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GHOST To Release 'Prequelle' Exalted Limited Deluxe Collector's Edition

Grammy-winning Swedish rock band GHOST is known for special, limited-edition items that have been tied to its various album releases — an 8-track edition of "Ceremony & Devotion", and for "Prequelle", a seven-inch die-cut-as-rats vinyl disc of the album's first single "Rats", offering the album on a...

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NONPOINT Guitarist BC KOCHMIT Quits Band To Focus On Family Life

BC Kochmit has announced his departure from NONPOINT. The guitarist, who joined NONPOINT in 2014 as the replacement for Dave Lizzio, played on the band's last two studio albums, 2016's "The Poison Red" and 2018's "X". The news of Kochmit's exit from NONPOINT was broken by the group on its Facebook p...

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MIKE HOWE Says MEGADETH Has Been 'Very Gracious' To METAL CHURCH

Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Mike Howe of Seattle metal veterans METAL CHURCH. You can listen to the entire chat via the Spreaker widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the songs from the band's latest studio album,...

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DAVID ELLEFSON On New MEGADETH Album: 'It's A Good Vision Of Hope To Keep Working Forward On A Creative Endeavor Together'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently spoke with Meltdown of the Detroit radio station 101 WRIF. The full conversation can be streamed at this location. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his new solo album, "Sleeping Giants": David: "'Sleeping Giants' is really a comp...

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DISTURBED Guitarist On Spotlighting Mental Health Issues: 'We Just Want To Help Raise The Awareness'

Prior to DISTURBED's performance at the recent Rock USA festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, guitarist Dan Donegan spoke with Kaytie and Cutter or the Appleton, Wisconsin radio station Razor 94.7 and 104.7. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET...

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Former LOSTPROPHETS Singer IAN WATKINS Found Guilty Of Possessing Phone In Prison

Former LOSTPROPHETS frontman Ian Watkins has been found guilty of possessing a mobile phone while in prison. The 42-year-old singer was found with the phone in his cell at HMP Wakefield in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, where he is serving a sentence for sex offenses. Watkins allegedly used the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Blasts DONALD TRUMP For Invoking God's Name While Speaking About Mass Shootings

Sebastian Bach has slammed President Donald Trump for making a religious appeal in his speech on Monday in response to the weekend's mass shootings. In his remarks from the White House, the U.S. president said he joined in the grief and outrage over the "two evil attacks" in El Paso, Texas, and Dayt...

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THE DARKNESS Releases Music Video For New Single 'Rock And Roll Deserves To Die'

British rockers THE DARKNESS have released their brand new single, "Rock And Roll Deserves To Die", accompanied by a brilliantly entertaining video. It's the first taste of the band's jaw-droppingly ambitious new album "Easter Is Cancelled", out on October 4 through Cooking Vinyl. From chiming, acou...

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K.K. DOWNING Says Fans Should Take Time To Listen To Interviews, Not Just React To Misleading Headlines

In a brand new interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", original JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked if he regrets leaving the group eight years ago. He responded: "I don't know. As I said before, everybody has the perception that PRIEST is a massive band and that, but in reality, so m...

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BRET MICHAELS Is 'Very Supportive' Of His Daughter's Modeling Career

POISON singer Bret Michaels has told Hyde Archives that he is "very supportive" of his eldest daughter, 19-year-old Raine Michaels, who recently became one of six finalists in the 2019 Sports Illustrated model search competition, posing for the mag in bathing suits in the Bahamas. "It's unbelievable...

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DRAGONFORCE Reveals Details Of New Album 'Extreme Power Metal', Launches Video For 'Highway To Oblivion'

On September 27, DRAGONFORCE will unleash its eighth full-length album, "Extreme Power Metal". Produced in Los Angeles, California by Damien Rainaud at Mix Unlimited, "Extreme Power Metal" was also recorded, in part, on guitarist Herman Li's livestream channel on Twitch with participation from the f...

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TOMMY LEE Says DONALD TRUMP Is 'Scary Delusional'

Tommy Lee has once again blasted President Donald Trump, saying that the former host of NBC's reality show "The Apprentice" is "scary delusional." The MÖTLEY CRÜE made his comments on July 24 in apparent response to Trump declaring himself vindicted by last Wednesday's congressional appearance by fo...

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Video: KISS Performs 'Beth' In Manchester

Fan-filmed video footage of KISS performing the band's hit ballad "Beth" on July 12 at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Chromeboy2003"). In a 2014 issue of Rolling Stone magazine, KISS frontman Paul Stanley and original KISS drummer Peter Criss spa...

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VINCE NEIL Offers Advice To Aspiring Musicians

MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was one of the camp counselors at last month's Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Speaking to JC Fernandez of Las Vegas Now, Vince stated about the experience (see video below): "It's really cool. They get these guys together, and some famous rock and roll...

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Here Is A Photo Of GENE SIMMONS Wearing A Skull Prosthetic

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has shared a photo of him wearing a skull prosthetic for a movie he co-produced in 2017 called "Armed Response", with Wesley Snipes starring. According to USA Today, the thriller cast the "Passenger 57" and "Demolition Man" star as the leader of a team of special-f...