HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale says that her band doesn't use any pre-recorded tapes during its live performances. In recent years, more and more bands have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. Earlier today, Lzzy took to her Twitter to ...
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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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In a recent interview with the "Brutally Delicious" podcast, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali explained the circumstances around singer James Durbin's abrupt departure in September, as well as his health status after being diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. Durbin reportedly left QUIET RIOT "to concentrate his time and efforts on his solo career" and ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Ron McGovney says that he has never lamented his decision to exit the band. Ron made the comment in response to a tweet from a fan asking him if he has ever regretted departing the California metal group before the release of METALLICA's first album. "No," McGovney replied. "It's not a lifestyle ...
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Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of DIRTY SHIRLEY, a new band project featuring guitarist George Lynch (THE END MACHINE, KXM, LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN) and vocalist/keyboardist Dino Jelusick (ANIMAL DRIVE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA). DIRTY SHIRLEY's self-titled debut album will be released on January 24, 2020. The disc's first single, "Here Comes The King", can be ...
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Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have released an official animated video for the title track of their latest album, "Hexed". The RMIT University in Australia worked on the clip for the last 15 weeks, with producers Aaron McLoughlin and Simon Norton spending around 3000 hours with their team to create the video. Aaron states: "As ...
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Neal Schon, JOURNEY founder, recently joined forces with Joe Bonamassa onstage at their respective shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. As reported by Vegas News, on October 26, during the final performance of JOURNEY's sold-out, nine-show residency, the legendary artists first faced each other on "Lovin' Touchin' ...
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Sebastian Bach's wife and kids were among evacuees as wildfires continued to burn in Southern California overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday. The former SKID ROW singer, who has lived in Los Angeles for most of the last decade, tweeted earlier today that he was freaking out over the fact that his family was being ordered ...
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When it comes to metal and beer, Romeoville, Illinois's Metal Monkey Brewing are no strangers to the game. The two-time veterans of the Decibel Beer & Metal Festival are excited to announce Evil Disco Hell, a collaboration with STATIC-X. Evil Disco Hell is a helles-style lager, a light-but-full-bodied lager craft lager that will be hitting ...
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Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE have unleashed an official music video for their current single, "Backseat Boogie". Shot at the band's sold-out Copenhagen show at Amager Bio just last month, this latest clip captures fans rocking out to new songs from recently released studio album, "Boneshaker", for the very first time. AIRBOURNE frontman Joel O'Keeffe states: ...
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Nuclear Blast has announced the signing of Germany's finest progressive death metal band OBSCURA. Founded in 2002, the group established its reputation by releasing five studio albums which have been highly acclaimed by fans and press alike, accompanied by playing support tours as well as their own headline shows all around the globe. Band founder ...
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"Pit Of Consciousness", the new video from Ukrainian modern metal frontrunners JINJER, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Macro", which was released on October 25 via Napalm Records. Punishing riffs, aggressively blended vocals and astonishingly deep lyrics make "Macro" JINJER's most advanced and undeniable album yet — taking ...
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Original KISS guitarist Ace Frehley joined Sebastian Bach on stage on October 28 at Kruise Fest 2019 at Hilton Blue Lagoon in Miami, Florida to perform a couple of KISS classics, "Parasite" and "Deuce", as well as the Frehley track "Snow Blind". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. Back in 2014, ...
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In a new video released today, SLAYER's own Tom Araya and Kerry King share the story behind the previously unseen short film and boundary-pushing music video trilogy that is set to feature alongside live concert footage from the revered 2017 Los Angeles Forum concert, during the one-night theatrical release of "Slayer: The Repentless Killogy", coming ...
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Last week, longtime MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell released his first-ever solo record, "Old Lions Still Roar", via Nuclear Blast. The disc includes the track "Straight Up", featuring the unmistakable vocal talents of JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford. Speaking about how the collaboration came about, Campbell said: "We did a bunch of tours with JUDAS PRIEST over ...
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According to Israel Hayom, British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN are in talks to perform in Israel next year. The band is said to be planning a concert at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium in late May. If the show does happen, it will mark IRON MAIDEN's first appearance in in the ...
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Pitcam TV recently conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE guitarist Mark Tremonti. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the writing process for the band's new studio album, "Walk The Sky": Mark: "Me and Myles [Kennedy, vocals] wrote our own songs on our ...
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FAITH NO MORE singer Mike Patton and Jean-Claude Vannier, who recently issued the "suave and slinky" (Consequence Of Sound) album "Corpse Flower" (Ipecac Recordings), have released the official music video for "A Schoolgirl's Day". The clip, which was created by Nino Del Padre, features footage from the 1962 low-budget classic film "Carnival Of Souls". Padre ...
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TRIVIUM has teamed with the legendary Portuguese artist Toy (real name: António Manuel Neves Ferrão) to release a reimagined version of his song "Coração Não Tem Idade (Vou Beijar)". Available now on all streaming platforms, the recording finds TRIVIUM and Toy joining forces to deliver a heavy a take on the classic track sung entirely ...
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Canadian rocker Danko Jones says United States audiences are hostile to support acts in a way not seen anywhere else in the world. Speaking on the latest episode of the "White Line Fever" podcast, Jones says other bands agree with him that audiences in the U.S. are the rudest to opening ...
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SALIVA guitarist Wayne Swinny has revealed that he has been in talks with the band's original frontman Josey Scott "for a few months now" about teaming up for a possible reunion tour in 2020. The singer left SALIVA at the end of 2011 after 15 years with the band, reportedly to pursue a solo Christian ...
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In a brand new interview with Dean Delray's "Let There Be Talk" podcast, KISS frontman Paul Stanley recalled the first time he witnessed a LED ZEPPELIN concert when he was just 17 years old and living in New York. "I saw ZEPPELIN in, I think it was August of '69 — between the first and ...
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HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale joined Nashville rockers SLIDER on stage Saturday night (October 26) at the Basement in their hometown to perform a cover of the SOUNDGARDEN classic "My Wave". Video footage of her appearance can be seen below. Two and a half years ago, shortly after the passing of SOUNDGARDEN frontman Chris Cornell, Hale told ...
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Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rob Caggiano of Danish/American rockers VOLBEAT. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether VOLBEAT wanted to tinker with their "formula" on their new album, "Rewind, Replay, Rebound": Rob: "I'll ...
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To celebrate the release of the new fully authorized visual history book "Ministry: Prescripture" on December 6, band leader and mastermind Al Jourgensen will make an appearance for one exclusive book signing alongside author and designer Aaron Tanner on Friday, December 13. The event is open to the public and will be held at Asrai ...
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The official lyric video for the new MÖTLEY CRÜE song "Ride With The Devil" can be seen below. The track appears on "The Dirt Soundtrack" that accompanies the recently released Netflix film "The Dirt", based on The New York Times best-selling 2001 autobiography by CRÜE and Neil Strauss. Released on March 22, the 18-song soundtrack ...
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Rolling Stone Germany recently conducted an interview with GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge. You can watch the four-part chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On opening up for METALLICA in Europe this past summer: Tobias: "Entertaining. It's summer and, for the most part, the weather is nice and it's ...
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Earlier this year, QUIET RIOT played several shows this year without drummer Frankie Banali, marking the first time ever that the band performed without any of the members from its classic lineup: Banali, singer Kevin DuBrow, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and bassist Rudy Sarzo. Frankie returned to the stage with QUIET RIOT this past Saturday night ...
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The second in a series of videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet's tenth solo LP, aptly titled "Ten", can be seen below. The follow-up to 2016's "One Sided War" was released on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music Srl in Europe. "Ten" features ...
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When music industry veteran and independent pioneer Allen Kovac first founded Eleven Seven Music and Eleven Seven Label Group in 2006, he recognized that major record companies were no longer focusing on artist development and marketing. Thirteen years later, E7LG, the industry's global rock powerhouse, has been renamed Better Noise Music. The consolidation of its ...
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