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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Announces Fall 2017 U.S. Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced details of its U.S. headline tour. Kicking off September 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the coast-to-coast trek will see the band traversing the U.S. through October in support of its new album, "Graveyard Shift", which landed at No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums cha...

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EXIT EDEN Feat. AVANTASIA, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Singers: Video For Cover Of SHONTELLE's 'Impossible'

EXIT EDEN, the all-female four-piece ensemble featuring Amanda Somerville, Clémentine Delauney, Marina La Torraca and Anna Brunner, has released a video for its cover version of the song "Impossible", originally recorded by Shontelle (and later covered by James Arthur). EXIT EDEN unites all attribut...

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LINKIN PARK Singer CHESTER BENNINGTON Dies At 41; Suicide Suspected

LINKIN PARK frontman Chester Bennington has died of an apparent suicide. He was 41 years old. Firefighters received a call about 9 a.m. regarding a cardiac arrest in the 2800 block of Via Victoria in Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles county, said Joey Napoli, spokesman for the Los Angeles County F...

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JUAN CROUCIER On Possibility Of New RATT Music: 'I've Been Sitting On So Many Songs, It's Almost Scary'

Juan Croucier says that it is "inevitable" that RATT will eventually return to the studio to record new music. RATT's last studio album, 2010's "Infestation", featured Robbie Crane on bass instead of Croucier, who rejoined the group in 2012. After putting the band on hold for a few years, Juan and t...

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GEOFF TATE Says He Had A 'Nice Little Reunion' With QUEENSRŸCHE In Spain, Calls TODD LA TORRE A 'Fantastic' Singer

Geoff Tate says that he recently had "a really nice little reunion" with his former bandmates in QUEENSRŸCHE, almost exactly five years after his acrimonious split with the group. In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a settlement had been reached after a nearly two-year legal battle wh...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Says He Would Be Willing To Play One Last Concert With DEEP PURPLE

Ritchie Blackmore says that he would be willing to reunite with DEEP PURPLE for one final concert. Blackmore is a co-founder of DEEP PURPLE and wrote many of their most memorable riffs, including "Smoke On The Water", but he has not played with the group since his 1993 departure. In a brand new inte...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Explains TOOL Album Delay

During a recent appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience", the podcast hosted by UFC personality and stand-up comedian Joe Rogan, TOOL frontman Maynard James Keenan explained for the first time why it is taking so long for the group to get the material written and recorded for its long-awaited follow...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'Robotics Are Not Helping Us Develop Our Intellect'

Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how technological advances have changed the approach of musicians today versus the '80s:...

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SAXON: Trailer For 'The Solid Book Of Rock' 14-Disc Box Set

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release "The Solid Book Of Rock" on August 4. The set comprises fourteen discs in total — not only all nine of SAXON's studio albums from 1991 to 2009 but eight bonus tracks and two bonus CDs — "Classics Re-Recorded", originally issued with the initial pressin...

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EXIT EDEN Feat. AVANTASIA, VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Singers: Video For Cover Of RIHANNA's 'Unfaithful'

EXIT EDEN, the all-female four-piece ensemble featuring Amanda Somerville, Clémentine Delauney, Marina La Torraca and Anna Brunner, has released a video for its cover version of the song "Unfaithful", originally recorded by Rihanna. Why a cover of "Unfaithful"? The band explains: "Rihanna is one of...

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SAXON To Release 14-Disc Box Set 'The Solid Book Of Rock' In August

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release "The Solid Book Of Rock" on August 4. The set comprises fourteen discs in total — not only all nine of SAXON's studio albums from 1991 to 2009 but eight bonus tracks and two bonus CDs — "Classics Re-Recorded", originally issued with the initial pressin...

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TOOL Bassist Says New Music Is '90 Percent There'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor said in an interview on the MetalSucks podcast that the band is about "90 percent there" in terms of writing its long-awaited fifth studio album. Chancellor revealed: "We're about 90 percent there, it's been like a crazy science project...

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GUNS N' ROSES: 'FAQ' Book Now Available From BACKBEAT BOOKS

Thirty years ago, five L.A. punks unleashed their debut album upon the atrophied and decadent rock charts of Reagan's America. Within weeks, "Appetite For Destruction" ascended to No. 1 on the U.S. charts; to date, "Appetite" has sold more than 30 million copies, making it the best-selling U.S. debu...

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TODD LA TORRE On GEOFF TATE Returning To QUEENSRŸCHE: 'I Don't See It In The Foreseeable Future'

Hayley Leggs conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre and guitarist Michael Wilton at this year's Hellfest, which was held June 16-18 in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. When asked if they could ever envision a scenario where former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate...

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NOTHING MORE Announces 'The Stories We Tell Ourselves' U.S. Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

Hot off the heels of their spring U.S. run, San Antonio, Texas alternative rockers NOTHING MORE have announced "The Noise Presents Nothing More: The Stories We Tell Ourselves Tour 2017". The extensive North American trek kicks off September 12 in Memphis, Tennessee and includes stops in Boston, Toro...