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TOM MORELLO, COREY GLOVER, SOUND BARRIER To Perform At 'Metal Has No Color' Event

In an effort to combat national divisiveness, Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California will present "Metal Has No Color", a unique night of strength among rock musicians to demonstrate how our nation can unify. The April 18 show will feature the reunion of seminal Afric...

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PHILIP ANSELMO On LEMMY's Final MOTÖRHEAD Shows: "He Hated The Pain, But Loved The Stage'

Former PANTERA and current DOWN and SUPERJOINT frontman Philip Anselmo was interviewed on a recent installment of the "Fantasm" podcast. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about the last time he saw Lemmy before the iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman's death, Anselmo said: "We played a festival t...

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PHIL LABONTE Says 'Madness' Is 'Natural Progression' For ALL THAT REMAINS

Metal Wani's Barrett Stephens recently conducted an interview with ALL THAT REMAINS frontman Phil Labonte. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about the evolution of ALL THAT REMAINS's sound, Labonte said: "It's always been a pretty natural progression. We kind of just get together and wr...

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Why Didn't SAXON Ever Become As Big As IRON MAIDEN? BIFF BYFORD Weighs In

Vocalist Biff Byford of British heavy metal legends SAXON was recently interviewed by Canadian rock journalist Mitch Lafon. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked why he thinks SAXON never managed to reach the same commercial heights in the 1980s as a band like IRON MAIDEN, Biff said: "I just t...

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Video: Reactivated SKINLAB Performs Entire 'Bound, Gagged And Blindfolded' Album In Orangevale

Video footage of reactivated San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB performing on April 7 at The Boardwalk in Orangevale, Californai can be seen below (courtesy of Capital Chaos TV). SKINLAB will hit the road this summer, following up a string of spring West Coast dates celebrating the 20th annive...

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Video: New Lineup Of QUIET RIOT Performs In West Palm Beach, Florida

Fan-filmed video footage of QUIET RIOT's April 7 performance at Bowery Live in West Palm Beach, Florida can be seen below. QUIET RIOT made its live debut with the band's seventh lead singer, "American Idol" finalist James Durbin, on March 18 at The Cotillion in Wichita, Kansas. Durbin, who became kn...

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THE SWORD To Release 'Greetings From...' Live Album In May

Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD will release their first-ever live album, "Greetings From…", on May 5 via Razor & Tie. The band recorded all of the shows on its fall 2016 tour with OPETH and chose nine songs to make up the track listing on the disc. Starting today, "Greetings From…" wil...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Announces U.S. Tour With ONCE HUMAN, GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE

Wednesday 13, who mixes punk rock and metal with kitschy horror imagery and who is formerly one half of the MURDERDOLLS braintrust, will return to the road this summer in support of his new album, "Condolences". Support on the trek will come from ONCE HUMAN and GABRIEL AND THE APOCALYPSE. Tickets go...

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METALLICA, THE WHO Confirmed For OUTSIDE LANDS' 10th Anniversary

METALLICA is among the confirmed artists for Outside Lands' 10th anniversary. The world's original gourmet music festival takes place August 11-13 at San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park, bringing together the best music, food, wine, beer, art and comedy from across the region and the world. Re...

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ANATHEMA: Listen To 'Springfield' Song From 'The Optimist' Album

After ANATHEMA's 2012 award-winning album "Weather Systems" and 2014's spellbinding "Distant Satellites", the ambient rockers are back with their eleventh full-length, "The Optimist". Due for release on June 9 through Kscope, the album will soon reveal some of the darkest, most challenging and unexp...

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JASON NEWSTED Says It Cost Him 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars' Trying To Build NEWSTED Band

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Ultimate-Guitar.com about his decision to shelf NEWSTED, the heavy metal project he operated between 2012 and 2014. "There was a couple things that were very good and then a couple things were very bad," he said. "When it came down to the money stuff a...

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POISON: First 2017 Photo Of Reunited Original Lineup

POISON singer Bret Michaels has released the first photo of the band's original lineup as it begins rehearsing for its upcoming tour. He wrote in the accompanying caption: "Rocking hard, feeling great. Haven't killed each other yet, this tour is happening. #music #poison #tour #springbreak #party" P...

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PARADISE LOST Begins Recording New Album

British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have entered Orgone Studios in Woburn, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom to begin recording their new album for a tentative late 2017 release via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2015's "The Plague Within" is once again being helmed by Jaime Gomez Arellano, who...

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APOCALYPTICA To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of 'Plays Metallica By Four Cellos' With North American Tour

On May 10, 1996, Finnish rockers APOCALYPTICA released their epic debut, "Plays Metallica By Four Cellos". The instrumental cello-driven rock opus changed the landscape of heavy music for years to come. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album, the group re-released it remastered with 3 bonus...

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SCORPIONS/Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Drummer MIKKEY DEE: Third Episode Of 'A Week in Dee World'

The third episode of a new documentary, "A Week in Dee World", features video footage of former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee performing at the "Ultimate Jam Night" second-anniversary concert on January 17 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California as he and former band...