FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook has praised his bandmate Ivan Moody as "one of the most special people" in his life. Earlier today (Tuesday, January 7), Hook took to his social media to wish Moody a happy 40th birthday and to commend the vocalist for the "incredible" way he has overcome various challenges ...
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MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx and his wife Courtney Sixx have shared photos of their adorable five-month daughter Ruby, taken during a recent vacation. Nikki captioned his picture: "I luckily have a lot of strong and sometimes bossy woman around me as you can see from this photo of Ruby giving me the in's and ...
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MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro has fired back at some of the group's followers after he and his bandmates were criticized over their new social media policy. Earlier today, the official MOONSPELL social media channels were updated with the following message: "NOTICE: dear all, we have been unfollowing loads of profiles that for some reason didn't ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May and Ozzy Osbourne's wife and manager Sharon have expressed sadness about the destruction of the wildfires in Australia, where flames have torn through more than 12 million acres of land since November. On Sunday (January 5), May took to his Instagram to write: "Can't stop thinking about the tragic Australian fires. ...
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Gary Holt has shared several photos of the guitar he used to play SLAYER's "Angel Of Death" for nearly every U.S. performance of the song since the day the instrument was delivered, including at the band's last-ever concert on November 30 at the Forum in Los Angeles. Holt posted the pictures on Instagram and added ...
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Mike Portnoy has once again shot down rumors that he will tour with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson as the replacement for RUSH drummer Neil Peart. Portnoy was responding to a fake report from a Spanish web site posted on Día De Los Santos Inocentes (Holy Innocents' Day), which takes place on December 28 and ...
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NEW YEARS DAY vocalist Ash Costello has confirmed that she is now engaged. Jered Boeving proposed to the singer on New Year's Eve at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Costello and Boeving have been dating for less than a year after initially crossing paths in 2016. Ash broke the news of the engagement in an Instagram ...
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Ricky Warwick has been diagnosed with pleurisy, a condition in which the linings of the lungs become inflamed. The BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY frontman issued an update on his health five days after undergoing a "small procedure" at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in West Hollywood, California. Earlier today, Warwick posted a photo of him ...
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Marcela Bovio, the Mexican singer, violinist, songwriter, and vocal teacher, who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MAYAN, is undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. Known for her melancholic, emotional voice and her other work with bands like STREAM OF PASSION, AYREON, THE GENTLE STORM, THE GATHERING and MAIDEN UNITED, Bovio ...
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Brian May has opened up about his battle with depression, saying that he hasn't wanted to go outside most of this Christmas period because his face was "grim." The QUEEN guitarist spoke out on Instagram, where he posted a photo of him smiling and offering a thumbs-up alongside a painting of another legendary musician, Jimi ...
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Kid Rock posed for a photo at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida, with the President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr. The musician, a diehard supporter of the president, was wearing a t-shirt mocking House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who helped lead both House Democrats' impeachment inquiry and the House intelligence ...
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Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum says that his "most proud" accomplishment of the last decade is "finding" his faith in God. The rocker, who has also played with VELVET REVOLVER and THE CULT, reflected on the last 10 years in a January 1 Instagram post. He wrote: "A new Decade is upon us ...
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Norwegian heavy metal musician Anders Odden is preparing to undergo surgery for colon cancer. The procedure, which is scheduled for next Monday (January 6), is expected to remove the malignant tumors and any nearby lymph nodes. Odden, the co-founder and guitarist of the death metal band CADAVER and the bass player for the legendary black ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May is taking part in this year's Veganuary, a campaign that aims to encourage people to go vegan at the beginning of the year. May is one of hundreds of thousands of people who are giving up meat to become vegan for January. In a recent Instagram post, the musician explained his ...
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Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have shared a video teaser for what appears to be their next album. The clip, which can seen below, features footage of the band in the studio and ends by displaying the LAMB OF GOD logo along with the number "2020," which presumably refers to the year when the ...
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Australian rockers THE POOR will perform AC/DC's entire "Back In Black" album on tour next year to celebrate the LP's 40th anniversary. The band, which toured the world with AC/DC back in 1996, will also play some of its own hits, including "More Wine Waiter Please", "Poison" and "Man Of War". The "Back In Black" ...
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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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QUEEN guitarist Brian May has taken to Instagram to congratulate his lifelong friend and bandmate Roger Taylor for being awarded an OBE — Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The 2020 New Years Honours list, which was drawn up and approved during Theresa May's premiership, rewards a lineup of well-known figures from the ...
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Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has admitted that she initially had some reservations about putting out an album of instrumentals with her debut solo LP, last year's "Controlled Chaos". "I always thought that instrumental music was for 'better guitar players' than me," she wrote in a new Instagram ...
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BLACK STAR RIDERS and THIN LIZZY frontman Ricky Warwick underwent a "small procedure" this morning (Monday, December 30) at the Cedars-Sinai hospital in West Hollywood, California. Earlier today, Warwick posted a photo of him laying on a hospital bed and flashing the "devil horns, along with the following caption: "Should never have asked [wife] Tina ...
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STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet says that he has written 11 songs for the band's next studio album. The follow-up to 2018's "God Damn Evil" will be recorded in January and February and released in the summer. It will mark STRYPER's first disc with the band's latest addition, former FIREHOUSE bassist Perry Richardson, who joined STRYPER ...
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STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand was asked during a recent appearance on "Loudwire Nights" for his opinion on the latest SLIPKNOT album, "We Are Not Your Kind". The two bands both feature lead singer Corey Taylor. Rand responded: "I heard several songs… You know, I think the thing that amazes me out of everything is ...
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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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MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was photographed in a Tennessee church last week. On Christmas day (December 25), Mike Wolfe, star of the long-running, treasure-hunting History Channel series "American Pickers", took to his Instagram to post a photo of him and his daughter sitting next to Neil (see below) while they apparently attended religious services ...
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Video footage of SLIPKNOT's Jay Weinberg laying down the drums tracks for the song "Orphan" during the recording sessions for the band's latest album, "We Are Not Your Kind", can be seen below. SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root told Kerrang! about "Orphan": "This is a demo that came from my garage. It's a metal banger. When ...
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According to an Instagram post by Adam "Nergal" Darski, BEHEMOTH will re-release its debut EP, "And The Forests Dream Eternally", in May. The five-track recording was originally released in 1995 via the Italian label Entropy Productions and reissued in 2005 by Poland's Metal Mind Records, when three songs from the band's 1997 sophomore EP "Bewitching ...
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Australian rockers AIRBOURNE will embark on the first North American tour in support of their riff-roaring new album (and fifth overall) "Boneshaker", out now via Spinefarm Records. The spring tour kicks off April 20 in New York City and concludes on May 23 in Montreal. The trek includes appearances at several major rock festivals, such ...
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ARMORED SAINT drummer Gonzo Sandoval has completed laying down drum tracks for the band's new album. According to Gonzo, he recorded his parts for 11 songs over a six-day period at Eldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California with engineer Josh Newell and producer and ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera. The follow-up to 2015's "Win Hands ...
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Ex-AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson has slammed his former bandmates as "greedy backstabbers" after they allegedly refused to allow him to keep his share of the rights to the group's back catalog. Andersson was fired from AMON AMARTH in March 2015, just as the band was preparing to enter the studio to begin work on ...
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"Last Time", a brand new song from Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Quadra", which will be released on February 7, 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. After relentless touring for its previous opus, 2017's "Machine Messiah", SEPULTURA returned to Sweden's Fascination Street Studios to once ...
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