QUEENSRŸCHE kicked off the 2020 leg of its "The Verdict" headline tour last Friday night (January 17) at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Video footage of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Sonic Perspectives). The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Prophecy 02. Operation: Mindcrime 03. Walk In ...
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No one is going to accuse VICTORIUS of not putting enough effort in. The Germans' fifth studio album follows four relatively well-received efforts that have nudged them towards the front of the aspiring power metal pack, and you don't have to spend much time with "Space Ninjas From Hell" to realize that's it's a very ...
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Grammy-nominated band CODE ORANGE has announced details of a U.S. headline tour set to get underway this spring. The "Underneaththeskin_ Tour", which is set to kick off March 30 in Boston, Massachusetts, will feature special guests SHOW ME THE BODY, JESUS PIECE, YEAR OF THE KNIFE and MACHINE GIRL. Pre-sale tickets will be available today, ...
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES' longtime bassist Ashley Purdy spoke to Sonic Perspectives about his surprise departure from the band last November. His exit from the group took place not long after he spent time in a psychiatric hospital to undergo intensive grief counseling and therapy from a few recent deaths and tragedies. ...
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Recording artist William DuVall, frontman for the iconic band ALICE IN CHAINS, has released a live video for "Smoke And Mirrors", recorded at Holly Lane Studios. "Smoke And Mirrors" is a dark and sultry affair, centred around love and the firm grasp that it’s capable of taking. The acoustic tones have the power to both ...
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After a highly successful year of international touring and continued work on a new studio album, U.K. grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH have announced a new seven-inch / digital EP to be released via Century Media Records on February 7. The release will kick off the start of the band's "Campaign For Musical Destruction" headline European ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS have released the official video for "Fare Thee Well", the debut single from their forthcoming first-ever acoustic album "Perdida". Directed by P.R. Brown (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, JOHN MAYER, PRINCE), the hauntingly beautiful live performance clip perfectly captures the essence of the song. "Perdida" will be released on February 10. The band recorded ...
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LED ZEPPELIN guitar legend Jimmy Page has announced a standard production model Sundragon amplifier. The Sundragon Standard is a follow-up to the immediately sold-out limited-edition amplifier introduced and delivered in 2019. The Standard is a faithful recreation of the amp Jimmy used exclusively to create the groundbreaking sounds on "Led Zeppelin I" and other notable ...
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Charvel has expanded its signature artist models with the all-new Joe Duplantier Signature Pro-Mod San Dimas Style 2 HH E Mahogany (pictured below) featuring the GOJIRA frontman's new signature DiMarzio humbucking bridge pickup, as well as new colors for the Satchel Signature Pro-Mod DK and Angel Vivaldi Signature DK24-7 NOVA. French avant-metal quartet GOJIRA has ...
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WE CAME AS ROMANS have shared the video for their brand new song "From The First Note". Check it out below. "From The First Note" and "Carry The Weight" serve as the first tracks that the band released since singer Kyle Pavone's tragic passing in August 2018. Says guitarist Joshua Moore: "'From The First Note' ...
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SONS OF APOLLO drummer Mike Portnoy (ex-DREAM THEATER) recently spoke with Rodrigo Altaf of Sonic Perspectives. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how making SONS OF APOLLO's new album, "MMXX", compared to the band's 2017 debut, "Psychotic Symphony": Mike: "The process ...
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British rockers THE DARKNESS will spread their "Easter Is Cancelled" message across North America on a headlining tour kicking off on April 13 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at Union Hall and wrapping on May 23 in Chicago, Illinois at Park West. THE DARKNESS will play its latest album, "Easter Is Cancelled", in full, followed by ...
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FOO FIGHTERS are promising "some seriously crazy shit" for 2020, which marks the 25th anniversary of the band's self-titled 1995 debut. Earlier today, frontman Dave Grohl posted the following message on social media: "Holy Shit!!! 25 years?! "Thank you guys for being with us year after year…for singing along & making every show the best ...
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In addition to SONS OF APOLLO — whose sophomore album "MMXX" will be released on January 17 — former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy is currently a member of five other bands – TRANSATLANTIC; THE NEAL MORSE BAND; all-star metal collective METAL ALLEGIANCE; pop/prog supergroup FLYING COLORS; and THE WINERY DOGS. During a recent interview ...
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RUSH's longtime producer Terry Brown has paid tribute to drummer Neil Peart, who died on Tuesday (January 7) in Santa Monica, California after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Brown took to his social media on Friday (January 10) to write: "It is with a heavy heart that I have ...
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TĒTĒMA, the bi-continental outfit featuring Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE) and the Melbourne-based, electro-acoustic artist Anthony Pateras, return with their sophomore album, the mind-bending "Necroscape" (April 3, Ipecac Recordings). An early preview of the spring release can be heard now, with "Haunted On The Uptake", a track Pateras describes as sounding "like THE ...
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Grammy-nominated band CODE ORANGE has announced details of its new LP, "Underneath", which will be released on March 13 via Roadrunner Records. The official Max Moore-directed music video for the album's title track, offering a glimpse into the reconfigured and urgent compositions of a band at their most ambitious, can be seen below. CODE ORANGE's ...
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Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA has released "Cell-0", the title track of the group's latest studio album, due out January 10 via Silver Lining Music. In support of the release of "Cell-0", APOCALYPTICA — cellists Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo Lötjönen, and drummer Mikko Sirén — will be the special guests for SABATON on ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will release their first-ever acoustic album, titled "Perdida", on February 10. The band recorded the disc at drummer Eric Kretz's Bomb Shelter Studios. STP utilized a variety of instruments that haven't been associated with the group in the past, including flute, alto saxophone, guitarrón, viola, cello and vintage keyboards. STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ...
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"I Disappear", a new song from DIRTY SHIRLEY, the project featuring guitarist George Lynch (THE END MACHINE, KXM, LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN) and vocalist/keyboardist Dino Jelusick (ANIMAL DRIVE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), can be streamed below. The track is taken from DIRTY SHIRLEY's self-titled debut album, which will be released on January 24 via Frontiers Music Srl. Croatian ...
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FOO FIGHTERS have shared several cryptic photos on social media, apparently hinting that new music from the band will be coming soon. Along with the images were the hashtags #FF2020 and #FF25. This year, 2020, will mark the 25th anniversary of the FOO FIGHTERS' self-titled 1995 debut. Frontman Dave Grohl and other members of the ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Enter Sandman" on August 25 at Palastzelt Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, Germany can be seen below. Earlier this month, Billboard reported that METALLICA was the highest-ranked hard rock act on the magazine's year-end Boxscore chart, with a combined gross of $177 million from 46 reported concerts during ...
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In the sobering, slow motion world of funeral doom, certain traits are non-negotiable. The excruciating tempos, the profound sense of existential despair, the thick wall of grandiloquent reverb: it's a robust and fertile formula, but one that is easy enough to harness that it only occasionally throws up a record of unquestionable brilliance. Audibly aiming ...
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Shavo Odadjian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN), Adrian Smith (IRON MAIDEN) and Justin Chancellor (TOOL) came together for a jam Sunday night (December 29) at an undisclosed location, while celebrating the birthday of Smith's wife, Nathalie Dufresne-Smith. Earlier today, Odadjian took to his Instagram to post a photo of the trio, along with the following caption: ...
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Video footage of VOIVOD's December 28 performance at Katacombes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada can be seen below. The legendary punk and metal venue, which is located in a distinctive black building on the corner of St-Laurent and Ontario in the Latin Quarter, will close at the end of 2019. This past March, VOIVOD was honored ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Lords Of Summer" on June 16 at Koning Boudewijnstadium in Brussels, Belgium can be seen below. Earlier this month, Billboard reported that METALLICA was the highest-ranked hard rock act on the magazine's year-end Boxscore chart, with a combined gross of $177 million from 46 reported concerts ...
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SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt has shared a few photos of the band's last-ever concert, which took place on November 30 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. "A few from the final show taken by none other than my wife and best friend on this earth @lisaholt777 !" Holt wrote on Instagram. "Her new camera is ...
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JINJER frontwoman Tatiana Shmailyuk, who possesses one of the most powerful and diverse voices on the planet, says that she has no interest in getting involved in vocal coaching at any point in the future. "No, never," she told EMP UK in a recent interview (see video below). "I don't see myself being a teacher, ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Confusion" on August 25 at Palastzelt Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, Germany can be seen below. Earlier this month, Billboard reported that METALLICA was the highest-ranked hard rock act on the magazine's year-end Boxscore chart, with a combined gross of $177 million from 46 reported concerts during the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of THE CULT's December 13 concert at Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey can be seen below. THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury told Atlantic City Weekly in a new interview that the band is planning to work on new music in ...
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