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PARKWAY DRIVE Announces New Album 'Darker Still'

Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE have announced their seventh album, "Darker Still". The band's first full-length LP since 2018's "Reverence" will arrive on September 9 via Epitaph. PARKWAY DRIVE has also shared the masterfully cinematic video for "The Greatest Fear", which features the ba...

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Former GHOST Member LINTON RUBINO Needed Six Months Of Therapy After Getting Fired By TOBIAS FORGE

In a new interview with Dr. Music, PRIEST vocalist Linton Rubino, who played bass in GHOST as one of the Nameless Ghouls under the stage name Water, was asked if he was involved in the 2017 lawsuit filed against GHOST leader Tobias Forge by four former members of the band after being dismissed by th...

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RAVEN To Perform Entire 'All For One' Album On 40th-Anniversary U.K. Tour

British/American metal legends RAVEN will celebrate the 40th anniversary of their seminal album "All For One" with a U.K. tour in 2023. Originally released in 1983, "All For One" was not only RAVEN's breakout LP, it was also a massively influential slab of classic metal. The band's groundbreaking an...

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METALLICA Says Having 'Master Of Puppets' Featured In 'Stranger Things' Is 'An Incredible Honor'

METALLICA says it's "an incredible honor" to have the title track of its "Master Of Puppets" album incorporated into Netflix's season four finale of "Stranger Things". In the finale, the Eddie Munson character performs what he calls "the most metal concert ever" — including shredding "Master Of Pupp...

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JAMES HETFIELD's Son CASTOR Doesn't Believe Rock Is Dead, Says Live Rock Shows Are Still 'A Real Thing'

In a recent interview with the "Mike Nelson Show", the members of BASTARDANE, the new band featuring drummer Castor Hetfield, son of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield, were asked for their take on Gene Simmons's 2014 assessment that "rock is dead." Guitarist Ethan Sirotzki said (as transcribed by BL...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Is 'Holding Up' VAN HALEN Tribute Project, Says Radio Personality EDDIE TRUNK

David Lee Roth is the main reason the proposed all-star VAN HALEN tribute project has yet to move forward, according to SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk. No progress has been reported on a possible VAN HALEN tribute concert since April when former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted revealed to Th...

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ROBERT TRUJILLO's Son Contributed 'Additional Guitar Tracks' To Version Of METALLICA's 'Master Of Puppets' In 'Stranger Things'

Tye Trujillo, the 17-year-old son of METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo, contributed "additional guitar tracks" to the version of METALLICA's "Master Of Puppets" which appears in Netflix's season four finale of "Stranger Things". In the finale, the Eddie Munson character performs what he calls "the m...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT And ROBERT TRUJILLO Visit ENGELBERT STRAUSS Factory In Germany (Video)

METALLICA recently teamed up with the German workwear manufacturer Engelbert Strauss to launch a new collection of Strauss X Metallica workwear. To celebrate the new collection's launch, METALLICA's Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo visited Engelbert Strauss's Strauss CI factory. A video recap of the...

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Watch: VENOM Performs At Italy's ROCK THE CASTLE Festival

Black metal pioneers VENOM performed at this year's Rock The Castle festival on Friday, June 24 in Villafranca di Verona, Italy. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. VENOM formed in 1979 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal...

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GRETA VAN FLEET Pulls Out Of Belgium's ROCK WERCHTER Festival After Positive COVID-19 Test

GRETA VAN FLEET has been forced to cancel its performance tonight (Friday, July 1) at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium after a member of the band tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier today, GRETA VAN FLEET released the following statement via social media: "To our beautiful fans in B...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing 'Metal Militia' At PINKPOP Festival

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Metal Militia" on June 17 at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Creeping Death 03. Enter Sandman 04. Harvester Of Sorrow 05. Trapped Under Ice 06. Bleeding...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Blasts 'Lazy' Bands Who Rely On Pre-Recorded Tracks During Live Performances

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine has blasted "lazy" bands who rely on pre-recorded tracks during their live performances. In recent years, more and more bands have been given a pass for using backing tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts more synthetic but also more consist...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Says It Was 'Time' To 'Move On' From DAVID ELLEFSON

Dave Mustaine says that "there had been enough stuff that had led up to" his decision to fire bassist David Ellefson from MEGADETH last year. Ellefson's exit from the band came in May 2021, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving him were posted on Twitter. At t...

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METALLICA Cancels FRAUENFELD ROCKS Concert Due To Positive COVID-19 Test

METALLICA has been forced to cancel its headlining appearance at the Frauenfeld Rocks festival in Switzerland Wednesday night (June 29) after a member of the band's "family" has tested positive for COVID-19. Earlier today, METALLICA released the following statement via social media: "It is with a ve...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing 'Damage, Inc.' At Denmark's COPENHELL

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Damage, Inc." on June 15 at the Copenhell festival at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Creeping Death 03. Enter Sandman 04. Harvester Of Sorrow 05. Trapped Under Ice...