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Former W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES Is Battling Prostate Cancer

Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The 68-year-old musician, who successfully battled throat and neck cancer back in 2022, has begun radiotherapy for the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer) in France, where he has lived with his wife since 20...

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HALESTORM Shares Video Of LZZY HALE's Entire Speech At Opening Of Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's 'Women In Metal' Exhibit

On July 10, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale delivered an inspirational speech at the opening of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame's newest exhibit featurette, "Women In Metal: You Will Know My Name". This exhibit spotlights key female risktakers and icons of the metal genre and celebrates those who pu...

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Watch: SAVATAGE Performs With Orchestra In Pompeii

On July 27, acclaimed progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE played at the Amphitheater of Pompeii, one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheaters in Pompei, Italy. The band played a spectacular show, accompanied live by an orchestra, an arrangement that made the show unique and unforgettable. Accordi...

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QUEEN's Budapest Concert Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Newly Restored 4K Release

Sony Music Vision has announced that "Queen Budapest", the first Western stadium rock show to take place behind the Iron Curtain, and the final filmed QUEEN live performance, will be presented in cinemas and IMAX worldwide beginning October 7 through Trafalgar Releasing. "Queen Budapest" will be rel...

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SABATON's PÄR SUNDSTRÖM: It Is 'Not Necessary' To Be Fresh 'To Be Successful In Heavy Metal'

In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, SABATON bassist and manager Pär Sundström spoke about the factors that were involved in making the Swedish act one of the most commercially successful European heavy metal bands in recent history. He said  (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...

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BON JOVI Ends Madison Square Garden Concert Early Due To JON BON JOVI's Sinus Infection

BON JOVI abruptly ended its concert Thursday night (July 23) at Madison Square Garden in New York City after frontman Jon Bon Jovi revealed he was suffering from a sinus infection. About 90 minutes into the set, Bon Jovi told the crowd that he would have to stop the show because he wasn't feeli...

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Cycles In The Infinite Dream

An omnipresent force over the last decade, REZN have always stood measurably apart from the stoner hordes. While many supposedly like-minded bands stick to a simple recipe of warmed-up BLACK SABBATH riffs and superficial nods to the psychedelic realm, the Chicagoans are restless mavericks with an in...

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SLEEP TOKEN's 'Take Me Back To Eden' Album Certified Platinum In U.S.

SLEEP TOKEN's third studio album, 2023's "Take Me Back To Eden", has been officially certified platinum by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America),while the single "The Summoning" has been certified gold. The LP, which was released on May 19, 2023 via Spinefarm, has accrued over two bi...

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FORBIDDEN Announces Self-Titled Album, Shares New Single 'Psyclops'

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers FORBIDDEN will release their new, self-titled album on October 23 via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. The band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's "Omega Wave" album was tracked at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with e...

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WARNING Released A Cult Doom Metal Classic 20 Years Ago; They Now Return With The Stirring 'Rituals Of Shame'

By David E. Gehlke The term cult gets applied more liberally these days than it should, but sufficient evidence exists that U.K. doom metal outfit WARNING's 2006 "Watching From A Distance" studio album is the exact definition of the term. Released on the small label The Miskatonic Foundation with no...

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SAXON To Release 'Gods Of Thunder' Album In January 2027

SAXON guitarist Brian Tatler confirmed to Neil Jones of TotalRock at this past weekend's Maid Of Stone festival at Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom that the band's upcoming studio album will be called "Gods Of Thunder". A short video of Tatler revealing the new SAXON LP title to Jones can...

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Watch: SHADOWS FALL Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Hometown Concert

Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL celebrated their 30th anniversary with a special concert on Saturday, July 18 at the MGM Aria Ballroom in Springfield, Massachusetts. The band's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Destroyer Of Senses 02. King Of Nothing 03. The Power Of I And I...

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JOHNNY MIDDLETON On Musical Direction Of SAVATAGE's Upcoming Studio Album: 'It's Kind Of A Mix Of Everything'

In a new interview with Metal Kaoz, bassist Johnny Lee Middleton of acclaimed progressive metal pioneers SAVATAGE spoke about the band's plans to document their July 27, 2026 concert at the Amphitheater of Pompeii, one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheaters in Pompei, Italy. He said (as transcr...

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THE WHO's Landmark Albums To Be Made Available As Definitive Audiophile Editions

Analogue Productions has announced an expansive new series of definitive audiophile reissues from THE WHO, spotlighting four of the band's most essential recordings: "My Generation", "Live At Leeds", "Tommy" and "Who's Next". Spanning the explosive early years of what would become one of the most ce...

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TORANAGA UK Signs With FIREFLASH RECORDS, Announces European Tour Supporting ONSLAUGHT

Hailing from Bradford in West Yorkshire, TORANAGA wrote a chapter in metal history with their first two studio albums, "Bastard Ballads" (1988) and "God's Gift" (1990),achieving cult status within the metal scene. Although they remained underdogs, TORANAGA can be mentioned alongside their compatrio...