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PARADISE LOST To Release 'Medusa' Album This Summer

U.K. gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST are putting the finishing touches on their new album, recorded at Orgone Studios in the misty countryside of Woburn, England. Together with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano, they have forged the follow-up to their highly acclaimed release "The Plague Within" (20...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS Launches All-Female Band WE START WARS

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has launched a brand new all-female group called WE START WARS. Says Strauss: "I've been wanting to be in this exact band since I started playing guitar, and after over a year of putting this together and auditioning musi...

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Former METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED's Paintings To Be Displayed At 'Rawk' Exhibition In New York

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted will debut his first major international exhibition of his contemporary art, titled "Rawk", at the third edition of Art New York at Pier 94, opening Wednesday, May 3, and continuing through Sunday, May 7, to kick off New York Art Week. This year, Art New York w...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman: 'It's Impossible For Government To Know What Is Best For Everybody All The Time'

Brandon "Gooch" Hahn of Kilpop recently conducted an interview with ALL THAT REMAINS frontman Phil Labonte. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how much government he think should be allowed in the United States: Phil: "Personally, I think t...

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ALEX LIFESON Says 'It's Unlikely' RUSH Will Ever Tour Again

Alex Lifeson says that "it's unlikely" that RUSH will ever tour again, but inists that he will "probably" collaborate with Geddy Lee in the future. RUSH's chronic tendinitis-suffering drummer Neil Peart hinted during a 2015 interview with Drumhead magazine that he would no longer tour with the band,...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Is 'Stunned' And 'Overwhelmed' By Positive Response To 'Hardwired… To Self-Destruct'

Earlier this week, Jeremy Baker of the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada radio station CFOX conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked if he would agree that METALLICA's new album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct"...

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ALL THAT REMAINS: Lyric Video For New Song 'Louder'

The official lyric video for "Louder", a brand new song from Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's highly anticipated eighth studio album, "Madness", which will be released on April 28 via Eleven Seven Music. According to a press release "Lou...

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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...