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Watch: RICHIE FAULKNER Performs ELEGANT WEAPONS' 'Horns For A Halo' For EMGtv

Video of JUDAS PRIEST's Richie Faulkner performing the ELEGANT WEAPONS song "Horns For A Halo" live for EMGtv can be seen below. ELEGANT WEAPONS features Faulkner on guitar and Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW, MSG) on vocals, alongside Dave Rimmer (URIAH HEEP) on bass and Christopher Williams (ACCEPT) on dr...

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ROBERT PLANT: 'Portraits' Photo Book Coming From RUFUS PUBLICATIONS

"Portraits Of Robert Plant", the latest book in the new "Portraits" series from Rufus Publications, is a photographic celebration of Plant's journey through the '80s, published as a brand-new coffee-table book tracing his career with a mixture of well-known, rare and largely unseen photographs from...

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SLIPKNOT Is Teasing Something With Mysterious New Billboard

SLIPKNOT has reportedly placed a cryptic new billboard in Indio, California teasing an event related to the 25th anniversary of the band's debut album. A photo of the billboard, which was erected near the site of this month's Coachella and last October's Power Trip festivals, was shared by the band'...

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A Mortal Binding

As dedicated as they are to conjuring dark, desolate reveries, it is MY DYING BRIDE's essential humanity that continues to enable their music to cut deep. Evoking the remorseless grimness of human existence is a popular pastime in doom metal, but even this band's metaphors have always arrived staine...

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GWAR Announces 'Age Of Entitlement' 2024 U.S. Tour

Shock-rock gods GWAR will embark on the "Age Of Entitlement" tour for two more legs of 2024 headline dates in support of their most recent album "New Dark Ages". This summer, the band has enlisted drug metal addicts WEEDEATER along with the habitually offensive cop rock of X-COPS as support. The sav...

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'The Osbournes' TV Show To Get Official Re-Release With New Content

Ozzy Osbourne's MTV reality show "The Osbournes", which followed the lives of the BLACK SABBATH singer and his family, will get an official re-release through the recently launched Osbourne Media House. Ozzy's son Jack announced the "The Osbournes" re-release during the latest episode of "The Osbour...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I Miss GLENN TIPTON Terribly When We Play Live'

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that he misses "terribly" the band's guitarist Glenn Tipton who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 10 years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier. Tipton has been rejoining PRIEST on stage at select shows during the band's...

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GENE SIMMONS: 'The Avatars Are The Future Of KISS'

In a new interview with Henrique Inglez de Souza of Brazil's Rockast, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons spoke about the band's recent decision to sell its music catalogue, brand name and likeness to Pophouse, the company behind ABBA's hologram concerts. A biopic, an avatar show, and a KISS-themed e...

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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Announces First European Tour In More Than Four Years

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced its first European tour in four years, set to take place in 2025. "The "Touring The End Of The World" trek will kick off in Warsaw next January and conclude in London in February 2025. The band commented: "After multiple foiled attempts throughout the last album cyc...

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JUDAS PRIEST's GLENN TIPTON: Parkinson's Disease 'Won't Beat Me'

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's 10 years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — spoke to Total Guitar magazine about his contributions to the band's latest album, "Invincible Shield". He said: "I played what I could and am...

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JETHRO TULL's IAN ANDERSON On Rigors Of The Road: 'The Travel Is Just So Boring And Stressful'

In a new interview with Brazil's A Rádio Rock, JETHRO TULL leader Ian Anderson spoke about the rigors of the road, particularly as it relates to the band's upcoming Brazilian tour, which kicks off this week. The 76-year-old lead singer, flute player and songwriter said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUT...

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Watch LAMB OF GOD's ART CRUZ Perform 'Memento Mori'

Zildjian has uploaded video of LAMB OF GOD drummer Art Cruz performing the band's song "Memento Mori" using Z Custom cymbals. Check out the clip below. In a recent interview with Drumeo's Brandon Toews, Art was asked to name the "hardest part" about joining LAMB OF GOD — if it was "something techni...

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Watch Multi-Cam Video Of GLENN TIPTON's March 2024 Performance With JUDAS PRIEST In London

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band's March 21 concert at OVO Arena Wembley in London, England. As he has done a number of other times over the course of the last six years, Tipton appeared with PRIEST for the encore, performing "Metal Gods" and "Living After...

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DREAM THEATER's JAMES LABRIE On Reunion With MIKE PORTNOY: 'We Had To Return The Band Back To Its Strongest Form'

In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, the five members of DREAM THEATER discussed their decision to reunite with Mike Portnoy last October, 13 years after he left the drummer first left the progressive metal titans. Asked why they wanted Portnoy to return, singer James LaBrie said: "I thin...

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DREAM THEATER Announces First Tour With MIKE PORTNOY In 14 Years

Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER have announced the European leg of their "40th Anniversary Tour 2024 - 2025". The trek — presented as "An Evening With Dream Theater" — is the first outing since drummer Mike Portnoy's return to the band last October. The European leg of DREAM THEATER's "40th A...