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RIVAL SONS Sign With LOW COUNTRY SOUND/ATLANTIC; New Album Due This Year

RIVAL SONS, the blistering, soulful Long Beach, California rock and roll band which has previously released four albums on the British label Earache, has moved onward and upward, signing a deal with Low Country Sound/Atlantic. The group has been hunkered down in the historic RCA Studio A in Nashvil...

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ARMORED SAINT To Perform Entire 'Symbol Of Salvation' Album On U.S. Tour

This July/August, ARMORED SAINT will embark on a North American tour commemorating the band's classic "Symbol Of Salvation" album. On this special run, the group will perform "Symbol Of Salvation" in its entirety, with select shows to be recorded for a live DVD. ARMORED SAINT frontman John Bush com...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN Says Group Will Continue To Write And Release New Music: 'That's The Whole Point Of Being In A Band'

DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen was recently interviewed by the New Bern, North Carolina radio station 106.5 WSFL. The three-part conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On "Pour Some Sugar On Me": Phil: "I wrote the riff. Mutt [Lange, produc...

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Listen To New MONSTER MAGNET Song 'Ejection'

The song "Ejection" from MONSTER MAGNET can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's 11th album, "Mindfucker", which will be released on March 23 via Napalm. The disc "is different, a step forward and a step back at the same time to the almighty roots of hard rock music, kindled by the...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Slams TRIVIUM Bassist: 'You've Been Riding Coattails'

ALL THAT REMAINS's Phil Labonte has slammed TRIVIUM's Paolo Gregoletto, accusing the bassist of "riding coattails" and calling him "the third most important guy in a four-man band." The war of words between the two musicians started after Labonte appeared on Internet provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos's...

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Y&T Frontman Explains Documentary Delay

Iconic Bay Area rockers Y&T are still working on their long-awaited documentary, "On With The Show", to be released before the end of the year. "It's been taking an extremely long time to get that thing sorted out," frontman Dave Meniketti told Tigman of the Albany, New York radio station Q103 in a...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Discusses His 'Unique' Drumming Style: 'I've Never Been Very Interested In Ability'

In a recent interview with Polar Music Prize, METALLICA's Lars Ulrich was asked to describe his "totally unique way of playing drums." He responded (see video below): "To me, it's always about the song and the band first. And the drums, or the guitars, or whatever else is going on, is just part of t...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Says Banning Semiautomatic Rifles Would Not Solve Problem Of Increasing Mass Shootings

ALL THAT REMAINS frontman Phil Labonte has weighed in on the gun control debate, less than a week after a shooting at a Florida high school left 14 students and three teachers dead. The attack in Parkland was the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 rampage that killed 26 people at Sandy Hook El...

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DEF LEPPARD Drummer Joins TESLA On Stage During 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise (Video)

DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen joined TESLA on stage at this year's Monsters Of Rock cruise to perform an acoustic version of the song "Little Suzi". Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Decibel Geek TV). TESLA singer Jeff Keith told Pollstar in a 2016 interview...

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L.A. GUNS' PHIL LEWIS On Future Work With STEVE RILEY: 'I Doubt It'

In a newly posted feature by music writer Joel Gausten, L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis discusses his reunion with guitarist/founding member Tracii Guns and shares his thoughts on the time when two separate versions of the band existed. An excerpt from the story appears below. Far from an overnight succ...

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JOE SATRIANI On 'G3' Tourmates JOHN PETRUCCI And PHIL COLLEN: 'We're Definitely Out There Pushing Each Other'

"G3" tourmates Joe Satriani, John Petrucci (DREAM THEATER) and Phil Collen (DEF LEPPARD) were recently interviewed by the New York City classic rock radio station Q104.3. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how Collen came to be i...

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SKINDRED Releases 'Machine' Music Video

Welsh "ragga metal" band SKINDRED has released a music video for its new single, "Machine". The clip features actor and stuntman Neil Chapelhow, best known for his work in the films "Wonder Woman" and "Fantastic Beasts". The band states: "When we were told we were doing a video with the stunt team t...

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'Visions Of Motörhead' Unauthorized Photographic Book Due In April

Due on April 20 via Wymer Publishing, "Visions Of Motörhead" is a 128-page photographic book of largely unpublished, never-before-seen MOTÖRHEAD images that bring together a mixture of concert photos and off stage shots from the late '70s through to the late '80s, covering the classic era with Phil...

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BLITZKRIEG To Release 'Judge Not!' Album In April

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) veterans BLITZKRIEG will release their new album, "Judge Not!", on April 27 via Mighty Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Back From Hell" was recorded at Downcast Base HQ in Newcastle, U.K. by Phil Davies, but the band elected to use a different studio this time...

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TRACII GUNS 'Would Pay Anything' To See LED ZEPPELIN Perform With Hologram Of JOHN BONHAM

Tracii Guns says that "it's wonderful" to see a Ronnie James Dio hologram touring the world. Dio died in 2010 at the age of 67 from stomach cancer. His hologram was created by a company called Eyeillusion and made its debut at the Wacken Open Air festival in August 2016 in front of more than 75,000...