THE WINERY DOGS — the hard rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen (POISON, MR. BIG), bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, DREAM THEATER) — kicked off its first tour in nearly three years on April 30 at Tupelo Music Hall in Derry, New Hampshire. Fan-filmed ...
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SOTO, the modern heavy metal/hard rock group featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY, SONS OF APOLLO, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), will release its third studio album, "Origami", on May 24. Part one of an Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for "Origami" can be seen below. "Origami" will be released as a limited-digipak CD with a ...
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RIVAL SONS will perform live for members of BLACK SABBATH as part of the "Grammy Salute To Music Legends", an awards ceremony and live tribute concert, set to take place on Saturday, May 11 at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. This year's Lifetime Achievement Award honorees are BLACK SABBATH, GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC, Billy Eckstine, ...
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The 2019 Austin City Limits Music Festival returns with a powerhouse lineup featuring GUNS N' ROSES, MUMFORD & SONS, Childish Gambino, THE CURE, Cardi B (Weekend One), Billie Eilish, TAME IMPALA and Robyn (Weekend Two). This fully loaded bill marks GUNS N' ROSES' first show in Austin since 1993 and its first-ever ACL Fest performance. ...
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SOTO, the modern heavy metal/hard rock group featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY, SONS OF APOLLO, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), will release its third studio album, "Origami", on May 24. The official lyric video for the disc's second single, the "Origami" title track, can be seen below. Jeff comments: "This is one of the ...
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FOZZY — the band featuring former WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — has announced the "Unleashed In The West" 2019 headline tour. The U.S. trek, which includes special guest Jared Nichols James, starts on September 5 in Denver and wraps on September 28 in Atlanta. The FOZZY members will take ...
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Pennsylvania metal band TALLAH — which features in its ranks Max Portnoy, son of Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, THE WINERY DOGS, SONS OF APOLLO) — has inked a deal with Earache Records. The group's full-length debut will be released later in the year. Mike tweeted out the signing news, writing: "Congratulations to @MaxPortnoy_ ...
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BUCKCHERRY frontman Josh Todd recently spoke to Australia's Loud magazine about his involvement with "Anesthetic", the debut solo album from LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton. Todd is featured in the track "Back From The Dead", which was described in one review as "a sleazy, fun-lovin' rocker" and one of the disc's highlights. ...
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Ex-EXODUS guitarist Rock Hunolt rejoined his former bandmates Gary Holt (guitar), Tom Hunting (drums) and Steve "Zetro" Souza (vocals) to perform several of the group's classic songs during last night's (Saturday, April 20) METAL ALLEGIANCE concert in San Francisco, California. The Fillmore show followed a screening of new metal documentary "Murder In The Front Row: ...
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Long Beach, California's RIVAL SONS has released the official music video for the song "Too Bad" The track is taken from the band's latest album, "Feral Roots", which was released on January 25 via Low Country Sound/Atlantic Records. "Feral Roots" was produced by Grammy Award winner Dave Cobb at Nashville's famed RCA Studio A, and ...
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Swedish hard rock veterans EUROPE have released a new video for "Turn To Dust", a song from their critically acclaimed eleventh studio album, "Walk The Earth". "Turn To Dust" is the third single from "Walk The Earth", which was released in October 2017 via Hell & Back Recordings (Silver Lining Music). It was recorded at ...
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RIVAL SONS frontman Jay Buchanan says that he has "very serious trouble" with the current political situation in the U.S., explaining that "we have a lot bigger problems" in the country "than what's being focused on right now." When asked in a recent interview with Sandra Hajduk if he thinks musicians should stay away from ...
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"Santa Monica" is the second full-length album from ZOLI BAND, the group fronted by Zoli Téglás of IGNITE. The disc is out now via Edge Records and 56 November Records, and can be streamed online on most popular platforms (Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music, Google Play, Deezer, Amazon) and can be ordered online via Metalshop.hu. The ...
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Video footage of LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton performing an acoustic version of his song "Reveal" at the studios of Boston's WAAF radio station can be seen below. Joining Morton for the performance were two members of his solo touring band, vocalist Mark Morales (SONS OF TEXAS) and guitarist Doc Coyle (BAD WOLVES, ex-GOD ...
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Perla Hudson, the ex-wife of GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash, is selling off exotic and erotic items from their 14 years of marriage. The collection comes directly from their personal possessions and ranges in date from the early 1980s when he was still a struggling musician on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood to the late ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST have released the official lyric video for the song "The Golden Horde". The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "No More Hollywood Endings", which was released on March 22 via Nuclear Blast Records. "No More Hollywood Endings" was recorded by Janne Björkroth, Viktor Gullichsen and Joona Björkroth at ...
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SOTO, the modern heavy metal/hard rock group featuring vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, TALISMAN, JOURNEY, SONS OF APOLLO, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA), will release its third studio album, "Origami", on May 24. The official lyric video for the disc's first single, "BeLie", can be seen below. The clip was created by Cloud Music Typography. Jeff comments: ...
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Finnish metallers BATTLE BEAST have just released their fifth studio album, "No More Hollywood Endings", via Nuclear Blast Records. To mark the occasion, the group has unveiled a brand new music video for the track "Endless Summer", which was once again directed by Markus Nieminen and produced by Oy Routafilmi AB. Keyboardist Janne Björkroth states: ...
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ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz joined LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton on stage this past Sunday night (March 17) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to perform the song "The Truth Is Dead". Video footage of her appearance can be seen below. Backing Morton on the tour in support of his debut solo album, "Anesthetic", are ...
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LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton recently appeared on the Detroit radio station 101 WRIF's "Talkin' Rock With Meltdown" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his new solo album, "Anesthetic": Mark: "That first Slash solo album is definitely kind of a template for at ...
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LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton kicked off his solo tour Wednesday night (March 13) at The Broadberry in Richmond, Virginia. Fan-filmed video footage of the entire concert can be seen below. Making a special guest appearance at the show for the song "The Truth Is Dead" was Mark's LAMB OF GOD bandmate, vocalist Randy ...
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LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton kicked off his solo tour Wednesday night (March 13) at The Broadberry in Richmond, Virginia. Making a special guest appearance at the concert for the song "The Truth Is Dead" was Mark's LAMB OF GOD bandmate, vocalist Randy Blythe. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. ...
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LAMB OF GOD's Mark Morton told RockSverige in a new interview that he originally approached GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash about appearing on his recently released debut solo album, "Anesthetic". "I'm friendly with Slash and we've talked a few times," Morton said. "He's a LAMB OF GOD fan, from what I understand. I ...
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HEART's Ann Wilson has denied that the lineup of band's upcoming "Love Alive" summer tour is the result of the wave of female empowerment sweeping through the nation right now. "We just chose the best artists," she told SiriusXM's Jim Shearer at this past Thursday's (March 7) "Love Rocks NYC" all-star benefit at New York ...
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HEART's Ann and Nancy Wilson took the stage together for the first time in three years last night (Thursday, March 7) at the "Love Rocks NYC" all-star benefit at New York City's Beacon Theatre. The third-annual event "raises money for God's Love We Deliver — which provides curated meals for those living with illness in ...
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"Covenant", the new video from SOEN, the progressive heavy rock group featuring world-renowned drummer Martin Lopez (formerly of AMON AMARTH and OPETH), can be seen below. The track is taken from SOEN's fourth album, "Lotus", which was released on February 1 via Silver Lining Music. The clip was directed by RISK and Maxi Muniz and ...
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VENOM formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, the band's first two albums — "Welcome To Hell" (1981) and "Black Metal" (1982) — are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. VENOM's second album proved influential ...
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There is nothing to be gained from being cynical about albums like this. Clearly created as a very personal labor of love, "Anesthetic" captures the devoted musician and all-round good guy that we know from LAMB OF GOD exploring other sides of his songwriting and inviting a bunch of friends and idols to chip in ...
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METAL ALLEGIANCE will celebrate its fifth year of existence with four shows on the West Coast in April. These special four concerts will feature the core four members — David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Mark Menghi, Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM THEATER) and Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) — sharing the stage with Chuck Billy ...
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Mark Morton, the prolific guitarist of LAMB OF GOD, has released the video for the Top 10 track "Cross Off", featuring late LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington. The clip, directed by Roboshobo, includes performance footage of Morton with Paolo Gregoletto and Alex Bent (TRIVIUM) who also performed on the recording of song. Morton released the ...
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