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- Little Caesar singer Ron Young states rock isn’t dead but not a lot of money behind it
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- Jorn to release box set for his 50th birthday which will include bonus tracks and live outtakes
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- Jorn to release box set for his 50th birthday which will include bonus tracks and live outtakes
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- DEATH ANGEL Joined By SEPULTURA’s ANDREAS KISSER For ‘Hatred United / United Hate’ Performance In Perth (Video)
SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser joined DEATH ANGEL on stage on May 20 at the final show of the two bands’ Australian tour in Perth to perform the song “Hatred United / United Hate”. Fan-filmed video footage can be seen below. Kisser originally appeared on the studio version of “Hatred United / United Hate”, which was […]
- LISTEN: Keith Richards talks UK tour, new Rolling Stones album and retirement
Fresh from The Rolling Stones announcing their UK tour yesterday, Keith Richards spoke to Paul Anthony on this morning’s breakfast show.
- IRON MAIDEN Bassist’s BRITISH LION Announces Canadian Tour Dates
Steve Harris, bassist and co-founder of metal icons IRON MAIDEN, will bring his side project BRITISH LION to Canada for the first time. Dates begin in Toronto on November 1, stopping in Kitchener, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. Harris formed BRITISH LION in 2012 and released a debut album with touring concentrated mainly in Europe. […]
- IRON MAIDEN Bassist’s BRITISH LION Announces Canadian Tour Dates
Steve Harris, bassist and co-founder of metal icons IRON MAIDEN, will bring his side project BRITISH LION to Canada for the first time. Dates begin in Toronto on November 1, stopping in Kitchener, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. Harris formed BRITISH LION in 2012 and released a debut album with touring concentrated mainly in Europe. […]
- TARJA: First Look At ‘Act II’
Following up the worldwide top 10 video chart success “Act I”, former NIGHTWISH singer Tarja Turunen and earMUSIC have announced the release of the long-awaited follow-up, “Act II”, this summer. Filmed during Tarja’s world tour “The Shadow Shows”, during which the influential heavy rock singer circled the world 7.5 times with over 300,000 km travelled […]
- Last Great Dreamers release video for “13th Floor Renegades”
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- British Lion featuring Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris announce first Canadian tour dates for Nov. 2018
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- New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Frontman Names One SCOTT WEILAND-Era Song That Is ‘Off Limits’ For Him To Sing
Brad Copeland of Rock 100.5 The KATT’s “Rick & Brad Morning Show” conducted an interview with singer Jeff Gutt and drummer Eric Kretz of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS at this past weekend’s Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there is any song from the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS catalogue […]
- FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s ‘And Justice For None’ Enters BILLBOARD Chart At No. 4
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart with seventh studio album, “And Justice For None”. The set, which arrived last Friday (May 18), launched with 71,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending May 24, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 60,000 were in […]
- RIKKI ROCKETT Believes There Will Be New Music From POISON
POISON drummer Rikki Rockett believes that the band will eventually get back to releasing new music. The veteran glam rockers’ last album of new material was 2002’s “Hollyweird”, with many fans speculating that singer Bret Michaels’s solo career has been largely to blame for POISON’s lack of fresh musical output. During a brand new interview […]
- Watch IRON MAIDEN Perform In Helsinki During ‘Legacy Of The Beast’ Tour
British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN played the second show of the “Legacy Of The Beast” world tour earlier tonight (Monday, May 28) at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. As was the case three days earlier in Tallinn, IRON MAIDEN opened the concert with “Aces High” — complete with a Spitfire war plane replica […]
- Faster Pussycat have 38 US tour stops lined up for July and August 2018 with more to come
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- CHRIS CORNELL’s Widow Says His Funeral One Year Ago Was Second Worst Day Of Her Life
Chris Cornell’s widow says her late husband “will live forever in the present.” The singer was found hanged in his room at the MGM Grand Detroit hotel in May 2017, following a SOUNDGARDEN show at the city’s Fox Theatre. His body was found soon after he had spoken with a “slurred” voice to Vicky Cornell […]
- Metallica – The Unforgiven (Rap Version) ft. Joe Budden
Highly anticipated song from “The Growth”. Is it a lead single, or just another classic track from the A-Rod of Def Jam.
- Amazing Live Cover At Wedding: Tarja Turunen – Nothing Else Matters (Metallica Cover)
Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish singer-songwriter. She is a soprano and has a vocal range of three octaves.
- ANTHRAX’s JOEY BELLADONNA Sings National Anthem Before Chicago Cubs Vs. San Francisco Giants Game At Wrigley Field (Video)
On May 25, ANTHRAX frontman Joey Belladonna sang the U.S. national anthem before Chicago Cubs’ victory over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Video footage of his rendition can be seen below. Belladonna, who has sung the U.S. national anthem at a number of […]
- Video: Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Performs With CHOPHOUSE BAND At Norton Sculpture Garden In West Palm Beach
Video footage of former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted and his THE CHOPHOUSE BAND performing the song “Blackbird” at the Norton Sculpture Garden in West Palm Beach, Florida can be seen below (clip filmed by Michelle Pariseleti). Named after Jason’s four recording studio facilities around the U.S. and featuring a fluid roster of players, THE CHOPHOUSE […]
- K.K. Downing ‘shocked & stunned’ Judas Priest didn’t ask him to stand in for Glenn Tipton
K.K. Downing says he is ‘shocked and stunned’ he hasn’t been asked to rejoin Judas Priest in the wake of Glenn Tipton’s retirement from touring.
- DIMMU BORGIR Recruits ENTOMBED A.D. Bassist VICTOR BRANDT
DIMMU BORGIR has announced the addition of Swedish bass player Victor Brandt (ENTOMBED A.D., FIRESPAWN) to the group’s ranks. The Norwegian symphonic black metal titans will play their first show since 2012 in June and will visit all corner of the world throughout this year and 2019, and Victor is ready to storm the stage […]
- VOLBEAT Joined By NAPALM DEATH Frontman At Dublin Concert (Video)
Mark “Barney” Greenway of British grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH joined Danish metal rock ‘n’ rollers VOLBEAT on stage on May 27 at the at the Olympia in Dublin, Ireland to perform the VOLBEAT track “Evelyn”. Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. In an April 2011 interview with Straight.com, VOLBEAT vocalist/guitarist Michael […]
- Metallica – To Live is To Die / Master Of Puppets (Seattle 1989 Live)
Metallica playing “Live is To Die” for Cliff Burton and plus Master Of Puppets.
- Ted Poley to release new solo album ‘Modern Art’ on July 30th
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- WATCH: The Quireboys’ Spike on broken bones and knocking out Michael Schenker
Before The Quireboys’ incredible Special Guest slot on Sunday at Winter’s End, the always-entertaining Spike sat down with Wyatt in his fancy on-site chalet.
- KAMELOT Singer’s SEVENTH WONDER: Making Of ‘Tiara’s Song’ Video
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of “Tiara’s Song”, the new video from the Swedish progressive metal band SEVENTH WONDER, can be seen below. SEVENTH WONDER features in its ranks current KAMELOT singer Tommy Karevik. “Tiara’s Song” is taken from SEVENTH WONDER’s fifth studio album, “Tiara”, which will be released on October 12 via Frontiers Music […]
- Watch NANCY WILSON And NUNO BETTENCOURT Perform HEART’s ‘Barracuda’ At ‘Soundcheck Live’
HEART’s Nancy Wilson made an unannounced appearance at this past Saturday’s (May 26) weekly “Soundcheck Live” event at Lucky Strike Live in Los Angeles, California. Wilson, one of the founding members of legendary Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame group, joined event curator Nuno Bettencourt (EXTREME) and Liv Warfield, acclaimed R&B singer and former Prince’s […]
- Plastic Tears release video for song “Secret Society”
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- APOCALYPTICA To Enter Studio In The Winter
APOCALYPTICA will enter the studio next winter to begin recording the long-awaited follow-up to its 2015 album, “Shadowmaker”. The Finnish cello rockers have spent most of the last two years touring behind the re-release of their epic debut, “Plays Metallica By Four Cellos”. The remastered version of the instrumental cello-driven rock opus contains never-before-released instrumental […]
- SAXON’s NIGEL GLOCKLER On Changes In Music Industry: ‘In Some Ways, It’s Better; In Other Ways, It’s Worse’
Jave of Kilpop conducted an interview with SAXON drummer Nigel Glockler at last month’s Las Rageous festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how the music business has changed in the four decades since SAXON was formed, Nigel said: “In some ways, it’s better; in other ways, it’s worse. […]
- UFO’s PHIL MOGG To Step Down After 50th-Anniversary Tour: ‘This Is The Right Time For Me To Quit’
Phil Mogg has confirmed that next year’s 50th-anniversary tour with UFO will be his last as the frontman of the long-running hard rock band. Consequently, it seems almost certain that at that point they will cease to exist. UFO were formed in London in 1968 and Mogg is their only ever-present member, performing on all […]
- Led Zeppelin announce details of their inaugural Record Store Day release
Ahead of their 50th anniversary this September, Led Zeppelin will release unheard versions of two seminal songs for Record Store Day.
- 10 Awesome Rock Star Cameos on Kids Shows
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- JONATHAN DAVIS: KORN Is Not Using Outside Songwriters For Next Album
KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has shot down as false Internet speculation that the band is using outside writers for material for its next studio album. Rumors of KORN collaborating with different writers began swirling when Davis told the KLOS radio show “Whiplash” that KORN guitarists James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch “have been writing […]
- Izzy Stradlin states his non-participation in GNR reunion due to unsuccessful negotiations
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- Metallica – Beat It (Michael Jackson Cover)
Metallica playing Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz), Smell like teen Spirit (Nirvana), Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes) and Beat It (Michael Jackson)
- IZZY STRADLIN On His Non-Involvement In GUNS N’ ROSES Reunion: ‘Sometimes Things Don’t Work Out’
Izzy Stradlin has blamed his non-involvement with the GUNS N’ ROSES reunion tour on the fact that he and the other guys in the band were unable “to reach a happy middle ground through the negotiation process.” While GUNS N’ ROSES’ “Not In This Lifetime” trek features the “classic era” lineup of singer Axl Rose, […]
- Video footage and setlist for Iron Maiden’s opening night of ‘Legacy Of The Beast Tour’
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- TOBIAS FORGE Laments Lack Of Success For Pre-GHOST Outfit REPUGNANT: ‘If I Look Back On How I Did Things, It Was Unprofessional’
Tobias Forge says he wanted his pre-GHOST death metal outfit REPUGNANT “to become a big band” similar to AMON AMARTH but laments their stalled progress because they were “unfashionable” and “unprofessional.” Forge formed REPUGNANT in 1998 and performed under the name “Mary Goore”, eventually releasing a few demos and an EP before recording their lone […]
- KHEMMIS: ‘Bloodletting’ Visualizer Video Released
Denver metal/doom conquerors KHEMMIS will release their third album, “Desolation”, on June 22 through 20 Buck Spin in North America, with Nuclear Blast Entertainment handling international territories. A visualizer video for the album’s triumphant opening track, “Bloodletting”, can be seen below. While KHEMMIS is undeniably influenced by doom and classic metal, to tag them with […]
- BLEEDING THROUGH Frontman On 2014 Split: ‘We Felt That To The People That Were Working For Us, We Were A Cash Cow’
Frontman Brandan Schieppati of recently reactivated California metallers BLEEDING THROUGH says he felt like his band was treated like a “cash cow” by its record company, booking agent and management, ultimately leading to their split in 2014. Schieppati also cited the rigorous demands of the album-tour cycle that was starting to cause friction in the […]
- Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN Composes Japan Heritage Official Theme Song
Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has written the Japan heritage official theme song. The track, which can be heard below, was performed by Friedman and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, with strings arranged by Akira Sasaki, bass played by Kiyoshi, piano by Yukiko Takada, tsuzumi by Shonosuke Okura, and drums by Mitsuru Kurauchi. The track won’t […]
- Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell: “There’s No Replacing Layne Staley”
Alice In Chains mastermind Jerry Cantrell spoke in an interview with SoundLounge and explained his thoughts about band’s late singer Layne Staley. He said: “The way we have always gone about things before Will [DuVall] got here and since he’s been here has been really organic. We’ve just kind of followed our own thing, and […]
- First Year Guitar Progress – Playing Metallica “One” for 1 Year (including Hammett solo)
How long does it take to learn guitar? Here is my first 1 year guitar progress from absolute beginner. I’m adult beginner and start my learning at March 27 2017 when I took the guitar for the first time in my life. Actually I started to record myself on video to watch my own progress, […]
- John Corabi talks to Totally Driven Radio about The Eagles, The Dead Daisies, The Scream & Motley Crue
CRAB John Corabi talks to Totally Driven Radio about The Eagles, The Dead Daisies, The Scream & Motley Crue Totally Driven Radio — On this episode of TDR Rocks (Totally Driven Radio), Bay Ragni talks to the lead singer of The Dead Daisies ……. John Corabi John discussed……. **The Eagles winning the Super Bowl […]
- AGNOSTIC FRONT’s ROGER MIRET On Current New York Hardcore Scene: ‘It’s Just Not My Party’
Alex Haber of Heavy New York recently conducted an interview with frontman Roger Miret of New York hardcore veterans AGNOSTIC FRONT. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow below (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current state of New York hardcore versus the 1980s: Roger: “It’s different; it’s just not my party, […]
- Deftones’ Chino Moreno Covers Bananarama‘s “Cruel Summer” with Death Valley High
The track was originally supposed to be released in 2015. The post Deftones’ Chino Moreno Covers Bananarama‘s “Cruel Summer” with Death Valley High appeared first on MetalSucks.
- Dark Angel – Creeping Death (Metallica Cover)
American thrash metal band Dark Angel playing Metallica’s classic song “Creeping Death”.