Two-time-Grammy-nominated group RIVAL SONS has announced the launch of its very own label, Sacred Tongue Recordings, with distribution through Thirty Tigers. The band recently regained the master rights to several of its early releases and will reintroduce them to the world by first remastering their independent full-length debut LP, "Before The Fire" (2009), and self-titled ...
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SUNBOMB, the project featuring L.A. GUNS' Tracii Guns and STRYPER's Michael Sweet, will release its debut album, "Evil And Divine", on May 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. The lyric video for the first single, "No Tomorrows", can be seen below. According to a press release, "Evil And Divine" is "an absolute blinder of a heavy ...
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Seattle punk pioneers THE LIVING, featuring iconic multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Duff McKagan, are sharing their debut recording for the first time. "The Living: 1982" is set for release on April 16, 2021 via the Seattle-based Loosegroove Records, a label owned by fellow Seattle luminaries Stone Gossard (PEARL JAM) and Regan Hagar (SATCHEL, BRAD). THE LIVING ...
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Iggy Pop has just released a music video for the song "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night". The track is taken from his latest album, "Free", which was originally made available in September 2019 by Loma Vista Recordings. Featuring collaborators Leron Thomas (trumpet/keys/songwriting/producer) and Noveller (guitar/vocals/producer), the album holds a singular place in ...
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TOMMY'S ROCKTRIP, the newly formed hard rock outfit led by renowned drummer Tommy Clufetos (BLACK SABBATH, OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE, TED NUGENT, ALICE COOPER), will release its debut album, "Beat Up By Rock N' Roll", on May 7 via Frontiers Srl. The first single and video will arrive on March 11 "Beat Up By Rock ...
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Former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton, who was a member of the band for less than a year, spoke to Robert Cavuoto of Sonic Perspectives about his involvement with MAIDEN's classic debut album and the British heavy metal legends' nomination for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Asked if he ...
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According to Rolling Stone, GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose will star as an animated version of himself on a new episode of "Scooby-Doo And Guess Who?" The episode airs Thursday, February 25 at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST on Boomerang, and will subsequently be available to stream on ...
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AC/DC's Angus Young has shot down a long-standing rumor that the band's late frontman Bon Scott was involved in the songwriting process of several of the "Back In Black" tracks prior to his untimely death in early 1980. "Bon never really got the chance," the guitarist told Paste magazine in a ...
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RATT frontman Stephen Pearcy has uploaded a video clip and several photos of him rehearsing with his solo band for what will apparently be a yet-to-be-announced livestream concert. According to postings on Pearcy's social media, "RATT was initially set to do the concert, but [was] eventually not able to commit to the show." The livestream ...
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AC/DC's Angus Young and Brian Johnson join Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Essentials Radio to discuss their most celebrated songs, like "Highway To Hell" and "It's A Long Way To The Top"; one of the most successful albums of all time, "Back In Black"; dealing with the loss of bandmate and lead vocalist Bon Scott; ...
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HEART's Nancy Wilson will release her debut solo album, "You And Me", on May 7 via Carry On Music. The LP was recorded primarily in Wilson's California home studio, working with band members and special guests remotely. "Being off the road last year from touring with HEART, and at home with my good guitars and ...
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HALESTORM's cover version of THE WHO's "Long Live Rock" can be streamed below. The song was recorded in connection with the upcoming film "Long Live Rock…Celebrate The Chaos", which will premiere worldwide on March 12 as a Watch Now @ Home Cinema Release via global distributor Abramorama. "Long Live Rock…Celebrate The Chaos" is a deep ...
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THE OFFSPRING guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman has blasted Donald Trump Jr. as a "horrible human being" after the former president's son used a display of guns as the backdrop for a video attacking teachers' unions. In the clip, which was posted to social media, the eldest son of former president Donald Trump and executive at ...
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Dee Snider says that the heavy metal genre isn't respected enough by the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. On Sunday (February 21), the TWISTED SISTER frontman took to his Twitter to write: "The RnR Hall committee members are arrogant elitist assholes who look down on metal & other bands that sell millions because we're ...
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Former QUIET RIOT guitarist Carlos Cavazo says that "it's stupid" for the band to continue without drummer Frankie Banali. Banali, who joined QUIET RIOT in 1982 and played on its breakthrough album, 1983's "Metal Health", died last August after a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. In September, QUIET RIOT announced that it would carry on ...
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IRON MAIDEN is trailing FOO FIGHTERS, Tina Turner and Nigerian Afro beat pioneer Fela Kuti in the fan vote for this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction class. More than one million votes have already been cast since voting began. Now through April 30, fans can vote every day up to five times ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance spoke to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station about the status of the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2016's "The Stage" album. He said (hear audio below): "We've been home for quite a while, and during that time, [we've done] lots and lots of writing — at ...
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AC/DC fan site AC-DC.net has uploaded a newly discovered interview with the band's late singer Bon Scott. During AC/DC's 1976 "Dirty Deeds" U.K. tour, Ray Lancaster, who worked for a student's newspaper, interviewed Scott backstage at the Birmingham Town Hall on October 29 after the band's performance. This remarkable 25-minute interview ...
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Fueling a tradition of cultural cross-pollination, modern progressive rock band and storytellers COHEED AND CAMBRIA have announced their own coffee brand, Coheed And Cambria Coffee Roasters. As avowed coffee lovers, the band worked directly with the team at J Gursey Coffee Roasters to create custom blends that reflect the nuances of characters who make up ...
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In a new interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Myles Kennedy confirmed that SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS are putting together ideas for a new album. The effort will be the follow-up to "Living The Dream", which came out in September 2018 via Slash's own label Snakepit Records, in partnership with ...
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper will release his new album, "Detroit Stories", on February 26 via earMUSIC. Audio samples of all the tracks that appear on the disc can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. Named for the city that launched the original Alice Cooper group on the road to success, "Detroit Stories" follows 2019's ...
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Former IRON MAIDEN guitarist and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2021 nominee Dennis Stratton has called on the MAIDEN faithful to get behind the fan ballot, urging them to ignore past disparaging comments from frontman Bruce Dickinson, and stating simply "listen, please vote." Stratton, who called the band's nomination a "big, big honor," made ...
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Internationally recognized solo artist and songwriter Mike Tramp has released the official music video for his brand new single "Everything Is Alright". An honest number written directly from the heart, it will be performed by Tramp in the competition to find the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. "Everything Is Alright" will battle seven ...
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Angus Young has once again said that the possibility of AC/DC continuing with singer Axl Rose after the completion of the band's "Rock Or Bust" tour never really came up. AC/DC postponed the last 10 dates of its spring 2016 North American trek after singer Brian Johnson was advised to stop playing live or "risk ...
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MOTÖRHEAD and Germany… it was always a love affair. Throughout the Grammy Award-winning band's illustrious 40-year career, Germany never wavered in its loyal and fanatical support of MOTÖRHEAD's untouchably loud rock 'n' roll, with the band regularly selling out tour after tour. And on December 5, 2012, at the Berlin Velodrom, MOTÖRHEAD played one of ...
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FIRSTBORNE, the band featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Chris Adler and fellow MEGADETH alum James LoMenzo, has just released "Mourning Star". This song is a continuation of the sound that the band has moved toward since "Save Myself" — a high-intensity mix of thrash, rock and heavy metal punctuated by breakneck technical playing from Adler, LoMenzo ...
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MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson's first venture as a fiction thriller novelist, "The Sledge Chronicles: Rock Star Hitman", is now available in audiobook form via iTunes, Amazon and Audible. "The Sledge Chronicles: Rock Star Hitman" is the first chapter in the action-packed saga of Sledge; an up-andcoming musician who uncovers a startling ...
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Marc Canter, who grew up best friends with GUNS N' ROSES members Slash and Axl Rose, is preparing to launch a video podcast called "GNR: The First 50 Gigs". "GNR: The First 50 Gigs"is a comprehensive and multifaceted podcast, video and web series launching in early 2021 that provides a first-hand ...
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Steve Riley has defended his version of L.A. GUNS against criticism from Phil Lewis, saying that his comments are "really childish." Riley's version of L.A. GUNS is not to be confused with the band led by Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns, which issued two well-received albums, "The Missing Peace" and "The Devil You Know", plus ...
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During an appearance on a video podcast hosted by Todd Kerns, the bassist of SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS, RATT guitarist Jordan Ziff was asked if the band has found a replacement for guitarist Chris Sanders, who left RATT in early 2020. "As of right now, it's still a four-piece," he replied. "But ...
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