There is a lot to be said for stamina. Incredibly, AGNOSTIC FRONT have been hammering away like absolute madmen for nearly 40 years. Ignoring a five-year hiatus in the mid-'90s, the legendary and definitive NYHC crew have been omnipresent as guardians of a style of brutish, metallic hardcore that never seems to grow old or ...
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This spring, WE CAME AS ROMANS — Joshua Moore (guitar), Dave Stephens (vocals), Lou Cotton (guitar), Andy Glass (bass) and David Puckett (drums) — will embark on an 10th-anniversary tour celebrating their landmark, 2009-released album "To Plant A Seed". "To Plant A Seed" was a definitive sonic statement for WE CAME AS ROMANS and remains ...
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Finnish cello-rock band APOCALYPTICA — featuring classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo Lötjönen, along with drummer Mikko Sirén — has announced the spring 2020 North American leg of the "Cell-0" world tour. This tour leg will launch on Sunday, May 3 in Orlando, Florida and see the band performing in 20 cities ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of KING DIAMOND's November 11 performance at the Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric in Baltimore, Maryland can be seen below. Earlier this month, KING DIAMOND released a new song called "Masquerade Of Madness". Mixed by Andy La Rocque and King Diamond at Sonic Train Studios, the track will appear on ...
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METALLICA's Lars Ulrich says that the opportunity to open for THE ROLLING STONES nearly a decade and a half ago was "an inspiring and memorable experience." THE ROLLING STONES invited METALLICA to support them on two dates of their "A Bigger Bang" tour in San Francisco in 2005, resulting in METALLICA's only shows that year. ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Harvester Of Sorrow" on July 21 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. METALLICA will headline five major North American festivals next year, all of which are produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. The events are Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Music + ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "Sad But True" on July 21 at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia can be seen below. METALLICA will headline five major North American festivals next year, all of which are produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. The events are Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Music + ...
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It's an album that should really require no introduction, at least for anyone that has paid attention to the world of heavy metal over the last 25 years. "Cruelty and the Beast" was originally released in 1998 and was an obvious landmark in the evolution of a seminal extreme metal band. Whether you're a fan ...
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Fathom Gallery will host an exhibition of the artwork and custom-painted guitars by Grammy Award-winning guitar virtuoso Steve Vai. Vai is well known the world over as a formidable sonic artist — both with his own solo work, and his contributions to some of rock's biggest names such as Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, PIL ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's November 9 concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Jim Powers"). Earlier this month, SLAYER kicked off "The Final Campaign", the seventh and final leg of its farewell world tour. This last hurrah started at the ExploreAsheville Arena in Asheville, ...
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"Masquerade Of Madness", a brand new song from KING DIAMOND, can be streamed below. Mixed by Andy La Rocque and King Diamond at Sonic Train Studios, the track will appear on KING DIAMOND's first studio album in 12 years, "The Institute", which will be released in 2020 via Metal Blade Records. King Diamond comments: "'Masquerade ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's November 6 concert at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Jim Powers"). SLAYER has just kicked off "The Final Campaign", the seventh and final leg of its farewell world tour. This last hurrah started at the ExploreAsheville Arena in Asheville, North Carolina, and ...
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British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have announced nearly three dozen shows for next spring and summer as part of their acclaimed "Legacy Of The Beast" tour. After a six-date run in Australia and New Zealand in May, they will play in Japan and the Philippines, before traveling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Tel ...
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SONS OF APOLLO — former DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-GUNS N' ROSES), Billy Sheehan (THE WINERY DOGS, MR. BIG, DAVID LEE ROTH) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-JOURNEY, ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE) — are ready to ring in the new decade with a sonic boom with their second studio ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's entire November 3 concert at PNC Bank Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Delusions Of Saviour 02. Repentless 03. Mandatory Suicide 04. World Painted Blood 05. Postmortem 06. Hate Worldwide 07. War Ensemble 08. Stain Of Mind 09. Disciple 10. ...
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Frontiers Music Srl recently announced the signing of DIRTY SHIRLEY, a new band project featuring guitarist George Lynch (THE END MACHINE, KXM, LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN) and vocalist/keyboardist Dino Jelusick (ANIMAL DRIVE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA). DIRTY SHIRLEY's self-titled debut album will be released on January 24, 2020. The official music video for the disc's first single, "Here ...
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Finnish cello rock band APOCALYPTICA has released the spectacular new music video for "Rise" which can be seen below. Integrated with the achingly beautiful new song from the group's upcoming studio album, "Cell-0", due out January 10, 2020 (Silver Lining Music), "Rise" is an impressionistic painting come to life, which enacts the humanity that we ...
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In this month's special "Musicians On Musicians" issue of Rolling Stone, the magazine pairs musicians together to discuss their careers, the music industry their mutual love for each other. Included in the November 2019 issue is a discusion between Annie Clark, a.k.a. St. Vincent, and METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett. Speaking about ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN drummer John Dolmayan has admitted that his band played "a couple of shows" recently that he "was not proud of." The Serj Tankian-fronted outfit has toured intermittently since ending its hiatus in 2011 but has yet to record a follow-up to its "Mezmerize" and "Hypnotize" albums, which came out in 2005. ...
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Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of DIRTY SHIRLEY, a new band project featuring guitarist George Lynch (THE END MACHINE, KXM, LYNCH MOB, ex-DOKKEN) and vocalist/keyboardist Dino Jelusick (ANIMAL DRIVE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA). DIRTY SHIRLEY's self-titled debut album will be released on January 24, 2020. The disc's first single, "Here Comes The King", can be ...
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Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE have unleashed an official music video for their current single, "Backseat Boogie". Shot at the band's sold-out Copenhagen show at Amager Bio just last month, this latest clip captures fans rocking out to new songs from recently released studio album, "Boneshaker", for the very first time. AIRBOURNE frontman Joel O'Keeffe states: ...
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A 360-degree video of METALLICA performing the song "Moth Into Flame" on July 11 at Telia Parken in Copenhagen, Denmark can be seen below. "Moth Into Flame" is taken from METALLICA's latest studio album, "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct", which was released in November 2016 via Blackened Recordings. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield spoke to Guitar World magazine about ...
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Earlier this year, QUIET RIOT played several shows this year without drummer Frankie Banali, marking the first time ever that the band performed without any of the members from its classic lineup: Banali, singer Kevin DuBrow, guitarist Carlos Cavazo and bassist Rudy Sarzo. Frankie returned to the stage with QUIET RIOT this past Saturday night ...
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Rich Ward says that he would have stayed in ADRENALINE MOB if he felt that the band had the potential to become successful. The guitarist, who made a name for himself with STUCK MOJO and FOZZY, announced his departure from ADRENALINE MOB in early 2012 due to what he said at the time was "scheduling ...
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Guitarist/vocalist Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE has revealed to Sonic Perspectives that there are tentative plans for the band to tour the U.S. in early 2020. "Just two days ago, I was on a call with our management and talking about the U.S. and how we plan to get ...
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Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA performing the song "The God That Failed" on July 9 at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden can be seen below. METALLICA will headline five major North American festivals next year, all of which are produced by Danny Wimmer Presents. The events are Epicenter, Welcome To Rockville, Sonic Temple Music + ...
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The official lyric/concept video for the song "Waiting On The Demons" from CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer can be seen below. The track is taken from his sophomore solo album, "Rise", which was released on September 13 via Cleopatra Records. It's a poignant song about dealing with inner demons and personal issues. "Demons come in many ...
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In 1941, New York Yankees outfielder (and future husband of Marilyn Monroe) Joe DiMaggio managed to collect a hit in 56 consecutive games, a record that still stands today. Even more impressive is the fact that there have been 19,690 professional players in the history of Major League Baseball, yet DiMaggio's hit streak was a ...
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There's something disarming and very welcome about the sound of Myles Kennedy almost whispering his way through brief intro "One Life", because although ALTER BRIDGE have had plenty of subtle and downtempo moments over the years, their last album, "The Last Hero", was a near-remorseless barrage of bombast and overwrought emoting; an enthusiastic over-egging of ...
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FILTER has postponed its previously announced tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band's platinum-selling, sophomore album "Title Of Record". The trek was scheduled to kick off on October 19 and run through November 27. The band broke the news of the postponement in a social media post earlier today. FILTER wrote: "Due to scheduling ...
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