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ASKING ALEXANDRIA Guitarist Says METALLICA's 'Black' Album Changed His Life

Stephen Wayne of iRockRadio.com conducted an interview with ASKING ALEXANDRIA guitarist Ben Bruce before the band's February 2 concert at The Palladium in Worcester, Massachusetts. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there was one album in particular that changed his life, Ben said: "Oh, man....

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COREY TAYLOR To Perform 'Fashion' For 'The Howard Stern Tribute To David Bowie'

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor will share a very special performance of David Bowie's "Fashion" this Friday, February 9 during "The Howard Stern Tribute To David Bowie". The one-of-a-kind musical tribute hosted by Bowie's longtime producer Tony Visconti will feature 25 unique artists...

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RIOT V To Release 'Armor Of Light' Album In April

RIOT V, the band featuring members of legendary metal pioneers RIOT, will release its new album, "Armor Of Light", on April 27 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was produced by Chris "The Wizard" Collier (METAL CHURCH, FLOTSAM & JETSAM, SLIPKNOT, KORN),while the cover artwork was created by Mariusz Gandz...

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SLIPKNOT's MICK THOMSON Discusses New Signature Soloist Guitars From JACKSON (Video)

Jackson has announced the release of the USA Signature Mick Thomson Soloist and the Pro Series Signature Mick Thomson Soloist SL2. One of metal's most successful and revered players, Thomson's game changing, take-no-prisoners approach to metal guitar has influenced countless musicians worldwide, whi...

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Late SLIPKNOT Bassist's Family Gets Settlement In Overdose Lawsuit

According to The Des Moines Register, the wife and daughter of late SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray have obtained a settlement from health care providers who were blamed for his drug-overdose death. Gray was found dead on May 24, 2010 after overdosing on drugs in a hotel room in a suburb of Des Moines, I...

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HATEBREED To Continue Celebrating Two Album Anniversaries During Spring Tour

Connecticut hardcore/metal masters HATEBREED released their first full-length, the modern hardcore classic "Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire", back in November of 1997. The album set the tone for the type of moshable metal that would eventually go on to define the '00s. 2002's "Perseverance" was...

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Avatar Country

There are endless examples of metal artists taking themselves far too seriously. AVATAR is not one of those bands. The Gothenburg-based band's intentionally and ridiculously over-the-top brand of heavy metal continues to run through its latest, and seventh overall, full-length release: "Avatar Count...

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COREY TAYLOR: Full 'Live In London' Performance Now Available On YouTube

On May 8, 2016, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor played a sold-out solo acoustic set at Koko in London, England. The full performance can now be viewed for free on YouTube (see embedded clip below). Taylor stated: "London is a city that holds a special place in my heart and I'm so happy...

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Surviving MOTÖRHEAD Members To Be Joined By Special Guests For Select LEMMY Tribute Concerts

Phil Campbell has confirmed that there are plans for the surviving members of MOTÖRHEAD to perform several concerts with as-yet-undisclosed special guests as a tribute to the band's late leader Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister. "It's on the cards, but it's just gonna be a few select shows," the guitarist told...

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Make Them Bleed

Easy one to kick off the new year, what do all these acts have in common: GWAR, LORDI, SLIPKNOT, MUSHROOMHEAD, MOTOGRATER, GHOST, UNDERLINED, ASESINO, BERZERKER and Buckethead? The same thing as TERROR UNIVERSAL, a supergroup of masked marauders. Here the band is made up of alumni from ILL NINO and...

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COREY TAYLOR Vows To To Stop Engaging Trolls About Politics On Twitter

Corey Taylor has told U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine that his "New Year's Resolution is to stop engaging trolls about politics on Twitter." The outspoken SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman, whose disdain for Donald Trump is quite prevalent throughout his latest book, last year's "America 51", said: "Honestl...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Shares Emotional Look Back At 2017

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia has posted an emotional end-of-year message in which she revealed that she lost both her parents in 2017 and ended her more-than-decade-long relationship with SLIPKNOT guitarist Jim Root. She wrote: "I find myself thinking about everything that happened to me in 2...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Says He Has Been Separated From His Wife For Almost A Year

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has confirmed that he has been separated from his wife for almost a year and that he just recently started a new relationship. "Because 'people' want to gossip on my son's Instagram, I'll set the record straight, even tho some of you don't deserve it," C...

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DIAMOND HEAD Signs With DAVE MUSTAINE's THRASHVILLE MANAGEMENT

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends DIAMOND HEAD have inked a management deal with Thrashville Management. Thrashville was started in 2016 when MEGADETH mainman (and former METALLICA member) Dave Mustaine and his son Justis Mustaine met CTK Management founder Danny Nozell, and they comm...

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STONE SOUR Didn't Want To Shortchange Fans With 'Hydrograd' Album

PitCam TV conducted an interview with STONE SOUR bassist Johny Chow and drummer Roy Mayorga prior to the band's November 20 concert at Columbiahalle in Berlin, Germany. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On STONE SOUR's new album, "Hydrog...