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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON And DRAGONFORCE's FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ Announce More SINSAENUM Album Details

Frédéric Leclercq, virtuoso bass player of London-based power metallers DRAGONFORCE, and Joey Jordison, formerly of SLIPKNOT and currently of VIMIC, have revealed details of their collaboration on an exciting new project, SINSAENUM. Having worked on some material that owed more to death metal than t...

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Ex-AC/DC Drummer SIMON WRIGHT Says AXL ROSE 'Seems To Be Doing Okay' Singing For The Band

Former AC/DC drummer Simon Wright has weighed in on the strange situation regarding AC/DC and singer Brian Johnson. The legendary Australian rock band postponed the last ten dates of its recent North American tour after doctors told Johnson he faced "total hearing loss." AC/DC has since announced th...

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Video: PAPA ROACH's JACOBY SHADDIX Joins DISTURBED For RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Cover

Jacoby Shaddix of PAPA ROACH joined DISTURBED on stage at this past weekend's Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio to perform a cover version of the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE classic "Killing In The Name". Video footage of their rendition can be seen below. DISTURBED has been a playing a few...

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DISTURBED Allows Deaf 'Dancing With The Stars' Contestant To Use Band's Cover Of 'The Sound Of Silence'

Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd's freestyle dance on Monday night's (May 23) "Dancing With The Stars" was set to DISTURBED's take on SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence". The pair used the track after Nyle, who is deaf, penned a letter to the band asking their permission to incorporate th...

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NIKKI SIXX's 'The Heroin Diaries' Inching Closer To Being Turned Into Broadway Play

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx's memoir, "The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star", is inching closer to being turned into a Broadway play. Sixx tells Nuber of the Columbus, Ohio radio station 99.7 The Blitz (see video below): "[The play is] almost complete. And...

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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON Joins Forces With DRAGONFORCE's FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ In SINSAENUM

Former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison has launched a brand new extreme metal supergroup called SINSAENUM. Joining him in the new project are MAYHEM and SUNN O)))'s Attila Csihar along with former DÅÅTH and CHIMAIRA vocalist Sean Zatorsky, DRAGONFORCE bassist Frédéric Leclercq on guitar and SETH's He...

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CRASHDÏET Is 'Not Actively Searching For A New Singer Right Now'

Brian Rademacher of RockEyez recently conducted an interview with CRASHDÏET guitarist and SWEET CREATURE frontman Martin Sweet. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. Speaking about vocalist Simon Cruz's sudden departure from CRASHDÏET in January 2015, Sweet said: "Well, he left t...

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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON's VIMIC: 'She Sees Everything' 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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Former SLIPKNOT Drummer JOEY JORDISON Launches New Band VIMIC

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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Video: QUIET RIOT Performs At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's April 30 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. In a 2014 interview with MLive.com, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali spoke about the band's decision to enlist Jizzy Pearl (LOVE/HATE, L.A. GU...

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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI Recounts 'Hysterical' 'Spinal Tap' Moment From Band's Early Days

In a brand new interview with The Washington Times, QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali was asked to recount one of the best "Spinal Tap" moments from the band's early days. He said: "When we were doing our first headlining tour in 1985, we had a gigantic set built. Because now we had to ...

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Video: DEE SNIDER Sings TWISTED SISTER, AC/DC Classics During 'Ultimate Jam Night'

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider delivered a surprise performance of "We're Not Gonna Take It" (TWISTED SISTER) and "Highway To Hell" (AC/DC) with his son and guest MC Jesse Snider during this past Tuesday's (April 26) "Ultimate Jam Night" at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, Cali...

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DAN DONEGAN Talks About PAUL SIMON's Endorsement Of DISTURBED's Cover of 'The Sound Of Silence'

On Tuesday, April 26, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan called in to the "3rd String Morning Show" on the 97.7 WQLZ radio station in Springfield, Illinois. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the success of...

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EASY ACTION Feat. Former EUROPE, SHOTGUN MESSIAH Members: 'Drop The Bomb' Single Due In May

Swedish glam rock legends EASY ACTION will release their new single and the video for the track "Drop The Bomb" on May 27 via Monty Music. This spring marks the tenth anniversary of EASY ACTION's comeback show at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2006. The Swedish glam pioneers Zinny Zan (SHOTGUN MESSIAH,...

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Video: QUIET RIOT, Ex-ANTHRAX Members Perform HUGHES/THRALL's 'Hold Out Your Life' During 'Ultimate Jam Night'

Video footage of Neil Turbin (ANTHRAX),Chuck Wright (QUIET RIOT),Mitch Perry (LITA FORD, MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, THE SWEET),Walter Ino (SURVIVOR) and Frankie Banali (QUIET RIOT) performing the HUGHES/THRALL song "Hold Out Your Life" during this past Tuesday's (April 12) "Ultimate Jam Night" at th...