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GHOST Becomes First Hard Rock Band In Four Years To Land No. 1 Album In U.S.

According to Billboard.com, GHOST's new studio album, "Skeletá", has landed at position No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 86,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the LP's first week of release. 89% of that figure (77,000) consisted of traditional album sales, with vinyl purc...

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SCORPIONS Cancel Third Concert In A Row Due To KLAUS MEINE's 'Bacterial Bronchitis'

Hard rock legends SCORPIONS have been forced to cancel their concert tonight (Saturday, May 3) at Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa in Quito, Ecuador. According to a statement posted on the band's social media, SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine, who will turn 77 later this month, "has still not recovered from t...

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SCORPIONS Cancel Second Concert In A Row Due To KLAUS MEINE's 'Respiratory Infection'

Hard rock legends SCORPIONS have been forced to cancel their concert at the Monsters Of Rock festival in Bogotá, Colombia Wednesday night (April 30). According to a statement posted on the band's social media, SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine, who will turn 77 next month, "has still not recovered from t...

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KLAUS MEINE: Right Now Is 'Not The Moment' For SCORPIONS To Create New Music

In a new interview with Colombia's Radioacktiva, SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine and guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs were asked if there are any plans for the band to work on the follow-up to 2022's "Rock Believer" album. Klaus responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We're so bu...

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GHOST Shares Music Video For 'Peacefield'

Swedish occult metallers GHOST have shared the official music video for "Peacefield", the third track to be released from their sixth album, "Skeletá". Check it out below. "Peacefield" follows the previously released singles "Lachryma" and "Satanized", the latter of which was dubbed a "catchy goth-r...

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Watch: EXODUS Joined By DEATH ANGEL's MARK OSEGUEDA For Cover Of SCORPIONS Classic At Anaheim Concert

DEATH ANGEL's Mark Osegueda joined EXODUS on stage this past Saturday, April 26 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California to perform their recently released cover of the SCORPIONS deep cut "He's A Woman - She's A Man". Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. When the studio version...

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SABATON Guitarist THOBBE ENGLUND On His Return To The Band: 'It Was A No-Brainer For Me'

SABATON guitarist Thobbe Englund says that his rejoining the band a little over a year ago was a "no-brainer". In early February 2024, the Swedish metallers announced that they had welcomed back Englund. This news came a month after Tommy Johansson revealed his departure from the group. Thobbe origi...

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GHOST Shares New Song 'Peacefield' From Upcoming 'Skeletá' Album

Swedish occult metallers GHOST have shared "Peacefield", the third track to be released from their upcoming sixth album, "Skeletá". Check it out below. "Peacefield" follows the previously released singles "Lachryma" and "Satanized", the latter of which was dubbed a "catchy goth-rock epic" by Vice an...

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EXODUS Teams Up With DEATH ANGEL's MARK OSEGUEDA For Cover Of SCORPIONS' 'He's A Woman - She's A Man'

Just ahead of their "Bonded By Blood" 40th-anniversary shows, "Swarm of Horror" USA headline tour and stops at Sonic Temple, Welcome To Rockville and Milwaukee Metal Fest, San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers EXODUS have released a brand new cover of the SCORPIONS deep cut "He's A Woman - Sh...

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Would GARY HOLT Have Joined METALLICA If He Had Gotten The Call Instead Of KIRK HAMMETT? 'Probably Not', He Says

In a new interview with "The David Ellefson Show", co-hosted by former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt reflected on how he first reacted when his former bandmate, original EXODUS guitarist Kirk Hammett, was asked to join METALLICA 42 years ago. He said (as transcribed by...

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Watch: SAVATAGE Returns To Live Stage For First Time In 10 Years

SAVATAGE performed live for the first time in 10 years earlier today (Saturday, April 19) at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil. The event also featured SCORPIONS, JUDAS PRIEST, EUROPE, OPETH, QUEENSRŸCHE and STRATOVARIUS. SAVATAGE's lineup for the Monsters Of Rock...

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GHOST Shares Music Video For New Single 'Lachryma' From Upcoming 'Skeletá' Album

Swedish occult metallers GHOST have released the official music video for "Lachryma", the second single from their upcoming sixth album, "Skeletá". Check it out below. Arriving in tandem with a lucid nightmare of a video featuring Papa V Perpetua's first full performance as newly anti-christened fro...

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KLAUS MEINE On Upcoming SCORPIONS Biopic: 'It Will Be Wonderful'

In a new interview with Igor Miranda of Brazil's Rolling Stone, SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine spoke about the status of the band's upcoming biopic, "Wind Of Change", which is currently being developed and produced by ESX Entertainment, the company founded by actor, producer and former race car driv...

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Ex-SCORPIONS Drummer HERMAN RAREBELL Can't Let Go Of The 1980s: 'I Lived For Sex, Drugs And Rock And Roll'

By David E. Gehlke Herman Rarebell is unapologetic in his love for the 1980s. As the person responsible for the lyrics of some of SCORPIONS' biggest and most enduring hits, Rarebell has also taken full advantage of the classic "sex, drugs, and rock and roll" trope. (Watch the "Big City Nights" and "...

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Watch: SCORPIONS/Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Drummer MIKKEY DEE Performs At 'The Europe Drum Show' In Germany

Former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee appeared at this year's edition of The Europe Drum Show, a two-day event dedicated entirely to the art of drumming and percussion, on March 29 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Video of his appearance can be seen below. A Swede of Greek descent, D...