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PANTERA To Headline Japan's LOUD PARK Festival In March 2023

PANTERA will headline the 2023 "comeback" edition of Japan's Loud Park festival. The two-day "limited" event will take place on March 25 at Intex Osaka in Osaka and March 26 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City near Tokyo. As previously reported, the reformed PANTERA played its fourth concert without bas...

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RICHIE FAULKNER On Replacing K.K. DOWNING In JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Was Ready For The Challenge'

In a recent interview with Great Day Houston, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about what it was like for him to join the band in 2011 as the replacement for original guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I played in a cover band in London and a...

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TRUST COMPANY's Original Lineup To Reunite For BLUE RIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL Performance

The original lineup of TRUST COMPANY will reunite for a performance at next year's Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set to take place September 7-10, 2023 in Alton, Virginia. Earlier today, the Blue Ridge Rock Festival organizers wrote on social media: "We are thrilled to announce that TRUST COMPANY will b...

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JONATHAN CAIN: 'If Anyone Is Destroying The JOURNEY Brand, It Is NEAL SCHON'

JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain has fired back at his bandmate Neal Schon after the JOURNEY guitarist called him a "hypocrite" for performing the band's 1981 hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property. Cain, whose wife, Paula White-Cain, is the former president's self-st...

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SEVENDUST's CLINT LOWERY To Release 'Ghostwriter' Solo EP In February

SEVENDUST co-founder, guitarist and vocalist Clint Lowery will release a new solo EP, titled "Ghostwriter", in February 2023. The five-track effort will be the follow-up to his debut solo album, "God Bless The Renegades", which came out in January 2020 via Rise Records. Regarding his decision to rec...

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SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG Shares In-Studio Video Captured During Early Sessions For 'H377' Song

SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg has shared in-studio footage captured during early creative sessions for the song "H377" from the band's latest album, "The End, So Far". Last month, in an interview with WSOU 89.5 FM, Weinberg was asked how it felt for him to have been named No. 1 metal drummer in Mode...

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CHARLIE BENANTE Shares Drum-Cam Video Of PANTERA's 'Walk' Performance From KNOTFEST CHILE

PANTERA drummer Charlie Benante has shared drum-cam video of the "Walk" performance from the band's December 11 set at Knotfest Chile in Santiago. He captioned the clip: "WALK'ing in #chile @panteraofficial - thanks to @abelvallejo for being the 5th @thebeatles and filming #firebreathing #redflare #...

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JOURNEY's NEAL SCHON Blasts 'Hypocrite' JONATHAN CAIN

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon has blasted his bandmate Jonathan Cain as a "hypocrite" after the JOURNEY keyboardist performed the band's 1981 hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property. Cain, whose wife, Paula White-Cain, is the former president's self-styled spiritual advi...

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JOURNEY's NEAL SCHON Hits JONATHAN CAIN With Cease-And-Desist Order Over Performance At TRUMP's Mar-A-Lago Resort

According to TheWrap, an attorney for JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon has sent a cease-and-desist order to JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain over the latter's performance of the band's 1981 hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property. Cain, whose wife, Paula White-Cain, is the...

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VILLE VALO Doesn't Feel Comfortable Communicating Via Social Media

In a new interview with Gustavo Maiato, former HIM frontman Ville Valo was asked why he isn't personally active on social media. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm so old school that I still believe in imagination; I believe in stuff that is left for the imagination. Especially...

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BRIAN JOHNSON Won't Answer Any Questions About AC/DC's Future Plans: 'I've Been Told Not To'

During an appearance on this past Monday's (December 19) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", AC/DC singer Brian Johnson was asked if he and his bandmates will ever play live again. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm not answering that. Why should I? First of a...

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CHRIS ADLER Explains Why He Didn't Attend GRAMMY AWARDS Ceremony With MEGADETH In 2017

As part of Jonathan Montenegro's "My 3 Questions To" series, former LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler, who played on MEGADETH's "Dystopia" album, was asked if he received a Grammy statuette for his work on the LP. MEGADETH was honored with a Grammy for the "Dystopia" title track in the "Best Metal Per...

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Assim na Terra como no Inferno

There is a fine line between so-called "raw" black metal and, with the greatest of respect, unlistenable horseshit. A direct descendant of DARKTHRONE's ruthlessly lo-fi "Under A Funeral Moon", this subgenre often has a strong whiff of The Emperor's New Clothes about it, and yet all the cynicism in t...

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AC/DC's BRIAN JOHNSON Explains Why He Wanted To Shoot Down Rumor BON SCOTT Wrote Lyrics For 'Back In Black'

In his recently released memoir, "The Lives Of Brian", AC/DC singer Brian Johnson shoots down theories that the band's late frontman Bon Scott wrote some of the words for the "Back In Black" album prior to his untimely death in early 1980. Asked in a new interview with Metal Edge he first heard the...

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WES SCANTLIN Admits PUDDLE OF MUDD's Cover Of NIRVANA's 'About A Girl' 'Looked And Sounded Like Total S**t'

PUDDLE OF MUDD frontman Wes Scantlin has reflected on his band's cover version of NIRVANA's "About A Girl", saying that "it looked and sounded like total shit." Although PUDDLE OF MUDD's acoustic performance at the SiriusXM studios had been online since January 2020, it only blew up on YouTube three...