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KILLCODE To Release 'The Answer' Album

New York rockers KILLCODE will release their new album, "The Answer", on February 20. KILLCODE combines southern-infused rock/metal with modern-day vocals to create a unique style that boasts hooky, super-charged anthems, huge guitars and driving rhythms that send your adrenaline pumping the second...

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WARRANT's ERIK TURNER Doesn't Get Tired Of Playing 'Cherry Pie'

Green Bay, Wisconsin radio station 94.3 Jack FM recently conducted an interview with WARRANT guitarist Erik Turner. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he ever gets tired of performing some of WARRANT's biggest hits, like "Cherry Pie" and "Heaven", Erik said: "We always play it in a diffe...

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ROB HALFORD Says GLENN TIPTON Made Decision Only Five Days Ago That He Would Not Tour With JUDAS PRIEST

Rob Halford says that Glenn Tipton made the decision only five days ago to sit out JUDAS PRIEST's touring activities as a result of his battle with Parkinson's disease, with which he was diagnosed a decade earlier. Tipton, who is now 70 and has performed on every PRIEST album since the band's 1974'...

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TESLA To Release 'Shock' Album In The Fall

TESLA has set "Shock" as the title of its ninth full-length album, tentatively due in the fall. The long-awaited follow-up to 2014's "Simplicity" was helmed by DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen, who co-wrote and produced the TESLA song "Save That Goodness", which was released in August 2016 and incl...

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ROB ZOMBIE's Next Album Is 'Definitely' His 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', Says JOHN 5

ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 has compared the shock rocker's upcoming album to THE BEATLES' groundbreaking LP "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", saying that it is "by far the best Zombie record that he's ever done." Last summer, Rob and his bandmates commenced work on the follow-up to 2016's "T...

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Rise to Glory

If you were there in the mid-eighties, you couldn't help but root for LOUDNESS. To an American heavy metal audience of the day, LOUDNESS, EZO, ANTHEM and EARTHSHAKER were a novelty. In Japan, however, these bands and a slew of others formed an entire movement centered around the "Kansai" and "Kanto"...

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DISTURBED Re-Teams With Producer KEVIN CHURKO

DISTURBED has confirmed that it has returned to The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada with producer Kevin Churko to record its first new music since 2015's "Immortalized" album. Prior to the arrival of "Immortalized", DISTURBED had been on hiatus since the fall of 2011, after completing...

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CALIBAN To Release 'Elements' Album In April

German metallers CALIBAN have released the official music video for the song "Intoxicated". The clip was produced by Iconographic. CALIBAN first performed "Intoxicated" live during the band's recent "Darkness Over X-Mas" tour. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Elements", which will...

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REVERTIGO Feat. CANDLEMASS, TREAT Members: 'Sailing Stones' Video

Frontiers Music Srl will release the debut album from REVERTIGO, a Stockholm, Sweden-based duo formed by Mats Levén (vocals) and Anders Wikström (guitar),on February 23. As close personal and musical friends for nearly 30 years, REVERTIGO is the next chapter in an ongoing collaboration. The officia...

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L.A. GUNS: 'No Mercy' Performance Clip From 'Made In Milan' DVD And Blu-Ray

A video clip of L.A. GUNS performing the song "No Mercy" last year in Milan, Italy can be seen below. The track will be featured in the band's new CD, DVD and Blu-ray, "Made In Milan", which will be released on March 23 via Frontiers Music Srl. After more than a decade apart, Tracii Guns and Phil Le...

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JOURNEY Guitarist: 'People Like To Create Controversy'

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon was recently interviewed by the St. Louis, Missouri classic rock radio station KSHE 95. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he ever expected JOURNEY to once again play stadiums: Neal: "Good m...

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GENE SIMMONS On Why 'Vault' Songs Featuring VAN HALEN Brothers Weren't Released Sooner: 'EDWARD Didn't Want It To Come Out'

KISS bassist Gene Simmons recently spoke with the "Three Sides Of The Coin" podcast. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the inspiration behind his "Vault" box set: Gene: "I'm an only child, so maybe that helps me in my being the ul...

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AURI Feat. NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN, TROY DONOCKLEY: 'Night 13' Video

AURI, the project featuring NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and his wife, popular Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela, will release its self-titled debut album on March 23 via Nuclear Blast. The disc's first video, for the song "Night 13", can now be seen below. "Auri" track listing: 01....

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says Guitars Are 'The Best Instrument To Completely Express Yourself In Any Direction'

Guitarist Michael Schenker (MSG, UFO, SCORPIONS) recently spoke with GuitarGuitar. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On whether he's inspired by any of today's guitar heroes: Michael: "I stopped listening to music when I was 17,...

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TRACII GUNS On L.A. GUNS' Current Lineup: 'It Took 30 Years To Get The Band Just Right'

L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns was recently interviewed by RadioactiveMike Z. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On reuniting with vocalist Phil Lewis: Tracii: "What was great was hearing that sound, because I had played the song...