BREAKING BENJAMIN founder/frontman Ben Burnley was recently interviewed by Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the release of "Aurora", a collection of reimagined versions of the band's biggest and most ...
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KOBRA AND THE LOTUS, STRIKER and THE AGONIST are among the nominees in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category at this year's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards), set to be held on Sunday, March 15 at the the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was announced this morning ...
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Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Randy Blythe (LAMB OF GOD), Michael Amott (ARCH ENEMY), Robb Flynn (MACHINE HEAD), Devin Townsend, Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED), Mike Williams (EYEHATEGOD), Harley Flanagan (CRO-MAGS), CROWBAR, Roy Mayorga (STONE SOUR), Johnny Kelly (DANZIG, TYPE O NEGATIVE), Phil Rind (SACRED REICH), Terry Butler (OBITUARY), Danko Jones, FAITH NO MORE, Lee Dorrian ...
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Boston natives AEROSMITH will play at famed Fenway Park on Friday, September 18. Tickets go on sale to the public on January 31 at 10 a.m. ET. Citi is the official presale credit card for the show. Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday, January 28 at 10 a.m. ET through ...
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Paul Stanley (KISS), David Coverdale (WHITESNAKE), Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY), Phil Labonte (ALL THAT REMAINS) and Chris Kael (FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH) are among the rockers who have reacted to the death of basketball star Kobe Bryant. The NBA legend and his daughter were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, ...
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael spoke to Finland's Kaaos TV about the band's upcoming eighth album, "F8", which is due on February 28 via Better Noise Music. Regarding the band's mindset going into the new LP's writing process, Kael said (see video below): "As everybody knows, we had some ...
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BREAKING BENJAMIN has just released "Aurora", a collection of reimagined versions of the band's biggest and most popular songs and one new song, "Far Away", featuring Scooter Ward from COLD, the video for which also released today and was directed by the band's longtime director/collaborator Kyle Cogan. "Aurora" also includes special guests Lacey Sturm (ex-FLYLEAF), ...
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QUEENSRŸCHE kicked off the 2020 leg of its "The Verdict" headline tour last Friday night (January 17) at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Video footage of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Sonic Perspectives). The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Prophecy 02. Operation: Mindcrime 03. Walk In ...
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No one is going to accuse VICTORIUS of not putting enough effort in. The Germans' fifth studio album follows four relatively well-received efforts that have nudged them towards the front of the aspiring power metal pack, and you don't have to spend much time with "Space Ninjas From Hell" to realize that's it's a very ...
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Sully Erna had a special Christmas gift for his bandmate Shannon Larkin this year: a car. The GODSMACK frontman posted a video on Facebook showing the drummer receiving his new vehicle and nearly breaking down in tears. At the beginning of the five-minute clip, Erna tells the viewer: "We are in North Fort Myers, Florida ...
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During Scott Rockenfield's extended leave from the band, QUEENSRŸCHE kept the identity of the drummer on last year's "The Verdict" studio album a closely guarded secret. While QUEENSRŸCHE has enlisted former KAMELOT drummer Casey Grillo as Rockenfield's replacement for live shows, frontman Todd La Torre ended up performing the drums on "The Verdict". An accomplished ...
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Following a series of fantastically well-received live dates last year THUNDERSTICK, with its mesmerizing singer Raven Blackwing, is back with a new single and a return to live shows. Kent's legendary rock venue Leo's Red Lion will be the first to support the release on Saturday, February 8. British drummer Barry Graham Purkis, better known ...
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A new vesion of the BREAKING BENJAMIN song "Red Cold River", taken from the band's upcoming album, "Aurora", can be streamed below. "Aurora" will be released on January 24. The disc features reimagined versions of the band's biggest and most popular songs with special guests including Lacey Sturm (ex-FLYLEAF), Scooter Ward (COLD) and Spencer Chamberlain ...
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German metallers POWERWOLF have re-signed wih Napalm Records. Guitarist Matthew Greywolf (real name: Benjamin Buss) states: "We are pleased to inform you that we have extended our great collaboration with the Napalm Records team. To have people behind us that help to spread the word of metal with know-how, energy and — above all — ...
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The 10th-anniversary remastered reissue of HEATHEN's "The Evolution Of Chaos" album will be made available on January 31 via Mascot Records. The release will be available on CD/DVD, 2LP and digitally with a previously unreleased bonus track, "Seasons Of Purgatory". The CD/DVD will be accompanied by a two-hour "making-of" documentary on the album as well ...
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"Full Circle", a brand new song from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's eighth album, "F8", due on February 28 via Better Noise Music. Fans who pre-order the album digitally will receive an instant download of "Inside Out" and "Full Circle", along with one other new ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has been confirmed as one of the headliners for the 2020 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. The event will take place over two back-to-back weekends — April 10-12 and April 17-19 — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Other headliners are Travis Scott and Frank Ocean. RAGE AGAINST THE ...
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Barbara Caserta of Linea Rock conducted an interview with frontman Jesper Binzer of Danish rockers D-A-D prior to the band's December 4 concert at Legend Club in Milan, Italy. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the fact D-A-D is popular in Scandinavia ...
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In celebration of entering a new decade, the four members of SHINEDOWN got behind the camera to talk about their personal experiences over the past 10 years. The resulting 26-minute video, which was shot and edited by Sanjay Parikh, can be seen below. SHINEDOWN is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "Attention ...
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Shavo Odadjian (SYSTEM OF A DOWN), Adrian Smith (IRON MAIDEN) and Justin Chancellor (TOOL) came together for a jam Sunday night (December 29) at an undisclosed location, while celebrating the birthday of Smith's wife, Nathalie Dufresne-Smith. Earlier today, Odadjian took to his Instagram to post a photo of the trio, along with the following caption: ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May has taken to Instagram to congratulate his lifelong friend and bandmate Roger Taylor for being awarded an OBE — Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The 2020 New Years Honours list, which was drawn up and approved during Theresa May's premiership, rewards a lineup of well-known figures from the ...
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Rob Halford says it was "a lot of fun" to see JUDAS PRIEST's music included in a State Farm commercial. Released this past September, the 30-second spot features NFL star Aaron Rodgers cruising around with his personal agent, Gabe Gabriel, and his State Farm agent Patrick. After Aaron inquires about the Drive Safe & Save ...
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SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers has told Sweden's RockSverige that he is guarded while speaking to the press nowadays because Internet journalism in 2019 has seemingly placed emphasis on easy fluff stories and clickbait tabloid fodder over true reporting. "I hate doing interviews," Zach admitted. "This one [with RockSverige] and another one ...
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POISON singer Bret Michaels says that he is excited about the band's upcoming "The Stadium Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. "I can't wait," he tells Digital Journal. "Almost all of the stadiums are selling out in record-breaking times. We will truly have 'nothin' but ...
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Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the official cinematic music video for Ozzy Osbourne's single "Under The Graveyard" can be seen below. For the clip, the BLACK SABBATH singer re-teamed with acclaimed film director, screenwriter and music video director Jonas Åkerlund (who worked with Osbourne on videos for "Let Me Hear You Scream" and "Gets ...
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On December 14, THE MCBRAINIACS, the band featuring IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain, performed at the 10th-anniversary celebration for Rock N Roll Ribs, the barbecue restaurant owned by McBrain and close friend Mitch Tanne, in Coral Springs, Florida. Joining THE MCBRAINIACS on stage for five songs was former JUDAS PRIEST and ICED EARTH singer Tim ...
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KORN singer Jonathan Davis has admitted that he finds it difficult to listen to the band's latest album, "The Nothing", because he lost both his mother and his estranged wife within the same time span leading up to the LP's recording sessions. "Every KORN record is therapeutic for me," he told
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Greg Mackintosh is not happy. And thank Satan for that. Over the last three decades, the PARADISE LOST guitarist has been involved in a huge number of seminal and ground-breaking metal records, from early PL classics like "Gothic" and "Draconian Times" through to three uniformly astonishing albums with crusty death metal project VALLENFYRE. In truth, ...
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As 2019 comes to a close, MÖTLEY CRÜE's hugely successful Netflix biopic "The Dirt" remains one of the highest-rated music films as voted by the audience on Rotten Tomatoes, the online review aggregation service that allows both critics and the public to rate movies. As of December 17, "The Dirt" remains at 95%, down 1% ...
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