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JUDAS PRIEST: 'Screaming For Vengeance' Graphic Novel To Be Released In July

JUDAS PRIEST recently teamed with the rapidly growing entertainment brand Z2 Comics for an original graphic novel to be released in July, in time for the anniversary of the British heavy metal legends' highest-selling album, the indisputable classic "Screaming For Vengeance". Several new photos of t...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Bassist CHRIS KAEL Admits He Relapsed During Pandemic: 'It Was Not Good'

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Chris Kael has admitted that he relapsed with alcohol more than a year ago during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the course of the last four years, Kael touted having a sober lifestyle, saying that he was the "strongest" he had ever been after coming out of rehab. How...

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GRETA VAN FLEET Postpones Remaining Spring 2022 'Dreams In Gold' Tour Dates

GRETA VAN FLEET has postponed the remaining dates on its spring 2022 "Dreams In Gold" tour. The band called off the shows, which were originally scheduled to take place between March 22 and April 2, just days after GRETA VAN FLEET guitarist Jake Kiszka was hospitalized with pneumonia. Earlier today,...

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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES Is In Second Week Of Radiation Treatment For Throat And Neck Cancer

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes is in his second week of radiation therapy in his battle with cancer in throat and neck. On Friday (March 18),the 63-year-old musician's wife and manager, Cathy-Sarah Holmes, who first shared the news of his diagnosis in a social media post last month, issued...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Was 'Done' With The Lockdown After The First Year

In a new interview with Las Vegas Weekly, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was asked how he handled lockdown. He responded: "I had just done two spoken-word show in St. Petersburg and Moscow, and that was the weirdest experience, because they were doing simultaneous translation of a semi-comedic s...

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GLENN TIPTON: Next JUDAS PRIEST Album 'Will Be What Every Fan Will Want'

In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Firepower" album. He said: "The epidemic really halted the writing process. But the band was kicking ideas around before that. I...

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EXODUS Releases Music Video For 'The Fires Of Division'

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS have released the official music video for the song "The Fires Of Division". The clip, directed by Jim Louvau and Tony Aguilera, can be seen below. The track is taken from EXODUS's latest album, "Persona Non Grata", which came out in November via Nuclear Blast...

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GRETA VAN FLEET Guitarist JAKE KISZKA Hospitalized With Pneumonia

GRETA VAN FLEET guitarist Jake Kiszka has been hospitalized with pneumonia. The band shared the news of the musician's diagnosis earlier today on social media following yesterday's announcement that it was postponing its remaining two Michigan concerts on the "Dreams In Gold" world tour. GRETA VAN F...

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HEART's ANN WILSON Offered To Front New Band Featuring LED ZEPPELIN Members: 'I Threw My Hat In The Ring'

HEART's Ann Wilson says that she offered to audition to become the vocalist of a new project featuring LED ZEPPELIN members. Back in 2008, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were looking for a way to keep working following LED ZEPPELIN's incredible one-off performance at the O2 Arena in London in Decemb...

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MESHUGGAH's TOMAS HAAKE Opens Up About His Battle With Eczema: 'It's A Bummer'

This past December, MESHUGGAH announced that it was postponing its previously announced U.S. tour, originally planned for early 2022, to September/October 2022. At the time, the Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers said that they needed "to prioritize the physical health of one of the band members wh...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS Says He Is Suffering From 'Long COVID': 'I'm Still Fatigued Like Crazy'

KORN singer Jonathan Davis says that he is "still fatigued like crazy" by his battle with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Last August, it was announced that Davis tested positive for COVID-19. As a result of his infection, the band postponed six dates and canceled two on its s...

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Ex-MANOWAR Guitarist ROSS THE BOSS Blasts 'Tyrant' JOEY DEMAIO, Says 'Battle Hymns' Re-Recording 'Sucks'

Former MANOWAR guitarist Ross "The Boss" Friedman has blasted re-recorded versions of the band's classic albums, saying the original LPs were "untouchable." A founding member of MANOWAR, Ross recorded six albums with the band before leaving after 1988's "Kings Of Metal". His work with MANOWAR includ...

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Watch GEOFF TATE Perform QUEENSRŸCHE's Entire 'Empire' And 'Rage For Order' Albums In Milan, Italy

Fan-filmed video footage of Geoff Tate's March 11 performance at Legend Club in Milan, Italy can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Andre D. Keaton"). Tate's current tour is celebrating the 30th anniversary of QUEENSRŸCHE's "Empire" and "Rage For Order" albums. The setlist for the Milan show w...

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DEE SNIDER: 'Russian People Do Not Know What Their Dictator Leader Is Doing To Ukraine'

Dee Snider has urged all other artists and music fans to use everything at their disposal to combat misinformation with regard to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The TWISTED SISTER frontman said that everyone should do whatever they can to attempt to circumvent state-run Russian media and communica...

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We Are The Apocalypse

Black metal has undergone so many transformations and mutations over the last few decades that it is sometimes easy to overlook the simple thrill of bands like DARK FUNERAL. Always popular but never quite as critically lauded as some of their less direct contemporaries, the Swedes deal in big, brash...