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SLAUGHTER Frontman Says 'People Really Don't Care' About New Music From His Band: 'They Still Wanna Hear The Hits'

Sally Steele of Vegas Rocks! recently conducted an interview with SLAUGHTER frontman Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether they thought their career was over when hair metal's popularity took a...

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K.K. DOWNING 'Shocked' Even Himself With His Decision To Leave JUDAS PRIEST

K.K. Downing says that he "shocked" even himself when he decided to leave JUDAS PRIEST nearly eight years ago. The guitarist, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his retirement from PRIEST in April 2011. He has since been replac...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Frontman Teams Up With GORILLA VOLTAGE For Rap/Metal Mashup 'Good Die Young'

San Jose's dynamic lyrical hip-hop duo GORILLA VOLTAGE has teamed up with Phil Labonte of ALL THAT REMAINS to deliver a song called "Good Die Young" as a Spotify exclusive. The track is taken from GORILLA VOLTAGE's sophomore album, "Gods & Claws", which hits streets on January 18, 2019 on MNE. "Goo...

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AVANTASIA: First Trailer For 'Moonglow' Album

"Moonglow", the next album from EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project, will arrive on February 15, 2019 (pushed back from February 1) via Nuclear Blast. Comprising 11 tracks, the new opus once again features several guest vocalists. This time around, Tobias worked not only with such well-...

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VLTIMAS Feat. Former MORBID ANGEL Frontman DAVID VINCENT, Ex-MAYHEM Guitarist, CRYPTOPSY Drummer: Debut Album Details

VLTIMAS, the three-piece extreme metal formation consisting of David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL),Rune "Blasphemer" Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Monier (CRYPTOPSY),will release its debut album, "Something Wicked Marches In", on March 29, 2019 via Season Of Mist. The first single from the di...

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Here Is The First Taste Of New NILE Music For Upcoming Album

South Carolina-based extreme technical death metallers NILE have entered the studio to record the follow-up to 2015's "What Should Not Be Unearthed" album. The upcoming effort, which is tentatively due in 2019, will mark NILE's first release with new guitarist/vocalist Brian Kingsland, who replaced...

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GUNS N' ROSES Bassist DUFF MCKAGAN Putting Finishing Touches On New Solo Album

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan is putting the finishing touches on a solo album that's coming in 2019. McKagan began recording the album back in March with producer Shooter Jennings. The two worked out of Station House studios, located in Echo Park, California, writing and recording in-between M...

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RIVAL SONS Announce North American Headline Tour

Long Beach, California's RIVAL SONS have announced their first full North American headline tour. The dates include stops at New York's Brooklyn Steel, Philadelphia's Union Transfer and Los Angeles's Henry Fonda Theatre. THE SHEEPDOGS will support all U.S. dates. Pre-sales begin Wednesday, December...

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NOTHING MORE Holds Up Blistering Mirror To Society With New Music Video 'Let 'Em Burn'

Three-time-Grammy-nominated alt/rock band NOTHING MORE has often used its music to critique social and political issues, from mental illness to the false need for materialism, but never in such a scorching way as the band is doing with its new music video, "Let 'Em Burn", from the band's current alb...

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JAKE E. LEE: RATT Is Not RATT Without Both WARREN DEMARTINI And STEPHEN PEARCY

Jake E. Lee has once again shot down a rumor that he was approached to play with RATT earlier this year as the replacement for Warren DeMartini. Lee actually began his career as a member of singer Stephen Pearcy's MICKEY RATT, which became better known as RATT after a name change in the early '80s....

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HOUR OF PENANCE Signs With AGONIA RECORDS

Italy's HOUR OF PENANCE has signed with Agonia Records. The technical, brutal death metal band entered into an agreement with the Polish-based label in November of 2018, after parting ways with Prosthetic Records, via whom the band released three of their last albums, including 2017's "Cast The Firs...

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MISERY INDEX To Release 'Rituals Of Power' Album In March

MISERY INDEX will release its new album, "Rituals Of Power", on March 8, 2019 via Season Of Mist. The band comments: "'Rituals Of Power' is a disavowal and warning against the consequences of our so-called 'post-truth' age. Each of the nine songs revolves loosely around this theme, yet each track a...

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MALEVOLENT CREATION: Lyric Video For New Song 'Mandatory Butchery'

The Guilherme Henriques-created lyric video for "Mandatory Butchery", a brand new song from Florida death metal veterans MALEVOLENT CREATION, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The 13th Beast", which will be released on January 18, 2019 via Century Media. "The 13t...

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OVERKILL To Release 'The Wings Of War' Album In February

New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL will release their 19th studio album, "The Wings Of War", on February 22, 2019 via Nuclear Blast. The disc was recorded at Gear Recording Studio in New Jersey, SKH Studio in Florida and Jrod Productions with engineering handled by bassist D.D. Verni and guit...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Is Auctioning Off Stage And Studio Equipment

A collection of stage and studio equipment from former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing will be auctioned next month. International auction house Bonhams has announced the sale of eleven of Downing's guitars, including the 1967 Flying V that was K.K.'s main instrument on several of classic PRIEST...