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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. Downing To Expand The Future Of Heavy Metal Project
According to Birminghampost.net, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing plans to expand his new business venture in partnership with experienced promoter Dave Coleman called The Future Of Heavy Metal, a venture which he hopes will help young hard rock bands follow in the footsteps of legends like LED ZEPPELIN, BLACK SABBATH and Judas Priest. Continue reading Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. Downing To Expand The Future Of Heavy Metal Project
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Says New Album Should Be Completed By End Of Year
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JUDAS PRIEST – US Broadcast Premiere Of Epitaph Tonight On VH1 Classic Television
The US broadcast premiere of JUDAS PRIEST’s new concert film, Epitaph, is tonight (Saturday, May 25) at 8 pm Eastern time on VH1 Classic Television. Continue reading JUDAS PRIEST – US Broadcast Premiere Of Epitaph Tonight On VH1 Classic Television
TIM ‘RIPPER’ OWENS Working On Long-Awaited Sophomore BEYOND FEAR Album

BEYOND FEAR‘s current lineup is as follows:
* Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, DIO DISCIPLES) – Vocals
* John Comprix (RINGWORM, LAW OF DESTRUCTION) – Guitar
* Matt Sorg (RINGWORM) – Guitar
* Eric Elkins (CRYPTKICKER, ALL YOU FEAR) – Drums
* Ed Stephens – Bass
The recording sessions for BEYOND FEAR‘s new album are being funded entirely by Owens, who is seeking a new label home for the effort following the band’s split with Steamhammer/SPV.
In a 2006 interview with About.com Metal Metal, Owens stated about the formation of BEYOND FEAR: “[The other members] are local guys, friends of mine. We’ve always played and jammed together. [Former BEYOND FEAR] bass player [Dennis Hayes] was in WINTERS BANE with me, so we go back a ways. John, the guitar player, and I go back a ways, too. We knew each other and I knew it was the perfect fit for us.”
He added: “I started writing songs a few years [before the release of the debut album]. Not everything was written together. I probably wrote six or seven songs myself and then got together with John and we wrote the other ones. I’m not sure even when the first one was written. I’d write a song and then seven months later write another one whenever I had the time to sit down. It was an odd writing process, and I think that’s what gives the [first CD] so much substance and so many layers to it because it was written at different times.”