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SEBASTIAN BACH To Join JUDAS PRIEST At 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp'

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach will appear at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp featuring JUDAS PRIEST this September in Hollywood, California. Imagine yourself not only jamming with the Metal Gods from JUDAS PRIEST, but you will also rock out with Bach! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

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KING'S X Frontman On LGBTQ Acceptance In Hard Rock/Metal Community: 'We're Just Taught To Be Homophobic'

For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked artists about the reality of being out musicians in hard rock/metal and the state of LGBTQAI acceptance in the genre. Doug Pinnick, bassist-singer for progressive veterans KING'S X and rock act KXM, has been publicly out since he declared his orientation in an i...

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RECKLESS LOVE Singer OLLI HERMAN Gets His Dream Harley-Davidson Bike, 'Penelope'

Olli Herman has been dreaming about two things when he was a kid: becoming a rock star and owning and riding a custom built Harley-Davidson chopper. As frontman of glam rock band RECKLESS LOVE, the 34-year-old already enjoys rock-star status in his native Finland. With Penelope, his dream of owning...

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KENDALL + KYLIE JENNER Apologize For 'Disgusting' T-Shirts Featuring OZZY OSBOURNE, METALLICA, KISS

Kylie and Kendall Jenner have apologized for selling "vintage" T-shirts with the pair's faces superimposed over some of rock and rock's biggest icons. The T-shirts in question were unveiled on the sisters' Kendall + Kylie online shop Wednesday, and featured images of Ozzy Osbourne, METALLICA, KISS,...

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SLIPKNOT And STONE SOUR's COREY TAYLOR: My 10 Favorite Metal Albums

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor was among the first people Rolling Stone consulted when the magazine began work on its recently published list of the "100 Greatest Metal Albums Of All Time." Prior to unveiling Taylor's picks, Rolling Stone had posted "favorite metal albums" by METALLIC...

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ICED EARTH Mainman Thinks Political Correctness Is 'Killing Our Species'

Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer. A few excerpts from the interview follow below. Dead Rhetoric: How is your health these days following your second surgery in the fall of 2014 for a cervical fusion? How much did this slow down the proce...

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Listen To Snippet Of New PARADISE LOST Song 'The Longest Winter'

British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST will release their new album, "Medusa", on September 1 via Nuclear Blast. With this fifteenth full-length release, the legends are returning to their early beginnings, delivering their heaviest record of the past fifteen years, melding crushing doom metal...

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COREY TAYLOR Says LED ZEPPELIN And THE ROLLING STONES 'Camps' Were 'Ecstatic' About Having Their Lyrics Used By STONE SOUR

In "Fabuless", one of STONE SOUR's heaviest tracks to be released as a single, singer Corey Taylor name-checks "Been a long time since I rock 'n' rolled" from LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock And Roll" and "It's only rock 'n' roll but I like it" from THE ROLLING STONES' song of the same name. Speaking to the "W...

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NIKKI SIXX: 'I'm Unofficially Retired' From Touring

Nikki Sixx says that he is "unofficially retired" from touring, less than three months after undergoing hip replacement surgery. In a new post on his official Facebook page, the MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist wrote: "For those of you asking, I've been playing in bands and touring the world for 40...

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SUICIDE SILENCE Guitarist Knew Some Fans Wouldn't Like Controversial Self-Titled Album

"Mike James Rock Show" conducted an interview with guitarist Mark Heylmun of California deathcore masters SUICIDE SILENCE at this year's Download festival, which was held June 9-11 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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NOTHING MORE Unveils New Single, 'Go To War'

San Antonio, Texas alternative rockers NOTHING MORE will release new album, "The Stories We Tell Ourselves", on September 15 via Better Noise Records. The album is available for pre-order now at all digital retailers along with exclusive merch packages, signed vinyl and CDs at PledgeMusic. The band...

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BLACK SABBATH To Release 'The Ten Year War' Limited-Edition Vinyl Box Set In September

A foreboding storm is gathering overhead. Bells toll, lighting cracks, rain falls…something dark and sinister is heading this way. It's 1970 and four guys from Birmingham, with the release of their debut self-titled album, have single-handedly created what would become known forever as heavy metal....

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NOTHING MORE Announces 'The Stories We Tell Ourselves' U.S. Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

Hot off the heels of their spring U.S. run, San Antonio, Texas alternative rockers NOTHING MORE have announced "The Noise Presents Nothing More: The Stories We Tell Ourselves Tour 2017". The extensive North American trek kicks off September 12 in Memphis, Tennessee and includes stops in Boston, Toro...

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FOO FIGHTERS To Release 'Concrete And Gold' Album In September; U.S. Tour Announced

"I wanted it to be the biggest-sounding FOO FIGHTERS record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin's sense of melody and arrangement… MOTÖRHEAD's version of 'Sgt. Pepper'… or something like that." So speaks Dave Grohl of the mission statement made manifest in FOO FIGHTERS' ninth...

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FATES WARNING Guitarist's TUESDAY THE SKY: 'Vortex Street' Video

TUESDAY THE SKY, the new ambient instrumental rock project led by FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos, will release its debut album, "Drift", on June 30 via InsideOutMusic. A video for the disc's second single, "Vortex Street", can be seen below. The clip was directed by David Brodsky of MyGoodEye....