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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN And JARED MACEACHERN Cover METALLICA's 'Nothing Else Matters' (Video)

MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn and Jared MacEachern held a New Year's Eve "Electric Happy Hour" during which they performed around a dozen and a half songs, including MH tunes "Be Still And Know", "From This Day" and "Halo", plus covers of TEMPLE OF THE DOG's "Hunger Strike" and METALLICA's "Nothing Else...

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SLASH, CHAD SMITH Join POST MALONE For BLACK SABBATH, ALICE IN CHAINS Covers During 'Bud Light Seltzer Sessions'

Post Malone was joined by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS drummer Chad Smith and GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash during his performance on Thursday (December 31) as part of "Bud Light Seltzer Sessions Presents: New Years Eve 2021" Facebook livestream. The rapper performed a cover of ALICE IN CHAINS' "Rooster" w...

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SEVENDUST's LAJON WITHERSPOON Releases Solo Cover Of JACOB BANKS's 'Chainsmoking'

SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon has released his new solo single, a cover of British singer Jacob Banks's 2017 song "Chainsmoking". You can now listen to it below. This past September, Lajon told Talking Metal about his long-in-the-works debut solo album: "The solo thing for me has been fun. I'...

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KISS Makes Small Lyrical Changes For Dubai Concert, Drops Blood-Spitting Stunt

KISS cleaned up its act for tonight's New Year's Eve live pay-per-view performance in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, apparently out of respect for local customs and beliefs. Gene Simmons's blood-spitting stunt was missing during his bass solo, and the words "bitch" and "virgin soul" were removed from...

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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Will Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In 10 Days

BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski says that he will receive his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine in less than two weeks. The 43-year-old Polish native, who was diagnosed with a severe case of leukemia a decade ago, revealed his plan to take the vaccine in an end-of-year message on Instagra...

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KLAUS MEINE Says Rumor That CIA Wrote SCORPIONS' 'Wind Of Change' Shows How Powerful Music Can Be

SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine says that the suggestion that the group's classic ballad "Wind Of Change" was written by the CIA "shows how powerful music can be." Meine and his bandmates have always maintained that they wrote "Wind Of Change" after performing at 1989's Moscow Music Peace Festival in M...

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GODSMACK's SHANNON LARKIN Says Feud With MÖTLEY CRÜE Was Caused By 'Conflict Of Ego' Between SULLY ERNA And NIKKI SIXX

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin says that he and his bandmates had "fun" on tour with MÖTLEY CRÜE, despite the fact that the two groups have engaged in a decade-long public feud. The tension between GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna and MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx began when they clashed during the 20...

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SABATON To Begin Recording New Album 'In A Few Days'

Swedish metallers SABATON will enter the studio "in a few days" to begin recording their next album. The upcoming LP will be the follow-up to "The Great War", which came out in July 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's 20th-anniversary record was a concept effort covering stories from the Firs...

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SEVENDUST's LAJON WITHERSPOON To Release Solo Cover Of JACOB BANKS's 'Chainsmoking' Next Week

SEVENDUST frontman Lajon Witherspoon will release his new solo single, a cover of British singer Jacob Banks's 2017 song "Chainsmoking", on January 1. A short preview is available below. This past September, Lajon told Talking Metal about his long-in-the-works debut solo album: "The solo thing for m...

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SABATON Teases New Song

Swedish metallers SABATON have released a short teaser for a brand new song. In a message accompanying the YouTube clip, the band wrote: "We bet you did not see this one coming.. Are you ready for some new SABATON music? Wait no more! Hear now a teaser of one of our upcoming songs.." Earlier this we...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN On KIKO LOUREIRO: 'He's A Super Guitar Player And A Super Guy'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke to Guitar World about his guest appearance on "Imminent Threat", the second single from the latest solo album of current MEGADETH axeman Kiko Loureiro, "Open Source". "Kiko and I are bros," Marty said. "He's a good, good friend of mine. Whenever he come...

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SACRIFICE Releases Demo Version Of New Song 'World War V'

Canadian thrash metal veterans SACRIFICE have released a demo version of a new song called "World War V". Check it out below. The band said: "[Here is] a small sampler of what we've been up to since the travel bans came into effect. Across the continent from our homes to yours. Enjoy." War On Music...

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Watch MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Perform Acoustic Covers Of THE EAGLES, PEARL JAM And ALICE IN CHAINS

Video of MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn's latest "Acoustic Happy Hour", which was originally livestreamed on Facebook Live this past Friday, December 18, can be seen below. The session includes covers of THE EAGLES' "Hotel California", PEARL JAM's "Black" and ALICE IN CHAINS' "Bleed The Freak" as...

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Written Destiny

With most of us hoping to make it through Christmas without contracting the dreaded plague and breathing our last to the strains of MARIAH CAREY, gung-ho partying might be slightly less prominent on our agendas this year. But nobody said it was non-festive to get horrifyingly drunk in isolation and...

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Scourge Upon Humanity

Not just a current member of both DEEDS OF FLESH and GORATORY, Darren Cesca might not be a household name, but his contribution to modern death metal is unquestionable. This is only Cesca's third album under the PILLORY name, arriving six years after the widely acclaimed (in underground circles, at...