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DEE SNIDER: I Can't Physically Do Today What I Did At The Last TWISTED SISTER Show

Dee Snider says that he has no regrets about putting TWISTED SISTER to rest, explaining that he wanted to "step away gracefully" before it was too late. TWISTED SISTER called it quits in 2016 after completing a farewell 40th-anniversary tour. The band's last-ever concert took place in November of th...

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ANTHRAX: 'Kings Among Scotland' Director PAUL GREEN Talks About Making Of DVD (Video)

ANTHRAX's long-awaited live-in-concert DVD, "Kings Among Scotland", is just a couple of weeks away from its April 27 release date, and the video's producer/director, Film24Productions' Paul M. Green (OPETH, THE DAMNED, THE LEVELLERS) had a few words to say about the making of it. In the short clip...

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GODSMACK's 'When Legends Rise' Album Will Include 'Dream On'/'November Rain'-Style Ballad, Says SULLY ERNA

GODSMACK vocalist Sully Erna recently spoke with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3. The complete conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group's forthcoming seventh album, "When Legends Rise": Sully: "Dude, it's...

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GHOST Performs Acoustic Set With 'New' Frontman CARDINAL COPIA (Video)

GHOST played a short acoustic set at a private event in Chicago Friday night (April 6) premiering the band's upcoming album. The three-song performance included the debut airing of the disc's first single, "Rats", which opens the album and is expected to be made available later this month. It was al...

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Ex-WHITE ZOMBIE Bassist On ROB ZOMBIE's 'Astro-Creep: 2000 Live' Release: 'I Don't See His Need To Keep Repeating The Past'

Former WHITE ZOMBIE bassist Sean Yseult has criticized Rob Zombie's decision to release a live recording of the group's "Astro-Creep: 2000" album, saying that "it's kind of lame when bandmembers do that." The ex-WHITE ZOMBIE frontman and his solo group played the classic 1995 LP live in its entirety...

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GHOST Introduces Its New Leader In Latest Video

GHOST has unveiled the "new" Papa in a three-minute video clip titled "Introducing The Cardinal." In the clip, the band's "new" leader comes face-to-face with an aged Papa Emeritus Zero and Sister Imperator after arriving from behind a door, bathed in red light. The new Papa, who is named Cardinal C...

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ICED EARTH Frontman On SLAYER Calling It Quits: 'It's Pretty Crazy That They Are Doing It'

ICED EARTH frontman Stu Block says that "it's pretty crazy" to know that SLAYER is planning to embark on a "farewell" tour. Back in January, SLAYER, one of metal's most popular and influential bands of the past four decades, announced its "final world tour" via a 30-second video. The group also conf...

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KATAKLYSM And HYPOCRISY To Join Forces For 'Death… Is Just The Beginning' European Tour

Montreal-based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM will team up with Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY for a European co-headline tour, dubbed "Death… Is Just The Beginning". The tour's special name traces back to Nuclear Blast's popular sampler series and promises nothing but evenings of moshpit...

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ANTHRAX Drummer Discusses Making Of 'Kings Among Scotland' DVD In New Trailer

Multi-Grammy-nominated thrash icons ANTHRAX will see "Kings Among Scotland", the band's long-awaited live-in-concert DVD, arrive in stores and online on April 27 (Megaforce). Captured on February 15, 2017 at the band's sold-out concert at Glasgow's historic venue Barrowland Ballroom, the two-hour "...

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TESTAMENT Hopes To Release New Studio Album In 2019

TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson has confirmed to RockSverige that he has commenced the songwriting process for the follow-up to 2016's "Brotherhood Of The Snake" album. "It's kind of like the same thing we did last time," he said. "I'm librarying riffs right now and getting ideas. Some of the idea...

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DEATH ANGEL's ROB CAVESTANY On SLAYER's 'Farewell' Tour: 'Some Of Us Could See This Coming'

DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany says that "it wasn't really a total shock" to find out that SLAYER was planning to embark on a "farewell" tour. Back in January, SLAYER, one of metal's most popular and influential bands of the past four decades, announced its "final world tour" via a 30-second vi...

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SLAYER's PAUL BOSTAPH: 'Disciple' Drum-Cam Footage From Paso Robles, California

Drum-cam footage of SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph performing the song "Disciple" during the band's August 8, 2017 concert at Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, California can be seen below. Bostaph, who was previously SLAYER's drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums with the band,...

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GHOST Teases New PAPA EMERITUS With 'Chapter One: New Blood' Video

GHOST is teasing the arrival of a "new" Papa Emeritus in a three-minute video clip titled "Chapter One: New Blood". In the clip, an aged Papa Emeritus Zero is confronted by Sister Imperator, who asks about Papa's health and congratulates him on his accomplishments. But she also acknowledges that a f...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist Defends Picture With Israeli Flag

Alex Skolnick has defended a photo of TESTAMENT holding the Israeli flag, saying that "a flag can be both a symbol of a nation's government and a symbol of that nation's people." The veteran San Francisco Bay Area act played in Tel Aviv for the first time on March 27 as part of its ongoing world tou...

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ANTHRAX: First Trailer For 'Kings Among Scotland' DVD

Multi-Grammy-nominated thrash icons ANTHRAX will see "Kings Among Scotland", the band's long-awaited live-in-concert DVD, arrive in stores and online on April 27 (Megaforce). Captured on February 15, 2017 at the band's sold-out concert at Glasgow's historic venue Barrowland Ballroom, the two-hour "...