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BLACK SABBATH Announces 'The End' World Tour

BLACK SABBATH will embark on tour that is being billed as "The End" in January 2016. The official press release reads as follows: "It's the Beginning of THE END. "It started nearly five decades ago with a crack of thunder, a distant bell ringing and then that monstrous riff that shook the earth. The...

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AUTOPSY To Release 'After The Cutting' 4-Disc Set, 'Skullgrinder' LP In November

AUTOPSY is set to return with a double bill of unbridled horror this year on Peaceville Records. First up is "After The Cutting" (due on November 13),a special limited release containing an expansive book penned by Dennis Dread recounting the career of the gore legend, featuring unseen photos and e...

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LINDEMANN Feat. RAMMSTEIN Singer, PAIN/HYPOCRISY Mainman: Second Video Filmed, Tour Plans Being Mulled

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with Swedish multi-instrumentalist and producer Peter Tägtrgren (LINDEMANN, PAIN, HYPOCRISY) before PAIN's August 28 performance at Seinäjoki Metal Fest in Seinäjoki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). O...

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BILL WARD Says 'Bad Contract' And 'Controversy' With Another Bandmember Led To His Exit From HEAVEN & HELL

BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has spoken in more detail about why he terminated his involvement with HEAVEN & HELL — the band featuring fellow SABBATH members Tony Iommi (guitar),Geezer Butler (bass) and Ronnie James Dio (vocals) — in November 2006 while the group was recording three new trac...

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QUIET RIOT Drummer FRANKIE BANALI To Unveil Art Collection 'Cum On See The Noize'

QUIET RIOT drummer Frankie Banali will unveil an art collection crafted from the new medium of "rhythm-on-canvas" on October 2. Banali has been working with art team and publisher SceneFour on the collection titled "Cum On See The Noize: The Electric Art Of Frankie Banali". SceneFour is the team res...

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DISTURBED Ad For 'Immortalized' Album Pulled After On-Air Shooting Of TV Reporter, Cameraman

According to USA Today, a video ad for DISTURBED's new album, "Immortalized", was pulled by the band's record label following Wednesday's fatal on-air shooting of a TV reporter and her cameraman. The clip included footage from DISTURBED's video for the CD's first single, "The Vengeful One", in which...

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BILL WARD Sets Record Straight: I Haven't Heard BLACK SABBATH's '13' Album

Original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward has slammed some of the music press for taking his words "out of context" and making it appear as if he slammed the band's latest album, 2013's "13", which was recorded after his departure from the group. During an appearance on the latest episode of VH1 Clas...

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BILL WARD: 'SHARON OSBOURNE Definitely Dislikes Me, And She Has For A Long, Long Time'

Original BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward was interviewed for the latest episode of VH1 Classic "That Metal Show" co-host Eddie Trunk's podcast, "Eddie Trunk Podcast". You can now listen to it at this location. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he chose to go public with...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO Explains Connection Between Heavy Metal And Jazz (Video)

Germany's Gitarre & Bass recently conducted an interview with METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the connection between heavy metal and jazz, Trujillo said: "Tony Iommi [BLACK SABBATH] was really influenced by Barney Kessel, who was an incredible...

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CIRCLE II CIRCLE To Release 'Reign Of Darkness' Album In October

Following the impressive main-stage performance of Zak Stevens with SAVATAGE and TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA in front of 80,000 people at Wacken Open Air festival 2015, Zak and his band CIRCLE II CIRCLE will release their new album, "Reign Of Darkness", on October 16 via earMUSIC. earMUSIC/Edel and Zak...

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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER Featured In Guitar Instructional Documentary Series 'The Sound And The Story'

Fret12 has released the latest in its guitar instructional documentary series "The Sound And The Story", featuring MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher. In this honest and unflinching feature-length documentary, Bill reveals all that he has sacrificed to achieve his dreams — and what he learned from fif...

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BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD's 'Absence Of Corners' Art Exhibition: Video Report On West Coast Premiere

On August 15 and August 16, Fathom hosted the West Coast premiere of estranged BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's fine art exhibition, "Absence Of Corners", a collection of 15 abstract works created from Ward's drum performance. A video report on the event — including a short interview with Ward — fr...

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AEROSMITH's STEVEN TYLER To Perform At Addiction Awareness Rally

Facing Addiction, a new, national organization that will serve as a voice for the over 85 million Americans impacted by addiction, has announced the "Unite To Face Addiction" rally, a free event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, October 4. At the rally, Facing Addiction, along with...

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GENTLEMANS PISTOLS Feat. CARCASS's BILL STEER: 'The Searcher' Song Available For Streaming

Leeds, U.K.-based rockers GENTLEMANS PISTOLS, who feature in their ranks CARCASS guitarist Bill Steer, will release their third album, "Hustler's Row", on October 16 via Nuclear Blast. The song "The Searcher", taken from "Hustler's Row", can be streamed below. Says GENTLEMANS PISTOLS vocalist and gu...

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LZZY HALE Praises TAYLOR MOMSEN: She's A 'True, Right-Down-To-Her-Core Rock And Roll Chick'

HALESTORM recently spent a few weeks the road with THE PRETTY RECKLESS and HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale praised THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen in a Louder Noise interview. Hale said (see video below): "Taylor Momsen, she is… We just had a tour with THE PRETTY RECKLESS… She's one of those...