This past Friday (April 16), FEAR FACTORY released its first new song in over five years, "Disruptor". The track will appear on the band's upcoming album, "Aggression Continuum", due on June 18 via Nuclear Blast Records. "Aggression Continuum" features guitarist, songwriter and co-founder Dino Cazares; drummer Mike Heller; and former vocalist, lyricist, and co-founder Burton ...
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GUNS 'N' ROSES' Duff McKagan and PEARL JAM's Stone Gossard were interviewed for the latest episode of Spotify's "Rock This With Allison Hagendorf". They cover everything from being at the center of Seattle's burgeoning punk and grunge scenes in the 1980s to this week's release of "The Living: 1982", a previously unreleased LP from Duff's ...
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In the latest episode of AXS TV's "Rock & Tell", former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach shows off some of his favorite rock and roll memorabilia, including a signed copy of Roger Daltrey's (THE WHO) memoir, "Thanks A Lot Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story". After recounting the night he and Daltrey drank "a lot of wine" ...
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Biff Byford has told Germany's Rock Antenne that SAXON has always written music that was intended to be performed in concert. "We're a big live band," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I think all the bands are from that era that are still around — [JUDAS] PRIEST and [IRON] MAIDEN, ...
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In a new interview with Billboard, Bryan "Dexter" Holland spoke about THE OFFSPRING's 2016 decision to sell the rights to the band's entire catalog of Columbia Records master recordings and the publishing rights for all its songs to Round Hill Music, with the New York-based company paying $35 million. Asked if ...
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An official Eric Carr documentary is in the works. According to SiriusXM's Eddie Trunk, the documentary is backed by the late KISS drummer's family and is "totally legit." On Saturday (April 17), Trunk took to his Twitter to write: "Going to be interviewed next week for a coming Eric Carr documentary. His family is behind ...
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, the company which creates "beautiful lullaby versions of your favorite artists," has just released "Lullaby Versions Of Alice Cooper" via Roma Music Group. "Lullaby Versions Of Alice Cooper" track listing: 01. Poison 02. School's Out 03. No More Mr. Nice Guy 04. I'm Eighteen 05. Feed My Frankenstein 06. He's ...
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During a recent appearance on "Waste Some Time With Jason Green", TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick reflected on landing the coveted guitarist gig in Ozzy Osbourne's band in 1995 only to be told less than a month later it had been given to someone else. "I didn't know the whole back story, ...
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released behind-the-scenes footage for the making of the official music video for their new song "Fields Of Bone". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Phantom Tomorrow", which is due on June 4 via Sumerian Records. The cover artwork for "The Phantom Tomorrow" was created by Eliran Kantor, ...
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The smell of incense and bong hits permeates every hazy pore of "Electric Temple", the third album from this Oslo-based psychedelic doom crew. SUPERLYNX have displayed a singular charisma from the start, with both 2016's "LVX" debut and 2019's "New Moon" setting the band apart from the stoner/occult hordes by being (a) noticeably better at ...
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WARRANT guitarist Joey Allen spoke to "The Chuck Shute Podcast"about playing with Lars Ulrich in a pre-METALLICA band in Southern California in 1980. "It was actually a five-piece," Joey recalled (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "It was right when he moved from Denmark to Newport Beach. He lived in a tennis community ...
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In a new interview with Finland's Kaaos TV, Alexi Laiho's BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT bandmates Daniel Freyberg (guitar) and Mitja Toivonen (bass) were asked if there are any plans to stage a tribute concert to the late guitarist/vocalist once the coronavirus pandemic has subsided. Daniel responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We haven't ...
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Acclaimed hard rock singer Mark Boals, who is noted most for his vocal work with Yngwie Malmsteen, appearing on four studio albums, including the hard rock classic "Trilogy", discussed his collaboration with the neoclassical guitar virtuoso during a recent appearance on "Waste Some Time With Jason Green". After working with some ...
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Earlier today, Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor, joined Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC's "The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell" to discuss how prosecutors "will wring every drop of criminal information out of" ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer, who pleaded guilty in the Capitol riot investigation. Asked how important this guilty plea from Schaffer is, Kirschner ...
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TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French has spoken out against "cancel culture," saying it is not "healthy" for activists to threaten and intimidate companies into altering or discontinuing certain products, preventing everyone from having access to them. Cancel culture is the idea that someone, usually a celebrity or a public figure, whose ideas or comments ...
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In the fourth of a six-part interview with Terry "Beez" Bezer of Knotfest.com's "Mosh Talks With Beez", SLIPKNOT percussionist and co-founder M. Shawn "Clown" Crahan discussed the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2019's "We Are Not Your Kind" album. Asked if any of the new music is ...
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Sharon Osbourne says that she is "angry" and "hurt" over her exit from the CBS show "The Talk" following her emotional defense of pal Piers Morgan's criticism of Meghan Markle. Ozzy Osbourne's wife and manager appeared on last night's episode of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher", where she defended herself over claims she was ...
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Video of ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS vocalist Myles Kennedy performing acoustic versions of two songs, "Get Along" and "In Stride", for HardDrive Radio can be seen below. "Get Along" and "In Stride" are taken from Kennedy's sophomore solo album, "The Ides Of March", which will be released on May ...
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KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer is getting into the wine business. On Wednesday (April 14), Thayer tweeted that he "purchased 15 acres of vineyard property in Oregon's prime wine region last year," with plans to "produce Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc wines." Thayer received a number of supportive messages on his latest venture, including one ...
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MAN ON MAN, the project featuring FAITH NO MORE keyboardist Roddy Bottum and his boyfriend Joey Holman, will release its self-titled debut album on May 7 via Polyvinyl Records in the U.S. and Big Scary Monsters in Europe. The official music video for the LP's latest single, "It's So Fun (To Be Gay)", featuring JD ...
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SALIVA has released the music video for the third single, "After Me", from "Every Twenty Years", an EP featuring re-recorded SALIVA classics with current vocalist Bobby Amaru to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band's major label debut, "Every Six Seconds". "Every Twenty Years" will be released on May 7 via Megaforce. "In the 10 ...
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In a new interview with U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine, CANNIBAL CORPSE frontman George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher was asked if he thinks the Internet has an unhealthy interest in his neck. He responded: "Yes, a hundred percent. Everyone's always asking about my neck, and any person doing any neck exercises, I get tagged in ...
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California pop-punk pioneers THE OFFSPRING released their first album in almost a decade on Friday, April 16. "Let The Bad Times Roll", the band's tenth LP, was recorded over the last several years and sees the band once again collaborate with the world-renowned producer Bob Rock. To mark this huge milestone, "World Of Tanks" is ...
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Matthew Kiichi Heafy, the Japanese-American musician best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band TRIVIUM, has released the "What The Dead Men Say" acoustic EP, featuring reworked versions of four songs from the group's 2020 album of the same name. You can now listen to it in the YouTube ...
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In a new interview with Robert Cavuoto of Metal Rules, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked when fans can expect to hear new music from the band. He responded: "We were preparing to do some of that last year, and things turned into the 30th anniversary of 'Rust In Peace'. This ...
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HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale has urged all her fans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, saying that getting inoculated will "bring us one step closer to live rock shows." Earlier today, Hale took to her Twitter and wrote to her 304,000 followers: "Vax= responsible adults. And in doing so we are one step closer to live ...
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Wednesday 13 has commented on the abuse allegations leveled against his onetime tourmate Marilyn Manson, saying that Manson is "innocent until proven guilty." More than two months ago, "Westworld" actress Evan Rachel Wood named Manson as the previously anonymous abuser she referenced while testifying before the California Senate in relation to the state's Phoenix Act, ...
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EVANESCENCE has launched a music video for the latest single to be taken from the band's Top 5 album "The Bitter Truth". The clip for "Better Without You" can be seen below. A kiss-off to the naysayers and the cheats in the rearview mirror, "Better Without You" explodes with the "metal catharsis" that runs through ...
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Several SLIPKNOT titles will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment next month. On May 15, Zee Productions will release "Slipknot", "Iowa" and "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" as 500-piece jigsaws on its Rock Saws imprint. All 500-piece puzzles come in a vinyl-box-set-sized box, perfect to fit alongside a vinyl record collection. According to
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Cleopatra Records has set a May 14 release date for the soundtrack to the motion picture "Baphomet", a horror film from writer-director Matthan Harris. "Baphomet" tells the tale of an American family (the Richardsons) celebrating their daughter's pregnancy, but things begin to go awry when Satanic cult leader Henrik Brandr unexpectedly visits their ranch. Henrik ...
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