Dave McClain says that "The Blackening" was "the last real fun" recording experience that he had with MACHINE HEAD. The drummer, who was a member of the California metal band from 1995 to 2018, reflected on his time with MACHINE HEAD during an appearance on the latest installment of the "Crash Bang Boom Drumming Podcast!" ...
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"Red Before Black", the new video from Florida death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's latest album, which was released in November 2017 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2014's "A Skeletal Domain" was recorded at Mana Recording Studios in Saint Petersburg, Florida ...
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Gabrielle, the 22-year-old daughter of SLIPKNOT percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown), died on Saturday, May 18 at the age of 22. No cause of death has been revealed. Crahan announced his daughter's passing in a social media post earlier today. He wrote: "It is with a broken heart, and from a place of the ...
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Julien's Auctions, the world-record breaking auction house, held its marquee music auction event "MUSIC Icons" on Saturday, May 18 live in Hard Rock Café Times Square in front of a packed crowd of collectors and music fans bidding live on the floor, online and on the phone across the globe. The mega-star lineup featured 670 ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian joined Tom Morello on stage on Friday, May 17 at the Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio to perform AUDIOSLAVE's "Like A Stone" as a tribute to Chris Cornell. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. AUDIOSLAVE featured Cornell alongside RAGE AGAINST ...
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NEW YEARS DAY has pulled out of the final few shows of its tour with FALLING IN REVERSE due to frontwoman Ash Costello's illness. Affected dates begin with tonight's (Friday, May 17) concert in Boise, Idaho and end on May 24 in Los Angeles, California. Earlier today, NEW YEARS DAY took to Twitter to say: ...
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GUNS N' ROSES bassist and New York Times best-selling author Duff McKagan has released "Last September", a new track from his much-anticipated solo album, "Tenderness". As McKagan tells it, the spare and compelling "Last September" was inspired by the harrowing experiences shared by #MeToo abuse survivors. "I heard and read some awful stories," he says. ...
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It's been nearly two decades since the Swedish rock and roll heroes THE HIVES unleashed their debut album on the world and today they drop an intoxicatingly brash new song, "I'm Alive", via Third Man Records. The track will be featured on a limited-edition double A-side 7” in stores this summer. "I'm Alive", produced by ...
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NEW YEARS DAY vocalist Ash Costello has opened up about suffering a miscarriage while recording the band's 2015 album "Malevolence". Speaking to Alternative Press, Costello described the album as "the worst, darkest, nastiest place I could ever imagine in my life. Rock bottom. The songs are not happy, and there’s not a lot ...
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Epiphone, the leader in affordable professional instruments proudly presents the limited-edition Dave Rude Flying V Outfit, the debut Epiphone signature guitar from TESLA's guitarist. Featuring a classic Flying V in an Alpine White finish with a striking red pearloid pickguard, ProBucker humbuckers with coil-splitting, Grover Rotomatic machine heads, jumbo frets, a GraphTech nut, and an ...
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SLIPKNOT has set "We Are Not Your Kind" as the title of its new album, due on August 9 via Roadrunner. Today the band has shared the album's first single "Unsainted", which is available at all DSPs along with an official music video. Directed by the band's own M. Shawn Crahan, the "Unsainted" video, and ...
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"The Summer Slaughter Tour" 2019 will see the tour's first-ever triple co-headline bill, featuring CATTLE DECAPITATION, CARNIFEX and THE FACELESS all sharing the main event and performing full headline sets. RIVERS OF NIHIL, NEKROGOBLIKON, LORNA SHORE, BRAND OF SACRIFICE and the "Headbang For The Highway" winners will join as support. Tour dates: Jul. 20 - ...
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Grammy-winning rock 'n' roll band GRETA VAN FLEET has announced a three-week fall North American leg of its "March Of The Peaceful Army" tour, set to kick off in Kansas City on Saturday, September 21. The tour will include first-time visits to Kansas City and Irvine, and the band performing a blend of fan-favorites and ...
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Rock legend Sammy Hagar confirmed the initial lineup and details of his second annual High Tide Beach Party & Car Show on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Huntington Beach, California. Due to incredible demand for tickets to his inaugural party in 2018 which sold-out in advance, the High Tide Beach Party will return ...
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Former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and current LIGHT THE TORCH and vocalist Howard Jones recently spoke with Metal Nexus. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he enjoys performing more when venues are sold out: Howard: "I don't really think that way. It doesn't matter ...
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On Friday, May 10, NEW YEARS DAY performed an acoustic version of the PANTERA classic "Fucking Hostile" during a visit to the Z93 studios in Saginaw, Michigan. Check out video footage below. NEW YEARS DAY previously recorded an electric rendition of "Fucking Hostile" for the "Diary Of A Creep" EP, which came out in January ...
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LIFE OF AGONY played a new song, "Empty Hole", during its concert last night (Friday, May 10) at the PlayStation Theater in New York City. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. LIFE OF AGONY recently entered the studio with esteemed producer Sylvia Massy (TOOL, SYSTEM OF A DOWN) to begin recording ...
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KISS frontman Paul Stanley's second book, "Backstage Pass", sold more than 11,000 copies in its first week of release. The title arrived on April 30, 2019 via HarperOne, HarperCollins's San Francisco-based unit that specializes in publishing books in religion, spirituality, and personal growth. Earlier today, Stanley tweeted: "TEN THOUSAND hardcovers, over FIVE HUNDRED ebooks and ...
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Legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, BLACK SABBATH) has been forced to postpone his previously announced U.K. tour, which was due to start May 14 and run through May 24. According to a statement posted on Hughes's social media, "he needs to be treated for an illness that while not life threatening, ...
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AVANTASIA vocalist Tobias Sammet recently spoke with writer Clay Marshall in conjunction with an OC Weekly story about the group's upcoming performance in Anaheim, California. Some select "outtakes" follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he would describe AVANTASIA to the uninitiated: Tobias: "It's an interesting question. I always say it's more song-oriented, less polished ...
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SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery will enter the studio in June to begin recording his first solo album. Helming the disc will be Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who has previously worked with SEVENDUST, ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH, among others. A late 2019 release via Rise Records is expected. Lowery originally announced his plans to record a solo ...
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Coming off a fifth sold-out Caribbean sailing of Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea this past February, Joe Bonamassa makes history with Sixthman, the industry leader in festivals at sea, by selling out another cruise in the same year in the Mediterranean. A waiting list is active for fans that would like to sign up ...
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ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name Olve Eikemo), will embark on a European tour in January 2020. Support on the trek will come from VLTIMAS and 1349. The "Outstrider" European rampage will kick off at the Matrix in Bochum, Germany on January 24 and hit 11 more countries until a ...
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The 2013 dissolution of THE DEVIL'S BLOOD left a large void in heavy music. The Dutch collective's bewitching brew of psychedelic occult rock scratched the itches of those looking for haunting Satanic overtones and the warmth of classic psychedelic rock, their work resembling an overtly devil-worshiping spin on vintage JEFFERSON AIRPLANE. There are other bands ...
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Metal juggernauts MISS MAY I have announced a full North American tour where they'll perform their landmark, critically acclaimed sophomore album, "Monument", in its entirety. Main support will be provided by THE WORD ALIVE, who will perform its album "Deceiver", along with openers AFTERLIFE and THOUSAND BELOW. Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 10 ...
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Richie Faulkner has fired back at K.K. Downing over the founding JUDAS PRIEST guitarist's comments about his position in the band. Over the weekend, BLABBERMOUTH.NET published an interview Downing gave to Germany's Bleeding4metal.de in which K.K. said that it "seems wrong" that Faulkner and drummer Scott Travis "are not officially members of JUDAS ...
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BUCKCHERRY is filming a music video for its song "Right Now" today (Monday, May 6) at the Affliction Clothing headquarters in Seal Beach, California. According to singer Josh Todd, the clip, which is expected to be released in the coming weeks, will feature "some great fighters." "Right Now" is taken from BUCKCHERRY's latest album, "Warpaint", ...
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BREAKING BENJAMIN frontman Benjamin Burnley has told Consequence Of Sound that he has been "working on an acoustic album" while the band has been touring. He added that the disc "will have BREAKING BENJAMIN songs done acoustic, plus two or three new songs. We're working on arrangements and strings on there, so it's ...
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Prior to DANKO JONES's performance in Munich, Germany on April 26, vocalist/guitarist Danko Jones spoke with Thomas Metalmoser of Rock Antenne. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's just-released new album, "A Rock Supreme": Danko: "I'm excited, because we all know that ...
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