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AUGUST BURNS RED To Play Entire 'Messengers' Album On North American Tour

AUGUST BURNS RED will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its second album, "Messengers", next year by performing the disc in its entirety on a North American tour. The trek, which is scheduled to kick off on January 4 in Philadelphia, will also include PROTEST THE HERO, IN HEARTS WAKE and '68. VIP t...

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POP EVIL Announces 'Rock 'N' Roll Now Tour: Right Now'; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

POP EVIL has announced a new, highly anticipated 2017 headlining tour, "Rock 'N' Roll Now Tour: Right Now", with support from RED SUN RISING and BADFLOWER. The tour kicks off in Louisville, Kentucky on January 10, 2017 and wraps on February 24, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET p...

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Former EUROPE Guitarist KEE MARCELLO Releases 'Black Hole Star' Video From 'Scaling Up' Album

"Black Hole Star", the new video from Kee Marcello, can be streamed below. The track is taken from his new studio album, "Scaling Up", which was released on October 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. With "Scaling Up", the former EUROPE guitarist is using his past as a springboard to take a giant leap into...

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KISS Co-Owned LA KISS Football Team Reportedly Ceases Operations

According to The Orange County Register, LA KISS, the Arena Football League team co-owned by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS, has ceased operations. "As I understand, [LA KISS] won't be involved in any football moving forward," AFL Players Union executive director Ivan Soto wrote in an e-mail...

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Ex-TESTAMENT Bassist GREG CHRISTIAN Slams Former Bandmates Again

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT are working on a DVD to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's classic debut album, 1987's "The Legacy". The DVD, which is slated to come out next year, will contain interviews with many of the people that were, and continued to be, involved with TE...

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KERRY KING Is 'Completely Open' To Having GARY HOLT Contribute Song Ideas To Next SLAYER Album

Kerry King says that he is "completely open" to the idea of Gary Holt contributing song ideas to the next SLAYER album. Holt, who is still a member of San Francisco Bay Area thrash icons EXODUS, has been the touring guitarist for SLAYER since January 2011 when the band's co-founding guitarist, Jeff...

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THE ANSWER: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Solas' Album

Northern Irish rockers THE ANSWER will release their new album, "Solas", on October 28 via Napalm. The CD was produced by Andy Bradfield and Avril Mackintosh, who previously worked with THE ANSWER on their 2006 album "Rise". "Solas", which is the Gaelic (Irish language) word for "light," is also the...

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TODD LA TORRE: 'I Feel Very Much At Home' Fronting QUEENSRŸCHE

Australia's Rock N Roll Damnation recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Rock N Roll Damnation: Four years and two albums of new music in, how comfortable do you feel fronting QUEENSRŸCHE? Is it now second nature? Tod...

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Video: New Lineup Of BOBBY BLOTZER's RATT Performs In Houston, Texas

Fan-filmed video footage of Bobby Blotzer's RATT performing on October 12 at Proof Rooftop Lounge in Houston, Texas can be seen below. Blotzer's RATT recently announced the addition of Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) and Stacey Blades (L.A. GUNS) on guitar and Brad Lang (Y&T...

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Resurrection

It's only incremental now, but four years since the initial rift, the verbal artillery continues to fly over the neutral ground enforced between Geoff Tate and his former bandmates. As grossly demeaning as this brawl has been for all participants involved, Tate has productively moved on from QUEENSR...

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JERRY CANTRELL, VINNIE PAUL Jam With SAMMY HAGAR At His Annual Birthday Bash: Photos

Legendary musicians — including Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS),Vinnie Paul Abbott (PANTERA, HELLYEAH) and THE CIRCLE's Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson — as well as boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya joined forces with Sammy Hagar at his mecca in Mexico, the Cabo Wabo Cantina, to rock ni...

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KING DIAMOND: Update On New Blu-Ray/DVD And Next Studio Album

KING DIAMOND's November 2015 concerts in Philadelphia and Detroit during the "Abigail In Concert 2015" tour were filmed for the band's forthcoming DVD. The massive, multi-camera shoot was directed by Denise Korycki, who has previously worked with CANNIBAL CORPSE and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE). In a brand ne...

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L.A. GUNS Drummer STEVE RILEY Wishes TRACII GUNS Would 'Cool Out A Little Bit'

L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis and the band's co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns recently inked a deal with Frontiers Music Srl for the release of a new L.A. GUNS album, tentatively due in June 2017. Guns and Lewis began working on new music together again after playing periodic dates together — billed...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE: 'The Music Scene Is A Bunch Of Roaches Trying To Eat Cookie Crumbs'

Australia's The Underground recently conducted an interview with QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about how difficult it is for new bands to succeed in the music industry in 2016, Todd said: "I think it's much easier to ha...

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Video: New Lineup Of BOBBY BLOTZER's RATT Performs In Hampton, New Hampshire

Fan-filmed video footage of Bobby Blotzer's RATT performing on September 23 at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom in Hampton, New Hampshire can be seen below. Blotzer's RATT recently announced the addition of Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) and Stacey Blades (L.A. GUNS) on guitar and...