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ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER Says He Started Playing Guitar Again A Week Ago: 'I Can Feel The Creative Energy Starting To Swell'

In a new interview with Daniel Harris, a YouTube streamer known as The Rageaholic, ICED EARTH's founding guitarist Jon Schaffer, whose band effectively split up after he was arrested for his involvement in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, was asked if his new music will be inspired at a...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN On Developing His Own Style: 'When I Tried To Play Like My Favorite Guitar Players, It Just Never Really Worked Out'

TrueFire, the longest-serving online guitar lesson hub, has shared a new seven-and-a-half-minute video in which former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman talks about how his own inability to faithfully emulate "guitar magicians" like Uli Jon Roth and Frank Marino led him to stop being a clone and sta...

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Watch: SAVATAGE Plays First Show With Drummer BLAS ELIAS

Progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE played their first concert with drummer Blas Elias on Thursday, June 4 at this year's edition of the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden. Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy, is filling in for...

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DEEP PURPLE Shares New Single 'Diablo' From Upcoming 'Splat!' Album

Hard rock legends DEEP PURPLE have released a new single, "Diablo" today. The new track is the latest taste of "Splat!", DEEP PURPLE's new studio album, due out on July 3 via earMUSIC. "Diablo" follows "Arrogant Boy", the first single from "Splat!" and opens the door to one of DEEP PURPLE's surreal...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN On Songwriting Process For MAMMOTH's 'The End' Album: 'I Just Tried To Trim The Fat Off Of Everything'

In a new Scott Rizzuto, the host of "The Rizzuto Show" on the 105.7 The Point radio station in St. Louis, Grammy Award-nominated songwriter, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Wolfgang Van Halen spoke about "The End", the third album from his MAMMOTH project (formerly MAMMOTH WVH),which ar...

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DEVILDRIVER Shares Music Video For 'Dead In The Water' Single From Upcoming 'Strike And Kill' Album

In anticipation DEVILDRIVER's rabid new album, "Strike And Kill", due out July 10 via Napalm Records, the groove metal veterans first released the boisterous lead single "Dig Your Own Grave", cracking over 400,000 cross-platform streams, becoming a mainstay on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal and stampeding...

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QUEEN's ADAM LAMBERT On 2026 'Pride Month': 'It's Incredible How Much Change Has Happened'

QUEEN frontman Adam Lambert, who made history nearly a decade and a half ago as the first openly LGBT vocalist to have an album debut at the No. 1 position of the Billboard album chart, spoke to Audacy Music about this year's LGBTQ+ Pride Month, which commemorates the anniversary of the 1969 uprisin...

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ALICE COOPER Announces Special Guest Hosts For October 2026 U.K. Book Tour

Alice Cooper has announced special guest hosts who will join him on stage for each date of his intimate "Devil On My Shoulder" U.K. book tour this October. Building on over sixty years of rock folklore, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee will be joined in conversation by three distinct voices f...

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ALICE COOPER On A.I.: 'It Has No Emotion. It Has No Heart. It Has No Feel. It Has No Soul To It'

During a May 21 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", legendary rocker Alice Cooper weighed in on the growing popularity of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in music, particularly as relates to its possibilities and its implications in terms of the way we make, produce and distribu...

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QUICKSAND Announces Summer 2026 North American Tour With BANE

New York City post-hardcore legends QUICKSAND have announced a summer 2026 headlining tour. Kicking off on Monday, August 3 at The Annex in Norfolk, Virginia, the trek will span August and early September, culminating in a performance at Royale in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, September 3. Supp...

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KANSAS, STEVE HACKETT, BIG BIG TRAIN And ASIA To Headline 2027 'Cruise To The Edge'

Cruise To The Edge, progressive rock's largest festival at sea, is back with another incredible lineup for 2027. For the first time, the cruise is six nights, April 2 to April 8, sailing out of Miami, Florida aboard the Norwegian Jewel, with stops at Cozumel, Harvest Caye and Costa Maya. On-sale da...

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ADAM LAMBERT Shares Music Video For 'Eat U Alive' Single From Upcoming Sixth Studio Album 'Adam'

Grammy-nominated international superstar Adam Lambert has released the official Vitalii Akimov-directed music video for his latest single, "Eat U Alive". The track is taken from Adam's sixth full-length studio album, "Adam", which will arrive on Friday, July 10 via his own label, distributed via The...

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JON SCHAFFER Shares Music Video For 'Full Spectrum Dominance' From SONS OF LIBERTY Project

Jon Schaffer, the founder, chief songwriter, and driving force behind iconic heavy metal acts ICED EARTH, DEMONS & WIZARDS, SONS OF LIBERTY, JON SCHAFFER'S PURGATORY and the SCHAFFER/BARLOW project, has released the official DazVideos-created music video for "Full Spectrum Dominance" from his re...

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JEFF PLATE To Miss First Two Shows Of SAVATAGE's 'Prelude To Madness' 2026 Tour; TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA's BLAS ELIAS To Step In

Drummer Jeff Plate of progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE will miss the first two shows of the band's "Prelude To Madness" spring/summer 2026 European tour. He will be temporarily replaced by Blas Elias, who has previously played with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, SLAUGHTER and RATT's Stephen Pearcy. Ea...

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Watch: TRIXTER Leader STEVE BROWN's BON JOVI Tribute Band ALWAYS JOVI Performs In Roanoke, Virginia

ALWAYS JOVI, the new BON JOVI tribute band led by TRIXTER guitarist/singer, producer and songwriter Steve Brown, performed on May 9 at Dr. Pepper Park Amphitheater in Roanoke, Virginia. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. ALWAYS JOVI made its live debut on April 18 at BMI Event Center...