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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Says His Time With JUDAS PRIEST Has Been 'Erased' From Band's Past, Vows To Re-Record Both Albums

Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he will re-record the albums he made with JUDAS PRIEST because his time with the band has been "erased" from its past. The Ohio-based singer created two studio albums with the British heavy metal legends — 1997's "Jugulator" and 2001's "Demolition" — before the band reun...

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SEAN YSEULT Is Not Upset That WHITE ZOMBIE Ended

Sean Yseult, best known as the bass player from the multi-platinum and twice Grammy-nominated band WHITE ZOMBIE, was asked by "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" if she misses "being part of the team," more than two decades after the group's split. "Well, the team completely broke up and split four differe...

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K.K. DOWNING Defends JUDAS PRIEST's 'Nostradamus': 'It's A Great Musical Work'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing has defended the band's controversial symphonic heavy metal concept double album about Nostradamus, saying that it "a great musical work" which might have been ahead of its time. Released in 2008, the two-CD, 23-track journey through the life of the contro...

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ARSIS: 'Hell Sworn' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for the song "Hell Sworn" from melodic tech-death overlords ARSIS can be seen below. The track, which features a guest solo from INFERI guitarist Malcolm Pugh, is taken from ARSIS's new album, "Visitant", due on November 2 via Nuclear Blast (North, Central, South America) an...

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BURNING WITCHES: 'Hexenhammer' Video

The official video for "Hexenhammer", the new single from the Swiss all-girl heavy metal outfit BURNING WITCHES, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's second album, which will be released on November 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. The disc was produced at the Little Creek Studi...

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OVERKILL's D.D. VERNI: 'Night Of The Swamp King' Video

The official music video for "Night Of The Swamp King", a new song from OVERKILL bassist and main songwriter D.D. Verni, can be seen below. The track is taken from Verni's first solo album, "Barricade", which will be released on October 12 via Mighty Music. The record, which was mixed and mastered b...

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RUSH To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of 'Hemispheres' With Expanded Reissues

On November 16, UMe/Anthem/ole label group continues its extensive RUSH 40th-anniversary album series with a new, expanded edition of the band's groundbreaking 1978 release "Hemispheres". "Hemispheres", RUSH's sixth studio album, was originally released in October 1978, and it built upon the adventu...

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K.K. DOWNING Believes That All Living Former Members Of JUDAS PRIEST Should Be Involved In 50th-Anniversary Celebration

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing believes that all of the band's living former and current members should be involved in the group's upcoming 50th-anniversary celebration. Downing, who announced his retirement from PRIEST in April 2011 after nearly 42 years on the job, was asked by Eddie T...

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CARNAL FORGE To Release First Full-Length Album In 12 Years, 'Gun To Mouth Salvation'

Swedish thrash metal band CARNAL FORGE is back and has signed a deal with ViciSolum Productions. The group's new album, "Gun To Mouth Salvation", will be released on January 25, 2019. It is CARNAL FORGE's first LP since 2007's "Testify For My Victims". Founder Jari Kuusisto says: "I quit CARNAL FOR...

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Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING On Being Replaced By RICHIE FAULKNER: I Felt Like I 'Was Being Cloned'

Ex-JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing says that he felt like he was "being cloned" when he first found out he was being replaced by Richie Faulkner. Downing, who announced his retirement from PRIEST in April 2011 after nearly 42 years in the job, admitted to the "Appetite For Distortion" podcast th...

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DEATH ANGEL Begins Recording Ninth Studio Album

San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have entered AudioHammer studios in Sanford, Florida to begin recording their ninth album. The follow-up to 2016's "The Evil Divide" is once again being produced by Jason Suecof, who previously worked on DEATH ANGEL's last disc, as well as 2010's "Relentl...

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Former MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA: Trailer For Posthumous Autobiography, 'Megalife'

An official trailer for "Megalife: The Autobiography Of Nick Menza" by J. Marshall Craig is available below. The book will be released on December 11 via Post Hill Press. Official book synopsis: "With Nick Menza behind the kit, MEGADETH transitioned from celebrated cult band to international supers...

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Former KISS Guitarist VINNIE VINCENT To Go Full Electric For Comeback Shows

With both of his comeback shows almost sold out, former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent has announced that the concerts will now be "full-shred" electric performances. The shows, which will take place December 7 and December 8 in Memphis, Tennessee at the Theatre at Graceland, are Vincent's first retu...

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THE THREE TREMORS Feat. TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, SEAN PECK And HARRY CONKLIN: Video Of Athens Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of THE THREE TREMORS, the new project featuring acclaimed heavy metal singers Tim "The Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin (JAG PANZER) and Sean "The Hell Destroyer" Peck (CAGE, DEATH DEALER, DENNER/SHERMANN),performing on...

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SKID ROW Guitarist Praises 'Positive' And 'Unselfish' New Singer ZP THEART: 'There's No Hidden Agendas'

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's extensive international tour schedule: Snake: "One of the things about SKID ROW is that we've a...