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QUEEN's BRIAN MAY Blasts 'Press Hacks' For 'Twisting' His Words About Trans People

QUEEN guitarist Brian May has blasted "predatory press hacks" for "subtly twisting" his words with regard to his comments involving the trans community. Earlier this week, the organizers of the Brit Awards, British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards, announced that they were scrappi...

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Former ICED EARTH Members MATT BARLOW And FREDDIE VIDALES Release New ASHES OF ARES Music Video 'By My Blade'

ASHES OF ARES, the band featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, will release its third studio album, "Emperors And Fools", on January 21, 2022 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels. The official music video for the LP's first single, "By My Blade", can be seen below. Nine years after...

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FAILURE To Release New Album, 'Wild Type Droid', In December

FAILURE, the Los Angeles-based trio of Ken Andrews, Greg Edwards and Kellii Scott who've been dubbed "cult heroes" by Rolling Stone and hailed for their "jaw-dropping, visceral space rock" by Entertainment Weekly, return with their highly-anticipated sixth album, "Wild Type Droid", on December 3 via...

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PHIL LYNOTT: 'Songs For While I'm Away' Documentary Film Released On Digital Formats

To this day, Phil Lynott, the charismatic frontman of THIN LIZZY, remains a towering figure in the history of rock music. From the band's signature twin lead guitars to Lynott's ability to lyrically capture working class life, his influence has been undeniable for generations of musicians and rock b...

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HALESTORM Has Just Finished Recording Final Song For Upcoming Album

HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale talked to Los Angeles Daily News about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Vicious" album. She said: "I don't think I am the same person I was when I started writing the songs for this record. We wrote a lot [pre-pandemic] and thr...

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New FREDDIE MERCURY Documentary Coming To BBC TWO In November

In November, BBC Two will broadcast "Freddie Mercury: The Final Act" — the story of the extraordinary final chapter of Freddie Mercury's life, as well as the journey leading up to the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley Stadium that followed. Thirty years after Freddie died (in November 1991)...

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Former ICED EARTH Members MATT BARLOW And FREDDIE VIDALES To Release Third ASHES OF ARES Album

ASHES OF ARES, the band featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, will release its third studio album, "Emperors And Fools", on January 21, 2022 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels. Nine years after forming ASHES OF ARES, Barlow and Vidales return with an LP that sees the duo take th...

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PRIEST, Featuring Former Members Of GHOST, Signs Deal With CLEOPATRA RECORDS

Cleopatra Records has announced the signing of synthwave act PRIEST, featuring former members of Grammy Award-winning Swedish rock act GHOST. Hailing from the same icy darkness of the Scandinavian inland that birthed GHOST, PRIEST consists of a trio of musicians — vocalist Mercury, who was known as...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Announces 2022 U.S. Headlining Tour With WHITECHAPEL And REVOCATION

Long-running death metal icons CANNIBAL CORPSE will return to stages this winter on a U.S. headlining tour with support from Metal Blade labelmates WHITECHAPEL and REVOCATION. A celebration of the 40th anniversary of Metal Blade, the trek begins February 19 in Atlanta, Georgia and makes its way thro...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO: 'If You Can Connect To The Audience, You'll Always Have Them As Fans'

During a recent appearance on the "Reinvented With Jen Eckhart", FOZZY singer and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho was asked if any of the other rock musicians he is friends with have offered him any helpful words of advice as his band was making its name in the business. He responded (as transcrib...

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Former WHITESNAKE Guitarist BERNIE MARSDEN To Release 'Chess' Album In November

Conquest Music has set a November 26 release date for "Chess", the follow-up album to Bernie Marsden's "Kings" album. "Kings" reached No. 1 in the Amazon Blues chart, No. 18 in the U.K. album sales chart and gained fantastic reviews and accolades following its release in July this year. The forthcom...

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Take A Video Tour Of QUEEN Store On London's Carnaby Street

In celebration of five decades in music, one of the world's most iconic bands, QUEEN, features in a dedicated experiential pop-up shop on Carnaby Street in London, opening today (Tuesday, September 28). A video tour of the store is available below. The shop, "Queen The Greatest", will remain open un...

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METALLICA Looks Back On World Tour In Support Of 'Black Album' In Latest Episode Of Official Podcast

The fifth episode of "The Metallica Podcast: Volume 1 - The Black Album" has just been released in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the band's self-titled fifth LP, better known as The Black Album. The podcast's weekly episodes explore the stories behind and the legacy of the best-selling al...

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QUEEN: Four New NFT Artworks Celebrating FREDDIE MERCURY's 75th Birthday To Be Made Available

SuperRare, the leading digital art marketplace, and The Mercury Phoenix Trust have announced the release of four new 1 of 1 NFT artworks inspired by the late frontman of the legendary band QUEEN to celebrate his 75th birthday. NFT works by artists Blake Kathryn, Chad Knight, Mat Maitland and MBSJQ w...

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QUEEN Store To Open On London's Carnaby Street To Celebrate Five Decades Of Music

In celebration of five decades in music, one of the world's most iconic bands, QUEEN, will feature in a dedicated experiential pop-up shop on Carnaby Street in London, opening later this month. The shop, "Queen The Greatest", will open on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 until January 2022 with a lineup...