Former OZZY OSBOURNE and URIAH HEEP drummer Lee Kerslake has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. "It's with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that Lee Kerslake, my friend of 55 years and the best drummer I ever played with, lost his battle with cancer at ...
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On October 30, BMG will release URIAH HEEP's "Fifty Years In Rock". British hard rock legends URIAH HEEP are one of the "big four" rock bands, along with LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH, and certainly one of the most intriguing bands both musically and lyrically, to emerge from heavy ...
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URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box and bassist Davey Rimmer have confirmed to Sea Of Tranquility that the legendary progressive rockers will enter the studio in early 2021 to begin recording their 26th album. "With this downtime [due to the coronavirus pandemic], I think it's given us all a chance to think ...
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The official music video for the song "Widows" from British hard rock veterans LIONHEART can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Reality Of Miracles", which will be released on July 31 via Metalville Records. The "Widows" clip was directed by Neil Griffiths and is exceptional in its creation: ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Thine Is The Kingdom" from British hard rock veterans LIONHEART can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Reality Of Miracles", which will be released on July 31 via Metalville Records. LIONHEART was founded in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (ex-IRON MAIDEN), ...
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Audio samples of all the tracks that will appear on "The Reality Of Miracles", the new album from British hard rock veterans LIONHEART, are available in the YouTube clip below. The disc will be released on July 31 via Metalville Records. LIONHEART was founded in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (ex-IRON MAIDEN), Steve Mann (MICHAEL ...
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THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE, the band led by AC/DC drummer Chris Slade, has released the official music video for its first original song, "We Will Survive". THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE said in a statement: "It was always the intention of THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE to do their own music but never enough time, now there's ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS have released a new single, "Candidate For Heartbreak", via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The official lyric video for the track can be seen below. 2020 shaped up to be a very different year to what we all expected. COVID-19 took us by surprise forced us to pause, rethink our way of life and ...
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Metalville Records has set a July 31 release date for the new album from British hard rock veterans LIONHEART, "The Reality Of Miracles". LIONHEART was founded in late 1980 by Dennis Stratton (ex-IRON MAIDEN), Steve Mann (MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST) and Rocky Newton (ex-MSG) with Clive Edwards (ex-UFO) completing the lineup a little later. The band ...
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AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg will take part in an online yoga class later today (Tuesday, April 7). Hegg tweeted: "Do something for your own well being today! Join my wife, Maria, and me for yoga online at 6:30pm CET! As usual she'll be the teacher, and I'll be the guy that shows you that ...
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Legendary progressive rock band URIAH HEEP will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a fall tour of the U.K. The six-date trek will kick off at Glasgow's Royal Concert Hall on November 1 and conclude at Cardiff's St. David's Hall on November 7. Guitarist Mick Box comments: "Who would have imagined back in 1970 that URIAH ...
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It was always a match made in heavy metal heaven, this eminently classy collaboration between BLIND GUARDIAN's Hansi Kürsch and ICED EARTH's Jon Schaffer. The two albums the duo released in the early '00s ("Demons & Wizards" in 2000, and "Touched by the Crimson King" in 2005) delivered exactly what this joining of forces promised: ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS have released the official music video for their latest single, "In The Shadow Of A War Machine". The song is taken from the band's fourth album "Another State Of Grace", which was released in September via Nuclear Blast. According to a press release, "In The Shadow Of A War Machine" "describes the ...
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URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box has paid tribute to Neil Peart, who died on January 7 in Santa Monica, California after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. The iconic RUSH drummer was 67 years old. Over the weekend, Box took to URIAH HEEP's social media to write: "Devastating news re ...
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WISHBONE ASH celebrates a half century of live twin lead guitar power in 2020. Fans can look forward to enjoying repertoire from the band's vast catalog of exactly 100 unique releases — 27 studio albums, 24 live albums, 43 compilations and box sets and five live DVDs, along with a DVD rockumentary ("This Is Wishbone ...
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URIAH HEEP keyboardist Phil Lanzon lost his eldest son Matthew to cancer just before Christmas. As a result, Phil will not be able to perform with URIAH HEEP for two German shows next week: January 14 in Würzburg and January 15 in Frankfurt. DEEP PURPLE's Don Airey has agreed to step up and cover for ...
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Ricky Warwick has been released from hospital, just days after he was diagnosed with pleurisy, a condition in which the linings of the lungs become inflamed. The BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY frontman issued an update on his health a little over a week after undergoing a "small procedure" at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner has uploaded an original riff that he wants his social media followers to record their own ideas to. You can check it out in the Twitter post below and download it at this location. Faulkner joined PRIEST in 2011 as the replacement for original guitarist K.K. ...
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Ricky Warwick has been diagnosed with pleurisy, a condition in which the linings of the lungs become inflamed. The BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY frontman issued an update on his health five days after undergoing a "small procedure" at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in West Hollywood, California. Earlier today, Warwick posted a photo of him ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY frontman Ricky Warwick underwent a "small procedure" this morning (Monday, December 30) at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in West Hollywood, California. Earlier today, Warwick posted a photo of him laying on a hospital bed and flashing the "devil horns, along with the following caption: "Should never have asked [wife] Tina ...
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Rob Halford says it was "a lot of fun" to see JUDAS PRIEST's music included in a State Farm commercial. Released this past September, the 30-second spot features NFL star Aaron Rodgers cruising around with his personal agent, Gabe Gabriel, and his State Farm agent Patrick. After Aaron inquires about the Drive Safe & Save ...
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Rob Halford says that he is "up for" performing songs written and recorded during the years when JUDAS PRIEST was fronted by his replacement, Tim "Ripper" Owens. Owens created two studio albums with the British heavy metal legends — 1997's "Jugulator" and 2001's "Demolition" — before the band reunited with Halford. Asked in the January ...
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In a recent interview with Germany's Metal-Heads.de, AMON AMARTH guitarist Olavi Mikkonen and bassist Ted Lundström were asked if they think "harsh metal is more mainstream nowadays" compared to how it was when the band first started out more than two and a half decades ago. Olavi responded: "Probably harsh metal ...
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In an interview with Grasser Production prior to AMON AMARTH's November 15 concert at Zenith in Munich, Germany, guitarist Johan Söderberg and drummer Jocke Wallgren discussed whether they could be a hypothetical replacement for IRON MAIDEN as one of metal's leading arena and festival headlining bands, as well as their approach ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton has thanked fans for their support, a year and a half after he announced he was battling Parkinson's disease. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson's more than five years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — but announced in early 2018 he was ...
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Southern rock legends MOLLY HATCHET have released a new digital single and music video for the song "Whiskey Man". The track is taken from the band's forthcoming live album, "Battleground", which will be released on November 29 through SPV/Steamhammer as 2CD digipak, 3LP gatefold version, download and stream. It's no secret that a lot of ...
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Don Dokken, Joe Satriani and Geoff Tate will be inducted into the Hall Of Heavy Metal History on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at the Marriott Delta Garden Grove in Anaheim, California. Additional hard rock and heavy metal artist inductees and performers will be announced over the next few weeks, along with all-star jam members. The ...
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Finnish Heavy Metal Fans conducted an interview with guitarist Mick Box of British hard rock veterans URIAH HEEP prior to the band's October 16 concert at Hyvinkääsali in Hyvinkaa, Finland. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what has enabled URIAH HEEP to ...
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Richie Faulkner says that "Hell Is Home" is one of his favorite JUDAS PRIEST songs from the Tim "Ripper" Owens era. The PRIEST guitarist, who joined the band in 2011 as the replacement for K.K. Downing, offered his opinion during a live video chat on October 13. He said: "I was listening to the Ripper ...
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"In The Basement With Jesse Bruce" of Grand Haven, Michigan radio station 93.1 WMPA recently conducted an interview with BLACK STAR RIDERS guitarist Scott Gorham. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's new album, "Another State Of Grace": Scott: "If ...
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