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Connection Anxiety

As clever as they are deranged, THOTCRIME have come closer than most to producing music that sounds like right now. Beginning life as a studio-bound experimental project, they make a thrilling but confounding racket, built from frenzied cybergrind, off-kilter techno-pop, fleet-footed screamo and an...

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DEATH ANGEL Drummer Says 'It's Pretty Obvious' Why His Band Pulled Out Of W.A.S.P. Tour: 'The Word Betrayal Comes To Mind'

Earlier this week, it was announced that DEATH ANGEL would "no longer be able" to support W.A.S.P. on the Blackie Lawless-fronted outfit's North American tour, dubbed "Album ONE Alive", this fall. Replacing them on the bill will be ARMORED SAINT. Additional support on all dates will come from UNTO O...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER On His Collaboration With AXL ROSE For 'My Years With UFO' Album: 'He Is A Perfectionist, I Have Noticed'

In a new interview with the "Appetite For Distortion" podcast, Michael Schenker discussed his upcoming album, "My Years With UFO", celebrating the 50th anniversary of Schenker's years with UFO. Asked why he decided to make the LP now, Schenker replied (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "In '72 I...

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RATT's STEPHEN PEARCY Isn't Bothered By 'Hair Metal' Label: 'I'll Embrace The Tag 40 Years Later'

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy has offered his opinion of the label "hair metal," the pejorative term which was coined in the late 1990s as a way to disparage acts thought to have been all flash and no substance. In an August 8 post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Pearcy wrote: "The term '...

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Call The Devil

If living well is the best revenge, MUSHROOMHEAD must have achieved closure ten times over by now. For various reasons that definitely don't need repeating here, the masked Ohio weirdos were given a tremendous amount of undue criticism back in the enormo-trousered day, and they never quite broke thr...

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Watch: FORBIDDEN Plays First Concert With VOIVOD's DANIEL MONGRAIN

Fan-filmed video footage of FORBIDDEN's August 8 performance at the Brutal Assault festival in Josefov, Czech Republic can be seen below. Brutal Assault marked the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans' first live appearance with VOIVOD's Daniel Mongrain, who stepped in as a tempo...

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TWISTED SISTER's JAY JAY FRENCH: 'People Don't Understand The Physicality Of Playing High-End Metal'

During an appearance on a recent episode of the "Let There Be Talk" podcast with rock and roll comedian Dean Delray, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French spoke about the physical demands of playing in a touring rock band. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "People don't understand the...

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Watch: VIXEN Performs In Fort Wayne, Indiana

The LUV IT LIVE YouTube channel has uploaded video of VIXEN's August 2 concert at Foellinger Theatre in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Check out the clips below. New VIXEN singer Rosa Laricchiuta, who joined the band in June as the replacement for Lorraine Lewis, spoke to the "All Bets Are Off" podcast w...

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LORDI Releases New Standalone Single 'Made Of Metal'

Merging the worlds of heavy metal music and cutting-edge technology, Finnish hard rock legends LORDI unleash their ferocious new single "Made Of Metal", inspired by the OnePlus Nord 4 smartphone's world first all-metal unibody design in the 5G era. Taking metal to its extremes, the song fuses chains...

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See JAMES HETFIELD Sing High-Pitched Version Of METALLICA's 'Enter Sandman' With The Help Of Helium

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield turns 61 years old on Saturday (August 3). Earlier today, METALLICA's social media uploaded video message from James in which the guitarist/vocalist can be seen inhaling a bit of helium from a silver balloon and saying to the camera in a high-pitched voice: "Happy b...

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MC5 Releases New Single 'Can't Be Found' From Upcoming 'Heavy Lifting' Album

Detroit punk rock pioneers MC5 have released "Can't Be Found", the second single from their upcoming album, "Heavy Lifting", due out October 18. The track showcases the album's funky heavy rock fusion with electrifying guitar riffs, highlighting the soul of founding member Wayne Kramer. Kramer, alon...

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ARCH ENEMY Surprise-Releases New Single 'Dream Stealer'

Swedish/Canadian/American extreme metal titans ARCH ENEMY ring in a new musical chapter with a surprise single and video drop, "Dream Stealer", marking their first new music since the release of the "Deceivers" album, which came out in August 2022. ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott comments: "First...

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AREJAY HALE Hopes To Release Next HALESTORM Album In 2025

During an appearance on the latest episode of The VORTX Podcast with host Ethan Jackson, HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale was asked when fans can expect to hear new music from the band. Arejay responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm hoping next year… We always say the same thing. It's, lik...

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AVANTASIA Announces 'Here Be Dragons' Album, Spring 2025 European Tour

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's long-running AVANTASIA project will embark on a European tour in the spring of 2025. AVANTASIA has come to be known as the trailblazing genre flagship around the globe for its one-of-a-kind symphonic rock and metal extravaganza. Looking back on nine albums, No. 1 chart...

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Watch: Ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist JASON HOOK Performs 'Burn MF' With His New Band FLAT BLACK

Fan-filmed video of FLAT BLACK, the band formed by ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook, performing the FFDP song "Burn MF" live on July 26 at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, Maine can be seen below. FLAT BLACK's debut album, "Dark Side Of The Brain", was released on July 19 via Fea...