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DEF LEPPARD's Second Las Vegas Residency Is Being Filmed For DVD Release

DEF LEPPARD is filming its shows this weekend during the band's second Las Vegas residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for an upcoming DVD. No further details have yet been made available. At the opening concert of the residency on August 14, the band's 23-song set incl...

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ROB HALFORD To Release New Christmas Album, 'Celestial', In October

Without question, Rob Halford is one of heavy metal's all-time great vocalists — as heard through his highly influential and groundbreaking work with JUDAS PRIEST. But over his career, he has also proven able to master a variety of other styles vocally — including holiday-themed music. And in time f...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: Lyric Video For Solo Song 'Shine'

The official lyric video for the song "Shine" from STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet can be seen below. The track is taken from his tenth solo album, aptly titled "Ten", which will be released on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music Srl in Europe. The follow-up to 2016's...

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SEBASTIAN BACH On Why TED NUGENT Didn't Want DAMNOCRACY To Continue: 'He's Got Way Too Many Animals To Kill'

During a question-and-answer session at the recent Fanboy Expo in Knoxville, Tennessee, Sebastian Bach spoke about his involvement with DAMNOCRACY, the short-lived project he formed with ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian, Ted Nugent, ex-BIOHAZARD bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld and drummer Jason Bonham (BO...

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Damned In Endless Night

The metal underground is in such absurdly rude health at the moment that it's often hard to decide which brutal sub-strain to pay closest attention to. 2019 has been an exceptional year for death metal. But digging deeper reveals that there seems to be a significant resurgence in the dark art of slo...

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The Hand Of Violence

Extreme metal is a lot like sports, in many ways: the endless contests to decide who wields the nastiest riffs, the sickest beatdowns, the fastest blasts or the most absurdly guttural or otherwise otherworldly vocals. Not that most credible acts are purposefully getting involved in a virtuoso pissin...

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LOU GRAMM Says He Is Supposed To Play More Shows With FOREIGNER In October

Former FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm spoke to "The Eddie Trunk Podcast" about his participation in the band's "Double Vision: Then And Now" concerts, which took place last November. The shows — which were held in Los Angeles, California; Rancho Mirage, California; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Uncasvi...

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Watch DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Perform 'Razzle Dazzle' From 'Contractual Obligation'

A performance clip of the song "Razzle Dazzle" from Ian Gillan's "Contractual Obligation" album can be seen below. Gillan, together with Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and a few others, is considered one of the legendary voices that shaped hard rock. Despite his commitment to DEEP PURPLE, the singer ha...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Discuss Working With PEARL ADAY In New Trailer For 'Another State Of Grace' Album

BLACK STAR RIDERS will release their fourth album "Another State Of Grace", on September 6 via Nuclear Blast. A new trailer for the disc in which frontman Ricky Warwick and bassist Robert Crane discuss working with Pearl Aday — ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian's wife and Meat Loaf's daughter — can be see...

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BUCKCHERRY Vocalist Says He First Recorded 'Crazy Bitch' Chorus On His Mother's Answering Machine

BUCKCHERRY vocalist Josh Todd recently spoke with Sally Steele of Vegas Rocks! magazine. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his biggest influences: Josh: "The first rock frontman I dug was Ian MacKaye from MINOR THREAT. He was the...

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GLENN HUGHES Says BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Will Record New Album In January 2021

Prior to his performance at the recent Stonedeaf festival in Coddington, United Kingdom, Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) spoke with Tony Heare of Midlands Metalheads Radio. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his...

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ROB HALFORD Doesn't Rule Out K.K. DOWNING's Return To JUDAS PRIEST: 'What Will Happen Will Happen'

Rob Halford hasn't ruled out the return of K.K. Downing to JUDAS PRIEST, saying that "what will happen will happen." The guitarist, who left PRIEST in 2011 amid claims of band conflict, shoddy management and declining quality of performance, was replaced by Richie Faulkner, nearly three decades his...

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EDENBRIDGE To Release 'Dynamind' Album In October; 'Live And Let Go' Single Available

Austrian symphonic metallers EDENBRIDGE will release their tenth studio album, "Dynamind", on October 25 via Steamhammer/SPV. A lyric video for the first single, "Live And Let Go", can be viewed below. Any band wanting to leave its mark in our fast-lived world needs first and foremost two things: co...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: Making Of 'Ten' Solo Album Part One (Video)

The first in a series of videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet's tenth solo LP, aptly titled "Ten", can be seen below. The follow-up to 2016's "One Sided War" is scheduled for release on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Fronti...

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LEMMY's Long-Lost Duet With LYNDA KAY Finally Sees Light Of Day

Singer-songwriter Lynda Kay has a new song coming out August 23 featuring the late great Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister of MOTÖRHEAD. The duet, titled "The Mask", is far from Kilmister's well-regarded metal fare. This poignant Willie Nelson-style ballad, paired with Kay's harmonious, yearning voice, reveals...