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SHAVO ODADJIAN Explains Why He Cut JONATHAN DAVIS From SEVEN HOURS AFTER VIOLET Album

SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has explained his surprising decision to shelve a collaboration with KORN's Jonathan Davis. As recently as April 2023, Odadjian reported that his song with Davis was getting ready for release as part of the self-titled debut from his new band SEVEN HOURS AFTER...

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EPICA Announces Exclusive U.S. Showcases For May 2025

To celebrate the release of their new album "Aspiral", symphonic metal frontrunners EPICA are playing three exclusive shows in the United States this spring. With an LP that will see the light of day on April 11, these shows will mark the start of EPICA's "Aspiral" world tour. Excited to return to N...

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SLAYER Announces First Canadian Show In Six Years

Thrash metal legends SLAYER will play their first Canadian concert in six years at the 2025 edition of the Festival D'été De Québec on July 11 at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. "FEQ is more than just a festival; it's a shared treasure that we have been building for 57 years and will continue...

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Over 160 Bands Confirmed For 2025 Edition Of LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival

Louder Than Life will be disturbing the peace in 2025 with one of the biggest and loudest festivals in North America all year. Over 160 bands will perform on six stages September 18, 19, 20 and 21 at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky for the 11th edi...

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You Can Bid On Property Next Door To OZZY OSBOURNE's Childhood Home

Keen BLACK SABBATH fans could be among competitive bidders for a three-bedroomed, terraced house in Birmingham appearing in Bond Wolfe's next auction. Because while 16 Lodge Road in Aston looks just like any other terraced property in the suburb, this one happens to be next door to the house where t...

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Watch: THREE DAYS GRACE Plays First Full Show With Singer ADAM GONTIER In 12 Years

Canadian rockers THREE DAYS GRACE played their first full show with singer Adam Gontier in 12 years last night (Tuesday, February 25) as the support act for DISTURBED on the U.S. leg of "The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour" at Ford Idaho Center Arena in Nampa, Idaho. The 46-year-old musician, who lef...

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Watch: DISTURBED Kicks Off 'The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour' In Nampa

DISTURBED kicked off the U.S. leg of "The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour" last night (Tuesday, February 25) at Ford Idaho Center Arena in Nampa, Idaho. The trek celebrates 25 years of DISTURBED's seminal debut album which launched the band into public consciousness and is one of the most important a...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN: 'We've Got A Lot Of Amazing New Material We're Gonna Be Releasing'

In a new interview with Nic and Big J of the Boise, Idaho radio station 100.3 The X Rocks, DISTURBED frontman David Draiman was asked about the "throwback" vibe of the band's new single, "I Will Not Break", which was released earlier this month. David said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It w...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Is 'Starting To Get In The Gym Again' In Preparation For Final Concert: 'He Is The Real-Life Iron Man'

During an appearance on Monday's (February 24) episode of SiriusXM's "The Howard Stern Show", producer Andrew Watt, who helmed Ozzy Osbourne's last two studio albums, 2020's "Ordinary Man" and 2022's "Patient Number 9", spoke about working with the legendary BLACK SABBATH singer. He said (as transcr...

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Faster Than Death

When it comes to unsung heroes of heavy metal history, few have more impressive, old-school credentials than Katon W. de Pena. Frontman with HIRAX since 1984, and in several less celebrated bands before that, he spent his early musical years playing shows with fellow Californians METALLICA, SLAYER a...

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BEARTOOTH, I PREVAIL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE And PARKWAY DRIVE To Team Up For 'Summer Of Loud' 2025 Tour

Sound Talent Group/Live Nation has announced the "Summer Of Loud" tour — an epic bill featuring hard rock platinum acts, genre mainstays, and up and comers. The tour features four rotating headliners, who are the heavyweights of the genre: BEARTOOTH, I PREVAIL, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and PARKWAY DRIVE. T...

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DOUG ALDRICH On His Cancer Diagnosis: 'It Was Definitely A Setback Mentally'

In a new interview with Ernest Skinner of Canada's Border City Rock Talk, former WHITESNAKE and DIO and current THE DEAD DAISIES guitarist Doug Aldrich offered an update on his health, nearly five months after he underwent a "very successful" surgery following a throat cancer diagnosis. Regarding ho...

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DEAFHEAVEN Shares New Song 'Heathen' From Upcoming 'Lonely People With Power' Album

DEAFHEAVEN has shared "Heathen", the second new song to be released from the band's upcoming album "Lonely People With Power", due on March 28 via Roadrunner Records. "Heathen" is available on all streaming platforms and follows lead single "Magnolia", which arrived last month joined by a Sean Stout...

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AVANTASIA's TOBIAS SAMMET Feels Like 'Here Be Dragons' Is Another 'Record Of The Century'

By David E. Gehlke Calling AVANTASIA a "side project" or even a "project" feels wrong in light of the band's staying power. Considered a finished entity after the world-beating power metal glory of their first two albums, 2001's "The Metal Opera" and 2002's "The Metal Opera Pt. II", founder, songwri...

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DESTRUCTION's SCHMIER Is 'Still Hopeful' For More Shows Featuring 'Big Four' Of German Thrash Metal

In a new interview with Francisco Zamudio of KNAC.COM, DESTRUCTION bassist/vocalist Schmier was asked about the possibility of more shows featuring the union of Germany's legendary "Teutonic Big Four", completed by KREATOR, SODOM and TANKARD. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I don't wa...