Legendary rock heroes find new life in an innovative line of books from Fantoons, best-known for their ongoing relationship with the famous rock n’ roll power trio RUSH. The Los Angeles-based publisher now introduces an expanded fall lineup featuring a new project created in partnership with MOTÖRHEAD. The deal was brokered by Global Merchandising Services, ...
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METALLICA has welcomed Rob Dietrich as the new master distiller of the band's recently launched brand of whiskey. A veteran in the spirits and music industry, Rob will oversee the sourcing, blending, and cask finishing of barrels for each batch of Blackened American Whiskey. Dietrich joins the Blackened team following the tragic passing of his ...
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Iconic Bay Area rockers Y&T, whose frontman, Dave Meniketti, has previously said he was completely opposed to fans paying for meet-and-greets, are offering a so-called "Sound Check Experience" at some of their upcoming shows. Meniketti's wife Jill, who manages Y&T, took to her Facebook page earlier today to explain the band's decision to start selling ...
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Former MACHINE HEAD guitarist Phil Demmel says that the upcoming 25th-anniversary celebration of the band's "Burn My Eyes" album will be "a cool thing for the fans" to see. This fall, MACHINE HEAD will embark on the "Burn My Eyes" 25th-anniversary tour. The shows will see MACHINE HEAD's original drummer Chris Kontos and guitarist Logan ...
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Music historian Eddie Trunk takes viewers on an immersive journey through some of the country's biggest rock festivals and music events, as the popular AXS TV original series "TrunkFest" returns for season two — premiering Sunday, July 7 at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT. "TrunkFest" airs as part of the Network's Sunday Night ...
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Swedish sleaze rockers CRASHDÏET will release their fifth studio album, "Rust", on September 13 via Diet Records in Scandinavia and Frontiers Music Srl in the rest of the world. The record marks the group's first full-length effort with vocalist Gabriel Keyes, who joined the band in December 2017. That same month, the group self-released a ...
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Kiko Loureiro spoke to Argentinian journalist Lucas Gordon about what it was like to hook up with MEGADETH in 2015 after spending two decades playing with the Brazilian band ANGRA. "It was a totally different experience to join a legendary band," the guitarist said (see video below). "With ANGRA, we built the band from scratch, ...
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FLYING COLORS — the "prog/pop" supergroup featuring guitarist Steve Morse (DEEP PURPLE), keyboardist Neal Morse (THE NEAL MORSE BAND, TRANSATLANTIC, ex-SPOCK'S BEARD), bassist Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS), drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, ex-DREAM THEATER) and vocalist Casey McPherson (ALPHA REV) — will release its third album, "Third Degree", in September via ...
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STONE SOUR and HELLYEAH drummer Roy Mayorga was recently interviewed by Meltdown of Detroit's 101 WRIF radio station. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follows. On how he landed the HELLYEAH gig: "Basically, [STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray] had a conversation about a conversation, and ...
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MACHINE HEAD will bring its "Burn My Eyes" 25th-anniversary tour to the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on December 20. The crushing night will feature singer and guitarist Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern joined by original "Burn My Eyes" members Chris Kontos (drums) and Logan Mader (guitar). Building on MACHINE HEAD's "An Evening With…" ...
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In an interview with the "Growin' Up Rock" podcast, legendary Y&T frontman and guitarist Dave Meniketti confirmed that the band's long-awaited documentary, "On With The Show", will arrive before the end of 2019. "Well, we don't have a specific date, but we know that we're gonna release it this year," he said (hear audio below). ...
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Dave McClain says that he stopped believing in MACHINE HEAD at the end of his time with the group. The drummer, who was a member of the California metal band from 1995 to 2018, reflected on his MACHINE HEAD tenure during a May 25 interview with "Robb's MetalWorks". Speaking about his decision to exit MACHINE ...
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In a recent interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Carmine Appice was asked how it feels to know that John Bonham was among the drummers who have considered him an influence. He responded: "There were drummers like John Bonham, Ian Paice from DEEP PURPLE, Roger Taylor [QUEEN], Neil Peart [RUSH]. You can tell by ...
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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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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern, along with "Burn My Eyes"-era MH members Chris Kontos (drums) and Logan Mader (guitar), recently went into Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California and re-recorded the debut album in its entirety. A video playthrough of the track "None But My Own" can be seen below. MACHINE HEAD ...
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MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has announced more details for "Sleeping Giants", a companion LP to his upcoming memoir "More Life With Deth" (out July 16 via Jawbone Press). In stores July 19 on Combat Records, "Sleeping Giants" will be a retrospective featuring several new tracks, plus a collection of demos and unreleased material from F5 ...
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Noted metal producer and current JUDAS PRIEST touring guitarist Andy Sneap recently spoke with Christina Rowatt of The Void With Christina. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the "most majestic moment" he's experienced while touring with PRIEST: Andy: "Just some of the size ...
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K.K. Downing says that he feels "aggrieved" at the way he has been treated by JUDAS PRIEST since his exit from the band nearly a decade ago. The guitarist, who announced his retirement from PRIEST in April 2011 after nearly 42 years in the job, was replaced by Richie Faulkner, nearly three decades his junior. ...
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MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to Metal-Rules.com about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. "We are deep into pre-production, which is a process that we haven't done on recent records," he said. "Where we write the songs, sit on them for a bit, then go into ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Philip Anselmo performing a cover of BATHORY's "Massacre" with his SCOUR project on May 25 at Maryland Deathfest at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland can be seen below. SCOUR, which also includes members of CATTLE DECAPITATION and PIG DESTROYER, released its second EP, "Red", in November 2017. In a recent ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's May 24 concert at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Steve Easton"). On May 2, SLAYER kicked off Leg Five: North America of its final world tour to say goodbye and thank the fans for more than three decades of great times. ...
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According to Redfin, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has sold his Fallbrook, California estate for $2,000,000. Mustaine put his house on the market in October 2015 for $5.375 million — more than five times what he paid for it three years earlier — but that price came down in June 2016 by almost a ...
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On December 13, 2017, Warrel Dane, the legendary lead singer of SANCTUARY and NEVERMORE, passed away while recording his posthumously released studio album "Shadow Work". At that time, SANCTUARY had already confirmed and announced a U.S. tour supporting ICED EARTH in February and March 2018 and, while shocked by Dane's passing, decided to turn it ...
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FOO FIGHTERS guitarist Chris Shiflett will play four headline shows in California in July. Tickets go on sale this Thursday, May 23, at 10 a.m. local time. Tour dates: July 10 - Costa Mesa, CA - Wayfarer July 12 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets July 13 - Bakersfield, CA - Temblor Brewing July ...
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TESLA bassist Brian Wheat has weighed in on the reception to the band's latest studio album, "Shock", which has divided fans due to its lighter, pop-like sound, with some blaming its direction on producer and DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen, who co-wrote many of its tracks. The disc was recorded piecemeal while TESLA was on ...
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JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was asked by the Daily Herald if there has ever been consideration to producing a retro-sounding album that sounds something like the band's music from the late '70s or '80s. "That's a good question," he replied. "When I listen to those very early recordings — 'Rocka Rolla' and ...
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In a recent interview with "Zach Martin's Big Fat American Rock Show!", DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell was asked which version of VAN HALEN he prefers — the classic VAN HALEN with David Lee Roth on vocals, or the "Van Hagar" era with Sammy Hagar. He responded (hear audio below): "Dave ...
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Lawrence "Larry" Carroll, the Australian-born, American-raised painter who was responsible for creating the cover artwork for SLAYER's "Reign In Blood", "South Of Heaven", "Seasons In The Abyss" and "Christ Illusion" albums, has died at the age of 65. His death on Tuesday morning was announced by his Cologne gallery, Karsten Greve, which has represented the ...
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MEGADETH has shared new photos from the pre-production sessions for its follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. Earlier today, the band tweeted out four pictures from the studio along with the caption: "Hard at work #megadeth16" Work on MEGADETH's new disc is apparently taking place in Franklin, Tennessee with co-producer Chris Rakestraw, who previously worked on ...
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Given the dogmatic way of things, this review should probably be full of dramatic statements about Scott Reagers being the original and therefore the ultimate frontman for SAINT VITUS, undisputed lords of American doom. But let's face it, arguing about whether Reagers or Scott "Wino" Weinrich deserve the requisite accolade is a bit like arguing ...
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