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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Thanks Firefighters For Saving Home From Wildfire

QUEEN's Brian May has thanked firefighters for combatting a forest fire which threatened his home over the weekend. The legendary guitarist took to Instagram yesterday to say that he was forced to evacuate his home and studio property after the wildfire broke out and spread less than a mile from his...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER's New MSG Album 'Immortal' To Feature JOE LYNN TURNER, RALF SCHEEPERS And RONNIE ROMERO

Michael Schenker is currently in the final stages of recording a brand new MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP album, which is set to be released on Nuclear Blast on January 8, 2021. The album title will be "Immortal", a perfect statement to describe Schenker's legacy and to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a m...

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GEORGE LYNCH On JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER: 'We Are Very Fortunate To Have Him In My Daughter's Life'

Former DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch became a grandfather for the fifth time when his daughter, Mariah Lynch, and her boyfriend, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner, welcomed their first child, a baby girl, on July 8. Asked in a new interview with Myglobalmind if he and Richie ever jam together,...

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DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI Doesn't Want Fans To Get 'Wrong Idea' That MIKE PORTNOY Is Rejoining Band

DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci will release his second solo album, "Terminal Velocity", on August 28 via Sound Mind Music/The Orchard. The follow-up to 2005's "Suspended Animation" features guest musicians Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, ex-DREAM THEATER) on drums and Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS) o...

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DREAM THEATER To Begin Work On New Studio Album In The Fall

DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci has confirmed to Spain's Metal Hammer magazine that the band is planning to use some of its coronavirus downtime to work on the follow-up to last year's "Distance Over Time" album. "There's a lot going on musically this year," Petrucci said (see video below). "O...

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Watch DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI And MIKE PORTNOY Reunite In 'Terminal Velocity' Music Video

DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci will release his second all-instrumental solo album, "Terminal Velocity", on all digital and streaming platforms on August 28 and on CD and vinyl on October 30 through The Orchard Music on his Sound Mind Music record label. "Terminal Velocity" was written and pr...

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All Female-Metal Band CONQUER DIVIDE Returns With New Song 'Chemicals'

CONQUER DIVIDE, the all-female metal band formerly signed to Artery, has returned with a brand new video and song, "Chemicals". The group said in a statement: "We know everyone's been dying to hear what we've been up to, and the short answer is that we had just taken a bit of a break to focus on our...

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SCORPIONS Drummer MIKKEY DEE Checks In From The Studio: 'It Sounds Great'

SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee has posted a short video update from Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany, where he and his bandmates are rehearsing and doing pre-production for their upcoming studio album. Tentatively due in 2021, the disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release...

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JUDAS PRIEST Singer ROB HALFORD Completes Recording Audiobook Version Of His Autobiography, 'Confess'

JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has finished recording the audiobook version of his autobiography, "Confess". "Confess" will arrive on September 29 via Hachette Books. Pre-orders are now available at Amazon. On Wednesday (August 5),Halford shared a photo of him in a recording booth, and he captio...

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MOTÖRHEAD's PHIL CAMPBELL Joins SEPULTURA For 'Orgasmatron' Quarantine Performance (Video)

MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell recently teamed up with the four members of SEPULTURA to record a quarantine version of MOTÖRHEAD's "Orgasmatron". Check out video below. Back in 2018, former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera said that he and his brother Max were inspired to form the band in 1984 bec...

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DEE SNIDER On Possibility Of A TWISTED SISTER Reunion: 'I Don't Know If I See That Happening In This Lifetime'

During a brand new interview with SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Dee Snider was asked if thinks TWISTED SISTER will ever play live again, four years after the band completed its farewell tour. The singer responded: "Look, I know that some of my bandmembers have recently said 'never say...

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Original MACHINE HEAD Drummer TONY COSTANZA Dead At 52

Original MACHINE HEAD drummer Tony Costanza has died. He was 52 years old. Costanza's passing was confirmed by his former CRISIS bandmate Afzaal Nasiruddeen, who wrote in a Facebook post: "It is with a very heavy heart that I have to accept and inform everyone concerned that I lost my brother, band...

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HATEBREED, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN And MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Members Team Up With MAX WEINBERG For MISFITS Cover (Video)

"Two Minutes To Late Night", which bills itself as the world's only heavy metal-themed talk show, has uploaded a cover version of the MISFITS classic "Earth A.D." recorded in quarantine by members of HATEBREED, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, along with Max Weinberg, drummer for B...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL Releases Video For Acoustic Cover Of SOUNDGARDEN's 'The Day I Tried To Live'

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current SONS OF APOLLO guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has released the official music video for his acoustic cover version of SOUNDGARDEN's "The Day I Tried To Live". The song is taken from Bumblefoot's latest acoustic EP of cover songs, "Barefoot 3", which was made availab...

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DEE SNIDER, SEBASTIAN BACH And MIKE PORTNOY React To SPOTIFY CEO: 'What A Greedy Little Bitch'

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider, former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach and ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy are among the musicians who have taken issue with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's suggestion that artists need to be more prolific in the streaming age. For years, Spotify has been criticized...