ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello has commented on the events of November 13 in Paris, France, when more than 129 people were killed in seven coordinated terrorist attacks. The greatest number of deaths took place at the Bataclan, a French music venue where EAGLES OF DEATH METAL were performing when terrorists began a siege that ended ...
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Video footage of SCORPIONS' December 4 concert at Zénith in Toulouse, France can be seen below. SCORPIONS performed in Paris, France on November 24, marking the first time the band has played the city since an extremist group orchestrated a terror attack on Paris that left 130 dead. The sold-out concert at the Bercy arena ...
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A disagreement over the launch of the "Something Different" single from GODSMACK's "1000hp" album may have fractured the band's relationship with its record label beyond repair, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna has revealed in a new interview. GODSMACK originally wanted "Something Different" to be the lead single from "1000hp" but was talked out of it by ...
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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS performed in Paris, France on November 24, marking the first time the band has played the city since an extremist group orchestrated a terror attack on Paris that left 130 dead. The sold-out concert at the Bercy arena included an emotional moment when SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak beat the rhythm ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM's November 29 concert at Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, Belgium has been canceled due to a city-wide security clampdown, which began on November 21 and came in the wake of the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris that left 130 dead and hundreds injured. Says the band in a statement: "Unfortunately, our show ...
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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS performed in Paris, France Tuesday night, marking the first time the band has played the city since an extremist group orchestrated a terror attack on Paris that left 130 dead. The sold-out concert at the Bercy arena included an emotional moment when SCORPIONS drummer James Kottak beat the rhythm of ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Tight Pants", the new video from California rockers BUCKCHERRY, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Rock 'N' Roll", which was released on August 21 via F-Bomb Records/Caroline. On "Rock 'N' Roll", the Los Angeles quintet — Josh Todd (vocals), Keith Nelson ...
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Schmier of German thrashers DESTRUCTION has taken to his Facebook page to slam an unspecified "overrated American band" for canceling its European tour due to "security concerns." He added in the same post: "A nice way the let fear win over freedom." After someone suggested below Schmier's post that the unspecified American band's label could ...
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Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD have canceled the remaining dates on their European tour due to "security concerns." Support acts CHILDREN OF BODOM and SYLOSIS will continue the trek, starting on November 22 at Z7 Konzertfabrik in Pratteln, Switzerland. Commented CHILDREN OF BODOM in statement: "LAMB OF GOD have chosen to leave the tour ...
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LAMB OF GOD and CHILDREN OF BODOM, who are currently touring Europe together, have canceled their concert tonight (Wednesday, November 18) at 013 in Tiburg, The Netherlands. According to a statement released by the venue, "Because of the attacks on Paris last Friday that also took place in a music venue, a lot of stress ...
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Mercury Records international product manager Thomas Ayad, who has worked with METALLICA, was among the victims in Friday's (November 13) gun and bomb attacks in Paris, when 129 people were killed. Said METALLICA in a statement: "We had great fortune to work with Thomas Ayad at Universal Music France for the past eight years and ...
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Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD will embark on a U.S. headlining tour in January/February 2016. Direct support on the trek will come from ANTHRAX The trek will begin on Friday, January 15 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and visit several major U.S. markets before coming to a close in Los Angeles, California on February 12. General ...
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Long-running German metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release a 35-anniversary album, "Exhumation - The Early Years", on October 23. The CD will contain re-recorded versions of the band's "absolute classics with a dynamic and powerful sound of 2015," according to a press release. "Exhumation - The Early Years" track listing: 01. Headbanging Man 02. Fire In ...
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Dave Wyndorf and his MONSTER MAGNET henchmen seemingly had the time of their lives when they completely rearranged and boosted "Last Patrol" in 2014 and christened it "Milking The Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol". Now MONSTER MAGNET go back even further to 2010 and their "Mastermind" album. Even if you know the LP inside ...
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Johnnie Walker of the WGRD radio station in Grand Rapids, Michigan recently conducted an interview with BUCKCHERRY singer Josh Todd. You can listen to the chat below. Speaking about the title of the new BUCKCHERRY album, "Rock 'N' Roll", Todd said: "Well, you know, our first record was [released] in 1999, and this is our ...
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Dave Wyndorf and his MONSTER MAGNET henchmen seemingly had the time of their lives when they completely rearranged and boosted "Last Patrol" in 2014 and christened it "Milking The Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol". Now MONSTER MAGNET go back even further to 2010 and their "Mastermind" album. Even if you know the LP inside ...
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Long-running German metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release a 35-anniversary album, "Exhumation - The Early Years", on October 23. The CD will contain re-recorded versions of the band's "absolute classics with a dynamic and powerful sound of 2015," according to a press release. "Exhumation - The Early Years" track listing: 01. Headbanging Man 02. Fire In ...
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BUCKCHERRY guitarist Keith Nelson was interviewed on the August 24 edition of Eddie Trunk's SiriusXM satellite radio show, "Eddie Trunk Live". A couple of excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET. On the writing process for BUCKCHERRY's seventh studio album, "Rock 'N' Roll", which was released on August 21 via F-Bomb Records/Caroline: "We did ...
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Dave Wyndorf and his MONSTER MAGNET henchmen seemingly had the time of their lives when they completely rearranged and boosted "Last Patrol" in 2014 and christened it "Milking The Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol". Now MONSTER MAGNET go back even further to 2010 and their "Mastermind" album. Even if you know the LP inside ...
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Long-running German metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release a 35-anniversary album, "Exhumation - The Early Years", on October 23. The CD will contain re-recorded versions of the band's "absolute classics with a dynamic and powerful sound of 2015," according to a press release. "Exhumation - The Early Years" track listing: 01. Headbanging Man 02. Fire In ...
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"Tight Pants", the new video from California rockers BUCKCHERRY, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Rock 'N' Roll", which was released on August 21 via F-Bomb Records/Caroline. On "Rock 'N' Roll", the Los Angeles quintet — Josh Todd (vocals), Keith Nelson (guitar), Stevie D. (guitar), Xavier Muriel ...
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Suffice it to say, SOULFLY is hardly the same band it started out being. Over the course of its existence as Max Cavalera's primary base of operations, we've seen SOULFLY drift from a post-SEPULTURA, "Roots" minded style of groove metal with tribal percussion and occasional hip hop that no longer applies. SOULFLY became more about ...
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"Rock 'N' Roll", the seventh studio album from California rockers BUCKCHERRY, can be streamed in its entirety via Pandora Premieres. The CD will be released on August 21 via F-Bomb Records/Caroline. On "Rock 'N' Roll", the Los Angeles quintet — Josh Todd (vocals), Keith Nelson (guitar), Stevie D. (guitar), Xavier Muriel (drums) and ...
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According to the Dallas Observer, RIGOR MORTIS and WARBEAST singer Bruce Corbitt was scheduled to undergo heart surgery yesterday (Monday, August 10) after experiencing two heart complications in less than five days last week. The 52-year-old Dallas native was told by doctors that he would need heart surgery after finding that his heart ...
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The IES Rock Honors ceremony, part of the four-day IES – INDIE Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles, was a spectacular evening of inductions for the 40th anniversaries of the RAMONES, MOTÖRHEAD, THE RUNAWAYS and a special induction of Slash. A packed hall witnessed the 40th-anniversary celebration to the day (August 5, 1975) that THE RUNAWAYS ...
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"The Madness", the new video from California rockers BUCKCHERRY, can be streamed below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Rock 'N' Roll", which will be released on August 21 via F-Bomb Records/Caroline. On "Rock 'N' Roll", the Los Angeles quintet — Josh Todd (vocals), Keith Nelson (guitar), Stevie D. (guitar), Xavier ...
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Dave Wyndorf and his MONSTER MAGNET henchmen seemingly had the time of their lives when they completely rearranged and boosted "Last Patrol" in 2014 and christened it "Milking The Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol". Now MONSTER MAGNET go back even further to 2010 and their "Mastermind" album. Even if you know the LP inside ...
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The 2015 HardDrive Live Tour, sponsored by long-running new rock radio program "HardDrive", is set to hit the road this coming September.with co-headliners TREMONTI and TRIVIUM. The 33-city tour is scheduled to kick off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on September 9 and will run through October 20, when it will wrap up in Denver. Exclusive ...
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Long-running German metallers GRAVE DIGGER will release a 35-anniversary album, "Exhumation - The Early Years", on October 23. The CD will contain re-recorded versions of the band's "absolute classics with a dynamic and powerful sound of 2015," according to a press release. "Exhumation - The Early Years" track listing: 01. Headbanging Man 02. Fire In ...
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On June 6, Holland's FaceCulture conducted an interview with GODSMACK vocalist/guitarist Sully Erna and drummer Shannon Larkin. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why it has taken GODSMACK so long to return to Europe: Sully: "I hate pointing fingers at ...
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