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TOOL Announces May 2019 U.S. Tour Dates

TOOL has announced nearly a dozen U.S. tour dates in May. The band, which appears to be in the final stages of completing its new album, will play the following shows: May 05 - Jacksonville, FL - Welcome To Rockville May 07 - Birmingham, AL - Legacy Arena at The BCC May 08 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum...

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TOOL's New Album Is Being Mastered By BOB LUDWIG

TOOL appears to be finalizing the mastering of its long-awaited new album. Earlier today (Thursday, March 7),the band shared a photo of guitarist Adam Jones, bassist Justin Chancellor and drummer Danny Carey alongside the album's producer/engineer Joe Barresi and mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, who...

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C.O.C. Guitarist On DOYLE's Meet-And-Greet Comments: Maybe He Should 'Figure Out Something Else To Do'

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's Woody Weatherman says that MISFITS's Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein should perhaps "figure out something else to do" if he doesn't like to take part in paid meet-and-greets with his fans. In a recent interview with "The Liquid Conversations", Doyle lamented the fact that a...

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SEVENDUST Vocalist Says Group Has 'Matured As Artists And Writers' Over Time

SEVENDUST vocalist Lajon Witherspoon recently spoke with Tigman of the Poughkeepsie, New York radio station Z93. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's current tour with TREMONTI: Lajon: "Ever since the CREED days, we'v...

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Former TIGERTAILZ Frontman KIM HOOKER Launches BARE KNUCKLE MESSIAHS

Ex-TIGERTAILZ frontman Kim Hooker has launched a new band called BARE KNUCKLE MESSIAHS. He is joined in the group by fellow former TIGERTAILZ members Andy Skinner (who replaced Ace Finchum) on drums and Cy (who replaced Jay Pepper) on lead guitar. Completing the lineup is Hooker's longtime friend an...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE's BILLY HOWERDEL On Working With MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN: 'He's Big On Simplicity'

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with A PERFECT CIRCLE guitarist Billy Howerdel. You can watch the two-part chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the first songs he was proud to have written: Billy: "The first batch, for sure and some are A PE...

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New TOOL Album To Arrive Between Mid-May And Mid-July, Says MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN

TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan says that the band's long-awaited new album will arrive in late spring or early summer. Earlier today, Keenan offered an update on the disc, tweeting that he and his bandmates were "midway through mixing" the effort. He added: "[There will] most likely be a few recal...

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No, TOOL's New Album Won't Be Released In April, Says MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN

TOOL singer Maynard James Keenan has shot down rumors that the band's long-awaited new album will arrive in April. Asked by a fan on Twitter if it's true that TOOL's new disc will be released in two months, Maynard responded simply: "No." Keenan's latest comment comes a month after TOOL drummer Dann...

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WOODY WEATHERMAN Explains CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's Cover Of QUEEN's 'Son And Daughter'

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist Woody Weatherman talked to The Aquarian Weekly about the making of the band's latest album, last year's "No Cross No Crown". Recorded in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, the LP marked CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's first studio output with vocalist/guit...

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TIGERTAILZ Pulls Out Of HRH AOR VII Festival Due To Guitarist JAY PEPPER's Hearing Loss

Welsh glam metal veterans TIGERTAILZ have been forced to cancel their appearance at the HRH AOR VII festival in Wales as a result of guitarist and founding member Jay Pepper's battle with hearing loss which threatens to curtail his long career. Earlier today, Pepper released the following statement:...

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Former CRUCIFIED BARBARA Guitarist On Band's Split: 'It Was Time For Us To Move Forward'

Former CRUCIFIED BARBARA guitarist Klara "Force" Rönnqvist Fors has told France's Loud TV that the band's 2016 split had been a long time coming. "It had been kind of a hard time for a while, so it was time for us to move forward," she said (see video below). "It was just the next step in life — to...

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MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN Completes Recording Vocals For New TOOL Album

Maynard James Keenan says that he has completed recording his vocals for TOOL's long-awaited new album. The singer took to his Twitter account earlier today to write: "Update- Final vocals tracked MONTHS ago. Then U.S.-UK-Euro run w #APC. If Tool all inst are tracked, long process of Mixing now. Mea...

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DON DOKKEN Says DOKKEN Will Record 'Straight-Up, Straight-Ahead' And 'Classic-Sounding' New Album in February

During a recent appearance on "The Classic Metal Show" podcast, DOKKEN vocalist Don Dokken said that the band plans to finish recording their new album — the group's first since 2012's "Broken Bones" — in February, and that it won't be released through recent label partner Frontiers Music Srl. "The...

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Listen To A PERFECT CIRCLE's Cover Version Of AC/DC's 'Dog Eat Dog'

A PERFECT CIRCLE, which debuted the video for "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" earlier this month, has released a limited-edition seven-inch of the track with a B-side featuring Billy Howerdel and Maynard James Keenan's take on AC/DC's "Dog Eat Dog". The "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish"/...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Drummer CHAD SZELIGA Launches WALKING WITH LIONS

BLACK STAR RIDERS drummer Chad Szeliga has launched a new band called WALKING WITH LIONS. Szeliga, who has previously played with BREAKING BENJAMIN and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, met guitarist Kevin Hicklin (ex-3 BY DESIGN) during a recording session for the ATOMFLOWER project produced by Ronnie King (T...