INVIDIA, the new band featuring former and current members of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and SKINLAB, has officially announced the addition of Evan Seidlitz as the newest member of the band, replacing vocalist Travis Johnson on the upcoming "Screaming Black Curse" tour with ALL HAIL THE YETI and supporting act BROKEN RAIL. Seidlitz is no ...
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Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes is perhaps best known for the infamous scene in the 1988 movie "The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" in which he was interviewed while floating in a swimming pool, fully clothed and visibly quite intoxicated while his mother sat poolside. The interview stood out in stark ...
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Patrick Prince of Goldmine magazine recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. An excerpt from the chat follows below. Goldmine: A lot of people, especially kids nowadays — and there are obviously kids into JUDAS PRIEST — they don't remember the PMRC. I liked how you gave your opinion of ...
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"Learn To Live", the first video from BAD WOLVES, can be seen below. When art can't be pigeonholed or pinned down, it elevates the very medium itself. BAD WOLVES thrives on that sort of unpredictability, standing confidently at a crossroads between anthemic hard rock infectiousness and thought-provoking technically-charged heavy metal. Think a cross between the ...
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A teaser for "Learn To Live", the first single and video from BAD WOLVES, is available below. When art can't be pigeonholed or pinned down, it elevates the very medium itself. BAD WOLVES thrives on that sort of unpredictability, standing confidently at a crossroads between anthemic hard rock infectiousness and thought-provoking technically-charged heavy metal. Think ...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's "Alive Or Just Breathing" (Roadrunner) was released on May 21, 2002 and has since secured its reputation as a modern classic, as noted by its election to Decibel's elite Hall Of Fame canon. The record celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The band, which released its most recent album, "Incarnate", in March 2016, ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) performing with his solo band on April 2 at Whiskey Tango in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be seen below. Owens told NorthJersey.com in a new interview that he had no problem with being fired from JUDAS PRIEST when Rob Halford reunited ...
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Tim "Ripper" Owens tells NorthJersey.com in a new interview that he had no problem with being fired from JUDAS PRIEST when Rob Halford reunited with the band in 2003. "I was fine with Rob coming back," Owens said. "It was a time when Rob needed JUDAS PRIEST and JUDAS PRIEST needed Rob. I'm ...
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Bobby Blotzer's version of RATT made its live debut with QUIET RIOT and ADLER'S APPETITE singer Seann Nicols (a.k.a. Sheldon Tarsha) last night (Saturday, March 18) at the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Video footage of the concert can be seen below. Nicols joined Blotzer's RATT as the replacement for ...
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Bobby Blotzer has slammed his former bandmate Juan Croucier, saying that he "would rather have surgery on [his] cock with no anesthesia" than be subjected to the bassist's "disturbingly horrifying" stage moves. Blotzer has been embroiled in a legal battle with Croucier and other members of the classic RATT lineup over the rights to the ...
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Earlier in the week, Bobby Blotzer confirmed that former QUIET RIOT and ADLER'S APPETITE singer Seann Nicols (a.k.a. Sheldon Tarsha) will front his version of RATT when the band performs on March 18 at the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Nicols joined Blotzer's RATT as the replacement for Joshua Alan, ...
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Bobby Blotzer has tapped former QUIET RIOT and ADLER'S APPETITE singer Seann Nicols (a.k.a. Sheldon Tarsha) to front his version of RATT when the band performs on March 18 at the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Nicols joins Blotzer's RATT as the replacement for Joshua Alan, who quit the band ...
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Joe Perry says that his AEROSMITH bandmate Steven Tyler wasn't amused the first time he watched the beloved 1984 spoof rockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap". "When we watched 'Spinal Tap', my wife and I saw it, and we fell on the floor," Perry told Ultimate Classic Rock. "It was great, every bit is ...
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Italy's Rock Rebel Magazine recently conducted an interview with guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On HAMMERFALL's recent drummer changes: Oscar: "Well, that's a little bit of a tricky situation, because, let's see, right when we released '(r)Evolution' [2014] ...
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Bobby Blotzer will undergo lumbar spine surgery at the end of March. The original RATT drummer revealed the news in a Facebook post, explaining that one of the spine's five intervertebral segments has collapsed, with another one soon to follow. According to Blotzer, he has been getting epidural spine injections for six years and had ...
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The team behind Montebello Rockfest, the largest rock festival in Canada, has unveiled the complete lineup for the twelfth edition, to be held June 22-25 in Montebello, Quebec, Canada. Rockfest features a mature lineup that consists of 125 rock, metal, punk rock, hardcore, and hip-hop acts. Most of them will make their first appearance at ...
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On the latest episode of Digital Tour Bus's "Dream Tour", former SLIPKNOT and current VIMIC drummer Joey Jordison discusses his ultimate tour lineup. The clip, which was filmed on December 28, 2016 at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, can be seen below. Said Jordison: "I've been on a bunch, as you all ...
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Heavy music magazine has uploaded front-row video footage of GUNS N' ROSES performing the song "Paradise City" on February 14 at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Check it out below. As previously reported, GUNS N' ROSES was booed at its concert in Melbourne after the band's announcer mistakenly called out the wrong city at ...
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GUNS N' ROSES was booed at its concert in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday night (February 14) after the band's announcer mistakenly called out the wrong city at the start of the show. The Axl Rose-fronted group was already nearly an hour late when guitar technician McBob, who has been introducing GUNS N' ROSES on stages around ...
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David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson at last month's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about SLIPKNOT's current status, Thomson said: "We just finished… We spent a long time… well, a couple of years touring, but then there was ...
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SLIPKNOT guitarist Mick Thomson recently underwent spinal surgery at Beverly Hills Spine Surgery in Los Angeles, California. Overseeing the procedure was Brian Perri, DO, an orthopedic spine surgeon who is an attending surgeon Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Thomson revealed the surgery via a post on his Instagram account. He shared a flexion and ...
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On the latest episode of Digital Tour Bus's "Gear Masters", former SLIPKNOT and current VIMIC drummer Joey Jordison shows off the gear that he used onstage during the latter band's recent run of U.S. dates. The clip, which was filmed on December 28, 2016 at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, can be ...
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Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has decided to postpone the previously announced European tour from his new band VIMIC so the latter group can finish work on its debut album, to be released later this year. "The band and I feel horrible but I want to give fans the best experience possible and we felt ...
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Former SLIPKNOT and current VIMIC and SINSAENUM drummer Joey Jordison was interviewed by rock journalist Mitch Lafon for a recent edition of the "One On One With Mitch Lafon" podcast (Facebook page). You can listen to the chat below. Speaking about his former band, Joey said: "Without SLIPKNOT, I would not necessarily be ...
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Neomedia Group recently conducted an interview with former SLIPKNOT and current VIMIC and SINSAENUM drummer Joey Jordison. You can listen to the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he recovered from acute transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord which damages nerve fibers: Joey: "What happened was toward ...
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Ex-SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison says that only one member of his former band visited him in the hospital while he was battling a rare disease of the nervous system which left him unable to play the drums properly. Jordison and the members of SLIPKNOT had been silent and evasive about the reasons for his dismissal ...
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On January 6, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza of German thrash metal veterans KREATOR. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether it seems surreal to think that KREATOR has been around for 35 years ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC's December 30 performance at the Aztec Theater in San Antonio, Texas as the support act for HELLYEAH can be seen below. VIMIC is the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison alongside singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's ...
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**UPDATE**: Remaining OF MICE & MEN members Aaron Pauley (bass), Phil Manansala (guitar), Alan Ashby (guitar) and Valentino Arteaga (drums) have released the following statement: "Dear OF MICE & MEN fans, "It's with heavy hearts that we announce Austin's departure from the band for reasons pertaining to his health. "As many of you are aware, ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC's December 27 performance at The Back Bar in Janesville, Wisconsin can be seen below. VIMIC is the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison alongside singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's former SCAR THE MARTYR bandmates Jed Simon ...
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