VELVET REVOLVER, GUNS N' ROSES, THE CULT) was interviewed last week on Sydney, Australia's Triple M radio station when he was in town for the Hard Rock Café opening down in Darling Harbour, a locality of the city center of Sydney. When asked what the final straw was that broke up ...

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X-UFO: New Video Interview Posted Online

Mark Taylor of MetalTalk.net conducted an interview with X-UFO — the band featuring card-carrying UFO members Laurence Archer, Danny Peyronel and Clive Edwards, along with Rocky Newton from UFO spin-off MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP — on November 25 at the Tropic At Ruislip club in Ruislip, England. You ca...

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STEEL PANTHER's X-Rated Holiday Song

Los Angeles glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have learned to celebrate the holidays in their own rockin' style, which includes — what else? — call girls and golden showers. So, naturally, they've melded the two in an X-rated version of the yuletide classic "The Twelve Days of Christmas", which the...

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TRACII GUNS Version Of L.A. GUNS Splits With Singer DILANA

A mere 71 days after announcing Dilana Robichaux as the band's new lead singer, L.A. GUNS has already parted ways with the former "Rock Star: Supernova" reality-TV show contestant and has replaced her with former BLACKLIST UNION frontman Tony West. Although no reason was given for Robichaux's depart...

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DEEP PURPLE, EDGUY, HELLOWEEN, KROKUS Members Featured On 'Help! For Japan' Charity EP

Some of Europe's leading rock artists — including current and former members of DEEP PURPLE, EDGUY, HELLOWEEN, GOTTHARD, MAGNUM, KROKUS and TNT — have joined a campaign initiated by singer Tommy Heart (SOUL DOCTOR, FAIR WARNING) to raise money for the victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami wh...

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DEEDS OF FLESH: 'Portals To Canaan' Pre-Production Teaser Available

A pre-production teaser for "Portals To Canaan", the forthcoming ninth album from California extreme metallers DEEDS OF FLESH, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Commented the band: "This is only guitar one and drum mapping (no second guitar, leads or vocals) to give the fans an idea of what...

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STEEL PANTHER Performs Acoustic Set At 'Kerrang! Radio' Studios; Video Available

Video footage of STEEL PANTHER performing the song "17 Girls In A Row" this past Wednesday, December 7 during a Kerrang! Radio interview and private acoustic set for contest winners in Birmingham, England can be seen below. STEEL PANTHER's sophomore album, "Balls Out", sold nearly 12,000 copies in t...

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UNISONIC Featuring MICHAEL KISKE, KAI HANSEN: 'Ignition' Cover Artwork Unveiled

UNISONIC, the new band featuring former HELLOWEEN vocalist Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen (GAMMA RAY, ex-HELLOWEEN) alongside Dennis Ward (bass) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums) of Germany's PINK CREAM 69 and Swiss guitarist Mandy Meyer (who has previously played with ASIA, GOTTHARD and KROKUS),will releas...