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VOIVOD: New Prototype Trailer for 'Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior' Official Video Game Released

The universe of VOIVOD expands beyond music. Chaosmonger Studio, in close collaboration with the legendary Canadian metal band, has unveiled the Prototype Trailer V2 for "Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior", the first official video game inspired by VOIVOD's distinctive blend of sci-fi, metal, and surreali...

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More Than 160 Bands, Including GUNS N' ROSES And FOO FIGHTERS, Announced For 2026 Edition Of WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival

Following a record-breaking event in 2025, Welcome To Rockville returns to Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 7-10, 2026 for its biggest year yet. Festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is proud to unleash the full music lineup for the event's 15th year. GUNS N' ROSES a...

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The Best Of Creed

In the mid-1990s CREED rose out of Tallahassee, Florida with singer Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti bonding over a similar love for guitar-heavy music. These two crafted raw, real, emotional rock, and soon after welcomed bass player Brian Marshall and drummer Scott Phillips into the fold. Th...

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RIKKI ROCKETT Says BRET MICHAELS's Guitarist PETE EVICK 'Needs To Stay Out Of POISON Business'

Rikki Rockett has thrown shade at Pete Evick, who is best known as Bret Michaels's music director and guitar player of the last 21 years, after Pete suggested that Bret is "the one carrying the torch" for POISON while the multi-platinum rock act is not actively touring. Earlier this week, Anthony Br...

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K.K. DOWNING-Produced Second Album From British Heavy Metal Band TAILGUNNER, 'Midnight Blitz', To Arrive In February

Carrying the torch of NWOBHM is TAILGUNNER. Recently signed to Napalm Records, the young British band has announced its upcoming sophomore album, "Midnight Blitz", due out on February 6, 2026. Drawing heavily from classic heavy metal sounds, TAILGUNNER have found support in the very heroes they foll...

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Angel

In the 20 years that have passed since PERIPHERY and TESSERACT began releasing music, those bands' distinctive formulae have been plundered, deconstructed and enthusiastically messed with by a huge number of bands from both sides of the Atlantic. Whether or not anyone is still clinging on to the ide...

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MY DYING BRIDE Officially Parts Ways With Singer AARON STAINTHORPE

English doom metal pioneers MY DYING BRIDE have officially parted ways with vocalist Aaron Stainthorpe. The news comes less than a year after MY DYING BRIDE recruited singer Mikko Kotamäki (SWALLOW THE SUN) to front the band for its live appearances in 2025. Earlier today (Thursday, October 9),MY D...

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DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI Collaborates With PRS Guitars On PRS SE Chleo Signature Electric

The PRS SE Chleo is the result of an intimate collaboration between PRS Guitars and award-winning guitar player Herman Li. Li, best known for his work as one of the lead guitar players in the power metal band DRAGONFORCE, is a demanding guitarist known for his fast and precise playing style. Based o...

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METAL CHURCH, Ex-W.A.S.P. And WARLOCK Members Join Forces In N.Y.C.; 'Built To Destroy' Title Track Now Available

Following the stomping debut single "Heavy As Hell" from their upcoming album "Built To Destroy", due out on November 14, New York steamrollers N.Y.C. kick down the doors of the virtual Heaven 'N' Hell Bar once again, this time with the album's crushing title track. Louder, faster, and meaner, "Buil...

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CREED's SCOTT STAPP Earns Third Consecutive Hit Solo Single As 'Deadman's Trigger' Shoots To No. 9 At Radio

Scott Stapp's "Deadman's Trigger" shoots to No. 9 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart, becoming the third consecutive radio hit from the CREED frontman's latest solo album, "Higher Power". Previous singles were "Black Butterfly" (No. 5) and "Higher Power" (No. 8). Released in March 2024, "Higher Powe...

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VOIVOD: Official Biography 'Always Moving - The Strange Multiverse Of Voivod' To Be Released In November

A new book, "Always Moving - The Strange Multiverse Of Voivod", celebrates the extraordinary 40-plus-year career of Canada's cosmic metal visionaries VOIVOD. Author Jeff Wagner draws from exclusive interviews with band members, managers, producers, record label reps, family, peers, and musicians pro...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD Says 'America Is Still Incredibly Homophobic': It Really Gets Me Angry And Upset'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford, who publicly declared his homosexuality back in 1998 during an appearance on MTV News, was interviewed on the latest episode of the Queer The Music podcast, hosted by Jake Shears. Asked by Shears if he thinks attitudes about sexuality have changed in the heavy meta...

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CREED's First Career-Spanning Collection 'The Best Of Creed' Arrives Digitally

Following a widely celebrated full-scale comeback last year, CREED is in the midst of a major resurgence: selling out over 130 shows and three headline cruises in just two years, and watching their biggest hits return to the charts. Now, as the band looks ahead, they are also taking a moment to refl...

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MY DYING BRIDE's ANDREW CRAIGHAN Says Things Are Going 'Great' With New Singer MIKKO KOTAMÄKI: 'This Is How We'll Continue Until We're Done'

In a new interview with Australia's Heavy, MY DYING BRIDE guitarist Andrew Craighan spoke about the band's decision to recruit vocalist Mikko Kotamäki (SWALLOW THE SUN) to front MY DYING BRIDE for its live appearances in 2025 after an apparent dispute with MY DYING BRIDE's founding singer Aaron Stai...

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Ex-DEATH Singer KAM LEE Says He Developed His Death Metal Growling Vocal Style By 'Mimicking Dogs'

In a new interview with Soundterror, Kam Lee, who was a member of an early version of DEATH as well as the pre-DEATH band MANTAS alongside guitarist/vocalist Chuck Schuldiner and guitarist Rick Rozz, was asked what it was like working with Chuck in the early 1980s. He responded (as transcribed by BL...