Steve Perry has released his first official music video in nearly 25 years, for "We're Still Here", a track from his latest album, "Traces". A series of live performance videos were released previously in support of "Traces". However, the new clip for "We're Still Here" represents Perry's first official video as a solo artist since ...
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BLACK EARTH — the project featuring former and current members of ARCH ENEMY performing material from the latter band's first three albums live on stage — has just released "Path Of The Immortal", a collection of remastered tracks from those early LPs. The disc, which was made available exclusively in Japan on March 20, includes ...
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Progressive metallers DREAM THEATER kicked off their 2019 North American tour Wednesday night (March 20) at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego. The band's 19-song setlist included several tracks from the latest album, "Distance Over Time", as well as a second act that consisted of a performance of the group's 1999 LP "Metropolis Pt. 2: ...
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"Murder In The Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story" will premiere on Saturday, April 20 at AMC Kabuki 8 in San Francisco, California at 1 p.m. Directed by Adam Dubin (BEASTIE BOYS' "Fight For Your Right to Party", "No Sleep 'til Brooklyn"), the film contains over fifty interviews with various metal ...
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Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach is about to sign a new record deal for his upcoming solo album. The disc, which is not expected to arrive before late 2019 at the earliest, will feature contributions from several well-known guitarists, including John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL) and Orianthi (ALICE COOPER). ...
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The official video for "Wired For Madness - Part 1" from DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess can be seen below. The song is taken from his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", which will be released on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. Speaking about the video, Rudess ...
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Prior to MORBID ANGEL's performance in New York City on March 7, vocalist/bassist Steve Tucker spoke with Heavy New York. The complete interview can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's most recent album, 2017's "Kingdoms Disdained": Steve: "It's been a success. It's been great. I ...
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Upon its release last fall, Steve Perry's "Traces", his first new album in nearly 25 years, was met with wide acclaim and tremendous excitement from fans and critics all over the world. The album entered the Billboard 200 Albums chart at No. 6, Perry's highest debut as a solo artist and earned the Rock And ...
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BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski says that he has had a fantastic time opening for SLAYER on the latter band's farewell tour. "Man, I've been such a fanboy, and I still am," he tells Australia's Heavy (hear audio below). "And when I'm on tour with them, trust me — every day, I go out and ...
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DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess will release his brand new solo album, "Wired For Madness", on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. A launch party for "Wired For Madness" will be held on April 18 at Guitar Center on 14th Street in New York City. The event will include a CD signing ...
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Sticks For Stones conducted an interview with SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY frontman Max Cavalera prior to the short Australian tour where he and brother Igor Cavalera will perform select tracks from SEPULTURA's seminal "Beneath The Remains" and "Arise" albums. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by ...
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Swedish metallers AVATAR will release a new live album, titled "The King Live In Paris", on May 17 via Entertainment One (eOne). Recorded live at Download Festival 2018 in Paris, France, the effort underscores fan favorites such as "A Statue Of The King", "Let It Burn" and "Hail The Apocalypse". "Looking back at all that's ...
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Florida-based death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE will embark on a European tour in June. The dates are as follows: Jun. 08 - Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Rock Hard Festival Jun. 09 - Regensburg, Germany - Event Hall Airport Jun. 10 - Budapest, Hungary - A38 Jun. 11 - Novi Sad, Serbia - Novosadski Sajam Jun. 12 ...
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JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was interviewed for episode 108 of the "Appetite For Distortion" podcast. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he ever pinches himself to ensure he's not dreaming about being a member of JUDAS PRIEST, Faulkner said: "Of course, there's kind of 'pinch me' moments. Some of the ...
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Having wowed fans across the U.S. on her co-headline tour with Angel Vivaldi at the end of 2018, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has announced a new run of dates. The trek will start on April 10 in Hermosa Beach, California and continue across the country with a ...
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"Monolilith", a new song from VLTIMAS, the three-piece extreme metal formation consisting of David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL), Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Monier (CRYPTOPSY), can be streamed below. The track is taken from the VLTIMAS's debut album, "Something Wicked Marches In", which will be released on March 29 via Season Of Mist. ...
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SACRED REICH guitarist and founding member Jason Rainey has exited the band for "health reasons" and has been replaced by Joey Radziwill. The veteran Arizona thrashers are putting the finishing touches on their highly anticipated new studio album — the band's first in 23 years — titled "Awakening". Due this summer, the disc is being ...
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The thirty-year career of progressive metal icon DREAM THEATER has largely been an exercise in musical excess. Even the band's most passionate fans would be hard-pressed to argue criticisms that the group occasionally overdoes it on the musical and vocal extremes of the genre. The group's 2016 record "The Astonishing" went too far though, even ...
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Doom metal legends are in the "early stages of pre-production" for the follow-up to the band's 2013 album "The Distortion Field". Singer Kyle Thomas, who joined TROUBLE in 2012, told "The Metal Magdalene With Jet" (hear audio below): "This time they've actually written songs with me in mind as the singer instead of, 'These songs ...
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Erik Rutan made his live debut with CANNIBAL CORPSE at the opening show of the "Decibel Magazine Tour" on February 17 in San Antonio, Texas. He is playing with the band as the temporary replacement for guitarist Pat O'Brien, who was arrested in December for burglary and assaulting a police officer while his Florida home ...
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Italian metallers VISION DIVINE have inked a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of a new studio album, due later in the year. The band is enthusiastic about the idea of reforming the same team that gave life to some of its fan favorites and most critically acclaimed albums such as "Stream Of Consciousness", ...
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Erik Rutan says that he is "more than honored and proud to be able to play" with CANNIBAL CORPSE as the temporary replacement for guitarist Pat O'Brien. Rutan will appear live with the band for the "Decibel Magazine Tour" and the upcoming U.S. leg of SLAYER's final tour happening this May alongside LAMB OF GOD ...
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I AM MORBID — the band featuring former MORBID ANGEL members David Vincent (vocals, bass) and Tim Yeung (drums) alongside guitarists Bill Hudson (CIRCLE II CIRCLE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and Ira Black (METAL CHURCH, LIZZY BORDEN) — will team up with ATROCITY, VITAL REMAINS and SADIST for the "Morbidfest 2019" European tour in April. All four ...
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A proponent of ending the federal ban on marijuana, MORBID ANGEL frontman Steve Tucker was asked in a new interview with Heavy Music Headquarters if he thinks the Drug Enforcement Administration will eventually reschedule pot into a lower drug class, opening the way to federal legalization. "Yeah," he replied. "You can step back ...
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MORBID ANGEL frontman Steve Tucker says that the band is preparing to begin the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2017's "Kingdoms Disdained" album. "I'm gonna actually start writing some new music, and I think Trey [Azagthoth, guitar] will probably start writing some new music," Steve told Metal Wani in a new interview (hear audio ...
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DREAM THEATER's Jordan Rudess will release his brand new spiralling and stunning solo album, "Wired For Madness", on April 19 via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. "Wired For Madness" bursts and flows forth with all of the drama, technique and melodicism that have become his musical hallmarks, the album also features the keyboard ...
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Veteran Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH are currently in the studio recording their highly anticipated new studio album — the band's first in 23 years — titled "Awakening". Due this summer, the disc is being produced by Arthur Rizk, who has previously worked with CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, POWER TRIP and CODE ORANGE, among others. "Awakening" will mark ...
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Phoenix-based thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH have entered the studio to begin recording their long-awaited new album. The disc will mark the band's first release since the return of drummer Dave McClain. A short video clip of Dave laying down the drum tracks for the new SACRED REICH LP can be seen below. McClain was ...
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Former EXODUS singer Rob Dukes and ex-SACRED REICH drummer Greg Hall have teamed up with DARK ANGEL guitarist Eric Meyer and bassist Michael Gonzalez to form a new band called BLOODMOON RITUAL. Rounding out the group is guitarist Chris Cannella, currently fronting AUTUMN'S END. These men have performed on the biggest stages of Europe and ...
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PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo delivered a brutal theme song for SLAYER legend Tom Araya as part of the soundtrack for "Hair Metal Shotgun Zombie Massacre". A teaser for the track, which is out today on all digital platforms worldwide via Art Is War Records, is available below. The full soundtrack will be released in early ...
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