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Watch Reunited SPINAL TAP Perform At 35th-Anniversary Screening Of Groundbreaking Rock Mockumentary

SPINAL TAP reunited for a 35th-anniversary screening of the film "This Is Spinal Tap" on Saturday (April 27) at New York's Beacon Theatre as part of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. The event saw the band — Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer — take part in a question-and-answer sessi...

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SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE Discuss 'Space Between' Album On SiriusXM's Volume (Video)

SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE — comprised of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson — recently spoke with Nik Carter of SiriusXM's Volume about the band's upcoming debut album of original material, "Space Between". Chec...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Mourns Loss Of Beloved Dog

VAN HALEN frontman David Lee Roth has recorded a message for the readers of the Van Halen News Desk about his dog Russ, thanking the fans for their kind words in the wake of the dog's passing. The 12-year-old Australian cattle dog regularly appeared in Roth's blogs and accompanied the singer to ever...

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Apoptosis

Every discerning metalhead has a handful of favorite bands that never get the recognition that they so clearly deserve. Obviously, this is all entirely subjective, but this writer can't be the only metal fan that doesn't understand why ALLEGAEON aren't absolutely fucking huge at this point. Admitted...

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PHILIP ANSELMO 'Ripped Off' EXHORDER Singer's Vocal Style, Says Ex-ILLEGALS Guitarist

Former PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS guitarist Marzi Montazeri has accused Philip Anselmo of "ripping off" EXHORDER frontman Kyle Thomas's vocal style. In the 1990s, Marzi hooked up with SUPERJOINT RITUAL, with Anselmo as lead vocalist, and appeared on the band's first two demos. By March of 2010...

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VADER: Lyric Video For New Song 'Grand Deceiver'

Polish extreme metal veterans VADER will release a new EP titled "Thy Messenger" on May 31 via Nuclear Blast. The effort contains four of the five songs that were recorded over a week-long period in January and February at Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland under the supervision of the Wiesławski Bro...

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DESTRUCTION To Release 'Born To Perish' Album In August

German thrash metal veterans DESTRUCTION will release their 17th studio album, "Born To Perish", on August 9 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was recorded in January and February 2019 with V.O. Pulver (PRO-PAIN, BURNING WITCHES, NERVOSA) at Little Creek Studios in Switzerland and is the first DESTRUCTIO...

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Which TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS-Era JUDAS PRIEST Song Would He Like To See ROB HALFORD Sing?

Former JUDAS PRIEST frontman Tim "Ripper" Owens, who recorded two studio albums with the band before PRIEST reunited with Rob Halford in 2003, was asked by the "Focus On Metal" podcast which songs from his era of the group he would like to hear Rob perform live with PRIEST. "I think Rob… So many of...

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DAVID LEE ROTH's 'The Roth Show' Podcast: Fourth And Fifth Episodes Available

VAN HALEN singer David Lee Roth has relaunched his online series "The Roth Show" as a podcast. The fourth and fifth episodes, dubbed "Pot Shop Donut Stop…" and "Pot-Card Gummy Bear, Cha-Cha Dairy Queen...", respectively, can be heard and seen below. Speaking to EDM.com about his new online venture,...

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Former 'Headbangers Ball' Host RIKI RACHTMAN Launches 'Cathouse Hollywood' Podcast

With even dirtier stories than MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Dirt", the new "Cathouse Hollywood" podcast, hosted by Riki Rachtman, presents all true first-hand accounts of never-before-told stories about some of the biggest names in rock. The infamous Los Angeles club was at the center of rock music's glory da...

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STITCHED UP HEART Frontwoman: BLABBERMOUTH.NET Commenters 'Can Be Mean'

STITCHED UP HEART singer Alecia "Mixi" Demner spoke to Central Mo News about the reaction from BLABBERMOUTH.NET commenters to the band's latest single, "Lost". "All I read was all the boob stuff," she said (hear audio below). "Blabbermouth and their comments are hilarious. And I didn't see it until...

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LAJON WITHERSPOON On SEVENDUST's Longevity: 'It's Really Cool To Be A Band This Long'

SEVENDUST lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon was recently interviewed by New Zealand's "The Metal Bar". You can now listen to the chat below. Asked how the members of SEVENDUST have managed to stay together for 25 years, Lajon said: "We're older now, so everybody's got kids. I think we've all matured a...

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Luciferous

Assuming you are willing to accept that death metal wasn't frozen in time and impervious to progress after David Vincent left MORBID ANGEL (for the first time) in 1996, these are exceptionally exciting times for fans of skull-cracking brutality. But if there is a persistent problem with the current...

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CADAVER Is Back! ANDERS ODDEN Joins Forces With MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN

CADAVER, one of the first Norwegian death metal bands to release an LP, is back. Exploding back into action for the first time since 2004, founder member and CADAVER mastermind Anders Odden (SATYRICON, ORDER) has returned to reclaim his throne as one of Europe's true death metal pioneers. To open u...

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Something Wicked Marches In

VLTIMAS is a veritable who's who in extreme metal music. Death metal drum god Flo Mounier, the sole original member of the renowned Canadian brutal technical death metal outfit CRYPTOPSY, steadies the beat, while guitars are handled by Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen who has spent decades with blackened...