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ZAKK WYLDE Announces 'Book Of Shadows II' North American Tour Dates

Guitar icon Zakk Wylde today has announced new U.S. and Canadian tour dates in continued support of his new LP, "Book Of Shadows II". Wylde will hit over 40 cities spread out across the U.S. and Canada this summer including a performance at Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal on August 7, a first fo...

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New THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Album To Be Released Via COOKING VINYL

Party Smasher Inc., the multi-faceted collective founded by Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA),has announced a global partnership with Cooking Vinyl. A network for cultural saboteurs of various disciplines — music, art, fashion, and beyond — Party Smasher was establis...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM Is Trying To Keep Arts In Los Angeles Schools

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum made an appearance on Friday (May 6) on FOX 11 in Los Angeles to talk about a concert May 12 at the Fonda Theatre for elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The night will honor 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees ...

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CINDERELLA's TOM KEIFER Pays Tribute To PRINCE With 'Purple Rain' Performance (Video)

CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer paid tribute to Prince with a performance of the legendary singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer's classic song "Purple Rain" on April 30 at the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can b...

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SAXON To Be Joined By MOTÖRHEAD's CAMPBELL, DEE For LEMMY Tribute At 'Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards'

The Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards has brought together rock behemoths SAXON with Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee of MOTÖRHEAD to play a special one-off set of Lemmy's favorite SAXON songs and MOTÖRHEAD classics in a unique "Salute To Lemmy." Lemmy was, and will always be, one of the godfathers of roc...

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Video: BABYMETAL Talks To MUSIC CHOICE About New Album, Playing U.S. Shows

Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL recently spoke to Music Choice about the group's second album, "Metal Resistance"; playing U.S. shows; and their latest single, "Karate". Check out the clips below. "Metal Resistance" debuted at No. 38 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 12,914 equival...

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION To Return In 2017

Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and producer Kevin Shirley have confirmed that BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION will reunite in 2017. BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION was the Anglo-American rock supergroup featuring Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, TRAPEZE),Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN, FOREIGNER),keyboardist Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Co-Writes ‘You, Me And a '63' Movie With Actor BILLY BOB THORNTON

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe has teamed up with photographer/filmmaker Rob Fenn and Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton to write the upcoming movie "You, Me And A '63". "You, Me And A '63" is described as a documentary series that follows Fenn around the United States in his 1963 Ford Thunde...

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LITA FORD Denies She Was Asked To Play Bass For LED ZEPPELIN

"Rockin' Metal Revival" recently conducted an interview with '80s hard rock queen Lita Ford. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the process of writing her autobiography, "Lita Ford - Living Like A Runaway: A Mem...

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TOM KEIFER Discusses Deluxe Reissue Of His Solo Album 'The Way Life Goes'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Icon Vs. Icon: The last time we spoke, it was just before the release of [your debut solo album] "The Way Life Goes". You covered a lot of miles ...

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Video: KISS Performs Without PAUL STANLEY At 'Race To Erase MS' Fundraising Gala

KISS performed as a trio at the Race To Erase MS fundraising gala last night (Friday, April 15) at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Absent from the event was KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley, who was forced to sit out the show due to a shoulder injury. KISS was introduced at the...

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Metal Resistance

It takes insane wherewithal to pull off what BABYMETAL, originally components of the SAKURA GAKUIN pop troupe, has. They're the equivalent of a charismatic sports team with an in-house screwball or two that attracts a large fandom, inevitably opening the door for haters. People were shocked — some a...

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BABYMETAL's 'Metal Resistance' Cracks U.S. Top 40, U.K. Top 20

"Metal Resistance", the second album from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, debuted at No. 38 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 12,914 equivalent album units in the week ending April 7. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consu...

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MINISTRY Mainman AL JOURGENSEN's SURGICAL METH MACHINE: Lyric Video For 'I Don't Wanna' Song

MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen's new project, SURGICAL METH MACHINE, will release its self-titled debut album on April 15 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded primarily at Jourgensen's home studio in Burbank, California with his longtime engineer Sam D'Ambruoso. The official lyric video for the so...

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KISS Announces 'Freedom To Rock' American Tour

KISS has announced the details of its 2016 summer American "Freedom To Rock" tour. The trek will kick off on July 7 in Boise, Idaho and will travel the country throughout July and August and will close September 10 in Huntington, West Virginia. Tickets will go on sale beginning Friday, April 15 for...