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TOURNIQUET Seeks Funding For New Album

Christian neo-classical progressive thrash metal band TOURNIQUET has issued the following update: "We're continually encouraged by the flood of people asking 'When will we get a new TOURNIQUET album?' Well, we've been working to make it happen. "Here's the deal: due to the current great opportunitie...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN To Appear In New Japanese Movie

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has just completed filming for the upcoming Japanese movie "Maebashi Visual Kei". Due in Japan in early 2011, the film was directed by Otsuru Gitan and is described as "a dramatic and moving look inside the trials and tribulations of a fictitious Visual Kei b...

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ROSS THE BOSS: New Song Available For Streaming

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....

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JASON BECKER Documentary Film Production Company Seeking Donations

The production company behind "Perpetual Burn: The Story Of Jason Becker" is seeking additional funding for the official Jason Becker documentary film. Jason Becker began his career as a Shrapnel recording artist by joining forces with guitar virtuoso Marty Friedman to form seminal progressive metal...

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ROSS THE BOSS: 'Hailstorm' Preview Clip Available

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Launches Record Label

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has created and is now heading up the brand new record label, Gokukara Records. The label is a subsidiary of Japan's major label giant Avex. Friedman's solo releases will continue with Avex, and new artists that he works with will come out on Gokukara. The fi...

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'Detroit Metal City' Movie Coming To DVD

VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced the DVD release on November 9 of "Detroit Metal City". The live-action comedy, directed by Toshio Lee and based on the popular manga comic created by Kiminori Wakasugi, is presented in...

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ROSS THE BOSS: 'Hailstorm' Track Listing Revealed

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman will release the second album under the ROSS THE BOSS banner, "Hailstorm", in Europe on November 1 via AFM Records (three days earlier in Germany). "Hailstorm" track listing: 01. I.A.G. (1:15) 02. Kingdom Arise (4:57) 03. Dead Man's Curve (3:33) 04....

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STUCK MOJO Parts Ways With NAPALM RECORDS, Prepares To Hit The Road

Atlanta rap/metal pioneers STUCK MOJO have parted ways with Austria's Napalm Records, the label that released the band's last two albums, 2007's "Southern Born Killers" (originally made available in 2005 as a free download) and 2008's "The Great Revival". Commented guitarist/songwriter Rich Ward, "W...

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EVANESCENCE Drummer Says New Songs Are 'Amazing'

Radio Metal recently conducted an interview with EVANESCENCE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY drummer Will Hunt. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Radio Metal: You may have followed attentively the tensions between [EVANESCENCE singer] Amy Lee and [former EVANESCENCE and current WE ARE THE FALLEN...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN Singer: I Embrace 'American Idol' As A Show And An Experience

Zoiks! Online recently conducted an interview with WE ARE THE FALLEN frontwoman and "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Zoiks! Online: What were you doing between "American Idol" and WE ARE THE FALLEN? Carly: Writing my behind off and...

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MEGADETH Mainman Walks TOTAL GUITAR Through Fiery Riff From 'Hangar 18'

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Claire Davies of U.K.'s Total Guitar magazine about the creation of the fiery riff for the song "Hangar 18" off MEGADETH's 1990 album "Rust In Peace". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Total Guitar: "Hangar 18" is bursting with monster...

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WE ARE THE FALLEN To Release 'Tear The World Down' Single

WE ARE THE FALLEN — the group formed by EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar) and other former members (LeCompt and Gray) along with "American Idol" powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O'Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY CLARKSON, STATIC-X, METHODS OF MAYHEM,TOMMY LEE) — will release a ne...

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ROSS THE BOSS Interviewed On 'Metalheadz' (Video)

Peter Bailey of the "Metalheadz" radio show conducted an interview with former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman at this year's edition of the Bloodstock Open Air festival, which was held August 13-15, 2010 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. You can now watch the chat below. Ross...

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MEGADETH Mainman DAVE MUSTAINE Discusses Autobiography With Iowa's ROCK 108

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine recently spoke to Iowa's "pure rock" radio station Rock 108 about his newly published autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir". You can now stream the chat using the audio player below. "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" landed at position No. 15 on the New York T...