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UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS To Release 'Wasteland' Album In October

The brainchild of mercurial Cambridgeshire mystic Kevin Starrs, UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS have been making extraordinary music since 2009. Now they return with their fifth full-length album. 47 minutes of vital, audacious and frequently bewildering heavy psychedelia, it bears the title "Wasteland"...

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VAN HALEN: 'Breaking The Band" Documentary To Re-Air This Weekend On REELZ; Exclusive Preview Clip

The VAN HALEN episode of "Breaking The Band", the new original docu-series from the Reelz TV network, will re-air on Saturday, September 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET / PT. The special, which features new interviews with Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar, was originally broadcast this past June. A new "Breaking...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Drummer: 'We Just Kind Of Operate On What Feels Right For Us'

ALICE IN CHAINS drummer Sean Kinney spoke to "KNKX Morning Edition" producer Ariel Van Cleave about the band's decision to reform in 2006 following the death of singer Layne Staley. "It just kind of stemmed from a tsunami benefit that I wanted to try to raise some money for, and everybody showed up...

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Veteran Metal Producer SASCHA PAETH To Release Solo Album Via FRONTIERS MUSIC SRL

Frontiers Music Srl has announced the signing of MASTERS OF CEREMONY, a new project masterminded by none other than one of the most talented writers, musicians, and producers of the German heavy metal scene, Sascha Paeth. To label Paeth a multi-talented producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter m...

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SIEGE OF POWER Feat. AUTOPSY, ASPHYX Members: 'Violence In The Air' Song

SIEGE OF POWER's song "Violence In The Air" can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's debut album, "Warning Blast", which will be released on September 7 via Metal Blade. SIEGE OF POWER started in 2013 as a project without any expectations. Shortly after releasing a split album, it...

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ATREYU Announces Fall 2018 U.S. Headlining Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

ATREYU will embark on a U.S. headlining tour this fall. Support on the trek, which will kick off on November 9 in Phoenix, Arizona and end on December 13 in Anaheim, California, will come from MEMPHIS MAY FIRE, ICE NINE KILLS and SLEEP SIGNALS. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale for all shows will b...

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EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS: 'I Don't Have Any Stage Fright'

Canal Metal conducted an interview with frontwoman Simone Simons of Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA at this year's Alcatraz Hard Rock & Metal Festival, which was held earlier this month in Kortrijk, Belgium. You can watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). O...

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NORTHWARD Feat. NIGHTWISH Singer And PAGAN'S MIND Guitarist: 'While Love Died' Video Released

NORTHWARD, the hard rock project featuring current NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen and PAGAN'S MIND guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad, has unleashed its debut single, "While Love Died", alongside a video for the track. The song is taken from NORTHWARD's self-titled debut album, which will be released on Oc...

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Video Premiere: STONE SOUR's 'Knievel Has Landed'

"Knievel Has Landed", the new video from STONE SOUR, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's acclaimed 2017 LP, "Hydrograd", which will be released as a deluxe edition on August 31. The two-disc set, "Hydrograd Deluxe Edition", collects unreleased covers, b-sides, live recordings and a...

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KLAUS MEINE Says SCORPIONS 'Would Feel Very Honored' To Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine says that his band "would feel very honored" to one day get inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The German hard rockers, who been eligible for the honor since 1997, had been the decade-long international long shot when their 1982 album, "Blackout", blew up Top...

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SAMMY HAGAR Featured In California Police Lip-Sync Video

Sammy Hagar makes an appearance in Fontana Police Department's lip-sync video. The four-minute clip shows scenes of officers going after speeders and also of them rocking out to Hagar's "I Can't Drive 55" song. "All these years, I still can't drive 55," the former VAN HALEN frontman says as he exits...

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STONE SOUR Guitarist Says Staying Sober On The Road Has Been 'More Difficult' Than He Expected

STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand has admitted that staying clean and sober on the road has been "more difficult" than he expected. Rand received treatment earlier this year for "an alcohol and Xanax dependency" which forced him to sit out one of the the band's tours. Josh performed with STONE SOUR on...

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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Announces Winter Tour 2018

Marking the band's 20th consecutive year of touring, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO) today announced its highly-anticipated Winter Tour 2018. TSO's annual November-December multi-sensory extravaganza, which sells out venues year after year, has cemented the group's status as a must-attend, multi-gene...

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MAYAN Feat. EPICA's MARK JANSEN: Video For 'Dhyana' Title Track

The official Arno De Haas-directed music video for the title track of "Dhyana", the new album from MAYAN — the band featuring EPICA guitarist/songwriter Mark Jansen alongside Jack Driessen (ex-AFTER FOREVER) and Frank Schiphorst — can be seen below. The disc will be released on September 21 via Nucl...

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PAUL RODGERS Feels The Free Spirit Of Late, Great Blues Guitar Legend

On August 12, Paul Rodgers played Hubert Sumlin's 1956 Gibson Les Paul R6 at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey. Sumlin, solo artist and guitarist for Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton, passed away in 2011. One of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," Sumlin w...