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SLEEPING WITH SIRENS To Release 'How It Feels To Be Lost' Album In September

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS will release its fifth full-length album, "How It Feels To Be Lost", on September 6 via Sumerian Records. The follow-up to 2017's "Gossip" was recorded at MDDN Studios in Los Angeles and produced by Zakk Cervini (YUNGBLUD, GOOD CHARLOTTE) and Matt Good (ASKING ALEXANDRIA). SLEEP...

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DEATHSTARS Begins Recording Fifth Album, Reunites With Guitarist CAT CASINO

Swedish industrial rockers DEATHSTARS are in the studio recording their fifth album for an early 2020 release. The band has also reunited with guitarist Cat Casino, a key character in the group's history. Cat, who has most recently been writing, producing and playing lead guitar for Hank Von Helvete...

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Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Recalls 'Surreal' Initial Meeting With ALICE COOPER

During a recent interview with Sara of the Philadelphia radio station 93.3 WMMR, ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss discussed her initial meeting with the legendary shock-rocker. "The first time I met Alice was in the most surreal situation that you could possibly imagine," Nita said. "When I met A...

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Video Premiere: SHINEDOWN's 'Monsters'

SHINEDOWN has unveiled the music video for explosive new single "Monsters", exploring the ever-present demons and self-sabotaging inner voices that we all battle, and serving as the next visual installment in the story of the "Attention Attention" album. Frontman Brent Smith shares: "The Opus contin...

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LED ZEPPELIN To Get New Hearing In 'Stairway To Heaven' Copyright Case

According to Associated Press, a federal appeals court agreed today (Monday, June 10) to give LED ZEPPELIN a new hearing to defend a jury's favorable verdict in a suit that claimed the opening lines of "Stairway To Heaven" had been plagiarized from the 1968 instrumental song "Taurus". Last September...

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HALESTORM, ALTER BRIDGE, ASKING ALEXANDRIA Lead Lineup For 11th Edition Of SHIPROCKED

ShipRocked sets sail for an 11th year February 1-February 6, 2020 onboard Carnival Valor with a sensational music lineup led by HALESTORM and ALTER BRIDGE. Departing from New Orleans, with stops in Key West and Cozumel, the ultimate rock music cruise vacation features performances from over two doze...

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PHIL RIND On Asking DAVE MCCLAIN To Rejoin SACRED REICH: 'Instead Of Getting A Guy, Why Not Just Get The Guy?'

Prior to SACRED REICH's May 17 performance in Toronto, Ontario (Canada),bassist/vocalist Phil Rind spoke with Metal Master Kingdom. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why the group decided to make a new album, the forthcoming "A...

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FRANK BELLO Says ANTHRAX Gained A 'Whole New Generation Of Fans' From Playing 'Big Four' Shows With METALLICA

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello recently spoke with Dom Famularo of The Sessions Panel. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his biggest influences: Frank: "Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Steve Harris — who's now my friend, and Geezer is too....

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JOURNEY's NEAL SCHON Pays Tribute To PRINCE With 'Purple Rain' Cover (Audio)

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon is celebrating what would have been Prince's 61st birthday today by releasing a free download of his cover version of "Purple Rain". Schon's track is taken from his upcoming solo album, "Universe", due in the fall. A few years ago, Schon and JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan...

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KROKUS To Embark On Final North American Tour In 2020

KROKUS will extend its last-ever tour to include dates in USA, Canada and Mexico. Back in September 2018, the Swiss hard rock legends announced that they were going to be embarking on a farewell tour dubbed "Adios Amigos" before calling it a day. At the time, they said their final show would take pl...

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JAY WEINBERG: Playing With SLIPKNOT Is 'The Most Enjoyable, Self-Destructive, Euphoric Experience'

Jay Weinberg says that being in SLIPKNOT has been "the most enjoyable" experience of his life. The now-28-year-old drummer discovered SLIPKNOT when he was a pre-teen, through his father Max, of Bruce Springsteen's E STREET BAND, and leader of the house band on Conan O'Brien's talk show. He was hooke...

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ROY MAYORGA On Playing With HELLYEAH After VINNIE PAUL's Death: 'It's Bittersweet'

STONE SOUR and HELLYEAH drummer Roy Mayorga was recently interviewed by Meltdown of Detroit's 101 WRIF radio station. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follows. On how he landed the HELLYEAH gig: "Basically, [STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray] had a co...

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SLASH On GRETA VAN FLEET: 'I Love The Fact That They're Coming From A Pure Place'

Slash has once again credited GRETA VAN FLEET's success with "opening up doors for a lot of other kids" who are playing rock music for "all the right reasons." Despite the fact that GRETA VAN FLEET has been criticized for channeling a sound uncannily similar to LED ZEPPELIN, the Michigan band has wr...

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MANOWAR's JOEY DEMAIO: 'We Are Not Retiring'

MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio says that the band is "not retiring," despite the fact that it announced its "final" tour more than three years ago. Back in May 2016, MANOWAR revealed that it would say "thank you", "farewell" and "goodbye" to its fans on a world tour that would be "bigger and beyond any...

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SHINEDOWN Releases 'Get Up' EP Featuring Original, Piano And Acoustic Versions Of Title Track

SHINEDOWN has released the "Get Up" EP via Atlantic Records, featuring a new acoustic version of the band's hit crossover anthem "Get Up", along with the original song and the piano version. "'Get Up' is a song about empathy, it's a song about not being afraid to fail, it's a song about inspiring o...