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POWERRAGE, Featuring Former EXCITER Guitarist JOHN RICCI, Seeks New Vocalist Following Split With JACQUES BÉLANGER

POWERRAGE, the new band featuring former EXCITER guitarist John Ricci, is seeking a new vocalist following the apparent recent departure of Jacques Bélanger. On Saturday, September 26, the POWERRAGE, social media shared a photo of Ricci, alongside bassist Todd Pilon (formerly of WITCHKILLER) and dru...

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Reignite Retro Metal On 'Shapes Of Midnight'

By David E. Gehlke The alternative universe created by UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS guitarist / vocalist Kevin Starrs for the band's new (and seventh) studio album, "Shapes Of Midnight", doesn't feel all that far-fetched when considering the current state of the world's affairs. Reminiscent of Edgar...

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ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO On 'Darker' Sound Of 'Cursum Perficio' Album: 'It's Just Where We're At' Right Now

In a new interview with Gino Alache of Rockum TV, ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello spoke about the band's recently released twelfth full-length studio album, "Cursum Perficio". It marks the band's first record in ten years since 2016's "For All Kings", which debuted in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. As...

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WOLF HOFFMANN Says 'It's Sad' No Former ACCEPT Members 'Wanted To Have Anything To Do With' 50th-Anniversary Album

In a new interview with "The David Ellefson Show", hosted by former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann of German/American heavy metal legends ACCEPT confirmed that several former ACCEPT members, including singer Udo Dirkschneider, were offered an opportunity to contribute to th...

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NIRVANA's Surviving Members Reunite To Accept 'Video Vanguard Award' At 2026 MTV VMAs

The surviving members of NIRVANA — Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear — were honored with MTV's Video Vanguard Award on Sunday, September 27 at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. PUBLIC ENEMY's Chuck D presented the award — which recognizes artists' legacie...

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HELLOWEEN's MICHAEL WEIKATH Rules Out 'Part Four' Of 'Keeper Of The Seven Keys' Album Saga: 'That Would Be Very Repetitive'

In a new interview with Brazil's Ibagenscast, HELLOWEEN guitarist Michael Weikath was asked if it's true that he and his bandmates are already thinking about a follow-up to their latest album, "Giants & Monsters", which arrived in August 2025 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Michael said (as tr...

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ARCH ENEMY Releases Official 2026 Live Video For 'Nemesis', Featuring New Singer LAUREN HART

Swedish/American extreme metallers ARCH ENEMY have released the official live video for the song "Nemesis", shot during the band's summer 2026 European tour. The clip, which was filmed and edited by Ben Alexis, with audio mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen, can be seen below. ARCH ENEMY commented: "...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Will Have A Busy Next Two Years: 'I Know What I'm Doing Up Until The End Of 2028', He Says

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson made a one-day-only appearance at Fan Expo Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on August 28, 2026. Asked during a question-and-answer session at the event what non-music related projects he is currently working on, Bruce said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOU...

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RIKKI ROCKETT On POISON's Musical Chemistry: 'I Just Think There's A Synergy Between The Four Of Us'

In a new interview with Troy Culpan of Australia's May The Rock Be With You, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett was asked to name the "defining thing that made the band what it was" at the height of POISON's commercial success in the 1980s. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I wish I coul...

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SHANE EMBURY Says Next NAPALM DEATH Album 'Probably' Won't Arrive Before Late 2027

In a new interview with "Reckless" Rexx Ruger of Pod Scum, NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's seventeenth studio album. The British grindcore pioneers are once again working with longtime producer Russ Russell (DIMMU BORGIR, AT THE G...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Announces 'Intimate Show' In Las Vegas For Next Month

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor will bring a special intimate show to Fremont Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, October 18. Tickets are on sale now at Smashmagpresents.com. Taylor played what he said was his first acoustic solo show in over three years in March 2025 at the HorrorHound Week...

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VANISHING POINT Returns With New Single 'Bring Me The Night'; 'Eremition' Album To Arrive In November

VANISHING POINT have never been a band in a hurry. Their albums arrive when they're ready and sometimes years can pass between them. But when one of Australia's most respected melodic metal bands finally emerges with new music, it's an event. Six years after "Dead Elysium" marked their triumphant re...

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THE 69 EYES Release 'Brandon Lee (Forma Acustica)' From Upcoming Acoustic Album

Finnish goth rock veterans THE 69 EYES have unveiled their new single "Brandon Lee (Forma Acustica)", out now via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. Originally featured on THE 69 EYES' fifth studio album, "Blessed Be", the song was first released in 2000 and became an intern...

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Watch: PEARL JAM Plays Surprise Set With Drummer ABE LABORIEL JR. At OHANA FESTIVAL

PEARL JAM played a surprise set at Ohana Festival Friday night (September 25) in Dana Point, California. The performance took place during PEARL JAM singer Eddie Vedder's headlining set, billed as "Eddie Vedder and Friends", when he was joined by Mike McCready and Stone Gossard on guitars, Jeff Amen...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE Says His Onstage Reunion With DEEP PURPLE Went Down Like He 'Just Invented The Cure For Cancer': 'The People Went Nuts'

In the first part of an exclusive 13-part interview series with Now Spinning magazine editor-in-chief Phil Aston, Ritchie Blackmore reflected on his reunion with DEEP PURPLE for the first time in more than three decades during the band's headlining concert on August 12 at the Northwell at Jones Beac...