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HIM: New Video Interviews Available

HIM frontman Ville Valo and bassist Mikko Henrik Julius Paananen (a.k.a. Migé) were recently interviewed for a segment on "Steven's Untitled Rock Show" on Fuse TV. Watch the interview, which was conducted on the band's current Projekt Revolution tour, below. Also available is an interview with Ville...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers MICHAEL BOLTON; Audio Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the fourth MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "['Fool's Game'] was done originally by Michael Bolton and it's on his very first record. Not much people know that he played rock music in the beginning of the '80,...

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QUEENSRŸCHE: More 'Take Cover' Details Revealed

QUEENSRŸCHE pay tribute to some of their favorite songs with an adventurous collection of covers that range from BLACK SABBATH and THE O'JAYS to Italian opera and Broadway musical. Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Sc...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Does PINK FLOYD, U2, POLICE On 'Take Cover'

Christa Titus of Billboard.com reports: QUEENSRŸCHE pays homage to some of its musical idols on "Take Cover", a covers album due Nov. 13 via Rhino. The Seattle group is putting its stamp on such numbers as PINK FLOYD's "Welcome to the Machine", U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" and PETER GABRIEL's "Red Rai...

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BAD BRAINS: West Coast Dates Announced

BAD BRAINS have scheduled the following West Coast dates: Sep. 22 - Street Scene (Coors Amphitheatre),San Diego CA Sep. 24 - Slim's, San Francisco CA Sep. 25 - House Of Blues, Anaheim CA Sep. 26 - House Of Blues, Los Angeles CA The first video off the new BAD BRAINS album, "Build a Nation", ...

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HIM To Guest On IRON MAIDEN Singer's Radio Show

Finnish goth metallers HIM will be IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson's guests on Friday, September 21 during Bruce's weekly BBC 6 Music radio show, aptly named "The Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show". Listen to the program live via the Internet between 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. U.K. time at BBC.co....

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HIM: Pro-Shot Footage From Clarkston Available

Professionally filmed video footage of HIM's August 22, 2007 Projekt Revolution concert at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan has been posted on YouTube. Watch clips of the band's new songs "Kiss of Dawn", "Dead Lovers Lane" and "Passion's Killing Floor" below. HIM's new album, "Ven...

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HIM: 'Passion's Killing Floor' Video Preview Available

The latest music video clip from HIM's new album, "Venus Doom", carries the secret and code-breaking game from the last video forward. Written as part of the original treatment by director Meiert Avis, the video for the new song, "Passion's Killing Floor" must be watched fully because things are not...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers KISS' 'Love Gun'; Sample Available

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has posted the third MP3 snippet from his upcoming "Diamonds Unlocked" covers album. Commented Axel: "'Love Gun' is one of my favorite KISS tracks and I was wondering why they didn't include it on their unplugged album a few years ago. It's an excellent hard rock trac...

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AXEL RUDI PELL: Last Three Dates Of 'Mystica' Tour Cancelled

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell has cancelled the three remaining dates (Heidelberg, London and Zürich) on the second leg of the "Mystica" tour. "We had different reasons for [the cancellation]," Axel explains. "First it wouldn't make sense to fly Johnny [Gioeli, vocals] over [from the U.S.] for jus...

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HIM: Part Of 'Bleed Well' Video Released

Finnish goth metallers HIM have released a new video clip for the song "Bleed Well", off their September 18 release, "Venus Doom". The clip is a small segment of a longer video for "Bleed Well". Hidden within the video is another secret key code that will unlock a hidden video from the band. Check o...

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Bassist JOEY VERA: 'The Thing With All Music Is That It's Not For Everybody'

Greece's Metalzone recently conducted an interview with legendary heavy metal bassist Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING). A few excerpts from the chat follow: Metalzone: How about the identity of what is heavy metal. Do you feel it's lost within the experiments and the adoption of new elements...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers U2's 'Beautiful Day'; Sample Available

German guitar hero Axel Rudi Pell has issued the following update: "The next small MP3 snippet [from the upcoming 'Diamonds Unlocked' covers album] 'Beautiful Day' was originally done by U2. I always liked this song as it has a great melody. We're playing it more aggressive than the original and 'Va...

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BAD BRAINS: New Video Posted Online

The first video off the new BAD BRAINS album, "Build a Nation", has been completed and can be viewed below. SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian directed the effort, which is a video combination of two songs, "Give Thanks and Praises" and "Jah Love". Shot at the Sasquatch Festival and also Portla...

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AXEL RUDI PELL Covers RIOT's 'Warrior'; Audio Sample Available

German guitar hero Axel Rudi Pell has issued the following update: "Here's the first small mp3 sample from the upcoming 'Diamonds Unlocked' cover album. It is the opener and the fastest song on the record, titled 'Warrior'. The original version was done by RIOT from New York City. That band always w...