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SAMI HINKKA Says Viking Metal 'Has Nothing To Do' With ENSIFERUM

The Duke of WSOU 89.5 FM recently conducted an interview with bassist Sami Hinkka of Finnish folk metallers ENSIFERUM. You can listen to the full chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the whether the band's forthcoming "Two Paths" album h...

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ANGEL NATION Feat. LEAVES' EYES Singer ELINA SIIRALA: 'Aeon' Album Details Revealed

Inner Wound Recordings has announced the signing of the female-fronted melodic metal band ANGEL NATION. The group's new album, "Aeon", will be released on October 27 in Europe and North America. ANGEL NATION is a melodic metal band founded by the classically trained Finnish singer Elina Siirala who...

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JERRY CANTRELL Says ALICE IN CHAINS Is Working On New Tunes

During an August 21 appearance on the "Trunk Nation" show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106),ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell spoke about the progress of the writing and recording sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2013's "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" album. He said: "We're in...

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DEE SNIDER: 'I Had To Stop Headbanging… My Neck Just About Had It'

During an August 17 appearance on the "Trunk Nation" show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106),Dee Snider spoke about TWISTED SISTER's decision to call it quits last year after completing a farewell fortieth-anniversary tour. "Basically, the level of intensity that I performed at with TWISTED SISTER, I...

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STEPHEN PEARCY: Next RATT Album Will Be 'Quite A Lot Different' From 'Infestation'

Stephen Pearcy says that RATT's upcoming album will be "quite a lot different" from the band's last disc, "Infestation". Released in 2010, "Infestation", featured Robbie Crane on bass instead of Juan Croucier, who rejoined the group in 2012. After putting the band on hold for a few years, Juan and t...

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TED NUGENT Calls DONALD TRUMP 'A Great Man', Says KID ROCK 'Ain't Running For Squat'

During a brand new interview with Newsmax TV, outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent spoke about getting to spend some time in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump back in April. Nugent and fellow Detroit-bred musician Kid Rock were joined in the White House by Sarah Palin, the former Alask...

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Watch SLAYER Perform LED ZEPPELIN And ZZ TOP Covers During Soundcheck

Video footage of SLAYER members Tom Araya (bass, vocals),Gary Holt (guitar) and Paul Bostaph (drums) playing cover versions of LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock And Roll" and ZZ TOP's "Tush" while soundchecking before the band's concerts on August 14 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canadan and July 20 in Ral...

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GEOFF TATE On Meeting TODD LA TORRE: 'We Did A Selfie Together. Does That Mean We're Dating?'

On July 19, ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke to the Hit Parader fan page about his recent chance encounter with his former bandmates at a festival in Spain. Tate said (see video below): "We had a massive falling out in 2012, which led me to leave the band and for them to sue me and take me to...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE Recounts Face-To-Face Encounter With GEOFF TATE: He Told Me I Was 'Amazing'

Todd La Torre says that had "a nice, complimentary exchange" with Geoff Tate when the two singers recently encountered each other at a festival in Spain. La Torre joined QUEENSRŸCHE as the replacement for Tate, who was the band's original lead vocalist, after the latter was fired in 2012. A two-year...

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SCORPIONS Guitarist Speaks Out Against TRUMP's Proposed U.S.-Mexico Wall: 'Building Borders Is Not The Answer'

SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker has spoken out against President Donald Trump's plan to construct a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, saying that "building borders is not the answer." A cornerstone of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, the wall's effectiveness has been questioned by many, with...

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MIKE PORTNOY: 'Out Of The Eighty-Seven Bands I've Been In, I've Only Ever Left Two'

Mike Portnoy has defended himself against criticism that he is involved with too many bands, explaining that he is simply someone "who loves music" and wants to "play with different people." Since leaving DREAM THEATER in 2010, the drummer has been involved with a slew of projects, either as a hired...

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REX BROWN's Co-Writer Disputes Ex-PANTERA's Bassist's Claim About 'Official Truth, 101 Proof' Book

The co-writer of Rex Brown's memoir has disputed the former PANTERA bassist's claim that the book contains passages that were published without Rex's consent. Four years after "Official Truth, 101 Proof: The Inside Story Of Pantera" was released, Brown has been publicly critical of the way his autob...

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Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN: VINNIE PAUL Will Not Speak With PHILIP ANSELMO And Me

Rex Brown says that he would be willing to reunite with the other surviving members of PANTERA in honor of the band's late guitarist, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Talk about a possible PANTERA reunion intensified when singer Philip Anselmo regularly joined Zakk Wylde's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY to perform PA...

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SLAYER's KERRY KING Watches CNN 'Just To See What Idiocy' DONALD TRUMP Said That Day

Kerry King spoke to Westword about the criticism SLAYER frontman Tom Araya drew from some of the band's fans in January when a photoshopped picture of Donald Trump and the members of SLAYER appeared on their Instagram account. Araya posted the image and later chastised fans who objected to the phot...

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Video: VINCE NEIL Performs MÖTLEY CRÜE Classics At Czech Republic's MASTERS OF ROCK Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman Vince Neil's July 16 performance at the Masters Of Rock festival in Vizovice, Czech Republic can be seen below. MÖTLEY CRÜE called it quits in December 2015 following an eighteen-month tour that saw the group performing to packed houses all over the w...