Robert Plant has released the latest episode of his new podcast. "Digging Deep: The Robert Plant Podcast" is available on iTunes, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. In the second episode, the LED ZEPPELIN frontman discusses "Bones Of Saints", a track from his 2017 album "Carry Fire". Speaking about why he spent ...
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During a recent interview with Australia's Heavy magazine, DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara spoke at length about his decision to become a vegan four years ago. "I did that for the suffering of animals," Fafara explained," (hear audio below). "If you've ever seen how a cow suffers... Yeah, you may love cheese, but you ...
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Earlier this week, one of the most famous rock 'n' roll fathers Ray Burton, father of the late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton, sat down with Mark Agnesi, Gibson's director of brand experience to reminisce about the formative years of the rock icon. Watch the clip below as Ray delves into Cliff's musical history and what ...
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Episode 3 of "History Of Led Zeppelin", the third 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 release of its trailblazing ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of RAINBOW's June 12 concert at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube users "Poupystar is back" and "munichhorseman"). Last month, RAINBOW released a new digital single, "The Storm", via Minstrel Hall Music. The song is said to be "a rocked-up remake" of an old BLACKMORE'S NIGHT track ...
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Three tracks from the score of Rob Zombie's new film, "3 From Hell", can be streamed below. The songs, which were written and performed by longtime Zombie collaborator, producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris, were released by Waxworks, which is planning to issue the soundtracks to Rob's Firefly family trilogy on vinyl. Also appearing on the "3 ...
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According to Associated Press, a federal appeals court agreed today (Monday, June 10) to give LED ZEPPELIN a new hearing to defend a jury's favorable verdict in a suit that claimed the opening lines of "Stairway To Heaven" had been plagiarized from the 1968 instrumental song "Taurus". Last September, a federal appeals court ...
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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS basist and founding member Robert DeLeo spoke to The List about being the only rock band in memory to soldier on after the deaths of not one, but two, successive lead singers. Original STP frontman Scott Weiland, who reunited with the group in 2010 after an eight-year hiatus but was ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of RAINBOW's June 6 concert at Rockfest in Hyvinkää, Finland can be seen below. Last month, RAINBOW released a new digital single, "The Storm", via Minstrel Hall Music. The song is said to be "a rocked-up remake" of an old BLACKMORE'S NIGHT track from the album "Fires At Midnight", which was issued ...
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When STONE TEMPLE PILOTS returned to the studio in 1994 to record the band's second album, the quartet was facing the high expectations set by its debut "Core" (1992), which sold more than eight million copies and earned a Grammy Award. The release of "Purple" on June 7, 1994 would cement their place as one ...
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Geddy Lee took part in a question-and-answer session with Daniel Richler at a signing for the RUSH bassist/vocalist's "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass" Tuesday night (June 4) at the Rialto Theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Check out a video of the discussion below (courtesy of The Metal Voice). "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book ...
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Robert Plant revealed that several years before LED ZEPPELIN's split, he was already eying a career making music away from the rock field. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Plant spoke candidly on the inaugural episode of his new podcast "Digging Deep" about where he found himself heading musically around the time of the writing ...
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New York death metal giants IMMOLATION have released the music video for the song "The Distorting Light" off their latest album, "Atonement". The clip was created and directed by Robert Vigna while Angelo Damanti handled the camera work and served as the technical advisor and equipment specialist. The band performance was filmed at Dark City ...
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Robert Plant has officially launched his new podcast. "Digging Deep: The Robert Plant Podcast" is available on iTunes, Spotify, Acast, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. In the first episode, the LED ZEPPELIN frontman discusses "Calling To You", the opening track on his 1993 album "Fate Of Nations". The promo for "Digging Deep" featured ...
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SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will share the stage once again when they perform at the Santiago Gets Louder festival on October 6 in Santiago, Chile. The three "Big Four" bands will be joined at the event by Chilean extreme metal pioneers PENTAGRAM. The concert at Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida is being billed as SLAYER's ...
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RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee will sign copies of "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book Of Bass" on a European tour in June. Event tickets are available now for the U.K., Netherlands and Germany at Rush.com. Dates: June 08 - London, UK - Waterstones Piccadilly (signing, 4 p.m.) June 10 - Manchester, UK – Blackwell's ...
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Atlantic Records/604 Records group THEORY OF A DEADMAN will embark on a major U.S. headline tour in the fall. The dates get underway September 27 at The Tarheel in Jacksonville, North Carolina and continue through early November. Tickets for all announced dates go on sale Friday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. local time. THEORY will ...
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The official music video for "Lords Of The Flies", the debut single from ALPHAMEGA, the new band featuring former BUTCHER BABIES drummer Chris Warner alongside VALOR & VENGEANCE members Adam Ryan (vocals) and Mike Muenzer (guitar), can be seen below. Ryan states about the track: "It's about humanity. That's what the fly represents. We exist ...
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LED ZEPPELIN singer Robert Plant will launch a new podcast, "Digging Deep: The Robert Plant Podcast", on Monday, June 3 via all of the major streaming platforms, including iTunes, Spotify, Acast and YouTube. In an intro audio clip shared via his social media accounts, Plant explains: "Making records is a very personal experience. I was ...
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Jason Bonham joined Billy Joel on stage during Joel's concert Friday night (May 24) at Philadelphia's Citizens Bank Park to perform a couple of LED ZEPPELIN classics. The drummer was behind the kit for "Whole Lotta Love", featuring vocals by Joel's guitarist Mike DelGuidice, followed by "Good Times Bad Times", with Joel singing. Two years ...
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LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe took a fall during the band's concert last night (Friday, May 24) in Camden, New Jersey. The incident happened during the last song of LAMB OF GOD's set at the BB&T Pavilion, where the group was performing as the support act for SLAYER. Blythe addressed the mishap earlier today, ...
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Veteran drummer Vinny Appice (LAST IN LINE, BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL) was recently interviewed by Jay Conroy of "Rock Hard With Jay Conroy". The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On playing with John Lennon as a 16-year-old: Vinny: "The band I had at the ...
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SPREAD EAGLE will release its first album in over 26 years, "Subway To The Stars", on August 9 via Frontiers Music Srl. The first single and video from the album, "Sound Of Speed", is available below. Founder and bassist Rob De Luca states about the disc: "Our primary intention was to go back to the ...
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The official music video for "Another State Of Grace", the title track of the fourth studio album from BLACK STAR RIDERS, can be seen below. Due on September 6 via Nuclear Blast, the follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" was recorded in February 2019 at Sphere Studios in Burbank, California with producer Jay Ruston (STONE SOUR, ...
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WARRANT bassist Jerry Dixon has praised vocalist Robert Mason, who replaced Jani Lane in 2008. The former LYNCH MOB singer has performed on 2011's "Rockaholic" and 2017's "Louder Harder Faster", and has brought a degree of stability to the band after Lane's unceremonious departure and subsequent 2011 death. WARRANT continues to tour regularly in support ...
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Caesars Entertainment's team led by Michael Gruber and Jason Gastwirth along with lead producers Carl Stubner and Prem Akkaraju are developing "Sharp Dressed Man", a rock musical featuring ZZ TOP hits. The show is expected to open in 2020 in Las Vegas and will include ZZ TOP members, Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, ...
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Guitar Interactive magazine's Jonathan Graham conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen during the band's 2018 "Hysteria" anniversary tour. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the political themes DEF LEPPARD explored on "Hysteria" are still relevant today: Phil: "Nothing changed 2,000 ...
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"The Metal Gods Meltdown" recently conducted an interview with guitarist Alex Hellid of veteran Swedish death metallers ENTOMBED. You can listen to the entire chat via the Soundcloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the release of the band's "Live Clandestine", which is a 2016 live recording of the band's classic ...
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Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent's performance at the "Speedballjamm", which was scheduled to take place next month at the S.I.R. Soundstage in Nashville, Tennessee, is no longer being advertised on his web site. The "Appearances" section of VinnieVincent.com contains no mention of the June 7 event, but includes the following message: "Come see ...
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Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett played a cover version of Johnny Hallyday's "Ma Gueule" during METALLICA's May 12 concert at Stade De France in Paris, France. Professionally filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "Ma Gueule" was part of the fun and unusual feature METALLICA added to its shows on the band's ...
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