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Listen To New OBITUARY Song 'A Dying World'

"Adult Swim Singles" has teamed with death metal progenitors OBITUARY for the 47th installment of the current program. "A Dying World" is the first new song from the massively influential quintet since its self-titled tenth album's release by Relapse Records. The standalone new single couples its in...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS Is Playable Character In New 'Call Of Duty' Game

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows is getting his very own playable character in the "Call Of Duty: Black Ops" franchise. The singer is featured in a new trailer for "Call of Duty: Black Ops 4"'s next content drop called "Operation Apocalypse Z", which was released on Monday via Activision and Tr...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Weighs In On TAYLOR SWIFT And SCOOTER BRAUN Drama

Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach has weighed in on the recent spat between Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun over Braun's $300 million purchase of Big Machine Label Group, home to the pop singer's first six albums. Last weekend, Swift posted a Tumblr response to the news that Braun had acquired...

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Y&T Frontman DAVE MENIKETTI Reacts To Fire Loss Of His Band's Master Tapes

Y&T frontman Dave Meniketti has responded to reports that his band was among the Universal Music Group (UMG) artists who had their master recordings destroyed a fire more than a decade ago. Earlier this month, a report by The New York Times revealed for the first time that recordings by many of musi...

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DISTURBED Frontman Is Happy To See Political Winds Shifting In Favor Of Marijuana Legalization

DISTURBED frontman David Draiman says that he is glad to see more and more U.S. states moving toward state-legalized recreational or medical marijuana. "A lot of the stigmas are being dispelled," he said during an appearance on an episode of "Dudes Talking S#*t In A Truck" with SiriusXM DJ Jose Mang...

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METALLICA Pays Tribute To DAVE PICKERELL, Introduces ROB DIETRICH In New Video For 'Blackened' Whiskey Brand

METALLICA recently welcomed Rob Dietrich as the new master distiller of the band's brand of whiskey. A veteran in the spirits and music industry, Rob will oversee the sourcing, blending, and cask finishing of barrels for each batch of Blackened American Whiskey. Dietrich joins the Blackened team fol...

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OBITUARY To Tour North America With ABBATH

Florida death metal legends OBITUARY will embark on a North American headlining tour in the fall. Support on the 24-date trek will come from ABBATH, MIDNIGHT and DEVIL MASTER. The tour will kick off on September 27 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and end on October 25 in Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets will go...

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SOUNDGARDEN Among Artists Suing UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Over 2008 Vault Fire

According to Billboard, SOUNDGARDEN and HOLE are among the artists who have filed a class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) on Friday (June 21) over a 2008 fire that reportedly destroyed up to 500,000 master recordings in the record company's archive vaults. The lawsuit seeks to re...

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PANTERA Collectible Statues Coming In The Fall

KnuckleBonz, creator of the Rock Iconz music collectible series, has announced the production of a set of PANTERA "Cowboys From Hell" collectible statues, available for pre-order now at this location. This is a limited-edition collectible; only 3,000 of each statue are made by hand and sold worldwid...

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DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Has No Interest In Re-Teaming With SEBASTIAN BACH To Perform SKID ROW's Debut Album

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that he has no interest in joining Sebastian Bach on his upcoming tour. Bach will celebrate the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's acclaimed, self-titled breakout debut album with a U.S. tour where he will perform the record in its entirety plus other songs from...

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JEFF PILSON Shares Hilarious Story Of How He Joined DIO

Bassist and producer Jeff Pilson is best known for playing with DOKKEN and FOREIGNER, but he also toured with DIO in the 1990s and performed on three of the group's albums — "Strange Highways" (1993),"Angry Machines" (1996) and the group's tenth and final studio release, "Master Of The Moon" (2004)...

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Father Of Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON: 'CLIFF Knew What He Wanted To Do And Went Out And Did It'

Earlier this week, one of the most famous rock 'n' roll fathers Ray Burton, father of the late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton, sat down with Mark Agnesi, Gibson's director of brand experience to reminisce about the formative years of the rock icon. Watch the clip below as Ray delves into Cliff's mus...

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KRIST NOVOSELIC: NIRVANA's 'Nevermind' Masters Are 'Gone Forever' Following UNIVERSAL Fire

According to The Pulse Of Radio, a report by The New York Times has revealed for the first time that some 500,000 recordings by many of music's biggest artists were destroyed in a fire that swept through the Hollywood lot of Universal Studios on June 1, 2008. Among the recordings lost — many of whic...

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HALESTORM Singer On Getting Vocal Lessons From KIX's STEVE WHITEMAN: 'He Taught Me Literally Everything He Knows'

HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale has credited Steve Whiteman with helping her learn to sing properly. Hale started taking lessons from the KIX frontman when she was in her mid-teens, and said he taught her proper breathing and vocal techniques to navigate the rigors of the road. In an interview with...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Says First GUNS N' ROSES Reunion Show At Troubadour Was 'Nerve-Racking'

In a recent interview with Planet Rock, Duff McKagan spoke about what it felt like for him to step back out on stage with both Slash and Axl Rose for the first time in over two decades at GUNS N' ROSES' April 2016 concert at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, California. "I've gotta say, and I can't...