Marilyn Manson has paid tribute to legendary tattoo and graffiti artist Eric Rosenbaum, better known as Norm Will Rise, who passed away over the weekend. Norm's cause of death has not been revealed. However, it appears his passing was unexpected, with his last Instagram update showing that he was scheduled to appear at the "Get ...
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DOPE frontman Edsel Dope has released a statement addressing speculation about his involvement in STATIC-X's current tour. Ever since STATIC-X's comeback was first announced last year, there were strong rumors that Dope was singing for STATIC-X under the name Xer0 while wearing a mask in the likeness of late frontman Wayne Static and performing alongside ...
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Over nearly two decades, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have built a powerful and distinctive body of work that marks QOTSA as one of rock's most consistently audacious outfits. The band's reputation was built on its early hot streak of four smash releases: "Rated R", "Songs For The Deaf", "Lullabies To Paralyze" and "Era Vulgaris". ...
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The identity of STATIC-X's touring vocalist has finally been confirmed — thanks to a tattoo. Ever since STATIC-X's comeback was first announced last year, there were strong rumors that DOPE frontman Edsel Dope was singing for STATIC-X under the name Xer0 while wearing a mask in the likeness of late frontman Wayne Static and performing ...
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David Lee Roth says the unreleased album he wrote and recorded with guitarist John 5 several years ago will eventually see the light of day. John 5 got his first big break playing on Roth's solo album, "DLR Band", before landing stints with Marilyn Manson and now Rob Zombie. His latest sessions with the iconic ...
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BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski recently answered a number of fan-submitted questions by the readers of U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine. Asked by one fan if he would still term BEHEMOTH as being a black metal band, Nergal said: "I came to the conclusion lately — I've been a fan of LAIBACH and ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of HELMET's September 21 concert in Munich, Germany during the band's 30th-anniversary tour can be seen below. At each stop on HELMET's 30-city European trek, the band is performing a 30-song set with no openers. When the tour was first announced earlier this year, band leader Page Hamilton said: "The day John, ...
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According to Deadline, Marilyn Manson has joining the third season of Starz's "American Gods". Manson will play Johan Wengren, the lead singer of BLOOD DEATH, a Viking death metal band that is a source of power for Ian McShane's Mr. Wednesday (also known as the Old God Odin). Based on the ...
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BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale spoke to Meltdown of the WRIF radio station about the band's next studio album, "The Mind Plays Tricks On You", which is tentatively due in early 2020. The disc was recently recorded at a Los Angeles studio with film composer Tyler Bates, who has previously worked with ...
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John 5 spoke to Revolver about ROB ZOMBIE's forthcoming studio album, which will arrive either later this year or in early 2020 via the iconic rocker's new record label, Nuclear Blast Records. "[It's] heavy, very heavy. It's just a heavy ZOMBIE record with great hooks. It's very, very musical, and a ...
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"Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" conducted an interview with SKILLET frontman John Cooper at this year's Heavy Montreal festival. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the creative process of putting together a graphic novel and the band's latest studio album, "Victorious": John: "It was interesting. ...
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BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale spoke to Australia's Heavy about the band's next studio album, "The Mind Plays Tricks On You", which is tentatively due in early 2020. The disc was recently recorded at a Los Angeles studio with film composer Tyler Bates, who has previously worked with Marilyn Manson. "It's really close [to being finished]," ...
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Alice Cooper has defended the guitar playing of his HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES bandmate and famous actor Johnny Depp, saying he's "as good a guitar player as anybody." In addition to HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, Depp has appeared on stage with guitar legend Jeff Beck and has played on studio recordings with AEROSMITH and MARILYN MANSON. In a recent ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of Lita Ford's August 28 performance at Univest Performance Center in Quakertown, Pennsylvania can be seen below. Earlier this year, Lita told The Metal Voice that she was putting the finishing touches on the follow-up to 2012's "Living Like A Runaway" album. Helming the new project once again is guitarist/producer Gary Hoey, ...
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In a brand new interview with Guitar World, former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 was asked if he finds it hard to survive as a solo artist in these difficult times for musicians. He responded: "I pay for everything myself. I finance everything. I don't have a record company, ...
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TMZ has posted video footage of Rob Zombie apparently reacting angrily to a female fan who reached across a barricade and grabbed his shirt in the middle of his show in London, Ontario, Canada. In the video, which was filmed Wednesday night at the Budweiser Gardens, you see Rob singing and walking down ...
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The official lyric video for the song "The Scar Across My Heart" from LIZZY BORDEN can be seen below. The track is taken from the theatrical rock frontman's first album in 11 years, "My Midnight Things", which was released in June 2018 via Metal Blade Records. Lizzy comments: "I wanted 'The Scar Across My Heart' ...
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ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 says that collaborating with David Lee Roth was like "working with your hero." John 5, who got his first big break playing on Roth's solo album, "DLR Band", before landing stints with Marilyn Manson and now Zombie, spoke about his working relationship with the VAN HALEN frontman during a recent ...
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JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES — comprised of world-renowned guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix — have announced the second leg of the "Invasion Tour 2019". The trek will kick off on October 30 in Michigan and wrap up just before Thanksgiving. Jared James Nichols, who ...
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To celebrate his Trejo's Tacos partnership with Live Nation venues, actor and entrepreneur Danny Trejo surprised fans at Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson's "Twins Of Evil" tour stop at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington on Saturday (August 3). Trejo handed out tacos and took selfies with fans at his signature Trejo's Tacos truck before ...
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JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES — comprised of world-renowned guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix — have released their latest music video, "I Want It All". The song is taken from JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES' new album, "Invasion", which is being released today (Wednesday, July ...
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"Small World", the new video from Swedish-born multi-instrumentalist Tim Sköld, the creative force behind his namesake industrial metal project, can be seen below. The song is taken from his latest studio album, "Never Is Now", which came out in April via Cleopatra Reords. With its pulsating rhythm and massive guitar sound, "Small World" on its ...
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DEMON HUNTER has released the official music video for the song "The Negative". The track is taken from the band's new album "War", which was made available alongside a companion LP, "Peace", on March 1. "The video for 'The Negative' was directed and edited by Oleg Masnyy," explains singer Ryan Clark. "Oleg and I shot ...
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Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have released the official music video for the song "Sabbath Mater" from their latest album, "I Loved You At Your Darkest". "We bring you the new video for 'Sabbath Mater'," the band said. "The energy and vibe was made for performance and that's exactly what we accomplished in the video. Oh, ...
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In a brand new interview with Jameson Ketchum of Outburn, former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 spoke about his close friendship with MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx. He said: "Nikki, he's my best friend. We love each other. He has inspired me and taught me so much about life ...
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Rob Zombie spoke to Revolver about his forthcoming studio album, which will arrive later this year via the iconic rocker's new record label, Nuclear Blast Records. "The record is done, and now we're just figuring out how to release [it], and deal with [it] while still being on tour," Zombie explained. "With a ...
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Continuing the fan frenzy they created last week when they released their mysterious video for brand new track "F***ing With My Head", Canadian rockers PALAYE ROYALE have released the clip for another brand new track, "Nervous Breakdown". Watch the video below. The release of these two new tracks and their accompanying visuals heralds the transition ...
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Marilyn Manson spoke to Revolver magazine about about how he came to collaborate with country rocker Shooter Jennings on his new studio album, tentatively due before the end of the year. "Me and Shooter first met to do a song for 'Sons Of Anarchy', before I ended up being on [the show]," Manson ...
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JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES — comprised of world-renowned guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON), bassist Ian Ross and drummer Logan Miles Nix — have released a teaser for their next music video, "I Want It All". The clip was directed by Israel Perez Hortal and will make its online debut on July 31, ...
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Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has weighed in on the recent spat between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun over Braun's $300 million purchase of Big Machine Label Group, home to the pop singer's first six albums. Last weekend, Swift posted a Tumblr response to the news that Braun had acquired Big Machine, claiming the ...
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