In a new interview with "The Classic Metal Show", TESLA singer Jeff Keith was asked about the criticism that has been leveled at the band for adopting a 1980s-style polished production for its latest album, "Shock". The follow-up to June 2014's "Simplicity" was helmed by DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen, whose own group is no ...
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In episode 58 of the "Behind The Vinyl" podcast, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson discussed the band's classic fourth album, "Rust In Peace". Released in September 1990 via Capitol Records, it was MEGADETH's first LP with guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza following the departures of Jeff Young and Chuck Behler. "Really, I think, probably ...
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The first seven shows of the previously announced "The Big Rock Summer Tour" — featuring RATT, CINDERELLA's Tom Keifer, SKID ROW and SLAUGHTER — have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. Affected dates: June 03 - Farmingville, NY - Long Island Community Hospital Amphitheater at Bald Hill June 06 ...
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For the better part of the past five years, top-charting masked metal machine MUSHROOMHEAD have been crafting the epic follow up to their monumental 2014 full-length album, "The Righteous & The Butterfly" — waiting ever so patiently to drop their next collection of anthems. The Cleveland collective makes its prodigious return with the new full-length ...
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FOREIGNER keyboardist Michael Bluestein has produced a new video inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. Titled "Why Corona?", the song is a hybrid of wit and reflection, expressing the range of emotions brought on by this challenging period. Initially created as a humorous take on Bluestein's time in quarantine while in the studio, the track also ...
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On April 17, ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz and former OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Gus G. took part in a performance on Crowdcast as part of the #TogetherAtHome series, fueled by Global Citizen and in support of the World Health Organization. You can now watch the performance below. Featured songs: 01. Yesterday (THE BEATLES cover) 0:09:54 ...
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SONS OF APOLLO singer Jeff Scott Soto and Brazilian bassist Kuky Sanchez joined QUEEN legends Brian May and Roger Taylor from their respective homes to perform a split-screen version of QUEEN's classic song "We Are The Champions". Check out the video below. Soto was one of the vocalists for the officially sanctioned QUEEN tribute QUEEN ...
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CADAVER, one of the first Norwegian death metal bands to release an LP, has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The group's new digial EP, "D.G.A.F.", is now available. The official lyric video for the "D.G.A.F." title track, featuring a guest appearance by Jeff Walker of CARCASS, can be seen below. Exploding back into ...
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Legendary guitarist and two-time Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Jeff Beck, one of the great collaborators in music history, has once again found an unexpected co-conspirator in Johnny Depp. The musical soulmates have been working behind-the-scenes for the past few several years on new music and have released their first single as a ...
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WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner and his son Noah have used some of the coronavirus downtime to work up an acoustic version of THE NEIGHBOURHOOD's "Cry Baby". Check out video of the at-home performance below. WARRANT said: "We hope y'all are doing good in quarantine world and making the best of it. We can't wait to ...
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A new video in which ARCH ENEMY guitarist Jeff Loomis breaks down the inspiration and features of his brazen USA Signature Jeff Loomis Kelly model — from the unique chrome logo to his signature Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups — can be seen below. Emulating the brisk fretwork of his guitar idols, Loomis first burst on ...
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The popular vinyl collectible company Funko — best known for its big-headed Pop! figures — has released one of its latest artist collaborations: California thrash metal legends SLAYER. Figures of Tom Araya, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman are now available from the official SLAYER webstore. Other artists who have gotten the ...
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A new video of veteran drummer Deen Castronovo (THE DEAD DAISIES, JOURNEY, REVOLUTION SAINTS) singing the classic JOURNEY song "Don't Stop Believin'" while driving around in his car can be seen below. Castronovo's 17-year tenure with JOURNEY ended in 2015 when the band fired him after his arrest for a variety of charges involving a ...
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During an appearance on a recent episode of the "Cobras & Fire" podcast, longtime DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin spoke about the status of singer Don Dokken, who underwent neck and spine surgery in November, leaving him unable to play guitar. "Look, any nerve injury takes a long time to heal, but he's definitely showing signs ...
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Acclaimed hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto has completed work on his new solo album, "Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)" . The follow-up to 2017's "Retribution" was co-written and produced by Frontiers Music Srl's in-house producer Alessandro Del Vecchio and will be released later in the year via the Italian label which specializes in what's ...
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INSIDIOUS DISEASE — the old-school death metal project featuring Marc Grewe (vocals; also of MORGOTH) and Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz; guitar; also of DIMMU BORGIR) — has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Records. The band's long-awaited sophomore album, "After Death", is due later in the year. A new INSIDIOUS DISEASE song called "Enforcers ...
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TESLA singer Jeff Keith spoke to Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio about how the coronavirus has affected almost every business in the world and especially the music industry. He said (hear audio below): "It's impacting everything — every congregation, from birthday parties to, my Gosh, even funerals, church. Every function ...
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PEARL JAM's "Gigaton" has been hailed "superb", "fascinating and ambitious", "inspiring and engaging", "their finest studio hour" and "PEARL JAM's best in a generation." The critics and fans alike have praised the bands latest release and it has now bowed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart this week. Additionally, it landed ...
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On April 1, Sweden's ECLIPSE unveiled its cover of Lisa Miskovsky's "Driving One Of Your Cars" during the band's "Eclipse Live From The Quarantine" performance. This was an exclusive live premiere and now the studio version is available everywhere for your listening pleasure. Originally released and recorded by singer-songwriter Lisa Miskovsky, "Driving One of Your ...
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DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin has launched his new web site where he will show you how to play guitar like a pro. Go to JonLevinGuitars.com for more information. Levin was a member of WARLOCK before he joined DOKKEN in 2003. For most of the last couple of decades, Levin has been ...
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In a recent interview with Tom Cridland of Greatest Music Of All Time, basist Jeff Pilson was asked to name some of his favorite records that he appeared on over the course of his four-decade career. He said (see video below): "If there's one record for me with DOKKEN, it would ...
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DIO's recently reissued 1996-2004 studio albums have been met with an amazing worldwide reception, particularly in the United States, Germany and Spain, where all four albums have debuted at impressive chart positions, even surpassing the original releases' chart positions. "Master Of The Moon" (2004) were released March 20 by BMG in newly remastered versions with ...
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Veteran hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto (SONS OF APOLLO, JOURNEY, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has blasted people who have not taken the threat of coronavirus seriously. More than a million people have been infected by the new coronavirus across the world, a milestone reached just four months after it first surfaced in the Chinese city of ...
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British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have announced that their new album, "Torn Arteries", has been delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The LP had been previously scheduled to arrive on August 7 via Nuclear Blast. Earlier today, CARCASS took to its social media to write: "Well there's no way our new album is gonna get ...
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Zakk Wylde has commenced the songwriting process for BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's new studio album. Earlier today, Ozzy's longtime guitarist took to his Twitter to share a video of him at the piano accompanied by his seven-year-old son, Sabbath Page Wielandt Wylde. He wrote in a caption: "BLACK LABEL SONGWRITING SESSIONS O' DOOM/DESTRUCTION/DEMOLITION & DOUBLE BUBBLE ...
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WARRANT has uploaded video of singer Robert Mason performing an acoustic version of the band's song "U In My Life". In a statement accompanying the clip's YouTube release, WARRANT wrote: "Our very own rock n roll quarantine brother, Robert Mason playing a song for y'all... from a safe social distance ! U in My Life ...
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NBC's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert", which aired live from Brooklyn April 1, 2018, will be rebroadcast on the network Easter Sunday: April 12. Alice Cooper stars as King Herod, withOscar, Golden Globe, Tony and 10-time Grammy winner John Legend cast as Jesus Christ, and Broadway star and acclaimed recording artist Sara Bareilles as ...
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Jeff Scott Soto says that he would "love" to collaborate with Yngwie Malmsteen again. Three years ago, Soto, who sang on Yngwie's first two albums, 1984's "Rising Force" and 1985's "Marching Out", engaged in a war of words with the Swedish guitarist over the fact that Malmsteen claimed in an interview that he "always wrote ...
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TESLA singer Jeff Keith has urged the band's fans to do their part in keeping everybody healthy while they are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to Sonic Perspectives, Keith said: "We are hoping that everybody is staying home, backing off from going out, and washing their hands. I ...
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