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HENRY ROLLINS On President Obama's Re-Election: 'Democracy Trumps Money Sometimes'

Punk rock icon Henry Rollins has commented on President Barack Obama's defeat over Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, to win re-election to another four-year term as the 44th president of the United States, saying that "I have never been so happy to see an American politic...

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JOHN CORABI: Another Song From 'Unplugged' Album Available For Streaming

Best known for his vocal work with THE SCREAM, MÖTLEY CRÜE and UNION, legendary hard rock vocalist John Corabi serves up a passionate, soulful dose of both new and classic songs on this all-new acoustic release. Due on November 13 via Rat Pak Records, "Unplugged" offers five new original tracks, sev...

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ARCHITECTS Frontman Interviewed In Australia (Video)

Alexa Ruth of Cassette Media conducted an interview with vocalist Sam Carter of the British act ARCHITECTS on October 5 at the Melbourne, Australia stop of their tour with THE AMITY AFFLICTION and THE GHOST INSIDE. You can now watch the chat below. ARCHITECTS' new album, "Daybreaker", was released o...

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CRO-MAGS, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, LIVING COLOUR Members Perform BAD BRAINS Covers (Video)

On Tuesday, November 6, a benefit concert was held at The Bowery Electric in New York City for Amnesty International and the American Red Cross Hurricane Sandy relief fund. According to Roadrunner Records, the house band, led by guitarist Todd Youth, performed a set of BAD BRAINS covers, joined by a...

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ZAKK WYLDE: 'Without RANDY RHOADS, There Never Would Have Been A ZAKK WYLDE'

Rock Cellar Magazine recently conducted an interview with Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock Cellar Magazine: Did you feel welcomed into the heavy metal family when you first joined Ozzy's band in 1987? Zakk: Oh, totally, and still...

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NEUROSIS: 'Honor Found In Decay' First-Week Sales Revelaed

"Honor Found In Decay", the tenth studio album from NEUROSIS, sold around 1,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD landed at position No. 9 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as th...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's 'Afterglow' Cracks U.S. Top 50

"Afterglow", the third album from BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION — the Anglo-American rock group comprising vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE),drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER),Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER, BILLY IDOL) and blues-rock guitarist/vocalist Joe B...

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MIKE TRAMP Says 'There's No Chance In Hell' Of Classic WHITE LION Reunion

Former WHITE LION frontman Mike Tramp took part in a question-and-answer session and a short acoustic performance at the Swedish metal convention Rockmässan on October 27 in Malmö, Sweden. You can now watch video footage of his appearance below. A couple of excerpts from the Q&A follow. On the p...

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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Taps DAVE GROHL For New Album

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE has tapped Dave Grohl (FOO FIGHTERS, NIRVANA, THEM CROOKED VULTURES) to play drums on the band's forthcoming sixth studio album. Grohl stepped in to lay down the drums tracks on the record, which is expected in early 2013, following the departure of Joey Castillo. QUEENS OF T...

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Original STATUS QUO Lineup To Reunite For U.K. Tour

The original STATUS QUO lineup — Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan — will reunite for a one-off, never-to-be-repeated series of U.K. dates in March 2013. Tickets will be on sale from StatusQuo.co.uk only at 9:00 a.m. GMT on Tuesday, November 13 and will go on general sale...

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ADLER: Performance Footage From 'Kiss Kruise'

Video footage of ADLER, the new band led by former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler, performing the song "The One That You Hated" live aboard the second Kiss Kruise, which set sail October 31 - November 4, 2012 from Miami, Florida to Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas onboard the Norwegian Pearl, can be s...

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KREATOR Unveils 'Huge 3D Show' In Europe; Video Available

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR unveiled a "huge 3D show" during their current European headlining tour with MORBID ANGEL, NILE and FUELED BY FIRE, which kicked off on November 1 in Antwerp, Belgium. Fan-filmed video footage of the fourth show of the trek — which took place last night (Sunday,...

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LED ZEPPELIN: Encore 'Celebration Day' Screenings Added Due To Huge Demand By Fans

Following the worldwide success of "Celebration Day", the cinema concert event which presented live footage of LED ZEPPELIN's 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena, there has been an enormous response from fans — 1.7 million fans have visited the fan's web site. The film was screened in 15,000 c...

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GILLAN's 'Glory Road' Remembered In New App And eBook

A new one-dollar app and eBook tell the story of the making of GILLAN's 1980 album "Glory Road". One could call GILLAN's blustery, heart-racing rock on a clock style a somewhat weird spot of chicanery plaguing and baiting the wider (and younger) NWOBHM exploding around them. Author Martin Popoff exp...

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MELECHESH: New Video Interview Posted Online

Char Tupper of MetalTitans.com recently conducted an interview with Ashmedi of Sumerian black/thrash kings MELECHESH. You can now watch the chat below. MELECHESH released a digital EP called "Mystics Of The Pillar II" in April via Nuclear Blast Records. The effort contained a different version of th...