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PANTERA Announces Opening Acts For 2025 European Tour

PANTERA has announced the opening acts for the band's upcoming 2025 European tour. Joining the reformed band, consisting of classic-lineup members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass),along with Zakk Wylde (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums),on the trek will be CHILD BITE and KING PARROT,...

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DREAM THEATER Announces 'Parasomnia' Album, Shares 'Night Terror' Music Video

Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER will release their sixteenth studio album, "Parasomnia", on February 7, 2025 via InsideOut Music. The LP marks the band's first release with drummer Mike Portnoy since 2009's "Black Clouds & Silver Linings". The news on this latest album comes on the heels...

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DEE SNIDER Explains Why He Didn't Share Songwriting Credit With His TWISTED SISTER Bandmates

In a new interview with the X5 podcast, Dee Snider explained how he came to write and "own" every song in TWISTED SISTER. He said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I joined TWISTED SISTER and I joined the band that existed. They were all older guys. They're a few years older than me. An...

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TESTAMENT's ERIC PETERSON On New Drummer CHRIS DOVAS: 'He Brought Some Life Back'

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson spoke about the addition of drummer Chris Dovas (SEVEN SPIRES) after Dave Lombardo's short-lived return. Regarding how Dovas landed the gig, Peterson said (as transcri...

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GREEN DAY's 'Dookie Demastered' Features 'Dookie' Tracks on Doorbell, Toothbrush, Game Boy, Teddy Ruxpin And More

When an album hits a big milestone like its 30th anniversary, it gets the usual remasters on the usual formats. But "Dookie" isn't a usual album. That's why GREEN DAY and Brain collaborated to create "Dookie Demastered": the album that exploded the format of punk rock, re-exploded on to 15 obscure,...

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Seven Hours After Violet

Best known as bassist with SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Shavo Odadjian has been quite the polymath over the last 20 years. As the stuttering psychodrama of his main band's vexed progress continues to be a huge, wasted opportunity for everyone involved, the Armenian-American sideman has thrown himself into a nu...

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RICKY WARWICK Recruits LITA FORD For New Single 'Don't Leave Me In The Dark'; 'Blood Ties' Album Due In March

Ricky Warwick will release a new solo album, "Blood Ties", on March 14, 2025 via Earache Records. The official music video for the LP's latest single, "Don't Leave Me In The Dark", which features Lita Ford on guest vocals, can be seen below. About the single, Ricky comments: "This was the first son...

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GENE SIMMONS Blasted For 'Offensive' And 'Sexist' Comments As Guest Judge On 'Dancing With The Stars'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons served as a guest judge, alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, for Tuesday evening's (October 8) "Hair Metal Night" episode of "Dancing With The Stars". The episode saw the 11 pairs return to the dance floor with routines to iconic rock and rol...

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JUHA RAIVIO Talks How SWALLOW THE SUN Is Ready To Take On Doom Metal 'Purists' With New Album 'Shining'

By David E. Gehlke Undoubtedly one of the finest death/doom bands to emerge on the scene since the turn of the century, Finland's SWALLOW THE SUN have recently held up their end of the utterly depressing bargain by way of 2019's "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light" and 2021's "Moonflowers". The...

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SLAYER Unveils 'Slaytanic Verses' Digital Museum

Thrash metal icons SLAYER pulls back the curtain on over four decades of brutal, malevolent, and inhumanly fast thrash and invites their fans to take the plunge into the abyss with the official launch of their new online museum, Slaytanic Verses. In partnership with Definitive Authentic/Inveniem, th...

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LIFE OF AGONY To Perform Entire 'Ugly' Album On 30th-Anniversary Tour In 2025

In a new interview with Ryan of the 97.7 QLZ radio station, LIFE OF AGONY guitarist Joseph Zampella (a.k.a. Joey Z) was asked if there are any plans for a follow-up to the band's "The Sound Of Scars" album, which came out in 2019. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, this song [...

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Watch: Former MÖTLEY CRÜE A&R Exec TOM ZUTAUT Talks To Fans Before Troubadour Concert

The Can You Get Me In YouTube channel has uploaded video of Tom Zutaut, the A&R man who signed GUNS N' ROSES and MÖTLEY CRÜE in the 1980s, talking to fans in line before MÖTLEY CRÜE hit the stage for the first of three exclusive, intimate club shows Monday night (October 7) at Troubadour in...

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SHAVO ODADJIAN's SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET Performs Live For First Time: Photos, Audio

SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET, the new band led by SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian, made its live debut on Monday (October 7) at the SiriusXM Garage in Los Angeles, California. You can now listen to the performance in the YouTube video below (courtesy of Victims Of A Down). Setlist: 01. Paradise...

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BRUCE KULICK And AXN GUITARS Launch Custom '80s-Style Guitar Line Paying Homage To His Era Of KISS

Hard rock and heavy metal legend Bruce Kulick and "the sensei of vintage 1980s guitars" Johnny DiFatta of AXN Guitars have announced a special collaboration to engineer boutique guitars under a new banner, Kulick Guitars. Kulick states: "Meeting Johnny from AXN ignited my love of M-1 guitars from th...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL Says He Recorded His Bass Tracks For 'Invincible Shield' Album At Hotel Rooms During European Tour

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill spoke about the songwriting and recording process for the band's latest album, "Invincible Shield", which was laid down largely during the pandemic. He said (as transcribe...