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HIGH ON FIRE Pulls Out Of 'Speed Of The Wizard' Tour; MATT PIKE To Have Toe Partially Amputated

HIGH ON FIRE has pulled out of the previously announced "Speed Of The Wizard" co-headlining tour with MUNICIPAL WASTE. The trek was scheduled to kick off on November 2 in Dallas, Texas and run through November 26 in Santa Ana, California. HIGH ON FIRE said in a statement: "[Frontman] Matt [Pike] has...

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HATEBREED Drummer: 'It's Almost That Time To Get Back In A Studio' And Work On New Music

HATEBREED drummer Matt Byrne has told "Midwest Beatdown" that the band is preparing to begin writing material for the follow-up to 2016's "The Concrete Confessional" album. "We were talking about working on some new stuff next year — 2019," he said (hear audio below). "'The Concrete Confessional' ca...

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COREY BEAULIEU Says TRIVIUM Wanted To 'Bring The Intensity' Back On 'The Sin And The Sentence'

RadioactiveMike Z, host of the Riverside, California-based radio station 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", recently conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (t...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist GILBY CLARKE On Hearing 'Appetite For Destruction' For First Time: 'I Was Blown Away'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Gilby Clarke recently spoke with IndiePower. The two-part conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On Paul Stanley nearly producing his early band CANDY: Gilby: "That was the idea. We were managed by KISS's manager a...

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ASHES OF ARES Feat. Former ICED EARTH Members: 'Let All Despair' Video

ASHES OF ARES, the band featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, has released a video for the song "Let All Despair". The track is taken from the band's second album, "Well Of Souls", which is due on November 9 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records. Barlow comments on the son...

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Electric Messiah

Matt Pike had a dream: "When Lemmy was still alive, I always got compared to Lemmy," he recounts discussing HIGH ON FIRE's eighth album, "Electric Messiah". "I had this dream where he got pissed at me. He gave me a bunch of shit, basically, and was hazing me. Not that he didn't approve of me, but li...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Leaves Tour To Be With Pregnant Wife; HOWARD JONES, Others To Fill In

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has left the band's current North American headlining tour to be at home with his wife as they await the birth of twins. In his absence, TRIVIUM will play all scheduled shows with assistance from former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and current LIGHT THE TORCH frontman Howard Jones,...

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STATIC-X 'Project Regeneration' Director MATT ZANE Discusses His Involvement

STATIC-X will release a new album titled "Project Regeneration", featuring the last recordings of the band's late frontman Wayne Static, in 2019. The rest of the group's original lineup — bassist Tony Campos, drummer Ken Jay and guitarist Koichi Fukuda — will also be featured on the album and in the...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman On 'Gravity': 'We Knew It Was Going To Be A Slightly More Divisive Album'

Chris Peters of Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with frontman Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he's happy with the response to the band's new...

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ACE FREHLEY Says He's Already Started Recording Sequel To 'Origins' Covers Album

Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley was recently interviewed by BUILD Series. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On relocating to America's West Coast: Ace: "New York's kind of a melting pot, and you really meet a lot of interesting p...

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INTO ETERNITY: 'Sandstorm' Lyric Video

Canadian extreme progressive metal quintet INTO ETERNITY will release its long-awaited sixth album, "The Sirens", on October 26 via M-Theory Audio. The official lyric video for the disc's new single, "Sandstorm", can be seen below. Guitarist Tim Roth comments: "'Sandstorm' was the second song writte...

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K.K. DOWNING On 'British Steel': 'That Was The Album For JUDAS PRIEST That Consolidated Everything'

K.K. Downing recently sat down with Metal Matt for a lengthy interview about the former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist's new memoir, "Heavy Duty: Days And Nights In Judas Priest", in which he allows the audience to get an inside glimpse of his life as a member of the iconic heavy metal group. You can now wa...

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CHRIS CORNELL: Unboxing Video For New Box Set

On November 16, fans can celebrate the recorded legacy of musical icon and singer/songwriter Chris Cornell with the 17-track self-titled album, "Chris Cornell", and a 64-track limited-edition deluxe box set. The first release since his passing in 2017, the album will be made available by Cornell's...

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SWORN ENEMY Signs With M-THEORY AUDIO; New ROB FLYNN-Produced Album Due In 2019

Queens, New York-based band SWORN ENEMY — whose intense fusion of metal, thrash and New York hardcore has provided the soundtrack for numerous moshpits over the past two decades — has signed with M-Theory Audio. The label will release the group's sixth album, produced by Robb Flynn of MACHINE HEAD,...

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JANE'S ADDICTION Frontman PERRY FARRELL Signs With BMG For New Solo Album, 'Kind Heaven'

Visionary singer-songwriter and musician Perry Farrell has signed an exclusive worldwide record deal with BMG to release his new solo album, "Kind Heaven", a musical scene-setter for his immersive entertainment destination "Kind Heaven" set to open at The LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas next year. Slate...