"Treasure Chest Party Quest", the new video from Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Curse Of The Crystal Coconut", which will be released on May 29 via Napalm Records. Commented ALESTORM: "Oh wow! We tried our very best to make a video that would ...
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POISON fans are continuing to speculate that Banana, one of the contestants on Fox's smash hit "The Masked Singer", is none other than Bret Michaels. Banana, who had won over the studio audiences and four judges with each of his three performances, returned to the show last night (Wednesday, April 1) to perform his rocking ...
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AUGUST BURNS RED guitarist John Benjamin "JB" Brubaker spoke to Alternative Press about how he and his bandmates are dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. "I have been in touch with the other guys a lot, actually, and currently we are all self-quarantined ...
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PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin, who spent at least several years of his life embroiled in legal troubles, canceled or disrupted shows and arrests for disorderly or drunken behavior, says that METALLICA's James Hetfield "will be just fine" in his road to recovery. Scantlin made his comments in a new interview with Anne Erickson ...
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Steve Vai will stage two weekly question and answer sessions with his global fan base via Facebook Live. The series "Alien Guitar Secrets Live: Music And You" will focus on the guitar, music, his career and the business aiming to offer insights that enlighten perspectives for their own worlds. He will ...
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SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers says that "90 percent" of rock artists use at least some pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. In recent years, more and more bands have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consistent. Speaking to Rock ...
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Alice Cooper's new podcast, "Alice Cooper's Vintage Vault", will premiere on Tuesday, March 24 at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are culled from the hundreds of interviews recorded during the past 16 years of Alice's "Nights With Alice Cooper" radio show and from the United Stations archives that will air weekly on Apple podcasts. ...
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PAPA ROACH guitarist Jerry Horton recently sat out the band's European tour after breaking two fingers in his left hand. His temporary replacement for the trek was Anthony Esperance, the brother of PAPA ROACH bassist Tobin Esperance. Earlier today (Thursday, March 19), Horton issued the following update on his condition: "Hand update. Bones are pretty ...
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Alice Cooper has told Rolling Stone that he will use the downtime from having his North American tour postponed to work on new music. "While our management is working to reschedule the postponed shows, I'm going to finish work on my next album, which is nearly done," he said. "At least ...
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BUSH has released the official music video for its hard-charging new song "Flowers On A Grave". The single will be featured on BUSH's upcoming album, "The Kingdom", due out this summer. The Jesse Davey-directed clip features an electrifying BUSH performance of the pensive and pummeling track, all shot in one take. "Flowers On A Grave", ...
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE has postponed the first leg of its previously announced reunion tour in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. "Due to the current outbreak and ban on public gatherings, we are postponing the first part of our tour (March 26th – May 20th) with RUN THE JEWELS," the group said in ...
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According to Billboard, VOLBEAT's "Die To Live" has topped the Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart. The song is the Danish/American band's eighth Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1, breaking the band out of a tie with U2 for the most No. 1s by an act based outside of North America, dating to ...
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Tobin Esperance has confirmed that PAPA ROACH has "some surprises" planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's breakthrough album, "Infest", this year. PAPA ROACH's second full-length record and first major label release, "Infest" peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry ...
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IRON MAIDEN's Bruce Dickinson has once again called out singers who use teleprompters during live performances. A teleprompter, or autocue, is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script, and it is usually used by vocalists — including JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford and BLACK SABBATH's ...
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PAPA ROACH guitarist Jerry Horton is sitting out the band's European tour after breaking two fingers in his left hand. His temporary replacement for the trek is Anthony Esperance, the brother of PAPA ROACH bassist Tobin Esperance. Speaking to Romania's Rock FM on March 3, PAPA ROACH singer Jacoby Shaddix stated about Jerry (see video ...
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Berklee College Of Music and DREAM THEATER have announced the creation of the Dream Theater Scholarship Fund. In celebration of the band's 35th anniversary, DREAM THEATER and Berklee are creating a fund that will provide scholarship money to student musicians in need on an ongoing basis through the future. Recently, alumni John Petrucci '86 (guitarist) ...
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Scottish pirate metallers ALESTORM will release their new album, "Curse Of The Crystal Coconut", on May 29 via Napalm Records. Two years after the release of "No Grave But The Sea", the pirate metal drinking crew — led by courageous Captain Christopher Bowes — is proud to present eleven bombastic anthems in its signature unadulterated, ...
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POISON fans are confident that Banana, one of the contestants on Fox's smash hit "The Masked Singer", is none other than Bret Michaels. Based on an international hit, "The Masked Singer" features celebrities facing off against one another with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete ...
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Ozzy Osbourne says that he is confident he will perform again, less than a month after the cancelation of his 2020 tour plans in order to head overseas for treatment of his Parkinson's disease and other health issues. Speaking to "Good Morning Britain", Ozzy said (see video below): "My desire is to get back on ...
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Alt-rock trailblazers COLD have announced that they will hit the road on "A Different Kind Of Tour" this spring, presenting themselves in an all-new, intimate element that recent followers and longtime fans alike cannot miss. Each show will feature a very special full-length stripped-down set of new songs and fan favorites — from "Stupid Girl" ...
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Following the recent wrap-up of their North American co-headline arena tour with KORN, multiplatinum band BREAKING BENJAMIN have announced their 2020 U.S. summer tour. Produced by Live Nation, the trek, which kicks off July 15 with very special guest opener BUSH as well as THEORY OF A DEADMAN, SAINT ASONIA and Cory Marks, will include ...
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BUSH will release its new album, "The Kingdom", in May. Fans can get a look at what to expect from the fiery rock record with the release of its hard-charging lead track "Flowers On A Grave", out on all DSPs tomorrow and available for an early listen below. "We are really proud of 'The Kingdom'," ...
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee and Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Ozzy Osbourne's first new solo album in ten years, the critically acclaimed "Ordinary Man" (Epic Records), is the No. 1 rock album in the world, topping multiple charts in its triumphant first week of release. In the U.S., the album entered the Billboard ...
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KISS is rumored to be planning its second Las Vegas residency. On Monday (March 2), the Vital Vegas Twitter account, which has been described as "a vital resource for anybody who lives in Las Vegas or visits regularly," was updated with the following message: "Look for another KISS residency in Vegas, this time at Zappos ...
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NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen was the featured guest on BBC's "The Rock Show With Johnnie Walker" during the "Rock God" segment. Floor picked SKUNK ANANSIE's Skin and stated about her choice: "I'm here to talk about my 'rock goddess,' which, to me, is Skin from SKUNK ANANSIE. I chose her because ...
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BUSH singer Gavin Rossdale joined BREAKING BENJAMIN on stage last night (Saturday, February 29) at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada to perform a cover of the ALICE IN CHAINS classic "Would?" Video footage of the rendition, courtesy of the Reno rock station Rock 104.5, can be seen below. Back in September, Rossdale said ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have set "Empire Of The Blind" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. A flyer showing the "Empire Of The Blind" artwork can be found at the merchandise table during "The Bay Strikes Back" 2020 European tour featuring TESTAMENT, DEATH ...
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SALIVA's original frontman Josey Scott says that he will not be singing for the band when it hits the road this summer as part of the "Nu-Metal Revival 2020" tour. Scott addressed his status with SALIVA several days after it was revealed that the group will team up with POWERMAN 5000, ADEMA and FLAW for ...
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Three songs from Ozzy Osbourne's new album, "Ordinary Man", are among this week's 40 most-played songs at American active rock radio — the first time in eight years that an artist has achieved such a feat. This week's Mainstream Rock National Airplay chart— a Nielsen BDS-ranked tally of the genre's most ...
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According to Amazon, DEF LEPPARD will release "London To Vegas" on April 24 in 2DVD/4CD and 2Blu-ray/4CD editions. The official product description reads as follows: "Special deluxe edition featuring 2 unique shows! In 2018 Sheffield's finest made their long-awaited debut at London's O2 Arena. DEF LEPPARD performed the ground-breaking 'Hysteria' album ...
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