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SINSAENUM Feat. Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer, DRAGONFORCE Bassist: Teaser For 'Splendor And Agony' Video

A teaser for "Splendor And Agony", the new video from from SINSAENUM, the project featuring Frédéric Leclercq, virtuoso bass player of London-based power metallers DRAGONFORCE, and Joey Jordison, formerly of SLIPKNOT and currently of VIMIC, is available below. The full clip will make its online debu...

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DISTURBED Is 'Honored' To Raise Awareness About Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Community

DISTURBED last month allowed dancers Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd to use the band's version of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence" as the music for their freestyle dance on an episode of "Dancing With The Stars". The pair used the track after DiMarco, who is deaf, penned a letter to t...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's JASON HOOK To Play FBI Agent In 'Z' Thriller

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook will have a small role in an upcoming movie called "Z", writer-director Jonathan Wright's thriller about a couple that gets in over their heads with a serial killer. Hook will play the part of an FBI agent in the Sony Pictures project, which is being film...

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BUTCHER BABIES, DIO DISCIPLES To Take Part In 'Ultimate Jam Night' Fundraiser For Orlando LGBT Community

"Ultimate Jam Night", the long-running weekly free music show held at the famed Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California, will turn its upcoming Tuesday night edition on June 21 at 8 p.m. PDT into a massive live and broadcast fundraiser to support Orlando, Florida's LGBT community. An unpreceden...

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Video: Ex-RATT Frontman STEPHEN PEARCY Sings JUDAS PRIEST, AEROSMITH Classics During 'Ultimate Jam Night'

Former RATT singer Stephen Pearcy performed cover versions of JUDAS PRIEST's "Heading Out To The Highway" and AEROSMITH's "Draw The Line" during this past Tuesday's (June 14) "Ultimate Jam Night" at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. He was joined by Chuck Wright (bass),...

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STATUS QUO Guitarist RICK PARFITT Suffers Heart Attack After Performing In Turkey

In the early hours of Wednesday, June 15, following the STATUS QUO gig at Expo 2016 in Antalya, Turkey, guitarist Rick Parfitt suffered a suspected heart attack. The 67-year-old rocker is being treated in a hospital in Turkey, and while his condition is serious, he has already demanded his customary...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Says DIO DISCIPLES Have 'Zero Credibility' As RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute

Vivian Campbell says that DIO DISCIPLES have "zero credibility" as a Ronnie James Dio tribute project despite the fact that the band is fully supported by Ronnie's widow/manager, Wendy. The current DEF LEPPARD guitarist, along with drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain, was part of the origina...

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BEHEMOTH, EMPEROR And MAYHEM Featured In 'Realm Of The Damned' Graphic Novel

Maniacal Publishing has announced its first release. Realm Of The Damned is a unique graphic novel from the creative team of writer Alec Worley and illustrator Simon "Pye" Parr (2000 AD). The 144-page saga was created by Steve Beatty of England's Werewolf Publishing. Set for release on October 19, T...

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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON Says Rare Disease Robbed Him Of Ability To Play

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has revealed that he has been fighting transverse myelitis, an inflammatory disorder that has robbed him of the ability to play drums. Ever since SLIPKNOT parted ways with Jordison in December 2013, both sides were silent and evasive about the reason why the spl...

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IRON MAIDEN Tour Poster Banned In Lithuania For Being Too Scary For Kids

According to Newsweek, a poster advertising IRON MAIDEN's upcoming concert in Lithuania has been banned by the Baltic country's authorities because the band's Eddie mascot may frighten little kids. A Lithuanian spokesman for concert promotion agency Live Nation told local news site Delfi that author...

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SINSAENUM Feat. Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer, DRAGONFORCE Bassist: Two-Song EP Available For Streaming

The self-titled two-song EP from SINSAENUM, the new project featuring Frédéric Leclercq, virtuoso bass player of London-based power metallers DRAGONFORCE, and Joey Jordison, formerly of SLIPKNOT and currently of VIMIC, can be streamed using the Spotify widget below. Released today (Monday, June 6),...

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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON's VIMIC: 'My Fate' Video

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has launched a new band called VIMIC. He is joined in the group by singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's former SCAR THE MARTYR bandmates Jed Simon (guitar),Kyle Konkiel (bass) and Matthew Tara...

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SINSAENUM Feat. Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer, DRAGONFORCE Bassist: Two-Song EP Due Next Week

SINSAENUM, the new project featuring Frédéric Leclercq, virtuoso bass player of London-based power metallers DRAGONFORCE, and Joey Jordison, formerly of SLIPKNOT and currently of VIMIC, will release a self-titled two-song, ten-inch vinyl EP on June 6. The effort will feature an embossed logo on the...

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FRANKIE BANALI 'Couldn't Be Happier' With JIZZY PEARL Fronting QUIET RIOT

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali was interviewed at this year's HRH AOR festival, which was held in March in North Wales. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On managing QUIET RIOT since 1993: Frankie: "I'm an A-type personality, and the...

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Former Members Of MORBID ANGEL, GOD FORBID Pay Tribute To NICK MENZA With 'Symphony Of Destruction' Performance

Former MORBID ANGEL drummer Tim Yeung and ex-GOD FORBID guitarist Doc Coyle paid tribute to late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza with a performance of the MEGADETH classic "Symphony Of Destruction" during this past Tuesday's (May 24) "Ultimate Jam Night" at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollyw...