MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx is in New York City "working on some final stuff" on the Broadway adaptation of his memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star". He says in a new video message (see video below): "It's amazing. We've got some great partners that are involved, ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen spoke to Metal Wani about the future of rock music as on-demand streaming keeps contributing to a decline in sales and songwriters continue to be cut out of streaming's success. "I think music is being consumed, if you look at it from a product point of view, more than ever before ...
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Some of the fans who attended RATT's concert Friday night (October 5) in St. Charles, Illinois say that lead singer Stephen Pearcy was "stumbling" and couldn't "remember the words" to many of the band's most popular songs. Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's performance at the Arcada Theatre — courtesy of YouTube user JW Stuff — ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello has released a new single in honor of late singer Chris Cornell, with whom Morello played for five years and issued three studio albums in AUDIOSLAVE. The song, called "Every Step That I Take", features guest appearances from Portugal.The Man and EDM artist Whethan. ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello told the Chicago Tribune that he is releasing a new single in honor of late singer Chris Cornell, with whom Morello played for five years and issued three studio albums in AUDIOSLAVE. The song, called "Every ...
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The fourth annual "Bowl For Ronnie" celebrity bowling party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, will take place on Thursday, October 25 at PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California. The event will be hosted by television and radio personality Eddie Trunk, who is heard on SiriusXM's Volume channel and ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello kicked off a solo tour in New York City on Monday night (October 1) as he prepares to release his new solo LP, titled "The Atlas Underground", on October 12. Morello opened the show by talking for about ...
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"Royal Beggars", the new video from U.K. metallers ARCHITECTS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth full-length album, "Holy Hell", which will be released on November 9 via Epitaph Records. "Holy Hell" marks the band's first release since the untimely passing of Tom Searle, ARCHITECTS' founding guitarist, principal songwriter and ...
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Nancy Wilson says that "it's looking really good for a HEART reunion tour" in 2019. Nancy and Ann Wilson had a falling out during HEART's 2016 tour, when Ann's husband Dean Welter was arrested for assaulting Nancy's then-16-year-old twin sons in a backstage altercation at a gig near their hometown of Seattle. He pleaded guilty ...
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"Bartzabel", the new video from Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "I Loved You At Your Darkest", which will be released on October 5 via Nuclear Blast. Mastermind Nergal comments: "'Bartzabel' is a song that came in the midst of a BEHEMOTH rehearsal... We ...
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Former members of QUIET RIOT and ROUGH CUTT have joined forces in a "supergroup" called ROUGH RIOT. The new band consists of lead vocalist Paul Shortino (ROUGH CUTT, QUIET RIOT), guitarists Chris Hager (MICKEY RATT, ROUGH CUTT, STEPHEN PEARCY) and Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT, RATT), bassist Sean McNabb (QUIET RIOT, LYNCH MOB, DOKKEN, ROUGH CUTT) ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's September 28 concert in Montclair, New Jersey can be seen below. The Wellmont Theater performance took place just two days after RATT's disastrous show in Huntington, New York, where singer Stephen Pearcy slurred his way through some of the band's biggest hits while sitting down and nearly lying down on ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE drummer Brad Wilk has spoken out about his long battle with Type 1 diabetes, saying that he has not allowed the autoimmune disease for which there is no cure to control his life. In Type 1 diabetes, the immune system erroneously damages the pancreas's ability to produce ...
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Stephen Pearcy has apologized for his disastrous performance at last night's RATT concert in Huntington. Fan-filmed video footage of the show at The Paramount showed Pearcy slurring his way through some of RATT's biggest hits while sitting down and nearly lying down on the drum riser. The 62-year-old singer also appeared to be slouching or ...
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A number of RATT fans have taken to social media to express their concern for singer Stephen Pearcy, who stuggled through the band's concert last night (Wednesday, September 26) in Huntington, New York. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance at The Paramount shows Pearcy slurring his way through some of RATT's biggest hits while sitting ...
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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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Former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo has penned a moving tribute to the band's late guitarist Jeff Hanneman. Hanneman died in May 2013 from alcohol-related cirrhosis of the liver. He is credited for writing many of SLAYER's classic songs, including "Angel Of Death" and "South Of Heaven". Lombardo, who was the founding drummer in SLAYER and ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Blackened" on September 13 at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada can be seen below. According to CBC News, METALLICA's concert in Winnipeg set an attendance record, with more than 17,000 fans watching the band perform at Bell MTS Place. METALLICA broke its ...
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On November 16, fans can celebrate the recorded legacy of musical icon and singer/songwriter Chris Cornell with the 17-track self-titled album, "Chris Cornell", and a 64-track limited-edition deluxe box set. The first release since his passing in 2017, the album will be made available by Cornell's wife, Vicky Cornell, on behalf of the Chris Cornell ...
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In a brand new interview with "The Rock Writer's Ramble" podcast, NIGHTWISH frontwoman Floor Jansen was asked if she and her bandmates are truly having as much fun on stage performing together as they appear to be. "Absolutely," the Dutch singer responded. "As much as you might know from Finns, they are not fakers. So ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello has released his cover version of AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". The reworked "Dirty Deeds" will appear on "Appleseed's 21st Anniversary: Roots And Branches", an upcoming compilation celebrating protest music label Appleseed Recordings. Bruce Springsteen, Donovan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Bonnie ...
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Former EXODUS guitarist Rick Hunolt rejoined his bandmates during their concert last night (Tuesday, September 18) at Slim's in San Francisco. Hunolt came up on stage to perform a short snippet of a cover version of METALLICA's "Motorbreath" as well as an electrifying renditions of the EXODUS classics "The Toxic Waltz" and "Cajun Hell". EXODUS's ...
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NIGHTWISH's upcoming concerts in São Paulo, Brazil (September 28 at Tom Brasil) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 30 at Estadio Cubierto Malvinas Argentinas) will be filmed for an upcoming DVD. Keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen said about NIGHTWISH's decision to professionally film and record one or more of the shows on the group's current tour in support ...
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EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting is hoping to enter the studio next summer to begin recording the band's follow-up to 2014's "Blood In Blood Out" album. Although it was originally reported that the veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers would go into the studio in October 2017 to work on the new effort, it now appears ...
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Metal Wani's Jesse David recently conducted an interview with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and PROPHETS OF RAGE guitarist Tom Morello about his forthcoming solo album, "The Atlas Underground". You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On "The Atlas Underground": Tom: "The new album is a 'sonic conspiracy.' ...
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According to CBC News, METALLICA's concert in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Thursday night (September 13) set an attendance record, with more than 17,000 fans watching the band perform at Bell MTS Place. METALLICA broke its own arena attendance record, previously set in 2009 when 16,130 people bought tickets. Thursday night's METALLICA show, promoted by ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Flasche Zu Flasche" from ONKEL TOM — the solo project of Thomas "Angelripper" Such, bassist/vocalist of veteran German thrashers SODOM — can be seen below. The track is taken from ONKEL TOM's forthcoming album, "Bier Ernst", which will be released on September 28 via SPV/Steamhammer. The effort will ...
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According to the Lincoln Journal Star, 15,000 fans attended METALLICA's September 6 concert at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, which set a record as the heaviest ever, with a "dynamic weight" of up to 240,000 pounds. The five-year-old building's roof held up under the weight which hung from the arena's rigging ...
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Ann Wilson says that she is planning to reconnect with her sister Nancy to discuss a possible HEART comeback in 2019. "Just about everyone I've talked to today has asked me to comment on this rumor that there's a HEART reunion next year," Ann told Jim Kerr of New York's Q104.3 radio station earlier today ...
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Pittsburgh power thrashers VERMITHRAX have inked a deal with Divebomb Records for the release of their sophomore album, "Imperium Draconus", which is due October 12. Striving to resuscitate the aggressive, driving metal of the mid-'80s thrash scene, VERMITHRAX was forged in 2012 by vocalist Chris "Croy" Roy (READING ZERO, EMANCIPATION SYNDICATE) and drummer J.R. Jameson ...
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