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Songs from the Black Hole

You just never know what you're going to get from Tommy Victor and PRONG, who used to haunt commercial breaks on the original "Headbangers Ball" and continue to lure dubious listeners on the merits of the band's chomping riffs alone. Following their stout "Ruining Lives" from last year, PRONG droppe...

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RIKKI ROCKETT, BOBBY DALL, C.C. DEVILLE Perform POISON Music Without BRET MICHAELS

THE SPECIAL GUESTS, the new band featuring POISON members Rikki Rockett (drums),Bobby Dall (bass) and C.C. DeVille (guitar),alongside vocalist/rhythm guitarist Brandon Gibbs (CHEAP THRILL, DEVIL CITY ANGELS),will play at the Metal May-hem event on Friday, May 29 at the Ava Amphitheatre at Casino...

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Updated: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Singer Shoots Down Breakup Rumors, Explains Memphis Onstage Meltdown

** UPDATE #2**: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer has posted the following message on his Facebook page: "We did NOT break up! Things went sideways with technical issues. Ivan got pissed and took it out onstage. It was a bad night, to say the least. He has since apologized. But we are 1...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Looks Back On 'Defenders Of The Faith' Album

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has has posted the following message in the "blog" section of his Steel Mill web site: "In 1984, PRIEST 'Defenders Of The Faith' tour sold out Madison Square Garden! Now that was what you call a memorable gig, exuberant fans decided to fill the stage with f...

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BLACK SABBATH To Embark On Final Tour In 2016, Says OZZY OSBOURNE

Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed that BLACK SABBATH will embark on one last tour in 2016 before calling it quits. "The plan is that next year [we'll do] the final BLACK SABBATH tour and then it's over," Ozzy said (see video below) during an April 24 press conference in in São Paulo, Brazil, where he perf...

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D.J. ASHBA On GUNS N' ROSES' Current Status: 'I'm Looking At This More As A Hiatus Than The End'

Even though GUNS N' ROSES has been inactive since the end of its most recent residency in Las Vegas in June 2014, the group's guitarist of the last six years, D.J. Ashba, says that he expects to return to the stage with GUNS N' ROSES frontman and sole original member Axl Rose at some point ...

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RACER X, DEATH DEALER, STEELHEART Members Join Forces In BLASTED TO STATIC

Brace yourself for a vicious onslaught of shredding rock unlike anything you've heard in a long time. More explosive than a hailstorm of hand grenades, BLASTED TO STATIC delivers a cutting-edge offering that is both refreshingly new, and re-imagines the hallmarks of '80s guitar histrionics as a soni...

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Video: BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Appears At MUSIKMESSE Trade Show

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi took part in a signing session earlier today (Friday, April 17) at the Laney booth during the Musikmesse trade show in Frankfurt, Germany. Video footage of his appearance can be seen below (courtesy of MixMusic-Company.com). Iommi last week dismissed rumors that hi...

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BILL WARD: I Want OZZY OSBOURNE To Publicly Amend His Opinions And Exaggerations Of Me

Original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has released the following statement: "I have not made any public statements regarding my relationship with BLACK SABBATH since February 2012. Today, I want to address that relationship in this formal statement. Thank you. "I have neither severed nor disconti...

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PRODUCT OF HATE: 'As Your Kingdom Falls' Lyric Video

"As Your Kingdom Falls", the new lyric video from Kenosha, Wisconsin-based metallers PRODUCT OF HATE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming studio album, to be released later this year via Napalm Records. The CD was mixed and mastered at SafeHouse Production by James Murphy (...

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TONY IOMMI: 'Once You've Had Something Like Lymphoma, The Fear That It Will Return Never Leaves'

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi has shot down rumors that his health is the reason for the cancelation of the band's appearance at this year's edition of Ozzfest Japan. It was announced yesterday that BLACK SABBATH will no longer be appearing at the Japanese festival, scheduled for November 21-22...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Shoots Down GRIP INC. Reunion Rumors

Poland's AntyRadio.pl recently conducted an interview with former SLAYER and current PHILM drummer Dave Lombardo. You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Asked if there is any truth to reports that there will be a resurrected version of Lombardo's GRIP INC. project featuring Casey Chaos from...

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Ex-DARK ANGEL Singer DON DOTY Says His New Recording Of 'Darkness Descends' Wasn't Meant To Be Taken Seriously

DJ Outkast of Nuclear Rock Radio recently conducted an interview with former DARK ANGEL and current ELIMINATE vocalist Don Doty. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. Asked about the recently released audio recording (hear below) of him singing DARK ANGEL's classic song "Da...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN On DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We've Been Talking Quite A Bit In The Last Few Months'

Chile's Cooperativa.cl recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman. You can now listen to the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether it's true that he doesn't play material from MEGADETH during his guitar clinics because he i...

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OVERKILL's BLITZ Shoots Down Rumors That He Was 'Near Death' When He Suffered Stroke

Ante Turić of the Croatian metal web zine Perun.hr conducted an inteview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL prior to the band's March 11 concert in Zagreb, Croatia. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the rumors that he was "near death" when he suffer...