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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It's no secret that a lot of fans measure the artistic value of a rock band mainly by the quality of a group's live performance. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS without their legendary concerts? Unthinkable! LYNYRD SKYNYRD as just another anemic studio project? Impossible to imagine! The same goes for MOLLY HATCHET as another legendary force among ...
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During a recent online video chat, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was asked what his "biggest insecurity" was when joining the British heavy metal legends more than eight years ago. He replied (see video below): "I think it was the fact that it's a global audience and it's a band that means so much to ...
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Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH have released a brand new music video for their stomping, anthemic call to arms "Shield Wall". The rabble-rousing clip chronicles the plight of an enemy ship come to invade a viking village. But, as Johan Hegg's gutteral growl chants "Vikings, Raise The Shield Wall, Hold the Front Line, Fight Till ...
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URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box recently spoke with Greece's Rockpages TV. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the rigors — and joys — of touring: Mick: "The biggest rock 'n' roll saying there is is, 'Hurry up and wait.' That's what ...
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URIAH HEEP lead singer Bernie Shaw has been working on a new studio album, in between the band's tour dates, with his longtime friend from the music scene in Victoria, guitarist and songwriter Dale Collins. The duo has released an EP in Canada. However, it only included some of the songs they'd worked on together ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS' Scott Gorham and Ricky Warwick have slammed America's "ridiculous" gun laws, saying the country "has to get some sort of handle on their love of guns." To celebrate the release of BLACK STAR RIDERS' new album, "Another State Of Grace", Ricky and Scott stopped by Planet Rock studios ...
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Richie Faulkner joined the Tennessee JUDAS PRIEST tribute band SAD WINGS on stage on August 18 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville to perform three PRIEST classics: "Metal Gods", "Breaking The Law" and "Hell Bent For Leather". Video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Earlier today, SAD WINGS wrote on Facebook: "So....we ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS will release their fourth album "Another State Of Grace", on September 6 via Nuclear Blast. A new trailer for the disc in which frontman Ricky Warwick and bassist Robert Crane discuss working with Pearl Aday — ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's wife and Meat Loaf's daughter — can be seen below. The follow-up ...
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An official acoustic performance video of the song "Ain't The End Of The World" from BLACK STAR RIDERS can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming fourth studio album "Another State Of Grace", which will be released on September 6 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" was recorded ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS vocalist Ricky Warwick recently spoke with "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience", a program on Montclair State University's student radio station WMSC 90.3. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BLACK STAR RIDERS' success: Ricky: "I can't retire just yet, but things are good. ...
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JUDAS PRIEST's Glenn Tipton has thanked fans who have purchased t-shirts in support of the Glenn Tipton Parkinson's Foundation, launched last year after the guitarist announced that he had been battling the disease for a decade prior to the band's "Firepower" tour. All proceeds from the foundation will benefit a pioneering new treatment called MR-guided ...
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In a recent interview with KISW's "Metal Shop", JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was asked to reveal his most embarrassing onstage moment. He said (hear audio below): "Oh, wow. I've gotta think hard about that. Luckily — I shouldn't say this, because when you say it, something always happens — luckily, I've always got away ...
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