Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new album, "Hellelujuah", on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). The first single from "Hellelujuah", a song called "By The Blood", is available for streaming using the SoundCloud widget below. ...
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Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new album, "Hellelujuah", on January 22 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). The first single from "Hellelujuah", a song called "By The Blood", is available for streaming using the SoundCloud widget below. ...
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Richie Faulkner, who was once the guitarist in the backing group for Lauren Harris, daughter of IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris, was asked in a brand new interview with GigsAndFestivals.com if he was "on the subs bench for IRON MAIDEN" prior to joining JUDAS PRIEST as the replacement for K.K. Downing. He responded: ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Eye For An Eye" from CYBERSTAR, the new band featuring vocalist Jasen Moreno (DROWNING POOL) and guitarist Billy Grey (FOZZY), can be seen below. The group, whose current lineup is completed by drummer Dusty Winterrowd (ALLELE), is putting the finishing touches on its debut EP for an early ...
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Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will play a special anniversary show at Turbinenhalle 2 in Oberhausen, Germany on April 16, 2016. The evening will see the band will play the records "Horrorscope" (which will be celebrating its 25th anniversary) and "Feel The Fire" (30th anniversary) in their entirety. And if that wasn't enough, the show ...
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On October 17, Metal Mark of SkullsNBones.com conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about OVERKILL's timeline for the follow-up to 2014's "White Devil Armory" album, Ellsworth said: "We're shooting for October of 2016; I mean, that's ...
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The first in a series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "They Bleed Red", the sophomore album from DEVIL YOU KNOW — the creative union of Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Francesco Artusato (ALL SHALL PERISH) and John Sankey (DEVOLVED) — can be seen below. The CD will be released on November ...
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Greg Prato of Songfacts recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Morgan Lander of Canadian metallers KITTIE. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Songfacts: How did the idea come up to do a documentary at this point? Morgan Lander: The idea for the documentary has been in the works for the ...
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Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL will release their new album, "Hellelujuah", on January 22 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL). "We’re excited as hell to announce the release of our new record titled 'Hellelujah'," says the band. "This is the ...
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"The Way We Die", the new video from DEVIL YOU KNOW — the creative union of Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE), Francesco Artusato (ALL SHALL PERISH) and John Sankey (DEVOLVED) — can be seen below. The song is taken from DEVIL YOU KNOW's sophomore album, "They Bleed Red", which will be released on November 6 via ...
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The forthcoming self-titled album from DEF LEPPARD will include a song called "Sea Of Love", featuring a guest appearance by DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen's DELTA DEEP bandmate Debbi Blackwell-Cook on vocals. Collen told Classic Rock magazine about how the collaboration came about: "I wrote [the track] and originally thought, 'This'll be a great song ...
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Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice recently conducted an interview with former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follows (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On W.A.S.P.'s early days: "It was great. Tony [Richards, drums] got thrown out. [Steve] Riley came in [on drums], and it ...
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Next Random Video has uploaded video footage of DROWNING POOL performing the song "Bodies" live on September 18 at Whiskey Dick's Saloon in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Check it out below. DROWNING POOL recently inked a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band has spent time in the studio with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS ...
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Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival producers John Reese and Kevin Lyman spoke to AltPress.com about the end of the event, which performed to smaller-than-usual crowds this year amid controversy over the way the event was booked. SLAYER was this year's Mayhem headliner, but the main-stage lineup lacked the second big headliner of previous ...
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In a recent interview with "Nights With Alice Cooper" producer Katherine Turman, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, who was in New York City on September 11, 2001, recounted his memories of the tragedy exactly fourteen years since the terrorist attacks on 9/11. You can watch the clip below. Dickinson told Travel Trade Gazette back in ...
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Vocalist Jasen Moreno (DROWNING POOL) and guitarist Billy Grey (FOZZY) have joined forces in a brand new project called CYBERSTAR. The group, whose current lineup is completed by drummer Dusty Winterrowd (ALLELE), is in the process of recording an EP. The first two songs laid down during the sessions are "Eye For An Eye" and ...
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The official lyric video for "True Friends", a brand new song from the British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "That's The Spirit", which will be released on September 11 via Columbia Records. Eleven tracks were laid down for the CD, which ...
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According to Stuff.co.nz, former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was denied entry to The Rockpool pool hall in Christchurch, New Zealand over the weekend because he refused to remove a bandana he was wearing. The Rockpool owner Peter Whittaker did not comment on the Vinnie Paul incident but said people ...
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An audio snippet of "True Friends", a brand new song from the British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON, can be streamed below. The full track is expected to be unveiled next week. "True Friends" is taken from BRING ME THE HORIZON's fifth album, "That's The Spirit", which will be released on September 11 via ...
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In less than two years since forming, SONS OF TEXAS are steadily working their way through the mainstream rock sector. Their debut album "Baptized in the Rio Grande" has all the staples of a successful contemporary hard rock album, which is good for making a quick strike impression upon their AOR-targeted audience. That being said, ...
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Sock Puppet Parody, which pays tribute to iconic bands and glorifies their undergarments, has posted a video for the sock-puppet act DROWNY POOL's song "Laundry" which hilariously parodies DROWNING POOL's "Bodies". Check it out below. Sock Puppet Parody previously released videos for "Master Of Sock Puppets" which was based on METALLICA's classic 1986 track "Master ...
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In April, Spotify revealed that metal fans are the most loyal music fans, leading the Spotify Insights team to raise the follow-up question: which metal sub-genre is the most popular? Spotify analyzed their music library and determined that out of 91 different metal genres, Alternative Metal reigns supreme, followed closely by Nu Metal, Hard Rock, ...
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Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL have inked a worldwide deal with eOne Music. The band is currently in the studio with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL) working on its as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" for an early 2016 release. "We are truly honored to be part of the eOne family," ...
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This year's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival could very well turn out to be the event's last, if the latest couple of social-media posts by Mayhem co-founder John Reese are anything to go by. The 2015 edition of Mayhem kicked off on June 26 in Chula Vista, California and wrapped last night (Sunday, August 2) ...
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Documentary filmmaker Penelope Spheeris spoke to Goldmine magazine about the the infamous scene in her "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" movie in which then-W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes can be seen guzzling vodka in his pool. "When I shot Chris Holmes, you know, I thought we didn't get the ...
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SLAYER guitarist Kerry King says that he didn't take it personally when Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival co-founder Kevin Lyman criticized the metal scene for the lower-than-usual attendance at this year's edition of the travelling event. The tour is smaller this year, with fewer bands overall and fewer "headline-worthy" acts at the top. "The bands ...
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"X-Ray Visions", the new video from Maryland rockers CLUTCH, can be seen below. The clip was shot by renowned photographer Dan Winters, who also designed the cover for the band's eleventh studio album, "Psychic Warfare". Sirius XM's Liquid Metal (Sirius XM channel 40) will premiere the audio track of "X-Ray Visions" throughout its programming from ...
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"X-Ray Visions", the new video from Maryland rockers CLUTCH, will make its online debut on Wednesday, July 29 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The clip was shot by renowned photographer Dan Winters, who also designed the cover for the band's eleventh studio album, "Psychic Warfare". Sirius XM's Liquid Metal (Sirius XM channel 40) will premiere the ...
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British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON will release its fifth album, "That's The Spirit", on September 11 via Columbia Records. Eleven tracks were laid down for the CD, which was produced by BRING ME THE HORIZON keyboardist/vocalist Jordan Fish. "That's The Spirit" track listing: 01. Doomed 02. Happy Song 03. Throne 04. True Friends ...
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British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON has set "That's The Spirit" as the title for its fifth album, due later in the year via Columbia Records. Around twelve tracks were laid down for the CD, which was produced by BRING ME THE HORIZON keyboardist/vocalist Jordan Fish. BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oli Sykes told ...
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