Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsed has sold his Walnut Creek, California house. Newsted put the home on the market in August for for $2.89 million, but that price came down in October to $2.475 million. The house ended up being sold on November 26 for $2.3 million. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home ...
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Scott Bowling of Good Company recently conducted an interview with KORN drummer Ray Luzier. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On KORN's latest studio album, "The Nothing": Ray: "We're definitely on a new, I'd say, level, all the way around as a band. ...
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According to MetalSucks, former SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn's individual claim against his former band's business manager Robert Shore was dismissed in a New York court on Tuesday (November 26). Shore is now no longer named as an individual in Fehn's lawsuit, after Justice Melissa Anne Crane found that there wasn't sufficient ...
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RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee has announced three more dates where he will be signing copies of "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass" and giving fist bumps; this time on the East Coast. The dates are: Dec. 08 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Barnes & Noble at 3 p.m. Dec. 09 - New York, NY @ ...
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Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo performed a METALLICA medley at the launch of "Play It Loud: Instruments Of Rock & Roll" at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland on Thursday, November 21. Video footage and photos of their appearance can be seen below. Also available is a video interview with WKYC Channel ...
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Chris Akin of "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with LIFE OF AGONY bassist Alan Robert. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's new studio album, "The Sound Of Scars": Alan: "It does continue the story of 'River Runs Red' in a ...
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Backbeat Books has set a March 2020 publication date for "I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death." by record label executive, photographer and author Michael Alago. Recently featured in a Netflix documentary, Alago delves into a deeper scope of his life and passion for music, sharing how he consistently beat the odds, ...
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"Yoshiki - Life Of A Japanese Rock Star", a new documentary series, is slated to premiere on YouTube Originals — the global, streaming platform from YouTube where you can discover original series and movies from today's hottest talent — in March, 2020. Yoshiki was hand-picked by YouTube Originals as part of a select group of ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Out Of The Hollow" from SKYBLOOD, the solo project of acclaimed Swedish hard rock singer Mats Levén, can be seen below. Levén says about the track: "It's about someone realizing it's time to move on. Even if it means having to face the dark unknown." His name belongs ...
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This spring, WE CAME AS ROMANS — Joshua Moore (guitar), Dave Stephens (vocals), Lou Cotton (guitar), Andy Glass (bass) and David Puckett (drums) — will embark on an 10th-anniversary tour celebrating their landmark, 2009-released album "To Plant A Seed". "To Plant A Seed" was a definitive sonic statement for WE CAME AS ROMANS and remains ...
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Acclaimed guitar virtuosos RODRIGO Y GABRIELA have unveiled a spectacular new version of the METALLICA classic "Battery". The track will be featured on the duo's upcoming "Mettal" EP, due from ATO Records on Black Friday, November 29, as a one-sided 12-inch vinyl Record Store Day First release, limited to 2,500 and available only at independent ...
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INFECTIOUS GROOVES performed a cover version of the FAITH NO MORE classic "We Care A Lot" during the band's appearance at this weekend's Sick Bastards Social Fest in Brazil. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. INFECTIOUS GROOVES' reunited lineup on Sunday, November 17 at Espaço das Américas in São Paulo included ...
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Timo Tolkki has accused the Swedish band ECLIPSE of "ripping off" a song from his post-STRATOVARIUS project REVOLUTION RENAISSANCE. According to the guitarist, the ECLIPSE track "The Masquerade", which appears on the group's latest album, "Paradigm", is a copy of the song "Revolution Renaissance" from the band he founded after he left STRATOVARIUS in 2008. ...
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METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo and ex-FAITH NO MORE guitarist Jim Martin will be part of INFECTIOUS GROOVES' reunited lineup when the band performs at this weekend's Sick Bastards Social Fest in Brazil. The festival, which is being curated by SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and INFECTIOUS GROOVES frontman Mike Muir, celebrates 34 years of the Brazilian radio station ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of GRETA VAN FLEET's November 12 concert at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands can be seen below. A new song from GRETA VAN FLEET, "Always There", was released in September. The track was originally recorded for inclusion on the band's debut album, last year's "Anthem Of The Peaceful Army", but it was ...
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Robert Plant says that he is certain he will make another album with Alison Krauss. Released in 2007, their "Raising Sand" collaboration won Grammy Awards for "Album Of The Year", "Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album", "Record Of The Year" for "Please Read The Letter", "Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals" for "Rich Woman", and "Best Country Collaboration ...
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Robert Plant says that he can no longer "relate" to LED ZEPPELIN's 1971 masterpiece "Stairway To Heaven". During an appearance on the Ultimate Classic Rock Nights radio show, Plant spoke candidly about his feelings regarding the "Led Zeppelin IV" classic. "Of course, it was a good song," he said. "The construction ...
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METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo are among the special inductee guests who will appear at the launch of "Play It Loud: Instruments Of Rock & Roll" at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland on Thursday, November 21. Also scheduled to appear are Don Felder, formerly of THE EAGLES, and Nancy Wilson ...
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Consequence Of Sound and Sony Music Entertainment have partnered together for another season of "The Opus", a podcast that explores legendary albums and their ongoing legacy. The fifth season has officially entered the world of Darkness with the Prince himself, Ozzy Osbourne. Host Andy Bothwell, a.k.a. Astronautalis, along with a number of musicians, artists, authors, ...
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LAST IN LINE bassist Phil Soussan has accused Democrats of "exhibiting antiquated Soviet communist tactics and behavior." Soussan, who frequently tweets in support of President Trump's policies, took to the social media platform last week to assail Democrats for their efforts to impeach the 45th U.S. president. "Democrats have become so far left that they ...
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This Halloween, musician and horror filmmaker Rob Zombie is taking the US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) to task over its high-speed slaughter program posing real-life dangers to billions of animals, workers, and consumers. On the heels of his new movie "3 From Hell", Rob Zombie appears in a new ad for Compassion Over Killing (COK), ...
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Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsed has dropped $415,000 from the asking price of his Walnut Creek, California house. Newsted put the home on the market in August for for $2.89 million, but that price came down earlier this month to $2.475 million. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom home was built in 1986, and ...
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In a brand new interview with Dean Delray's "Let There Be Talk" podcast, KISS frontman Paul Stanley recalled the first time he witnessed a LED ZEPPELIN concert when he was just 17 years old and living in New York. "I saw ZEPPELIN in, I think it was August of '69 — between the first and ...
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Geddy Lee says that he is not ready to write an autobiography. The RUSH bassist/vocalist has spent most of last year promoting "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass", which showcases his collection of bass guitars and the stories behind them. Asked in a recent interview with U.K.'s Bass Guitar magazine if fans can expect ...
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Rob Halford isn't simply a metal god. The man, the myth, the legend is the metal god. Our fearless leader returns with his own spin on the holiday season on his second Christmas album, "Celestial". ("Halford III: Winter Songs" was released in 2009.) In some all-too-stern-and-serious circles, it may be considered "blasphemous," in a metal ...
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RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee will sign copies of "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass" on a short U.S. tour next month. Dates: Nov. 01 - Seattle, WA - Third Place Books (5 p.m.) Nov. 02 - Denver, CO - Tattered Cover Book Store (5 p.m.) Nov. 03 - Phoenix, AZ - Changing Hands (4 ...
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Robert "Blasko" Nicholson, bassist for OZZY OSBOURNE, was honored on September 28 by Kitten Rescue, one of Southern California's largest non-profit animal rescue organizations, at the group's annual Fur Ball with its 2019 Advocacy Award for his work homing adoptable cats and kittens. Blasko accepted the award from SiriusXM DJ Jason Ellis. The group put ...
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Episodes 7 and 8 of "History Of Led Zeppelin", the seventh and eighth in a series of short stories celebrating what happened 50 years ago, when the members of LED ZEPPELIN entered Olympic Studios to record their debut album, can be seen below. In January 1969, LED ZEPPELIN was unleashed on the world with the ...
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Billabong LAB has announced its latest collection featuring iconic album artwork from the legendary METALLICA. The Billabong x Metallica 2019-2020 Collection will release in five product deliveries — each designed according to a different album/theme — between October 2019 to March 2020. This premium design collaboration with METALLICA comes through Billabong LAB, a platform that ...
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JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has released the official lyric video for his song called "Morning Star". The track appears on his all-new Christmas album, titled "Celestial", which arrives today (Friday, October 18) via Legacy Recordings. Without question, Halford is one of heavy metal's all-time great vocalists — as heard through his highly influential and ...
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