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The Fury of a Patient Man

Riffs, riffs and more riffs set the table upon which GOZU's impressive first effort, 2010's "Locust Season", held its generous feast; but the menu for the Boston quartet's sophomore opus, 2013's "The Fury of a Patient Man", seems to offer a much bigger selection of grooves, grooves and more grooves...

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Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Musicians React To Passing Of DEFTONES Bassist

A number of hard rock and heavy metal musicians have taken to Twitter in response to the news that Chi Cheng, the bassist for the DEFTONES, died yesterday at the age of 42. Chi had been in a semi-comatose state for more than four years after being seriously injured in a car accident in November ...

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SKID ROW: European Version Of 'Chapter One' EP To Include Two Bonus Tracks

Eyes From The Mosh Pit conducted an interview with SKID ROW guitarist Scotti Hill before the band's April 11 concert at NQ Live (formerly Moho Live) in Manchester, England. You can now watch the chat below. SKID ROW's new EP, "United World Rebellion - Chapter One", will be released in Europe at the...

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Video: AVANTASIA Kicks Off Tour At Belgium's POWER PROG & METAL FEST

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project kicked off its European tour last night (Friday, April 12) at the Power Prog & Metal Fest at Lotto Mons Expo in Mons, Belgium. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert, along with a short pre-show interview, can be seen below. AVANTASIA's new album...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Interviewed By Impericon.com (Video)

Impericon.com recently conducted an interview with Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can now watch the chat below. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's fourth album, "Temper, Temper", sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200...

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WHITESNAKE Guitarist's BURNING RAIN: 'Epic Obsession' EPK Available

Frontiers Records will release BURNING RAIN's new album, "Epic Obsession", on May 21 in North America. An EPK (Electronic Press Kit) for the CD can be seen below. BURNING RAIN was founded by current WHITESNAKE axeman Doug Aldrich together with singer Keith St. John (ex-MONTROSE). The lineup for the...

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ADRENALINE MOB: New Audio Interview With MIKE ORLANDO

On April 5, John Doan of MusicFrenzy.com conducted an interview with ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando. You can now listen to the chat at this location. ADRENALINE MOB released "Covertá", an eight-track EP featuring cover versions of some of the group's favorite songs, on March 12. Longtime fans...

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STRYPER Frontman On Re-Recording Classic Songs: 'We Have, In Many Ways, Outdone The Originals'

TheFrontRowReport.com 's Reggie Edwards recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of Christian hard rockers STRYPER. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On re-recording the band's classic songs for "Second Coming": Sweet: "It's always a little on the apprehen...

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CRASHDÏET Interviewed By L.A. PLASTICS (Video)

Lexa Vonn and Crystal Diamante of the L.A. Plastics conducted an interview with Swedish rockers CRASHDÏET on March 22 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. You can now watch the chat below. CRASHDÏET's fourth album, "The Savage Playground", entered the official chart in Sweden at posi...

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PAUL DI'ANNO: U.S. Tour Postponed Again; Performance Footage Of New Song Available

Former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno's previously announced U.S. tour, which was originally scheduled to kick off in January and was then postponed until May/June, has once again been called off. According to Paul, the trek "is now being rescheduled to the later part of this year." In other news,...

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VOLBEAT's 'Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies' Projected To Sell 35K-40K First Week

"Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies", the fifth studio album from Danish/American metal rock 'n' rollers VOLBEAT, is likely to sell between 35,000 and 40,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to industry web site Hits Daily Double. The estimate was based on one-day...

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SPIRITUAL BEGGARS: Another New Song Available For Streaming

"Kingmaker", a brand new song from SPIRITUAL BEGGARS — the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (ex-FIREWIND) — can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The song comes off the group's eighth studio a...

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Video: METALACHI Performs BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER Classics On El Paso's KLAQ 95.5 FM

This morning (Wednesday, April 10),METALACHI, billed as the first and only heavy metal mariachi band, took part in an interview and performance on KLAQ 95.5 FM, an active rock radio station based in El Paso, Texas. You can now watch video footage of their appearance below. METALACHI is described as...

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HELLOWEEN Bassist Interviewed By Greece's ROCKPAGES TV

Rockpages TV conducted an interview with bassist Markus Grosskopf of German power metallers HELLOWEEN during the band's current European tour with GAMMA RAY and SHADOWSIDE. You can now watch the chat below. HELLOWEEN will embark on a 10-date North American tour this fall. The band will travel across...

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MICHAEL ANTHONY Says It Is 'Flattering' To Know DAVID LEE ROTH Wants Him Back In VAN HALEN

Former VAN HALEN and current CHICKENFOOT bassist Michael Anthony was a guest on yesterday's (Monday, April 8) edition of Eddie Trunk's SiriusXM satellite radio show, "Eddie Trunk Live". The two discussed the passing of Andy Johns, working with the legendary engineer and producer, hot sauce, David Le...