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PHIL CAMPBELL's Sons To Honor Late MOTÖRHEAD Guitarist At This Year's HELLA ROCK FESTIVAL

PHIL CAMPBELL'S BASTARD SONS will headline this year's Hella Rock Festival, set to take place September 5 at HMV Empire, an independently owned music venue located in the heart of Coventry, United Kingdom's city center. MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell and his band PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SON...

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VOIVOD Announces New Live Album 'Symphonique' Featuring Quebec Symphony Orchestra

Canada's progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD will release "Symphonique", a special live collaboration with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra (Orchestre Symphonique De Québec),on June 5, 2026 worldwide via Century Media Records. "Symphonique", which functions like an epic piece of cinema, showcas...

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Former MEGADETH, GUNS N' ROSES SKID ROW, DEEP PURPLE Members Guest On 'Ride The Rainbow - The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'

Cleopatra Records has set a June 19 release date for "Ride The Rainbow - The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow". The mighty RAINBOW, Ritchie Blackmore's post-DEEP PURPLE juggernaut, receives its full flowers on this star-studded tribute album. It features appearances by no fewer than s...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Will Respond To Some Of DAVE MUSTAINE's Allegations In His Upcoming Book: 'There's A Lot Of Things He Said That's Total B.S.'

In a new interview with U.K. radio veteran Paul Stephenson of VRP Rocks, former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland spoke about the song "Liar" from the band's 1988 album "So Far, So Good... So What?", which was written by Dave Mustaine about him. Asked if being publicly called a "liar" by Mustaine hind...

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ANETTE OLZON Looks Back On Her Time With NIGHTWISH: 'I Don't Have Any Resentment Towards The Band'

In a new interview with Finland's Chaoszine, Anette Olzon spoke about her upcoming summer 2026 European tour which will be dedicated to the acclaimed albums she recorded with NIGHTWISH, "Dark Passion Play" (2007) and "Imaginaerum" (2011). Asked if her views on her time with NIGHTWISH have changed in...

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BILLY CORGAN: 'I Patently Refuse To Use A.I. In My Music Creation'

In a new interview with the And The Writer Is... podcast, SMASHING PUMPKINS leader Billy Corgan spoke about how artificial intelligence (A.I.) music generators are becoming surprisingly advanced, with programs such as Suno, Udio and other generative audio systems now able to create songs that sound...

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SLAYER: See Unboxing Video For Special 40th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Hell Awaits'

SLAYER's iconic second studio album, "Hell Awaits", will receive a 40th-anniversary-edition reissue via Metal Blade Records on May 15. An unboxing video for the three-LP vinyl box set can be seen below. Formed in 1981, SLAYER assaulted the world with a new hybrid of metal and punk — heavier, faster,...

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PAUL STANLEY On KISS's Upcoming Avatar Show: 'The Experience Will Start When You Come Through The Door'

Earlier today (Tuesday, April 14),KISS principals Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, along with longtime manager Doc McGhee of McGhee Entertainment, participated in a panel discussion titled "KISS Forever: How Pophouse Defines The Next Era Of KISS in Vegas" during the Pollstar Live! Conference at the L...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Explains How His Guitar Playing Was 'Very Influential' With All The 'Big Four' Thrash Metal Bands

In a new interview with São Paulo, Brazil's 89 FM A Rádio Rock radio station, Dave Mustaine was asked about MEGADETH's role as one of the key members of the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal, alongside METALLICA, SLAYER and ANTHRAX. Mustaine said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well,...

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA Announces Inaugural 'Neverender Festival' And 'Neverender Rocks' For Fall 2026

COHEED AND CAMBRIA has announced two new special events — the two-day Neverender Festival at The Observatory Festival Grounds and the one-day Neverender Rocks at the Red Rocks Amphitheater — under the "Neverender" alias that the band has long used to designate special events, tours and cruises. In 2...

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THE PINEAPPLE THIEF Signs With INSIDEOUT MUSIC; New Album Due Later This Year

InsideOut Music has announced the signing of progressive art-rock group THE PINEAPPLE THIEF. Founded in 1999 by Bruce Soord, THE PINEAPPLE THIEF has long been one of the genre's most successful and accomplished outfits, releasing 16 studio albums and touring worldwide. The band consisting of Soord (...

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KISS Avatar-Based Show To Launch In Las Vegas In 2028; 'New Songs' To Be Included

In a cover story for the May 2026 issue of Pollstar magazine, KISS leaders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons discussed the upcoming avatar-based KISS show, which is tentatively scheduled to launch in Las Vegas in 2028. The as-yet unnamed KISS experience will be the first major entry into the U.S. market...

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Watch: ELLEFSON-SOTO, Featuring DAVID ELLEFSON And JEFF SCOTT SOTO, Performs At Whisky A Go Go

ELLEFSON-SOTO, the project featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and acclaimed metal vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, performed on Thursday, April 9 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. ELLEFSON-SOTO lineup: Jeff Scott Soto - Voc...

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CHILDREN OF BODOM's JANNE WIRMAN Confirms Plans For More 'Celebration Of Music' Concerts In 2027: 'It's Gonna Continue'

This past February, members of legendary Finnish metal band CHILDREN OF BODOM played two shows celebrating the group's music at the Tavastia club in Helsinki. The concerts, dubbed "Children Of Bodom – A Celebration Of Music", featured original CHILDREN OF BODOM members, bassist Henkka Seppälä, keybo...

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RACHEL BOLAN On SKID ROW's Ongoing Singer Search: 'We Probably Have Listened To About 300 Submissions At This Point'

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan addressed the band's recently launched first-of-its-kind partnership with USA company Sweetwater, the world's leading online retailer of musical instruments and pro-audio equipment, to search worldwide fo...