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MICHAEL AMOTT Says ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Has 'Opened A Few Doors Musically' For ARCH ENEMY France’s Duke TV conducted an interview with ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott prior to the band’s January 23 concert at Le Bataclan in Paris, France. You can watch ...

ACCEPT Guitarist On Sticking To Classic Formula On 'The Rise Of Chaos': 'It's Not Really That Easy To Pull Off' Journalist Janne Vuorela conducted an interview with guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of veteran German/American metallers ACCEPT prior to the ...

Make Your Name Look Like The JUDAS PRIEST Logo On 'Firepower' Album JUDAS PRIEST has released a name generator that enables you to “forge your own name in steel” and have it displayed in the style of the PRIEST logo as it appears on the band’s ...

JEFF PILSON Says He'd 'Love To See More Shows With' Classic DOKKEN Lineup FOREIGNER bassist Jeff Pilson recently discussed his work with DOKKEN on the “Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon” podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview ...

Finding Joseph I: The H.R. from Bad Brains Documentary – H.R. Shaman. Spiritual anarchist. Punk royal. Rastafarian. Activist. These are tags affixed to Paul “H.R.” Hudson, perhaps the greatest punk rock vocalist the genre has ever or will ever see. H.R. is ...

Inside Metal: The Rise of L.A. Thrash Metal (Part One) – Various Bob Nalbandian has come a long way in his painstaking effort to chronicle the genesis of American metal, particularly its West Coast origins. Following his previous “Inside Metal” ...

It's Alive! – JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES JOHN 5 isn’t a household name, but the guitar wizard has worked with a vast array of artists who are exactly that. Whether it’s performing in arenas with ROB ZOMBIE and MARILYN MANSON or lending his talents as a ...

Clone Of The Universe – FU MANCHU FU MANCHU is synonymous with stoner rock. The group is rightfully revered as one of the genre’s most significant bands. Following its inception as a hardcore punk act, the band slid into a groove, literally and figuratively, and ...

Amoretum Vol. 1 – BLACK SPACE RIDERS By now, folks should be able to differentiate between the high-profile THIN LIZZY offshoot BLACK STAR RIDERS and Germany’s oft-tagged “riffonauts”, BLACK SPACE RIDERS. If celestial sludge is your speed, then the ...

Cosmic Crypt – MAMMOTH GRINDER The ever-prolific Chris Ulsh is arguably best known as the drummer, and occasional guitarist, of en vogue thrashers POWER TRIP. However, the journeyman musician has peddled his wares of metal and punk via the blasting grind of HATRED ...