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Watch: AT THE GATES Recruits THE HAUNTED's PATRIK JENSEN For WACKEN OPEN AIR Performance

AT THE GATES recruited Patrik Jensen (THE HAUNTED) to play second guitar for the band on Friday (August 5) at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. The Wacken gig took place less than two weeks after AT THE GATES parted ways w...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MATT TUCK Says Self-Titled Album's More Technical And Aggressive Sound Came 'Naturally'

In a new interview with "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck spoke about the band's decision to pursue a more technical, aggressive direction on its latest, self-titled album, which arrived last November via Spinefarm/Search & De...

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TESLA Releases New Single 'Time To Rock!'

TESLA has released a new single, "Time To Rock!". The official music video for the song, which can be streamed below, will make its online debut on Tuesday, August 9. Last month, TESLA vocalist Jeff Keith told "The Chuck Shute Podcast" about "Time To Rock!": "We've been playing it live since June 11...

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THE MARS VOLTA Announces New Album, Drops 'Vigil' Single

After the release of two new singles following a decade-long hiatus, THE MARS VOLTA has unveiled details surrounding its seventh full-length album, "The Mars Volta", due on September 16. The new album bravely challenges everything you thought you knew about them, delivering their most exciting, most...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Says Newer Rock Bands Are Lacking 'Star Power'

In a new interview with Listen Next!, Phil Collen was asked which artist or artists DEF LEPPARD will "pass the baton to" once he and his bandmates decide to retire. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I don't know. I'm still waiting, actually. You hear a lot of stuff out there, but i...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist BUMBLEFOOT Is Working On His First Full Solo Instrumental Album Since 1995

In a brand new interview with the Brazilian journalist Igor Miranda, former GUNS N' ROSES and current SONS OF APOLLO guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal revealed that he has spent some of the coronavirus downtime working on a new solo instrumental album. "I haven't done a full instrumental album since 1...

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AT THE GATES Shares Music Video For 'Garden Of Cyrus'

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES have released a music video for the song "Garden Of Cyrus" off their latest studio album, "The Nightmare Of Being". The clip, directed by Costin Chioreanu of Twilight 13 Media, can be seen below. AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas Lindberg comments: "For ou...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Don't Believe That Grunge Killed Hair Metal'

STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet has weighed in on the never-ending debate about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. On Tuesday (August 2), the 59-year-old openly Christian rocker, who writes...

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ANDY MCCOY Says He Never Got A 'Thank You' From NIKKI SIXX For Saving His Life, Calls MÖTLEY CRÜE Bassist 'A Second-Class Citizen'

HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy has once again slammed MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx over his account of his heroin overdose, as published in CRÜE's best-selling band autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions Of The World's Most Notorious Rock Band" and "The Dirt" biopic. The 59-year-old Finnish-born...

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Longtime Cigarette Smoker TODD LA TORRE Explains How He Is Able To Hit All The High Notes In QUEENSRŸCHE Songs

On a recent episode of the "Talk Louder" podcast, hosted by veteran music journalist "Metal Dave" Glessner and lifelong hard rock/metal vocalist Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS),QUEENSRŸCHE's Todd La Torre discussed how the fact that he is a longtime cigarette smoker has — or has not — affected his...

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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Says He Has Become 'The Biggest METALLICA Fan', Calls LARS ULRICH 'An Amazing Human Being'

In a new interview with Sweden's Rock Sverige, BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski was asked what METALLICA has meant to him throughout the years. He responded: "Fucking hell, man. I mean, I remember when I was a kid, I wasn't the biggest METALLICA fan. I was more of a [IRON] MAIDEN fan and SODOM...

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TOMMY THAYER Teaches Four Iconic KISS Solos Exclusively On GIBSON App

The new Gibson App simplifies the learning process and brings guitar-playing to life for the current and next generation of guitarists in a modern, comprehensive, and intuitive way. The Gibson App is the place to take your guitar-playing to the next level. New to the App this week is the Gibson App...

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Watch: STEVEN ADLER Performs GUNS N' ROSES Classics In Peekskill, New York

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Steven Adler and his solo band performed at the first-ever "D.A.V.E. JAM" benefit concert this past Saturday, July 30 at the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater in Peekskill, New York. Fan-filmed video of the show can be seen below. 100% of the net proceeds from ticket sales...

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METALLICA Is Officially Top Touring Metal Artist Of Last 40 Years

For its 40th anniversary, Pollstar, the trade publication dedicated to covering the worldwide concert industry, has created two special charts that reflect the overall impact of box-office realities during the four decades of the Pollstar Era, beginning in 1980 through the present. The two special c...

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The Great Heathen Army

Rhetorical question incoming: has there ever been a more joyful phenomenon than the rise and rise of AMON AMARTH? As if to prove beyond doubt that the route to glory involves hard work, persistence and a cast-iron identity, the Swedes have become one of the biggest metal bands on the planet by ruthl...