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RIVAL SONS Singer JAY BUCHANAN Announces September/October 2026 'Storyteller' U.S. Tour

Jay Buchanan, frontman of Grammy-nominated rock band RIVAL SONS, has announced his "Storyteller" U.S. tour, kicking off September 11, 2026 in Houston, Texas. This special run of intimate solo acoustic shows builds on his sold-out European "Weapons Of Beauty" tour dates earlier this summer, where Buc...

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GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist SLASH: 'It's Really Amazing And Humbling That 'Appetite For Destruction' Has Become So Iconic'

In a new interview with the "Jim Kerr Rock & Roll Morning Show", which airs on New York's Q104.3 FM radio station, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was asked if the massive success of the band's classic debut album, 1987's "Appetite For Destruction", is something that ever "gets in the way of how"...

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ROB ZOMBIE's 'Firefly Trilogy' To Receive 4K Ultra HD Eight-Disc Release

Lionsgate will release Rob Zombie's "Firefly Trilogy" as an eight-disc collector's set on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and digital on October 13, 2026. The collection brings together "House Of 1000 Corpses", "The Devil's Rejects" and "3 From Hell", marking the first time "House Of 1000 Corpses" will be avai...

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DEVILDRIVER's DEZ FAFARA Confronts His Mortality After Health Scare: 'I'm Blessed To Be Here'

By David E. Gehlke The arrival of DEVILDRIVER's eleventh studio album, "Strike And Kill", has been accompanied by news of frontman Dez Fafara's recent health scares. As he outlined in a recent appearance on the "Garza Podcast", Fafara (who turned 60 in May) has a non-cancerous tumor located near his...

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KAMELOT's THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD On Artificial Intelligence: 'I Have This Weird Feeling It's Gonna Run Its Course'

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, KAMELOT guitarist Thomas Youngblood weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence (A.I.) algorithms and ma...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM's ERIC 'A.K.' KNUTSON: 'You Can Either Fight A.I. Or You Can Learn How To Use It'

In a new interview with Tomasz Michalski of Poland's MetalSide, vocalist Eric "A.K." Knutson of veteran Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artific...

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THE GATHERING's ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN: 'We Have No Plans For The Future' Beyond 'Mandylion' 30th-Anniversary Tour

In an interview with Paolo Phoenix of Magenta TV conducted at this month's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany, Anneke Van Giersbergen spoke about the ongoing reunion shows from her former band THE GATHERING to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dutch rockers' "Mandylion" album. Regarding...

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FILTER Frontman RICHARD PATRICK's A PLACE TO KILL Project To Release Second EP In 'The Next Couple Of Months'

In a new interview with Razor of Tucson, Arizona's Rock 102.1 KFMA radio station, Richard Patrick, platinum-selling FILTER mastermind and film/TV composer, and Jim Louvau, vocalist of THERE IS NO US and a renowned photographer and acclaimed music video director, spoke about their collaborative proje...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Says His New Solo Album Will Be 'Heavy As S***'

At last month's San Diego Comic-Con, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson spoke to VSX about "The Mandrake Project", his cross-media multimedia concept, combining a heavy metal solo album and a 12-issue quarterly adult comic book series published by Z2 Comics. The narrative and music share conceptual...

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RIKKI ROCKETT Is 'Very, Very Proud' Of POISON's 'Native Tongue' Album: 'I Think It's A Great Record'

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett reflected on the band's fourth album, "Native Tongue", which was originally released in 1993. Besides the core personnel of Rockett, singer Bret Michaels and bassist Bobby Dall, it is the only POISON LP to...

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MASTODON On Personal Tragedies Which Inspired Lyrics On 'Marrow Deep': It 'Made Sense' To 'Turn These Dark Things' Into Something Bright And Beautiful'

During an August 6 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", MASTODON singer/bassist Troy Sanders, drummer/vocalist Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke about the band's long-awaited new album, "Marrow Deep", which will arrive on August 28 via Loma Vista Recordings. The LP...

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MATT SORUM On GUNS N' ROSES' 2016 Reunion: 'When They Got Back Together, I Didn't Know Anything About It'

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, Matt Sorum was asked if he was surprised when guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan reunited with singer Axl Rose in GUNS N' ROSES more than a decade ago. The former GUNS N' ROSES drummer responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.N...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION Will Still Have Some Political Lyrics On Upcoming Album: 'The World Has Gone Crazier' In 'The Last Few Years'

In a new interview with Ukrainian metalhead Vladyslav Stadnyk, who goes by the name Metal Pilgrim, WITHIN TEMPTATION frontwoman Sharon Den Adel spoke about the progress of the songwriting and recording sessions for the follow-up to the band's 2023 "Bleed Out" album. She said (as transcribed by BLABB...

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Has GEDDY LEE 'Seen Any Signs' That NEIL PEART Is 'With' RUSH On 'Fifty Something' Tour? He Responds

In a new interview Joanne Wilder of the Toronto rock radio station Q107, RUSH bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee was asked if  he has "seen any signs" that iconic drummer Neil Peart is with him and his bandmates as they continue their "Fifty Something" comeback tour, which launched in early June in Los Ange...

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RONNIE ROMERO Says A.I. Is 'An Incredible Tool' But 'Technology Will Never Be Able To Completely Replace The Human Element'

Singer Ronnie Romero, who forged a formidable reputation over past few years with his work with Ritchie Blackmore's RAINBOW and Michael Schenker, among other projects, has weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmon...