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Openly Christian STRYPER Frontman MICHAEL SWEET: 'We're Definitely Living In The End Times'

In a new interview with "The Chuck Shute Podcast", Michael Sweet of openly Christian hard rockers STRYPER discussed the inspiration for the title and artwork for the band's upcoming studio album, "The Final Battle", which is due in October via Frontiers Music Srl. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERM...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE' And DEF LEPPARD's 'The Stadium Tour' Is Still Averaging 37,000 Tickets Sold Per Show

MÖTLEY CRÜE and DEF LEPPARD's "The Stadium Tour" has landed at No. 4 on Pollstar's LIVE75 chart, which ranks worldwide active tours by the average tickets sold for reported shows taken place over the last 30 days. According to Pollstar, "The Stadium Tour", which features support from POISON and JOAN...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of VENOM Performing 'Black Metal' At This Year's WACKEN OPEN AIR Festival

Professionally filmed video of VENOM performing its classic song "Black Metal" on August 5 at this year's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany can be seen below. VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant recently confirmed that the band is putting the finishing touches on a new studio album. Speaki...

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DIAMOND HEAD's Classic Debut Album 'Lightning To The Nations' To Be Re-Released As 'Remastered 2021' Edition

DIAMOND HEAD's genre-defining debut album, "Lightning To The Nations", will be re-released as "Lightning To The Nations (The White Album) [Remastered 2021]" on September 30 via Silver Lining Music. The release will feature not only the original album from quarter-inch master tapes which METALLICA dr...

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JOEY BELLADONNA Says He 'Never Quit' ANTHRAX: 'I Got Sideswiped Out Of There'

Joey Belladonna has commented on his original split with ANTHRAX, saying he "got sideswiped out of" the band. Belladonna, whose most recent return to ANTHRAX was officially announced in May 2010, was originally the lead singer of ANTHRAX from 1984 to 1992, and was considered part of the influential...

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Watch JUDAS PRIEST Perform At Belgium's LOKERSE FEESTEN

Fan-filmed video of JUDAS PRIEST's August 7 performance at Lokerse Feesten in Lokeren, Belgium can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. One Shot At Glory 02. Lightning Strike 03. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 04. Freewheel Burning 05. Turbo Lover 06. Hell Patrol 07. The Sentinel 0...

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DAN DONEGAN: The 'Majority' Of DISTURBED's New Album Is 'A Lot Heavier' Than 'Evolution'

DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan recently spoke to Australia's May The Rock Be With You about the band's upcoming eighth studio album, which was recently mixed for a tentative fall 2022 release. Asked if fans should expect more single drops before the LP release, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOU...

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W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS: 'Look Out, America. We're Coming To Hurt You'

W.A.S.P.'s first live performance since December 2019 took place on July 23 at Skansen in Stockholm, Sweden. A week later (July 30),W.A.S.P. also played at Skogsröjet festival in Rejmyre, Sweden. W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has issued the following recap of the band's return to the live stage...

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SKID ROW Guitarist On Possibility Of Reunion With SEBASTIAN BACH: 'That Conversation Doesn't Even Enter My Brain'

In a new interview with Pushing The Limits, SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo was asked if he still has a relationship with the band's former singer, Sebastian Bach. He responded: "Not at all. None. We've all moved on. It was an awful long time ago; we're talking 23 years ago [that SKID ROW refor...

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EXCITER Has 'A Handful Of Songs In Various Stages Of Completion' For Next Studio Album

Guitarist Daniel Dekay of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER spoke to Metal Crypt about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's long-awaited new album. He said: "I think we were hitting a good streak with writing and demoing prior to the pandemic, and then the pandemic hit. Al [b...

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Watch Former EXODUS Singer ROB DUKES Perform 'Toxic Waltz' In Akron

Former EXODUS singer Rob Dukes performed the band's classic song "Toxic Waltz" on August 2 at the Empire Concert Club And Bar in Akron, Ohio. He was backed by members of his current group GENERATION KILL as well as musicians from DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, which is providing support on the "Generation Dead"...

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MARK KENDALL Says New GREAT WHITE Singer ANDREW FREEMAN Is Able To Hit All The High Notes In Band's Classic Songs

This past May, GREAT WHITE announced that it had parted ways with singer Mitch Malloy and had replaced him with Andrew Freeman (LAST IN LINE). Malloy had been in GREAT WHITE for nearly four years, having joined the group in 2018 following the departure of Terry Ilous. Asked in a new interview with "...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON On Tour With JEFF YOUNG And CHRIS POLAND: 'This Is A Celebration, Not A Retaliation'

Former MEGADETH members David Ellefson (bass) and Jeff Young (guitar) recently announced the first four shows of the KINGS OF THRASH "The MEGA Years" tour. They will be joined at the dates by another former MEGADETH member, Chris Poland (guitar). KINGS OF THRASH, which also includes drummer Fred Ach...

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Watch MÖTLEY CRÜE Perform At Boston's Fenway Park

"The Stadium Tour", featuring MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS, resumed this past Friday (August 5) with the first of two shows at Boston's legendary Fenway Park. The concerts, originally scheduled for August 25-26, 2020, then rescheduled until July 17-18, 2021, b...

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LAST IN LINE's VIVIAN CAMPBELL On Covering THE BEATLES' 'A Day In The Life': 'It Was A Pretty Ambitious Song To Take On'

During an appearance on this past Wednesday's (August 3) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell spoke about the band's upcoming EP, "A Day In The Life", which will arrive on November 11 via earMUSIC. The effort is numbered and limited to 3,000 c...