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SHINEDOWN Announces March 2016 U.S. Tour Dates

Atlantic recording artist SHINEDOWN has announced plans for an upcoming U.S. tour, the rock band's first major trek of 2016. With British rock trio THE VIRGINMARYS serving as main support on most of the dates, the twelve-city trek gets underway March 1 at Portland, Oregon's Roseland Theater and then...

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Former KREATOR And SODOM Guitarist FRANK BLACKFIRE Releases 'Back On Fire' Solo Album

Former KREATOR and SODOM guitarist Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik has just released a new solo album titled "Back On Fire". Blackfire is a German guitarist who started exploring and listening to his father's rock and roll albums at the early age of 6. Frank picked up a guitar at the age of 15, and then,...

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Fear Beyond Lunacy

Bay Area thrash revivalists HATCHET have already faced the growing pains of any band, much less the forefathers from whom they take inspiration. HATCHET has been slinging it out since 2008. The band was met with the metal underground's favor with their last full-length, "Dawn of the End". In the int...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE To Release 'Tango Umbrella' Album In March

Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE will release its fourth album, "Tango Umbrella", on March 25, 2016 via Napalm Records. The cover artwork was created by Sam Shearon and can be seen below. Comments AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE's Chad Hanks: "'Tango Umbrella', soni...

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SHINEDOWN's SMITH, MYERS Pay Tribute To SCOTT WEILAND With 'Big Empty' Performance (Video)

SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers kicked off their acoustic tour on December 4 in Destin, Florida by paying tribute to late STONE TEMPLE PILOTS singer Scott Weiland with a performance of the STP classic "Big Empty". Fan-filmed video footage of their rendition can be seen below....

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Video: EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Return To The Bataclan To Pay Respects To Paris Terror Victims

Members of the EAGLES OF DEATH METAL returned to the Bataclan in Paris, France Tuesday (December 8),nearly a month after a terrorist attack killed 89 people that attended the band's concert at the venue. According to Agence France-Presse, the musicians — Jesse Hughes, Dave Catching and Julian Dorio...

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS And CHICKENFOOT Drummer CHAD SMITH To Unveil Art Collection

Over the last three decades, Chad Smith has become one of the most recognizable figures in rock and rhythm. As drummer for the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, he's sold more than 80 million albums and been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. With supergroup CHICKENFOOT and the BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, h...

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Video: EAGLES OF DEATH METAL Join U2 On Stage In Paris

California rockers EAGLES OF DEATH METAL joined U2 on stage during the last song of the Irish rock band's December 7 concert at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. The two bands played a cover version of Patti Smith's classic "Power To The People". The Jesse Hughes-fronted group also played its...

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Video: HALESTORM Performs Acoustic Version Of 'New Modern Love' At ATLANTIC RECORDS Studio

Video footage of HALESTORM performing an acoustic version of the song "New Modern Love" live at Atlantic Records' recording studio in New York City this past April can be seen below. Lzzy recently said on Twitter that the lyrics to "New Modern Love" were inspired by the "very strange, new modern rel...

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SHINEDOWN Frontman Says Current Single 'State Of My Head' Is 'Stupid, Stupid Hip'

SHINEDOWN posted a video on Tuesday (December 1) for the song "State Of My Head", from the band's recently released fifth studio album, "Threat To Survival". The track recently cracked the Top 10 at rock radio. Although it's got a different style for SHINEDOWN, frontman Brent Smith told The Pulse Of...

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Former OUTWORLD Guitarist RUSTY COOLEY Returns With DAY OF RECKONING

The long-anticipated return of Rusty Cooley has arrived with his band DAY OF RECKONING and the release of their new album, "Into The Fire". The effort will be made available as two EPs (parts 1 and 2) each featuring five intense metal tracks. DAY OF RECKONING was formed in 2010 following the breakup...

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Video Premiere: SHINEDOWN's 'State Of My Head'

SHINEDOWN's video for the song "State Of My Head" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "Threat To Survival", which came out in September. SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith stated about "State Of My Head": "'State Of My Head' was actually built around its rhythm, inspi...

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THE END Feat. Former DEATH/MASSACRE Guitarist RICK ROZZ: 'Crawling Back To Life' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song "Crawling Back To Life" from THE END, the new old-school Florida death metal trio featuring ex-DEATH/MASSACRE guitarist Rick Rozz, ex-MASSACRE drummer Mike Mazzonetto and vocalist/bassist Michael Grim, can be seen below (done by Chad Sanford at Wicks World). THE...

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MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT: I See Each OPETH Record As A Possible Last Record

Maniacs Japan earlier in the year conducted an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt (guitar, vocals) and Fredrik Åkesson (guitar) of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On OPETH celebrating its 25th annivers...

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STEVE SMITH Explains Decision To Return To JOURNEY

JOURNEY and THE DOOBIE BROTHERS will kick off the San Francisco Fest 2016 tour on Thursday, May 12, again bringing together two of the iconic groups that helped define the San Francisco sound. The tour launches at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California — with concerts scheduled throug...