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QUIET RIOT's FRANKIE BANALI: 'I Know The Cancer Will Be The Death Of Me'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali spoke about his battle with stage four pancreatic cancer during a November 20 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation". A few excerpts from the chat follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On where he is in his treatment: Banali: "The way the chemo works now is you...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Has No Plans To Attend SLAYER's Final Show

Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station recently conducted an interview with drum legend Dave Lombardo (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, DEAD CROSS, MISFITS, MR. BUNGLE, FANTÔMAS, GRIP INC., SLAYER). A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he will ever transition out of full-time to...

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Watch VIXEN Perform In Houston

Fan-filmed video footage of VIXEN's November 22 performance at Warehouse Live in Houston, Texas can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "txsurfer4u"). This past January, VIXEN recruited FEMME FATALE's Lorraine Lewis as its new lead singer following the departure of Janet Gardner. Lewis had alrea...

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Skyblood

You don't get to sing with CANDLEMASS and YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN unless you've got one hell of a voice. Mats Levén has done just that, of course, not to mention countless other projects from Leif Edling's psychedelic doom side-project KRUX to neoclassical power metal with Germany's AT VANCE, and so the...

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NIGHTWISH's MARCO HIETALA To Release English Version Of His Solo Album, 'Pyre Of The Black Heart', In January

NIGHTWISH bassist/vocalist Marco Hietala (a.k.a. Marko Hietala) has signed with Nuclear Blast for the release of the English version of his solo album, "Pyre Of The Black Heart". The effort, which was issued in Finland this past May under the title "Mustan Sydämen Rovio", will arrive on January 24....

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A&R Executive Who Signed METALLICA To Release 'I Am Michael Alago' Book

Backbeat Books has set a March 2020 publication date for "I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death." by record label executive, photographer and author Michael Alago. Recently featured in a Netflix documentary, Alago delves into a deeper scope of his life and passion for...

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Watch LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Perform With Industrial Supergroup PIGFACE

Industrial/experimental supergroup PIGFACE, currently on their first tour in 14 years, has announced that LAMB OF GOD vocalist Randy Blythe will continue with the band for the entirety of the tour, including a just-announced second matinee show in Chicago on November 30. Blythe, who was originally s...

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Former CANDLEMASS Singer MATS LEVÉN's SKYBLOOD: 'Out Of The Hollow' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song "Out Of The Hollow" from SKYBLOOD, the solo project of acclaimed Swedish hard rock singer Mats Levén, can be seen below. Levén says about the track: "It's about someone realizing it's time to move on. Even if it means having to face the dark unknown." His name b...

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Legendary Canadian Rockers TRIUMPH Reunite For Three-Song Performance In Toronto

On Saturday, November 16, Canadian rock legends TRIUMPH reformed their classic lineup — consisting of drummer Gil Moore, guitarist Rik Emmett, and bassist Mike Levine — and played together publicly at an invite-only event to approx 300 "superfans" at MetalWorks studio in Mississauga (a suburb of Tor...

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Former METAL CHURCH Singer RONNY MUNROE Joins ONE MACHINE

ONE MACHINE, the brainchild of critically acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth, has announced the addition of former METAL CHURCH and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA vocalist Ronny Munroe. Says Smyth: "As our fans know, we have been looking high and low for the right fit in a frontman for ONE MACHINE...

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Video Premiere: RAGE's 'True'

"True", the new video from RAGE, can be seen below. The song is taken from the German metal band's upcoming album, "Wings Of Rage", which will be released on January 10, 2020 through Steamhammer/SPV as CD digipak, 2LP gatefold version, limited box set, shirt bundle (Steamhammer shop) download and st...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING: Limited Run Of 50 Handcrafted DEAN USA Guitars Available For $8,666 Each

Dean Guitars has released a limited run of 50 handcrafted USA guitars designed in collaboration with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King. Each USA Kerry King V Limited Edition 50 Pc guitar is priced at $8,666 and can be ordered from the Dean Guitars web site. King joined Dean's artist roster last month afte...

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KARL SANDERS Says NILE's New Album Is 'A Renovation, A Rebirth, A Reinvigoration, A Re-Envisioning'

Prior to NILE's November 4 performance in New York City, guitarist Karl Sanders spoke with Alex Haber of Heavy New York. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's new album, "Vile Nilotic Rites": Karl: "We spent a long time on...

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Vile Nilotic Rites

There has always been something reassuring about the arrival of a new NILE album. This band has stuck rigidly to their own uniquely myopic conceptual path for 20+ years now, exhibiting a huge amount of imagination and ingenuity along the way, but always remembering to crush as many skulls as possibl...

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Cruelty And The Beast – Re-Mistressed

It's an album that should really require no introduction, at least for anyone that has paid attention to the world of heavy metal over the last 25 years. "Cruelty and the Beast" was originally released in 1998 and was an obvious landmark in the evolution of a seminal extreme metal band. Whether you'...