KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and PARKWAY DRIVE have announced a massive co-headline tour, dubbed "Collapse The World". The trek will take place in spring 2019, kicking off on April 18 in San Francisco and running through May 16 in Milwaukee. AFTER THE BURIAL will appear in the lineup as a support act. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will ...
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Diamond Oz of Metal Underground conducted an interview with frontman Tom "Angelripper" Such of German thrash metal veterans SODOM after the band's December 6 concert at Electric Ballroom in London, England, United Kingdom during the MTV "Headbanger's Ball" tour alongside EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL and SUICIDAL ANGELS. You can watch the entire chat below. ...
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Brent Smith has told "The Morning Blaze" in a new interview that SHINEDOWN never approaches the making of its albums with the intention of topping its previous releases. "We try not to compare anything and put it in the idea of, 'I need to beat the last record that we did,'" the singer said. "The ...
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Drum-cam footage of SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph performing the song "Blood Red" during the band's November 3, 2018 concert at Wembley SSE Arena in London, England can be seen below. Bostaph, who was previously SLAYER's drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums with the band, rejoined SLAYER in 2013 after the group's original ...
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A previously unreleased clip from Ozzy Osbourne's show "Ozzy & Jack's World Detour" in which the BLACK SABBATH singer watches a performance by the fast food-themed SABBATH tribute parody band called MAC SABBATH can be seen below. Mysterious MAC SABBATH frontman Ronald Osbourne emerged from his basement bunker to tell Rolling Stone: "Being ...
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A five-minute video of DREAM THEATER's John Petrucci (guitar), James LaBrie (vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards) discussing "Untethered Angel", the first single from their forthcoming 14th studio album, "Distance Over Time", can be seen below. "Distance Over Time" will be released on February 22, 2019. The disc showcases a newfound creativity for DREAM THEATER while ...
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Billy Corgan and James Iha of SMASHING PUMPKINS were interviewed by KROQ DJ Stryker prior to the band's appearance at the KROQ Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas on Saturday, December 8 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. You can now watch the chat below. Asked why Rick Rubin was the right person to produce SMASHING PUMPKINS' ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his third show with SLAYER Thursday night (December 6) at Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announced last Sunday that he would miss ...
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Prior to TREMONTI's December 4 concert in London, vocalist/guitarist Mark Tremonti spoke with Metal Underground. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the inspiration behind TREMONTI's latest album, "A Dying Machine": Mark: "I was on tour with ALTER BRIDGE in Hungary, and it was ...
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THE WINERY DOGS — the hard rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (POISON, MR. BIG), bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, DREAM THEATER) — will embark on an American tour in May of 2019. The trek will mark the group's first tour in nearly three ...
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Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (BLUE MURDER, VANILLA FUDGE, KING KOBRA) has slammed the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, saying that the name of the institution should be changed to reflect the musicians that have been inducted. "It shouldn't be called [Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame] — it should be called the Music Hall ...
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The official music video for "Untethered Angel", a brand new song from progressive music titans DREAM THEATER, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming 14th studio album, "Distance Over Time", which will be released on February 22, 2019. The disc showcases a newfound creativity for DREAM THEATER while maintaining the ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel says that playing with SLAYER as the temporary replacement for Gary Holt is beyond his wildest dreams. Holt, who also plays with EXODUS, announced on Sunday that he would miss the rest of the current SLAYER European trek in order to return home and be with his ...
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On January 25, KING DIAMOND will release a new DVD/Blu-ray, "Songs For The Dead Live", via Metal Blade Records. There is only one King Diamond, and for more than thirty years the great Dane has been dropping classic albums and putting on shows fans remember for the rest of their lives. Perhaps the only downside ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, a new book on late SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE frontman Chris Cornell, titled "Total [email protected]&king Godhead: The Biography Of Chris Cornell", will arrive in 2020. The author, Rolling Stone and Billboard writer Corbin Reiff, announced the news in a series of tweets, saying: "I've spent the last year conducting interviews ...
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THE WINERY DOGS — the hard rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (POISON, MR. BIG), bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, DREAM THEATER) — will embark on an American tour in May of 2019. The trek will mark the group's first tour in nearly three ...
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METALLICA's December 2 concert at the at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington shattered the venue's nearly 20-year attendance record with a crowd of 13,184 fans on hand. The show broke a record that had been in place since August 17, 1999, when 12,526 people turned up at a Neil Diamond gig. "To break an ...
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Former ACCEPT and BONFIRE singer David Reece will open for U.D.O., the band fronted by ex-ACCEPT vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, for 10 shows in Germany and Switzerland in early 2019. Reece broke the news of the pairing during an interview with Jimmy Kay from Canada's The Metal Voice. He said (see video below): "I cannot tell ...
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The soaring success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" — the Freddie Mercury/QUEEN movie that is set to become the biggest grossing music biopic of all time — has proven that the public's love for QUEEN remains as strong as ever. Longtime fans and recent converts will be thrilled to discover then, that QUEEN — original bandmembers Brian ...
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Guitarist Gary Holt will miss the rest of the current SLAYER European tour in order to return home and be with his dying father. He will be replaced for the remaining shows on the trek by former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel. Demmel will make his live debut with SLAYER Monday night (December ...
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Sofa King Cool recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the "intimacy" of his current "Basstory" tour: David: "That seems to be the comment we get — it's such a different concept, it's such a different thing. In ...
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Dr. Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna of Appetite For Disruption recently conducted an interview with drummer Chris Von Rohr of Swiss hard rock veterans KROKUS. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the early days of KROKUS: Chris: "In the beginning, it's a dream, but then when you ...
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Corey Taylor has called Adam Levine a "schmuck" after the MAROON 5 singer blasted the current rock scene as lacking the "innovation" of hip-hop. In a brand new interview with Variety, Levine was asked which genre of music he and his bandmates fit into: pop, rock or urban. He responded: "Something unique to ...
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A five-minute Sebastien Paquet-produced documentary on the making of "Damned If You Do", the upcoming 12th full-length studio album from West Coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH, can be seen below. Due on December 7 via Rat Pak Records, the effort will also be available in Europe via Nuclear Blast and Japan via King Records. The ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Dreadful Moments" from the Ukrainian metal act JINJER can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming five-song EP, "Micro", which will be released on January 11, 2019 via Napalm Records. The band states: "This is the darkest song we have ever made both musically ...
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In a new Music Radar retrospective on his career, SAVATAGE guitarist Criss Oliva — who was killed by a drunk driver 25 years ago last month — is praised by TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick and former MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist David Vincent. Skolnick first heard Oliva on "Sirens", SAVATAGE's influential 1983 debut, but the ...
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"Stay Tuned" is the passion project of Austrian multi-instrumentalist Bernhard Welz. Not unlike other musicians, Welz often gathers his musical friends around to play and sing along to the songs he wrote, produced and arranged. The difference between him and others is however, that his friends include some of the greatest rock and roll legends ...
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THE WINERY DOGS — the hard rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (POISON, MR. BIG), bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, DREAM THEATER) — will embark on an American tour in May of 2019. The trek — dates for which have not yet been announced ...
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METAL CHURCH singer Mike Howe has told Myglobalmind that meeting Rob Halford and being on the road with the JUDAS PRIEST singer was "a huge highlight" of his career. "I can recall one time leaving the dressing room to go the stage and him telling me that he just got done listening to ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS performing the song "The Ignorant Point" live on September 6 at Santos in New Orleans, Louisiana can be seen below (courtesy of Mike Holderbeast). The audio was recorded and mastered by Steven W. Richardson. PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS' sophomore album, "Choosing Mental ...
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