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Ex-KYUSS Frontman JOHN GARCIA Announces May 2024 North American Tour

American desert rock pioneer and former KYUSS frontman John Garcia will embark on a North American East Coast tour this spring, during which he will perform classic songs from some of his iconic bands KYUSS, HERMANO and SLO BURN. Support on the trek will come from blues-rock guitarist Jared James Ni...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On GLENN TIPTON: 'He's Doing Extraordinarily Well' Amid His Battle With Parkinson's Disease

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that the band's guitarist Glenn Tipton is doing "extraordinarily well" in his battle with Parkinson's disease. Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson's 10 years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier — but announced in early 2018...

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JOEY BELLADONNA Is Back In The Studio Putting Down Vocal Tracks For New ANTHRAX Album

Joey Belladonna has revealed in a new social media post that he is back in Los Angeles "putting down vocal tracks for the new ANTHRAX album." The 63-year-old upstate New York-based singer, who rejoined ANTHRAX in 2010, is once again working with producer Jay Ruston, who first worked with the band on...

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CROWNSHIFT Feat. Members Of NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM And WINTERSUN: Debut Album Details Revealed

CROWNSHIFT, the new band featuring members of NIGHTWISH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, WINTERSUN and FINNTROLL, will release its self-titled debut album on May 10 via Nuclear Blast Records. Earlier this year CROWNSHIFT released its first single and music video, "If You Dare", which was received with great accl...

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Defectum Omnium

Five years on from "Mourn the Southern Skies", EXHORDER are in no mood for chasing heritage status. An album that built upon the Louisiana band's pioneering legacy, "Mourn…" was joyously received and showered with critical plaudits that finally gifted them a momentum that was never quite secured bac...

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VOIVOD's Long-Awaited Official Documentary 'We Are Connected' To Premiere At Festivals This Summer

Canadian prog-metal stalwarts VOIVOD have launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help them finance their official documentary film. From unlikely origins in northern Québec at the height of the Cold War, VOIVOD's post-apocalyptic sci-fi aesthetic fueled by a youthful obsession with their instruments...

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JUDAS PRIEST's IAN HILL On Possibility Of Playing With K.K. DOWNING Again: 'I Think He's Gone A Bit Too Far For That Now'

In a new interview with Greg Prato of AllMusic, JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill was asked if he is still in touch with former PRIEST guitarist Kenneth "K.K." Downing and whether he would ever consider working with K.K. again. Ian responded: "I think he's gone a bit too far for that now. I gave him a c...

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Watch: ACE FREHLEY Accidentally Sets Off Guitar Smoke Effect While Performing On 'Monsters Of Rock' Cruise

Ace Frehley accidentally set off his smoking guitar effect while performing the KISS classic "Cold Gin" on March 3 aboard this year's Monsters Of Rock cruise. In video of the mishap, which occurs at around the 53-second mark in the clip below, Ace can be seen apparently mistakenly rolling up a dummy...

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JON ANDERSON And THE BAND GEEKS Announce First Two Legs Of 2024 North American 'Yes Epics, Classics, And More' Tour

Following the overwhelming success of their 2023 tour, Jon Anderson and THE BAND GEEKS have announced the first 22 shows of the 2024 "YES Epics, Classics, And More" tour. The tour begins on May 30 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Like the 2023 tour, the setlist will contain numerou...

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GENE SIMMONS Reflects On KISS's Final Performance: 'We Did This At The Right Time, At The Right Place'

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has reflected on the band's final performance, which took place on December 2, 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Speaking to Artists On Record Starring ADIKA Live!, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm proud that we did this at the right...

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Invincible Shield

Despite what you may have heard, a lot of people still love heavy metal. No one, however, loves it quite as much as JUDAS PRIEST. While the creation of the genre is rightly attributed to that other band from Birmingham, England, it is surely PRIEST that have been the most effusive and militant stand...

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MICHAEL MONROE Says He Wrote Personal Letter To VINCE NEIL A Week After Their 2023 Face-To-Face Meeting

In a new interview with Janne Innanfors of the Swedish radio station Rockklassiker, Michael Monroe reflected on how he came face to face with members of MÖTLEY CRÜE for the first time in many years last June at the Rockfest festival in Hyvinkää, Finland. The former HANOI ROCKS singer commented on th...

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SLASH To Reveal Full Details Of His 'Blues' Solo Album On Friday

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash will reveal the first details of his upcoming "blues-oriented" album on Friday, March 8 at 7 a.m. PST / 10 a.m. EST. On Monday (March 4),Slash shared a teaser video for Friday's announcement in which he said: "I'm a rock guitar player that's firmly rooted in blues. Blu...

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HIGH ON FIRE Releases New Music Video For 'Burning Down' Single

U.S. rockers HIGH ON FIRE will release their new album, "Cometh The Storm", on April 19 via MNRK Heavy. The Grammy Award-winning group, celebrating its 25th anniversary, recorded the LP at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts with producer Kurt Ballou. The 11-song effort — the band's ninth studio...

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TIM LAMBESIS Talks Rebuilding His Life After Surviving 'The Most Dehumanizing Of Life Experiences'

By David E. Gehlke AS I LAY DYING / AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE frontman Tim Lambesis re-emerged in 2017 after over two years in prison for solicitation of another to commit murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime. Many — even Lambesis — assumed that would be the end of his career in music,...