It's no secret that Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL support our troops in a big way. Today, the band heads out on their fifth USO tour to perform and visit with service members stationed at Andersen Air Force Base (April 6, Guam), Kadena Air Base (April 8, Japan) and Camp Foster (April 9, Japan). This ...
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DROWNING POOL frontman Jasen Moreno says that Axl Rose would make a good replacement for Brian Johnson in AC/DC, provided that the GUNS N' ROSES singer "checks his ego" before going up on stage with Angus Young and Co. Photos of Rose and members of AC/DC leaving the same rehearsal studio in Atlanta last month ...
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"Let All The World Believe", the new video from the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's fourth album, "Tango Umbrella", which was released on March 25 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon. Comments AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE's ...
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According to the Los Angeles Times, POISON singer Bret Michaels sold the "spare house" he owned in a gated Calabasas, California community for $3,432,500. The rocker bought the one-third-acre property two years ago for $3.05 million and listed it last year after he purchased a home in Westlake Village. Built in 2006, the ...
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"Tango Umbrella", the fourth album from the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, can be streamed in its entirety using the widget below. The CD will be released on March 25 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon. Comments AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE's Chad Hanks: "'Tango Umbrella', sonically, feels ...
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Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on "Tango Umbrella", the fourth album from the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, can be streamed in the YouTUbe clip below. The CD will be released on March 25 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon. ...
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KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently sits down with Pfizer chief medical officer Freda Lewis-Hall, M.D. to discuss his heart scare with atrial fibrillation, or AFib, a type of irregular heartbeat. "I had never heard of the term AFib, but about ten years ago, we were on tour some place, and on stage, the temperature goes ...
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Canadian all-female metal band KITTIE has set "Kittie: Origins/Evolutions" as the title of its upcoming career-spanning documentary. Director Rob McCallum states in a new Facebook video update (see below): "This is going to be somewhat of a two-part documentary. The first part will be 'Origins' and it will look at the first ten years of ...
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"By The Blood", the new video from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Hellelujuah", which came out on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). DROWNING POOL ...
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DROWNING POOL, as a band, has worked hard to maintain its identity following the 2002 death of original singer Dave Williams. Following stints by Jason Jones and Ryan McCombs, DROWNING POOL appears to have mainlined their mojo with Jasen Moreno who joined the band in 2012, holding it down on the mike. The band's decision ...
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The official lyric video for the song "For The Venom" from THE RESISTANCE, the Swedish extreme metal band featuring former and current members of IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED, can be seen below. The track is taken from THE RESISTANCE's sophomore full-length album, "Coup De Grâce", which came out on January 22 via earMUSIC. According ...
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After reaching a new level of recognition with their last album "Ride On" and a position on the 2014 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, gritty southern metal four-piece TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION is back with its fifth full-length album, "Dark Side Of Black", due on April 22 via Carved Records. Embracing southern roots while exploring a ...
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Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have purchased a rehearsal building in the West End area of their hometown and are working on turning it into a place that will house about twenty individual rehearsal spots. MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher is overseeing the project, which came about after two rehearsal studios, Thunderbox and Avatar Studios, closed last ...
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The official lyric video for "Perfectionist", a new song from the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fourth album, "Tango Umbrella", which will be released on March 25 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon and can ...
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Nuclear Blast Entertainment has announced the signing of depressive black metal sensations GHOST BATH. Originally released only in Europe, the band's latest album, "Moonlover" is now available digitally worldwide with an exclusive bonus track. A physical release in North America will follow in both CD and vinyl formats on June 10. "'Moonlover' is the first ...
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Australia's The Rockpit recently conducted an interview with DROWNING POOL guitarist C.J. Pierce. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. The Rockpit: Good to see the new [DROWNING POOL] album ["Hellelujuah"] out, What kind of feedback have you been getting from the critics and some of the fans so far? C.J.: ...
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Chicago Open Air has announced the lineup for the three-day music, craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival held July 15, 16 and 17 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. As previously announced, RAMMSTEIN will kick off the festival weekend with a headlining performance on Friday — the group's only 2016 U.S. performance and first ...
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Years before Beavis and Butt-head headbanged "Thunder Kiss '65" and "More Human than Human" into the eternal rock video canon, there was primordial WHITE ZOMBIE — a quintessential, diabolically loud by-product of Manhattan's underground rock scene, born of art-school rendezvous and squalid apartment circumstance. On June 3, 2016, Numero resurrects WHITE ZOMBIE's eternally out-of-print early ...
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On January 27, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with guitarist C.J. Pierce of Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On DROWNING POOL's new album, "Hellelujuah": Pierce: "[Making] this record, there's never been ...
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"Let All The World Believe", a new song from the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's fourth album, "Tango Umbrella", which will be released on March 25 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon and can be ...
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DOWN, BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, SLEEP and CANDLEMASS are among the confirmed bands for the Psycho Las Vegas festival, set to take place August 26-28 at the Hard Rock Hotel And Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. For three straight days, born losers win as Psycho Las Vegas holds a rock steady hand of bands, performance artists, ...
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BUTCHER BABIES frontwomen Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey performed a cover version of PANTERA's "Fucking Hostile" during this past Wednesday night's (January 13) "Ultimate Jam Night" at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood, California. Joining them on stage were Ira Black (LIZZY BORDEN, DEATH DIVISION), Jason Christopher (PRONG, COREY TAYLOR) and Henry Flury (BUTCHER BABIES), among ...
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THE RESISTANCE, the Swedish extreme metal band featuring former and current members of IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED, will release its sophomore full-length album, "Coup De Grâce", on January 22 via earMUSIC. According to a press release, "Coup De Grâce" "reconnects with the one and only, original extreme hardcore and slams it straight down your ...
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Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new album, "Hellelujuah", on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). "Hellelujuah" track listing: 01. Push 02. By The Blood 03. Drop 04. Hell To Pay 05. We Are The Devil ...
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Ozzy Osbourne, Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE), Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), Corey Taylor (SLIPKNOT), Krist Novoselic (NIRVANA), Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES), Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER), are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the death of legendary MOTÖRHEAD bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy found out on ...
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Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new album, "Hellelujuah", on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). "Hellelujuah" track listing: 01. Push 02. By The Blood 03. Drop 04. Hell To Pay 05. We Are The Devil ...
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"Snake Charmer", a brand new song from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Hellelujuah", which will be released on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). DROWNING ...
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According to Realtor.com, MÖTLEY CRÜE's Vince Neil is close to selling his $2.58 million mansion in Danville, California. The four-bedroom, five-bathroom Mediterranean-style includes an outdoor patio and backyard that feature hand-painted Italian tile at the bottom of the fountain-studded pool, statues imported from Paris, and kitchen with marble features. The singer has been ...
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POISON drummer Rikki Rockett recently completed nine rounds of chemotherapy and seven weeks of radiation after being diagnosed with oral cancer this past summer. The rocker will undergo a PET scan in February to determine if the treatment was successful. Rockett spoke about his cancer battle for the first time publicly during an appearance on ...
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THE RESISTANCE, the Swedish extreme metal band featuring former and current members of IN FLAMES and THE HAUNTED, will release its sophomore full-length album, "Coup De Grâce", on January 22, 2016 via earMUSIC. According to a press release, "Coup De Grâce" "reconnects with the one and only, original extreme hardcore and slams it straight down ...
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