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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Announces 'The Lost Christmas Eve' Winter Tour 2024

This year, multi-platinum rock group TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO) kicks off a monumental winter tour on November 13. The tour marks a triple celebration: 20 years of their beloved rock opera "The Lost Christmas Eve", reaching their 20-millionth concertgoer and surpassing a phenomenal $20 million d...

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Longtime DEVILDRIVER Guitarist MIKE SPREITZER Announces His Departure: 'I Have Decided It Is Time To Go My Own Way'

DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Spreitzer has announced his departure from the band. Mike was the second-longest-lasting member of DEVILDRIVER following the departures of all original members except vocalist Dez Fafara. Spreitzer co-wrote and performed on DEVILDRIVER's albums "The Fury Of Our Maker's Han...

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PAUL DI'ANNO On Meeting BRUCE DICKINSON In Croatia: 'Everyone Thinks That We Hated Each Other, Which Is Bulls***'

In a new interview with SDTV - Stonedead Festival, former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno, who has been performing in a wheelchair as a result of serious health problems for most of the past decade, discussed the progress of his treatment, two years after he underwent major knee surgery in Croatia...

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JOSEPH DUPLANTIER On Next GOJIRA Album: 'We're Trying To Deliver Something That Is Meaningful And Impactful'

In a new interview with Chuck Armstrong of Loudwire Nights, GOJIRA guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier was asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2021's "Fortitude" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I wish I could… It's not a secret, but I've g...

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GOJIRA's Performance At Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Now Available On Streaming Services

GOJIRA's performance at last month's Olympic Games opening ceremony is now available on streaming services. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of beheaded figures representing th...

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Time II

Jari Mäenpää is man who likes to take his sweet time. WINTERSUN's music absolutely demand it, of course. Records as detailed and dense as the Finnish entity's hallowed eponymous debut and its eventual follow-up (and this new album's conceptual forebear) "Time I" (2012) cannot be simply dashed off in...

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SICK OF IT ALL's LOU KOLLER Undergoes First Round Of Chemo In Cancer Battle

Vocalist Lou Koller of New York hardcore legends SICK OF IT ALL has undergone his first round of chemotherapy after recently being diagnosed with an esophageal tumor. Earlier today (Monday, August 26),Koller shared a video update via social media in which he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Reflects On Missed Opportunity To Audition For METALLICA As JAMES HETFIELD's Temporary Replacement

Jeff Waters says that METALLICA approached the ANNIHILATOR camp to ask him to audition for METALLICA as James Hetfleld's temporary replacement (on guitar only) while James recovered from being burned onstage back in 1992. METALLICA's guitar tech John Marshall, who previously filled in for Hetfield i...

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Vermillion

There aren't many prominent musicians that would need much encouragement to make a solo record. SIMONE SIMONS, on the other hand, has been biding her time. After over 20 years and eight increasingly complex and grandiose albums as frontwoman with EPICA, the Dutch icon has little to prove, particular...

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STORM CORROSION Feat. MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT And STEVEN WILSON: More Details Revealed About Reissue Of Debut Album

As two of the leading figures in contemporary progressive music, Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt have treated their fans to all sorts of thrillingly unconventional and atmospheric sounds over the years. But even by their own talismanic standards, the duo's 2012 collaboration as STORM CORROSION ex...

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Watch: VENOM Performs At Norway's BEYOND THE GATES Festival

Fan-filmed video of VENOM's August 1 performance at the 2024 edition of the Beyond The Gates festival in Bergen, Norway can be seen below. Two years ago, VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant confirmed that the band was putting the finishing touches on a new studio album. Speaking at the 2022 edition...

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Former AMON AMARTH Members Join Forces In New Band Called FIMBUL WINTER

Three former AMON AMARTH members have joined forces in a new band called FIMBUL WINTER. The project consists of original AMON AMARTH members Niko Kaukinen on drums and Anders Biazzi (formerly Anders Hansson) on guitar, and former AMON AMARTH drummer Fredrik Andersson on lead guitar. Completing the l...

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Watch: ANTHRAX Singer JOEY BELLADONNA's Tribute Band To RONNIE JAMES DIO Kicks Off Florida Tour In Sebastian

On Thursday (August 15),ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna launched a four-date Florida tour with his tribute band to Ronnie James Dio at Captain Hiram's in Sebastian, Florida. The new group, in which Belladonna is joined by Mike Rivera on guitar, Ron Stokes on bass, and Jim McCourt on drums, is perfor...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST On GOJIRA's Performance At Olympics Opening Ceremony: 'That Was So Cool'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ has weighed in on GOJIRA's performance at last month's Olympic Games opening ceremony. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of beheaded figu...

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Endtime Signals

One rarely acknowledged fact is that DARK TRANQUILLITY were always the most forward-thinking of Gothenburg's pioneering melodic death metal bands. Long before their peers began to dismantle the formula, they were releasing albums like 1999's polarizing "Projector" and its underrated follow-up "Haven...