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BLACK SABBATH's Farewell Concert Set To Bring Boost To Birmingham Economy

The West Midlands is set for a boost of up to £20 million (approximately $27 million) to its visitor economy thanks to a huge July weekend of cultural and sporting events, according to new research by the West Midlands Growth Company. As many as 300,000 culture, sport and food fans are expected in t...

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BLACK SABBATH Awarded Freedom Of The City Of Birmingham

The founding members of BLACK SABBATH were awarded the Freedom Of The City Of Birmingham at a ceremony in the Council House on Saturday, June 28. At the ceremony, the original band members Terence "Geezer" Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward were presented with their Freedom Of The City...

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Watch: MACHINE HEAD Performs At Norway's TONS OF ROCK Festival With Stand-In Guitarist ZACK OHREN

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD kicked off their summer 2025 European tour on Saturday (June 28) at the Tons Of Rock festival in Oslo, Norway. Fan-filmed video of the band's performance can be seen below. Playing guitar for MACHINE HEAD at the Tons Of Rock show was the band's longtime...

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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD Is 'Nearly Finished' Recording Two New Solo Albums

In the first of BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's new ongoing show as part of the LA Radio Sessions, which airs Sundays at 10 a.m. (Pacific Time) on 99.1 KLBP-FM in Long Beach and also online at KLBP.org, Bill spoke about his plans to release new solo music in the coming months. He said (as transcri...

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KREATOR Is Putting Finishing Touches On 16th Studio Album: 'It's Gonna Be Great', Says FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ

German/Finnish/French thrash metal veterans KREATOR recently entered Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden with producer Jens Bogren to begin recording their sixteenth studio album, tentatively due in early 2026. Bogren previously helmed KREATOR's "Phantom Antichrist" (2012) and "Gods Of Viol...

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See First Photos Of Entire Reunited Original BLACK SABBATH Lineup

The original lineup of BLACK SABBATH — singer Ozzy Osbourne, bassist Geezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward — recently commenced rehearsing for its final performance, "Back To The Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow", set to take place on July 5 at Birmingham, United Kingdom's Villa Park....

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JAKE E. LEE Says The Two Men Who Allegedly Shot Him Have Been Arrested And Are Awaiting Sentencing

Former OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist Jake E. Lee says that the two individuals who allegedly shot him last fall near his home in Las Vegas have been arrested and are due to be sentenced in July. Lee was in his driveway in the morning of October 15, 2024 about to walk his dog at about 2:40 a.m. when he was...

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GARY HOLT: STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Was 'Very Unhappy' And Was 'Bringing Everybody's Spirits Down' Before Being Fired From EXODUS

EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt was interviewed by longtime Serbian hard rock/heavy metal journalist Jadranka Janković Nešić when the band played at SKCNS Fabrika in Novi Sad, Serbia on June 16 as part of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers' spring/summer 2025 European tour. During the chat,...

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JANNE WIRMAN: Upcoming CHILDREN OF BODOM Book 'Tells The Whole Brutally Honest Story Of The Band'

In a new interview with Ed Hackimer of This Day In Metal, CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman spoke about the band's upcoming official book, which will be published in August via the London, U.K.-based publisher Rocket 88. The book tells the story of the Finnish melodic death metal pioneers a...

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DIMMU BORGIR Announces New Guitarist

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have recruited Kjell Åge "Damage" Karlsen as their new guitarist. Karlsen, who previously played with DIMMU BORGIR frontman Shagrath (real name Stian Tomt Thoresen) in the long-running Norwegian rock band CHROME DIVISION, made his live debut with DIMM...

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SINSAENUM Releases Music Video For 'Last Goodbye' From 'In Devastation' Album

Extreme metal supergroup SINSAENUM is now offering a second taste of its upcoming studio album, "In Devastation", with the video for the crushing new single "Last Goodbye". "In Devastation" serves as SINSAENUM's first new material since the tragic passing of legendary drummer Joey Jordison (SLIPKNOT...

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ROYALE LYNN Shares 'WTCH' Music Video, Releases 'Black Magic' Debut Album

Nashville rocker Royale Lynn has released her new album, "Black Magic", via Epitaph Records. A record that defies easy categorization, on her full-length debut the self-professed "metalhead from a small town" proves her prowess for bridging the gap between two seemingly different worlds. For "Black...

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JOHN BONHAM's Grandson JAGER HENRY Releases New Single 'Help'

Building on the success of his 2024 EP "Heart Of Thorns", Jager Henry — the grandson of iconic LED ZEPPELIN drummer John Bonham and son of Jason Bonham — is stepping in to his own spotlight with the release of his new single "Help", out now via Bornsad Records. Jager's first piece of new music in 20...

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RAMONES: Dolby Atmos Mixes Of Band's First Four Albums Available As Blu-Ray Collection '1!2!3!4!'

Rhino presents the first four RAMONES albums in Dolby Atmos on Blu-ray for the first time today with a new boxed set, "1!2!3!4! The Ramones Atmos Collection". Limited to 2,000 copies, it's available exclusively at Rhino.com and WMG stores internationally and includes "Ramones", "Leave Home", "Rocket...

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Watch: AC/DC Kicks Off Summer 2025 European Tour In Prague, With Czech President In Attendance

Legendary hard rockers AC/DC kicked off the summer 2025 leg of their European "Power Up" tour Thursday night (June 26) at Letiště Praha Letňany in Prague, Czech Republic. Around 60,000 fans reportedly attended the concert, including Czech president Petr Pavel. Pavel is an avid rock fan who also atte...