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K.K. DOWNING Explains Decision To Sell His Share Of Royalty Rights To JUDAS PRIEST Catalog

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing spoke to Myglobalmind about his decision to sell his share of the royalty rights to 136 of the band's tracks, including classic songs "Breaking The Law", "Living After Midnight" and "Painkiller", to Round Hill Music. The deal was made following the collapse...

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SKID ROW Bassist On Persistent Calls For Reunion With SEBASTIAN BACH: 'Some Fans Just Don't Like Change, And That's A Shame'

SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan has once again ruled out the possibility of a reunion with singer Sebastian Bach, explaining that it took him and his bandmates "a long time to find the absolute perfect guy" to front the group. Bach fronted SKID ROW until 1996, when he was fired. Instead of throwing in...

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OZZY OSBOURNE To Join Forces With JUDAS PRIEST For European Tour

OZZY OSBOURNE will embark on the next European tour of the "No More Tours 2" in early 2019. "Special guests" on the trek will be British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. Ozzy said in a statement: "I've been extremely blessed to have had two successful music careers. I'm looking at this final tour a...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL On Why K.K. DOWNING Wasn't Asked To Return: 'KEN Playing GLENN's Parts Wouldn't Have Sounded Right'

Backstage Axxess recently conducted an interview with bassist Ian Hill of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On recording their new album "Firepower" live in the studio: Ian: "We had two produce...

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RACHEL BOLAN Believes SKID ROW's Upcoming Album Will Be 'Pivotal'

Prior to SKID ROW's headlining performance at the Stonedeaf festival in Newark, United Kingdom on August 25, bassist Rachel Bolan spoke with Midlands Metalheads Radio. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On current SKID ROW vocalis...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist On SLAYER's Final Tour: TOM ARAYA Is 'Super Appreciative' And 'Ready To Wrap It Up'

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick spoke to "The Rock Writer's Ramble" about SLAYER's decision to call it quits after completing one last world tour. Asked if he gets the impression that bassist/vocalist Tom Araya "is more than willing to get off the SLAYER train at this point," Skolnick responded (h...

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Former ACCEPT Singer DAVID REECE: 'Any Time At All' Video

Former ACCEPT and BONFIRE singer David Reece will release his long-awaited new solo album, "Resilient Heart", on November 9 through Mighty Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Compromise" is an LP "rich on full-blown melodic heavy metal," according to a press release. The first single from "Resilient Hea...

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URIAH HEEP Singer Talks About Making Of 'Living The Dream' Album (Video)

British classic rock icons URIAH HEEP will release their 25th studio album, "Living The Dream", on September 14 via Frontiers Music Srl. A new trailer for the disc in which singer Bernie Shaw talks about the making of the album can be seen below. Also available is the video for the song "Grazed By...

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ANTHRAX: 'State Of Euphoria' 30th-Anniversary Deluxe Reissue Details Revealed

On October 5, Island Records/Ume/Universal Music will release the 30th-anniversary, 2CD deluxe edition of ANTHRAX's fourth studio album, "State Of Euphoria". The package will consist of two discs: Disc One is the fully remastered album, all of the B-sides originally released in conjunction with the...

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JUDAS PRIEST Performs 'Delivering The Goods' For First Time Since 1980 (Video)

British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST played their classic song "Delivering The Goods" live for the first time in 38 years last night (Wednesday, August 29) at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. As part of its ongoing "Firepower...

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K.K. DOWNING Is Hopeful JUDAS PRIEST Will Be Inducted Into ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'Time Is Not Necessarily On Our Side Now'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing is hopeful that the band will eventually be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands like IR...

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SATAN And BLITZKRIEG Vocalist BRIAN ROSS: 'I've Never, Ever Considered Either Of The Two Bands To Be NWOBHM Bands'

Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with SATAN and BLITZKRIEG vocalist Brian Ross. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. On writing tracks for SATAN's new album, "Cruel Magic": "We actually started working on 'Cruel Magic' pretty much as soon as we'd finished re...

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Watch JOE BONAMASSA's Music Video For 'Self-Inflicted Wounds'

Two-time-Grammy-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa has released the music video for his track "Self-Inflicted Wounds", taken from his upcoming studio album, "Redemption", which is due on September 21 via his own record label J&R Adventures. "Redemption", Bonamassa's 13th solo studio album and...

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TESTAMENT Guitarist: 'We're Gonna Continue Creating Music As Long As There's An Audience To Listen To It'

During a recent interview with Metal Wani, TESTAMENT and METAL ALLEGIANCE guitarist Alex Skolnick was asked if he was "confident or concerned" about the future of music when it comes to the artists' ability to survive. He responded (hear audio below): "It's very unpredictable. The whole industry was...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Releases Music Video For 'Mantra'

"Mantra", the new video from British rockers BRING ME THE HORIZON, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Amo", which will be released on January 11, 2019 through RCA/Sony. BRING ME THE HORIZON has been on a rocket of a journey over the last few years, selling over fo...