Three-time Grammy-nominated rock band NOTHING MORE is known for its critiques on social issues, from addressing our false need for materialism, to political and religious leaders enforcing their views on others, to the challenges of mental illness. The lyric video for "Let 'Em Burn" — which originally premiered on Billboard in August 2017 ...
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Swedish progressive metal veterans OPETH will release "Garden Of The Titans: Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre" on November 2 via Moderbolaget Records/Nuclear Blast Entertainment. This historic event was captured for the DVD, Blu-ray and vinyl formats during the band's May 11, 2017 performance at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado. Both the DVD and ...
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BEHEMOTH and Brooklyn, New York's Kings County Brewers Collective have joined forces for a Double IPA, "Wolf Ov Siberia". From the most blasphemous depths of extreme metal comes a collaboration brew of epic proportions: "Wolf Ov Siberia" pours pale gold in the glass, with a light lupulin haze. A blistering blast of bright lemon and ...
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The official trailer for Anneke Van Giersbergen's "Symphonized" can be found below. In May 2018, Anneke performed two career-spanning concerts with orchestral arrangements together with Residentie Orkest The Hague. Now those special concerts will be available for all to hear when they are released as "Symphonized", an 11-track live album due out on November 16. ...
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POISON singer Bret Michaels has diabetes but that has never stopped him from living the life he wants to live. In November, as part of national Diabetes Awareness Month, Michaels will partner with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City to celebrate living his best life with diabetes. The music icon will be honored ...
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U.K. metalcore act ASKING ALEXANDRIA has released a brand new video for the beautifully stripped down, acoustic version of its third Top 10 radio hit "Alone In A Room" (currently No. 8 on the Active Rock chart). "Alone In A Room" is the second single from ASKING ALEXANDRIA's self-titled fifth studio album, which was released ...
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GRETA VAN FLEET, one of the most buzzed-about new rock bands today, announces the "March Of The Peaceful Army" world tour and initial headline dates for 2019. These dates are in support of the band's debut album, "Anthem Of The Peaceful Army", which is due out October 19 (Lava/Republic). As part of the itinerary, the ...
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HALESTORM has released the official music video for the song "Do Not Disturb". The clip was directed by Roboshobo (a.k.a. Robert Schober), who has previously worked with METALLICA, ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON, DISTURBED and GREEN DAY, among others. "Do Not Disturb" is taken from HALESTORM's latest album, "Vicious", which came out in July via Atlantic. ...
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BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi spoke to The Sunday Post about his decision to stop touring several years after he was diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma. "After doing it for so many years, and after my diagnosis, I wanted to stop the 18-month tours," he said. "I had to think about ...
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DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has told Billboard that he was pleased to learn that original guitarist Pete Willis, who was fired after the band's second album, was included in the list of members who have been nominated for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction next year. "Pete is very important in ...
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PureGrainAudio has uploaded a track-by-track breakdown of "Battlefields Of Asura", the upcoming album from Taiwanese metallers CHTHONIC, courtesy of vocalist Freddy Lim. Check it out below. Many tracks on "Battlefields Of Asura", which is due on October 12, are associated with different Taiwanese gods and goddesses. "A Crimson Sky's Command" is one of ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALTER BRIDGE and TREMONTI guitarist Mark Tremonti said in a recent interview on "The Jasta Show" podcast that both his current bands have not been able to reach the same large audiences as his previous act, CREED, because neither band has landed a massive hit like that group did ...
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OF MICE & MEN has entered the studio with producer Josh Wilbur (TRIVIUM, LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA) to begin recording the follow-up to this year's "Defy" album. "We're super pumped to be in the studio with Josh, as we're all big fans of his production and mix discography," said singer and bassist Aaron Pauley. "When ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian spoke to KROQ's "The Kevin & Bean Show" on Tuesday (October 9) about the fact that the band has been stalled in its attempts to record a follow-up to its "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" albums, which came out in 2005. Asked if he feels that there is a possibility ...
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VENOM INC. frontman Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan says that he doesn't know if drummer Anthony "Abaddon" Bray will ever return to the band. Earlier this year, VENOM INC. revealed that it was recruiting Jeramie Kling of the Tampa-based melodic death metal band THE ABSENCE to fill in for Bray on a European tour while Abaddon ...
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GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash says most of the material written for "Living The Dream", his fourth solo album and third with THE CONSPIRATORS, comes from when the band is on tour and can assemble ideas during soundcheck. The initial riffs for the disc were collected as far back as 2015, but progress on the ...
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Sean Yseult, best known as the bass player from the multi-platinum and twice Grammy-nominated band WHITE ZOMBIE, was asked by "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" if she misses "being part of the team," more than two decades after the group's split. "Well, the team completely broke up and split four different ways in '96, so ...
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"Listening For The Silence", a new song from San Diego, California-based rockers P.O.D. (PAYABLE ON DEATH), can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's 10th studio disc, "Circles", which will be released on November 16 via Mascot Label Group. On "Circles", P.O.D. collaborated with the Los Angeles-based production duo called the Heavy ...
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In a brand new interview with "CBS Sunday Morning", former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry was asked if the door is still open for him to one day play with the band again. He responded (see video below): "All I can think about is where I'm at right now… I love going forward; I love going ...
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ROCK GODDESS — the female power trio from the days of NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) — has announced the addition of bassist Jenny Lane to the group's ranks. Not to be confused with various other musicians of the same name, a professional wrestler or the popular BEATLES classic "Penny Lane", Lane is ...
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ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY are among the confirmed bands for MEGADETH's first-ever Megacruise. The Norwegian Jewel will set sail on October 13, 2019 from Los Angeles, California and hit ports of San Diego, California and Ensenada, Mexico before returning on October 18, 2019. According to the official web site: "While there are dozens ...
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DEVILDRIVER and COAL CHAMBER frontman Dez Fafara is celebrating the second anniversary of his getting sober today (Tuesday, October 6). He wrote on his Instagram account: "On 10-9-16, I walked off my bus, down the street to a tattoo joint and got these numbers tattooed on me. I quit ON THE ROAD, with drinkers all ...
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Joe Perry — legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of AEROSMITH — has just confirmed more shows in support of his 2018 "Sweetzerland Manifesto" solo album. The headlining dates kick off November 30 in Iowa and include stops in New York, Detroit, Philadelphia and more before wrapping up with three Los Angeles-area shows. ...
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Released today (Tuesday, October 9) is "Led Zeppelin By Led Zeppelin", the first and only official illustrated book by the band. It is a unique collaboration between Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones, who have given Reel Art Press unrestricted access to the LED ZEPPELIN archive. A new trailer for "Led Zeppelin By ...
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RATT singer Stephen Pearcy will release his fifth solo album, "View To A Thrill", on November 9 via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2017's "Smash" was produced by Matt Thorne and Pearcy and was mixed and mastered by Thorne and Stephen's longtime guitarist and collaborator, Erik Ferentinos. The second single from "View To A ...
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Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has defended the band's controversial symphonic heavy metal concept double album about Nostradamus, saying that it "a great musical work" which might have been ahead of its time. Released in 2008, the two-CD, 23-track journey through the life of the controversial, 16th-century prophet was criticized by fans for not ...
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BILLYBIO, the solo project of BIOHAZARD and POWERFLO guitarist Billy Graziadei, will release its debut album, "Feed The Fire", on November 30 via AFM Records. An animated teaser for the disc is available below. The official music video for the first single from "Feed The Fire", "Freedoms Never Free", will make its online debut later ...
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On September 29, IRON MAIDEN's Nicko McBrain made an appearance at Manchester Central in Manchester, U.K. following The UK Drum Show. An evening of drums, drumming, chit chat and an in-depth look at life in one of the world's most successful heavy metal bands, the event — which was hosted by Al Murray — saw ...
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According to the Grand Forks Herald, METALLICA's September 8 concert at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota broke records for ticket revenue and other sales. The event, which drew nearly 17,000 fans as part of the band's "WorldWired" tour, resulted in the highest-grossing ticket sales in the building's history, said Anna ...
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