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HALESTORM To Release 'Back From The Dead' Album In May; 'The Steeple' Single Out Now

Grammy-winning hard rock band HALESTORM has announced "Back From The Dead", its fifth studio album, due out May 6 via Atlantic. The follow-up to 2018's "Vicious" was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (FOO FIGHTERS, MASTODON, ALICE IN CHAINS) with co-production by Scott Stevens (SHINEDOWN, DAUGHTRY, NEW Y...

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DREAM THEATER Releases 'Transcending Time' Music Video

Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER have released the official music video for the song "Transcending Time" from their latest album, "A View From The Top Of The World". "Transcending Time" is the fourth video released from the band's 15th studio LP and is another CGI creation by long-time collabo...

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MASTODON's BRANN DAILOR Tested Positive For COVID-19 Right After U.S. Tour With OPETH: 'I Got Pretty Sick'

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor has revealed that he contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, immediately after the band's recently completed U.S. tour with OPETH. "Right when I got home from tour, I had COVID — like the day I got home," he told Art Of Rock in a new inter...

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64th Annual GRAMMY AWARDS To Take Place In Las Vegas In April

The 64th annual Grammy Awards, originally scheduled for late January in Los Angeles, have been rescheduled and will now be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 3. The following is a statement from Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.: "I'm so pleased to let...

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64th Annual GRAMMY AWARDS Officially Postponed Due To COVID-19-Related Concerns

The 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was originally set to take place January 31 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, has been officially postponed to an as-yet-unspecified later date due to the omicron variant. A joint statement from the Recording Academy and its television partner, CBS, issued on W...

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Report: GRAMMY AWARDS Likely To Be Postponed Due To Omicron Variant

According to Billboard, the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which was originally set to take place January 31 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, will likely be postponed to a later date due to the omicron variant. A Recording Academy spokesman told the music industry magazine that no decision has been m...

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PAGE HAMILTON Will 'Buckle Down' And Work On New HELMET Music In Early 2022

HELMET frontman Page Hamilton has confirmed to the "Thunder Underground" podcast that he is working on material for the band's first album in more than five years. "I have some scraps. That's about all," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I'm writing a piece for this high school in Memph...

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MASTODON's BRANN DAILOR Weighs In On ASTROWORLD Festival Disaster: 'It's A Horrible, Horrible Tragedy'

MASTODON drummer Brann Dailor has described the recent Astroworld concert tragedy as "a horrible situation." Ten people, including a 9-year-old and two teenagers, died while many more were injured after a crowd surge during Travis Scott's performance at the Houston music festival. The rapper has sin...

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BILL KELLIHER: Why MASTODON Splits Songwriting Credits Equally

MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke to the FM99 WNOR radio station about the fact that he and his bandmates decided from the beginning to split their songwriting credits equally between the four members of the group. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "In our band, when we first starte...

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HIGH ON FIRE's MATT PIKE To Release Debut Solo Album, 'Pike Vs. The Automaton', In February

From rewriting the hard rock rulebook with his Grammy Award-winning trio HIGH ON FIRE to reverse-engineering doom metal with his genre-defining trio SLEEP, Matt Pike has channeled his natural talents and chiseled a steely path straight to the heart of modern-day metal's molten core. On February 18,...

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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER Picks JOHNNY RAMONE As His 'Rock God'

MASTODON's Bill Kelliher was the featured guest on BBC's "The Rock Show With Johnnie Walker" during the "Rock God" segment. Bill picked RAMONES guitarist Johnny Ramone and stated about his choice (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "When I was a young kid, all my friends and I used to listen to lo...

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MASTODON's TROY SANDERS Reveals Two Things Which Have Kept His Band Together For More Than 20 Years

In a new interview with Metal Wani, MASTODON singer/bassist Troy Sanders was asked to what he attributes the band's longevity. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I attribute the longevity to two main things, I believe. Number one is that we have, thankfully, over time continued to g...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing 'The Memory Remains' At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "The Memory Remains" live during the band's first headlining set at the Welcome To Rockville festival on Friday, November 12 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida can be seen below. Welcome To Rockville, a four-da...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing 'Don't Tread On Me' At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Don't Tread On Me" live during the band's second headlining set at the Welcome To Rockville festival on November 14 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida can be seen below. Welcome To Rockville, a four-day rock f...

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DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI On Third GRAMMY Nomination: 'It's A Good Feeling'

Last month, DREAM THEATER was announced as one of the "Best Metal Performance" nominees at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on January 31, 2022, at the Crypto.com Arena (formerly the Staples Center) in Los Angeles, California. The progressive metal legends were nominated for their s...