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K.K. DOWNING: 'Why I'm Angry' About Not Being Allowed To Rejoin JUDAS PRIEST

In a brand new interview with the "Goldmine" podcast, founding JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing, who is promoting the debut album from his KK'S PRIEST project, spoke about the circumstances that led to his departure from PRIEST more than a decade ago. Regarding the initial announcement that he wa...

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VOIVOD Releases Music Video For New Single 'Sleeves Off'

Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD have just released their newest studio album, "Synchro Anarchy", via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2018's "The Wake" was produced by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio and features cover artwork created by VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Lang...

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KORN's BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH Says FIELDY Is Still 'Taking Time To Be With His Family'

KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch spoke to Spotlight Report about the current status of the band's bassist, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu. Fieldy announced last June that he would sit out KORN's recent tour in order to "heal" after "falling back" on some of his "bad habits." "He is just taking a little t...

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METALLICA's Lyrics Are Focus Of New Book From College Philosophy Professor

ECW Press has set an April 19 release date for the book "The Meaning Of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics". Join William Irwin, a philosophy professor, literary critic and heavy metal scholar who teaches at King's College in Pennsylvania, as he traces the lyrical development of the "thinking man's" metal b...

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Synchro Anarchy

How does a band survive for 40 years without ever sounding like anything else? Their earliest records aside, VOIVOD have been ferociously original throughout the last four decades; a unique and unassailable benchmark for progressive heaviness. Perhaps uniquely, they negotiated the tragic loss of tal...

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What Makes A Good Music Critic? STEVE VAI Weighs In

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Metal Global, legendary guitarist Steve Vai spoke about the experience of reading reviews of his own work and how it affects — or doesn't affect — the way he approaches making music. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I've read a lot of reviews in t...

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DESTRUCTION Announces Spring 2022 North American Tour

German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION will not only will celebrate their 40th anniversary by dropping their mind-blowing grenade of a new album, "Diabolical" (out April 8, 2022 via Napalm Records),they will also hit the road in North America on a 26-date headline tour this spring. Featuring dire...

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HEART's ANN WILSON To Release 'Fierce Bliss' Solo Album

There is a calm, serene spirituality about Ann Wilson in 2022 which instantly draws you to her. She feels like a warm, wise someone who has seen enough bullshit to know how to avoid it calmly, and someone who is at peace with whatever she needs to be at peace with. Perhaps that is why the soul (and,...

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MACHINE HEAD's Upcoming Album Is 'Amazing', Says Guitarist VOGG

Polish guitarist Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (DECAPITATED),who joined MACHINE HEAD's touring lineup prior to the launch of the band's "Burn My Eyes" 25th-anniversary tour in late 2019, spoke to Metal 101 about his experience playing with the Robb Flynn-fronted outfit so far. He said (as transcribed by B...

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Resentment is Always Seismic — a final throw of Throes

Countless, revered extreme music acts release their best efforts at the onset of their existence, oftentimes just three albums deep. NAPALM DEATH, however, is aging like a fine wine. The grindcore progenitors released one of their best releases 16 albums into the act's career with 2020's "Throes of...

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New Nostalgia

DEAD AMERICAN's debut full-length record, "New Nostalgia", does not sound like a debut, and in many ways it really isn't one. With the likes of Cove Reber (vocalist, ex-SAOSIN) and producer Fred Archambault (Avenged Sevenfold, Death By Stereo, Atreyu) at the helm, this polished, cohesive record carr...

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WARRIOR SOUL Releases Title Track Of 'Out On Bail' Album

WARRIOR SOUL, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, has released the title track of its upcoming album, "Out On Bail". The LP will arrive on March 4 via Livewire/Cargo Records UK. The album's first single, "We're Alive", came out in December. "Out On Bail" is described in a press release...

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BLACK SWAN Feat. JEFF PILSON, ROBIN MCAULEY, REB BEACH And MATT STARR: 'Generation Mind' Album Announced

BLACK SWAN, the band featuring vocalist Robin McAuley (MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP),guitarist Reb Beach (WINGER, WHITESNAKE),bassist Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, THE END MACHINE, ex-DOKKEN),and drummer Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG),will return with a second album, "Generation Mind" on April 8. The fir...

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ROB HALFORD Admits It Was His Idea For JUDAS PRIEST To Tour As Quartet: 'That Blew Up In My Face, Didn't It?'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has admitted that it was his idea for the group to announce its plan to embark on the next leg of its 50th-anniversary tour as a quartet. "That all came from me, it didn't come from the band," Halford told Billboard, explaining that he thought since the band was fou...

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Requiem

Initially, KORN were never likely to be accused of brevity. From their 65-minute debut to the hour-long sprawl of 2005's "See You on the Other Side", the first big stretch of the band's discography was typified by often great but generally long-winded splurges of new material. Whether by nature or d...