Episode 2 of the KORN 2019 docuseries can be seen below. The video was produced, directed, filmed and edited by Sebastien Paquet, with additional footage by Wombat Fire, Luke Schlink, Melissa Castro and Nick Siemens. This past September, KORN's latest album, "The Nothing", debuted at No. 8 on the Billboard 200 chart with 33,000 equivalent ...
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DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell says that he has known for "a few months" that MÖTLEY CRÜE was planning to reunite for a 2020 tour. Earlier in the month, it was officially announced that CRÜE will team up with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS for a 22-date North American stadium tour ...
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"The Burning", the title track of the second album from BRITISH LION, the side project of Steve Harris, bassist and co-founder of metal icons IRON MAIDEN, can be streamed below. The LP will be released on January 17, 2020 in digipack CD, double gatefold vinyl and digital download formats via Explorer1 Music (E1). BRITISH LION ...
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BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's North American headlining tour, with special guests OBITUARY and LORD DYING, originally scheduled for December but canceled "due to sudden unforeseen circumstances," has been postponed until February and March 2020. The new dates are as follows: Feb. 26 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ Feb. 27 - House of Blues San Diego ...
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Los Angeles punk band BAD RELIGION and Chicago cult rock heroes ALKALINE TRIO have announced a North American co-headlining tour. The trek will kick off on March 26 in Los Angeles, California and wrap on April 19 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 13 at 12 p.m. local time. "This tour ...
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Knotfest, the music and lifestyle phenomenon created by multi-platinum, genre defining metal band SLIPKNOT, will once again make history in 2020 with the first-ever Knotfest UK. The event will take place at legendary venue The National Bowl, Milton Keynes on August 22. Members of SLIPKNOT's official fan club, Outside The 9, will have a first ...
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According to Billboard, DEF LEPPARD has signed a global administration deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Brian J. Monaco, Sony/ATV's president and global chief marketing officer, said in a statement: "For decades, DEF LEPPARD has sold out stadium after stadium across the globe while continuing to reach a new generation of fans. ...
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Massachusetts-based rock band STAIND will continue with more festival appearances in 2020. This year STAIND reunited for a few select shows after a five-year hiatus. After a wildly enthusiastic reception for exhilarating performances at Louder Than Life, Aftershock and two sold-out hometown concerts, STAIND will continue the charge, performing at Epicenter in North Carolina on ...
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In a new interview with Tigman of the Poughkeepsie, New York radio station Z93, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford was asked if fans can expect to see any of the former PRIEST members joining the band on stage during the legendary heavy metal group's upcoming 50th-anniversary tour. He responded (hear audio below): "That's a cool ...
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To coincide with the November 29 release of his new "See You On The Other Side" box set on Sony Legacy, Ozzy Osbourne taped a special edition of his "Ozzy Speaks" show for his Ozzy's Boneyard channel on SiriusXM. Watch below as Ozzy talks with good friend/guitarist Billy Morrison and SiriusXM host Jose Mangin about ...
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, whose HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES supergroup has paid tribute to Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD by performing "Ace Of Spades", was asked by Kerrang! magazine what his personal tribute to Lemmy would be. He responded: "If he were alive, Lemmy would certainly be a Vampire. He'd probably be our bass player. ...
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KISS has uploaded video footage of fans lining up to buy the band's merchandise seven hours before the legendary rockers are due to perform at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Wednesday (December 11) as part of the Japanese leg of KISS's "End Of The Road" tour. Check out the clip below. KISS has reportedly licensed ...
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THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury has told Atlantic City Weekly in a new interview that the band is planning to work on new music in 2020. "We've got a few pieces lying around in various stages of completion," he said. "The intention is to get together in the New Year and ...
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British rockers BRING ME THE HORIZON have released a new official live video of their performance of the new single "Ludens" in Tokyo, Japan, where they played as the support act for BABYMETAL. Speaking to Kerrang! about how "Ludens" came together, singer Oli Sykes explained: "Now we've put six albums out, and we've made such ...
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Former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens doesn't think he will be asked to participate in the band's upcoming 50th-anniversary tour. Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 after being discovered when the band's drummer was given a videotape of him performing with the PRIEST cover band BRITISH STEEL. JUDAS PRIEST at the time was seeking a ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will release its eighth album, "F8", on February 28 via Better Noise Music. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory told The Pulse Of Radio that singer Ivan Moody almost can't wait to start playing the new songs live. "Ivan is, 'I want to play this whole record now,'" Zoltan said. "And it's like, 'Well, ...
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Following a phenomenal demand for tickets, QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT have added a further five shows to their June 2020 hugely anticipated "Rhapsody" residency at London's O2 Arena — bringing the total of London performances to 10. The extra shows will take place on June 8, 17, 18, 20 and 21. In what will be ...
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Chester Bennington's former bandmates in his first group, the Phoenix, Arizona-based post-grunge act GREY DAZE, have re-recorded their old material with the help of the late LINKIN PARK frontman's friends and family. Among the guest musicians set to appear on the recordings are Chester's 23-year-old son Jaime Bennington, KORN's Brian "Head" Welch and James "Munky" ...
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Metalheads are well catered for these days. If you want to listen to bright and shiny modern stuff, there's plenty of that available, and, if you want to pretend that the '90s never happened, you can do that too. AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR are firmly in the latter camp, of course: naming yourself after an early SLAYER ...
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Former STYX frontman Dennis DeYoung will release his new album, "26 East: Volume 1", in the spring via Frontiers Music Srl. The LP will feature the duet "The Good Old Days" with Julian Lennon. DeYoung has previously announced this will be his last album but has since issued an update. "This was supposed to be ...
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Acclaimed songwriter Desmond Child says he was hurt when KISS publicly badmouthed his collaboration with the band, "I Was Made For Lovin' You". Although "I Was Made For Lovin' You" was a huge chart success for KISS 40 years ago, it was maligned by many of the group's fans who didn't appreciate the track's disco ...
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During a December 6 appearance on the "Kentucky Sports Radio" show on Louisville's Talk Radio 1080 (WKJK-AM), FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael revealed that he has been 22 months sober. "Our lead singer, Ivan [Moody], he's 21 months sober, right behind me," Chris said. "So, once I got sober, ...
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Prior to EVANESCENCE's ill-fated appearance at the Knotfest Meets Forcefest in Mexico City on November 30, singer Amy Lee confirmed to Summa Inferno that she and her bandmates were in process of composing material for the long-awaited follow-up to their 2011 self-titled effort. "We're working on a new album — the first time in a ...
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Video footage of original QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate performing an acoustic version of the band's classic song "Eyes Of A Stranger" with Kieran Roberston, guitarist of his post-QUEENSRŸCHE group OPERATION: MINDCRIME, and a local guitarist in a small local pub in Perugia, Italy can be seen below. This event was part of the Back Stage ...
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U.S. progressive metal pioneers and innovators PSYCHOTIC WALTZ return in full original lineup with their highly anticipated fifth studio album and first new music in 23 years. Titled "The God-Shaped Void", the upcoming album and InsideOut Music debut will be released on February 14, 2020. The basic tracks for "The God-Shaped Void" were recorded with ...
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HEX, award-winning fashion accessory brand, has announced its latest collaboration with SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian: a backpack that brings with it a unique experience through a mix of art, music, technology and style. Like his artwork, the Serj Tankian backpack has its own unique sounds accessible through the augmented reality app Arloopa. ...
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LAMB OF GOD has launched a new campaign on Propeller to raise funds for Libby's Legacy Breast Cancer Foundation. Singer Randy Blythe is offering up his personal "Sacrament" gold-record plaque, handwritten lyrics to "Again We Rise", a signed Mark Morton signature guitar, and an 18-inch Meinl China used by drummer Art ...
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The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund, founded in memory of the late rock music legend, will commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing and the formation of the charity with an Awards Gala on February 20, 2020. The Awards Gala will take place at The Wiltern in Los Angeles and will ...
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Serj Tankian says that he is in favor of putting out a collection of previously unreleased SYSTEM OF A DOWN songs. A petition was recently launched online by fans campaigning for the band to release material left over from SYSTEM OF A DOWN's past album sessions. Serj was asked about the petition via his Patreon, ...
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On December 9, ALTER BRIDGE performed at Paris, France's L'Olympia, a venue very near to the band's hearts due to it being the location where Jeff Buckley's historic 2001 live album was recorded. To mark the occasion, ALTER BRIDGE frontman Myles Kennedy got to play a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" — famously covered by ...
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