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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Begins Work On Sixth Album

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have commenced work on material for their sixth album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The disc will be released through the band's new label home, Search And Destroy, the imprint launched in 2014 by Spinefarm and international artist management co...

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Watch Pro-Shot Footage Of METALLICA's Performance At LOLLAPALOOZA CHILE

Professionally filmed video footage of METALLICA's April 1 concert at Lollapalooza Chile in Santiago can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hardwired 02. Atlas, Rise! 03. For Whom The Bell Tolls 04. Fuel 05. One 06. Now That We're Dead 07. Moth Into Flame 08. Harvester Of Sorrow 0...

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FOREIGNER Celebrates Milestone 40th Anniversary With Career-Spanning Remastered Hits Collection

FOREIGNER will celebrate 40 years as one of rock's most popular and enduring acts with a new career-spanning compilation titled "40" that features 40 hits from 40 years. This summer, the band will also launch an extensive 40th-anniversary U.S. tour with CHEAP TRICK and JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EX...

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HEATHEN, FORBIDDEN, EXHORDER Members Join Forces In YEAR OF THE TYRANT

Bassist Jason Viebrooks (GRIP INC., HEATHEN) has joined forces with guitarist Vinnie LaBella (EXHORDER) and drummer Sasha Horn (FORBIDDEN, HEATHEN) in a brand new band called YEAR OF THE TYRANT. The trio is joined in the new project by an as-yet-undisclosed vocalist who "may or may not have a strong...

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PAPA ROACH Releases Two More New Songs, 'Born For Greatness' And 'Periscope'

California rockers PAPA ROACH have released two more songs — "Born For Greatness" (lyric video) and "Periscope" — from their forthcoming ninth studio album, "Crooked Teeth". Due on May 19 via Eleven Seven Music, the disc will be available digitally and physically, as a standard (10 tracks) and delux...

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JASON NEWSTED Says It Cost Him 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars' Trying To Build NEWSTED Band

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted spoke to Ultimate-Guitar.com about his decision to shelf NEWSTED, the heavy metal project he operated between 2012 and 2014. "There was a couple things that were very good and then a couple things were very bad," he said. "When it came down to the money stuff a...

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Video: Former TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN's TRINITY FALLEN Performs In Sacramento

Capital Chaos TV has uploaded video footage of TRINITY FALLEN's March 24 performance at the Starlite Lounge in Sacramento, California. Check it out below. TRINITY FALLEN is the new band featuring former TESTAMENT bassist Greg Christian alongside members of SCORCHED-EARTH POLICY and NUCLEAR RABBIT. T...

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PAPA ROACH To Release 'Crooked Teeth' Album In May; Cover Artwork, Track Listing Unveiled

California rockers PAPA ROACH will release their new album, "Crooked Teeth", on May 19 via Eleven Seven Music. The disc will include ten songs on the standard release and thirteen on the deluxe version (which also comes with sixteen live tracks). PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix revealed in an int...

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JASON NEWSTED Says New METALLICA Album Has 'Substance'

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted has weighed in on the band's latest album, saying that it has "substance." Newsted became METALLICA's third bassist in 1986, following Ron McGovney and Cliff Burton. Robert Trujillo took over in 2003 after Newsted's exit. During a recent interview with Ultimate...

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ALICE IN CHAINS, SKID ROW, MACHINE HEAD Members Perform At 'Randy Rhoads Remembered' Event In Agoura Hills (Video)

Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD),Scotti Hill (SKID ROW),Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, DIO, QUIET RIOT),Stephen Perkins (JANE'S ADDICTION),Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO) and Sin Quirin (MINISTRY) are among the musicians who gathered this past Sunday night (March 19) to honor one of rock's most lege...

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Watch FOREIGNER Perform Acoustic Version Of 'Feels Like The First Time' At 'Nights With Alice Cooper' Studio

Kelly Hansen and Jeff Pilson of FOREIGNER recently dropped by the "Nights With Alice Cooper" studio to perform an acoustic version of the band's song "Feels Like The First Time". Check it out below. Singer Lou Gramm recently confirmed that he and the other founding members of FOREIGNER will join the...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Says BOBBY BLOTZER 'Never Wrote A Note' For RATT

During a recent interview with the "Eddie, Jason & Chris Show", RATT singer Stephen Pearcy spoke about the legal battle the band has been embroiled in with drummer Bobby Blotzer over the rights to the group's name. Last November, a California judge ruled against Blotzer with respect to whether b...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman: 'The Creative Juices Never Stop'

On November 25, Morgan Richards Interviews conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE at the first show of the band's recent U.K. headlining tour. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)....

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DEVILDRIVER: Pro-Shot Footage Of Entire Performance At 2016's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Professionally filmed video footage of DEVILDRIVER's entire performance at last year's Wacken Open Air festival, which was held in August 2016 in Wacken, Germany, can be seen below. As previously reported, DEVILDRIVER is working on an album of outlaw country covers, to be released later in the year....

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JOEY VERA Has No Regrets About Turning Down METALLICA Audition

In a brand new interview with Austria's Stormbringer, ARMORED SAINT and FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera was asked if it's true that he was approached by METALLICA to join the latter band after Cliff Burton was killed in a bus crash in 1986. Vera responded (see video below): "Well, the truth of that...