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Top 10 metal items sold on eBay: Week of July 6

Here are the top 10 heavy metal items sold on eBay last week, listed in order of highest price in both categories "music" and “entertainment memorabilia”
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Live Review: Alice Cooper digs in deep at the Sands

Alice Cooper played the Sands Event Center in Bethlehem, PA on July 1, 2012 and gave 90 minutes of hard-driving, three-guitar rock ’n’ roll.
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Top 10 metal items sold on eBay: Week of June 29

The top selling metal item on eBay last week was a sharp-looking Motorhead 'warpig' belt buckle from Bangkok
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Animetal USA excited about today’s concert performance at Anime Expo

The band members are extremely excited about the opportunity of launching their U.S. tour at the renowned expo, guitarist Chris Impellitteri tells Powerline.
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Rock music auctioneer ‘very happy’ with their metal auction

Backstage Auctions, a premiere rock auction house in Houston, Texas is extremely happy with their annual heavy metal auction,
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AC/DC exhibit at Experience Music Project is a hit

"AC/DC: Australia’s Family Jewels" is a rock exhibit that the whole family can enjoy. And EMP will be the only North American venue to host the exhibit.
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Queensrÿche drum kits up for auction

Three different Queensrÿche drum kits used by drummer Scott Rockenfield are currently up for auction in Backstage Auctions' Rock Gods & Metal Monsters Auction.
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Introducing, Hair Band Heaven

Hair Band Heaven is a new column/blog about the Writer From Heaven's favorite music: the Hair Metal/Rock genre. Get out your hairspray!
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Powerline’s ‘Best of 2011′ list

Megadeth comes in as best overall. But there were enough quality releases in 2011 to spread the love around.
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SPV signs solid acts to new label, Long Branch Records

LONG BRANCH RECORDS is a new SPV label imprint created by industry veteran Maria Ouellette. Artists like veteran band PRONG will join artists like THE INTERSPHERE, CHIMAIRA and MADINA LAKE in the label’s quest to build a ...
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Inside info: New Sixx:AM album before Christmas

Powerline just got inside scoop that it’s almost 100% certain there will be a new Sixx:AM album out by Christmas. Albums title still TBA. Sixx:A.M. is the hard rock side project of Nikki Sixx, the legendary bass guitarist...
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Scorpions re-record classic songs

On November 4, SCORPIONS will release an album called Comeblack, which will be a collection of re-recorded versions of the band’s classics songs. It will be on CD and on double vinyl. And the track listing of re-recordings: 0...
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Anthrax on the Big 4, Yankee Stadium and the 2011 Yankees

In honor of Anthrax playing the Big 4 at Yankee Stadium, here are a few comments from drummer Charlie Benante (who will wear Don Mattingly’s number onstage) and guitarist Scott Ian about the concert and the Yankees. Would...
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Trapped Under Ice offering free MP3s

Trapped Under Ice is offering a free and easy way for people on Twitter to earn a free MP3 download of their brand new track ‘Jail’, cut from their upcoming October 11th, 2011 release, Big Kiss Goodnight. Simply head to thi...
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Oliver Palotai of Sons of Seasons talks “Magnisphyricon”

Oliver Palotai, keyboardist of Kamelot and sole composer of progressive power metal band Sons of Seasons is quickly becoming a powerful force in the metal community. With experience as a session musician, a full time member of ...
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Serenity main man Thomas Buchberger on “Death and Legacy”

Austrian progressive power metal band Serenity have been making enormous waves in the underground metal scene since their original demo in 2002, and were quickly picked up by well known Austrian metal label Napalm Records. With...
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Guitarist Wolf Hoffmann feels good about the new Accept

If singer Udo Dirkschneider was once considered the face of the legendary German metal band Accept than lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann can easily be the metal heart and soul. When the band called it quits in the 90s, Udo went on ...
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