In a recent interview with "Tunestiles" podcast, guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen was asked about the status of THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH). He said (hear audio below): "We talked about [making a third studio album]. Obviously, ...
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CLUTCH frontman Neil Fallon has confirmed to Sonic Perspectives that the band has commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2018's "Book Of Bad Decisions" album. "We've started kicking around riffs," he said (hear audio below). "[But] that's kind of put on hold [due to the coronavirus pandemic]. I think ...
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CONVERGE frontman Jacob Bannon has joined forces with guitarists Sean Martin (TWITCHING TONGUES, ex-HATEBREED) and Mike McKenzie (THE RED CHORD, STOMACH EARTH), bassist Greg Weeks (THE RED CHORD) and drummer Jon Rice (UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS, ex-JOB FOR A COWBOY) in a new death metal project called UMBRA VITAE (named after a poem by ...
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Maryland rockers CLUTCH have released "Monsters, Machines, And Mythological Beasts", a themed digital-only compilation of songs from the band's vast catalog. The various tracks were taken from "Robot Hive/Exodus", "Book Of Bad Decisions", "Pitchfork & Lost Needles", "Earth Rocker", "Strange Cousins From The West", "Live At The 9:30", "Psychic Warfare" and "Jam Room". CLUTCH frontman ...
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EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that he is still waiting for his COVID-19 test results, more than 10 days after he first revealed he was exhibiting all the symptoms of the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The San Francisco Bay Area-based axeman, who was tested — along with his wife — on March 20, ...
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Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent says that he wasn't one of the people flocking to supermarkets amid the coronavirus outbreak. "There is no panic in the world of conscientious, taking care of business, preparedness," he told the "Pat's Soundbytes Unplugged" podcast (hear audio below). "I guess the best way I can ...
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NIGHTWISH's Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley recently played the band's classic song "Nemo" as part of a Planet Rock acoustic session. Check out video footage below. NIGHTWISH's new album, "Human. :II: Nature.", will be released on April 10 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" is a double album containing ...
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A new video of former ICED EARTH vocalist Matt Barlow performing an acoustic version of the band's song "I Died For You" can be seen below. The track originally appeared on ICED EARTH's fourth album, 1996's "The Dark Saga". Barlow posted the video on his Facebook page and included the following message: Brothers and Sisters! ...
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FLAT EARTH, the new band featuring former HIM members Mikko "Linde" Lindström (guitar) and Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen (drums) alongside ex-AMORPHIS bassist Niclas Etelävuori and POLANSKI singer Anttoni "Anthony" Pikkarainen, has released the official lyric video for its new single, "Draining By Your Flame". The song is taken from FLAT EARTH's upcoming second album, due ...
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IN THIS MOMENT has released a new song called "As Above So Below". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Mother", which will be released on March 27 via Atlantic. The disc, which was once again recorded at The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada with producer Kevin Churko, features guest appearances ...
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HEAVEN SHALL BURN's Philipp Hirsch-directed music video for the song "Übermacht" can be seen below. The track is taken from the German band's new album, "Of Truth And Sacrifice", which is being released today (Friday, March 20) via Century Media Records. Guitarist Maik Weichert says: "For our conditions, it is an unusual video for an ...
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Finland's SINISTHRA has signed with Italian label Rockshots Records for the release of its new album, "The Broad And Beaten Way". Best described as sadness tinged with despair and hope, the new LP encapsulates raw emotion set against heavy and brooding music. "The Broad And Beaten Way" comes 15 years after SINISTHRA's debut record, "Last ...
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Finnish/British/Dutch symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have tapped AMORPHIS and TURMION KÄTILÖT as the support acts on their fall 2020 European tour. Tour dates: Nov. 16 - N - Oslo - Spektrum Nov. 20 - D - Leipzig - Arena Nov. 21 - D - Dusseldorf - ISS Dome Nov. 23 - NL - Amsterdam - Ziggo ...
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In spring 2019, former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley launched the "Tour Of The Eagle Spirit", taking in venues in Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Belgium, France, U.K., USA and Canada. In September 2019, Blaze took that tour on the road a second time, with a sequence of shows across Germany, Netherlands, Poland, plus two special ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen spoke to FaceCulture about the importance of working hard and collaborating in preserving the environment to prevent our ecosystem from becoming polluted and causing harmful effects to the health of every living thing in this planet. "Well, I'm not gonna one of those climate crisis depression speakers, ...
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On March 7, members of SOULFLY teamed up with members of TOXIC HOLOCAUST to perform a cover version of the DEATH classic "Evil Dead" at Soundbar in Orlando, Florida. The next day, SOULFLY frontman Max Cavalera spoke about the performance during an interview with That Just Happened. He said: "Just the ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton has confirmed to Greece's "TV War" that the band has already begin thinking about the follow-up to last year's "The Verdict" album. "Well, the seed has been sown," he said (see video below). "We all know about it. Obviously, we're gonna be very busy touring on 'The Verdict' album, so we're ...
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Richie Kotzen has put the finishing touches on "a new collection of music songs." The guitarist/vocalist announced the project's completion in an Instagram post earlier today (Saturday, March 14). He added: "Not sure how or when it will be presented or what it will be called but after having recorded and released a 50 song ...
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Richie Kotzen has fired back at the BLABBERMOUTH.NET "hate bitches" who reacted negatively to his recent comments about the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the U.S. and the rest of the world. In an interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, Kotzen said that he didn't "quite understand" the "crazy pandemonium" around ...
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Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN will release their fourth studio album, "Hell Will Come For Us All", on June 12 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by the band while engineering was handled by Matt Shorter at Heliport Studios. The album was mixed and mastered by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio, with additional ...
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In a brand new interview with Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio, Richie Kotzen was asked for his thoughts on the coronavirus pandemic happening right now and how so many shows and festivals are being canceled because of it. He responded (hear audio below): "I don't quite understand it. I don't ...
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MAGNUS KARLSSON'S FREE FALL will release a new album, "We Are The Night", on May 8 via Frontiers Music Srl. The first single, "Hold Your Fire", featuring TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and ANIMAL DRIVE vocalist Dino Jelusick, can be streamed below. Aside from Dino, other guest vocalists on the album include Frontiers' newest vocal sensation Renan Zonta ...
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NIGHTWISH has announced its partnership with the international conservation charity organization called World Land Trust. World Land Trust is a charity that aims to protect the world's most biologically significant and threatened habitats acre by acre. WLT's patrons include Sir David Attenborough and Chris Packham. For more information, watch the video below, featuring the track ...
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British drummer Barry Graham Purkis, better known as Thunderstick, who played with a developing IRON MAIDEN in the seventies and then moved on to SAMSON (being instrumental in finding a very youthful Bruce Dickinson), will release the first official live album from his eponymously named band on March 20 via Roulette Records. Purkis states: "I ...
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The official music video for the song "To Outlive The Gods" from British doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE can be seen below. Directed by Hal Sinden, the clip features frontman Aaron Stainthorpe and tells the tale of a doomed love story. The track is taken from the band's latest studio album, "The Ghost Of ...
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Finnish/British/Dutch symphonic metallers NIGHTWISH have released the official lyric video for "Harvest", the second single from their forthcoming ninth studio album, "Human. :II: Nature." . Due on April 10 via Nuclear Blast, the long-awaited follow-up to 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" will be a double album containing nine tracks on the main CD and one ...
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It was obvious from BURNING WITCHES' 2017 debut album that the Swiss quintet were not in the business of mucking about. The traditional and power metal realms are absurdly overpopulated with bands that favor polish and slickness over rawness and aggression, but as they prove once again on "Dance With The Devil", this band rips ...
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On Tuesday, March 3, Dave Grohl of the FOO FIGHTERS spoke to DC101's "Elliot In The Morning" about his upcoming documentary, "What Drives Us". The film finds Grohl exploring the mindset that compels musicians to leave behind everything and spend several months touring the country in a tiny van. According to a press release, the ...
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British rockers ENTER SHIKARI will release their sixth album, "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible", on April 17. The official music video for the disc's first single, "The Dreamer's Hotel", can be seen below. The clip was shot in Paris in February and directed by visual artist Polygon (TAME IMPALA, BRING ME THE HORIZON), ...
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Although their now impressive catalogue is largely immaculate, the biggest factor in MY DYING BRIDE's unassailable reputation has been their ruthlessly sustained mystique. Neither susceptible to the lure of the usual touring circuits nor to even the slenderest outside influence, the Brits' epic, avant-garde doom metal almost seems to exist out of time or recognizable ...
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