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DIO DISCIPLES On Upcoming Debut Album: 'People Wanted Us To Do Our Own Music'

DIO DISCIPLES, which pays tribute to Ronnie James Dio and is fully supported by Dio's widow/manager Wendy, has already written four songs for its upcoming debut album, which is tentatively due next year via BMG. DIO DISCIPLES is made up of former members of DIO, along with a rotating lineup of vocal...

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FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST ENTERTAINMENT

New Jersey metal titans FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY have signed a worldwide deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The band is working on material for its fifth full-length album, to be released sometime in early 2019. Comments the group: "We're incredibly excited to announce that FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY has sign...

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Stone Temple Pilots

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS has returned with "Stone Temple Pilots". While there's absolutely nothing wrong with an eponymously entitled song or album, the group named its previous album "Stone Temple Pilots". One can't help but wonder whether or not the best decision was made this time around. At any rate,...

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Video: QUEENSRŸCHE Performs At M3 ROCK FESTIVAL

Fan-filmed video footage of QUEENSRŸCHE's May 5 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below (clips uploaded by YouTube user Jennifer Harrell). For the past year, QUEENSRŸCHE's founding drummer Scott Rockenfield has been taking time of...

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New Trailer For KORN Guitarist BRIAN 'HEAD' WELCH's 'Loud Krazy Love' Film

A new trailer for "Loud Krazy Love", an unconventional new documentary chronicling the chaotic and unexpectedly uplifting life story of Brian "Head" Welch, best known as guitarist and co-founder of KORN, can be seen below (courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter). The 86-minute film directed by first-tim...

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Original AC/DC Singer DAVE EVANS Honored By Tenaha Police Department (Video)

According to East Texas Press, original AC/DC singer Dave Evans was presented with a plaque bearing the key to the city of Tenaha, Texas during a special ribbon cutting for the Tenaha Police Department on Saturday, April 28 in the Tenaha ISD Cafetorium. Evans was also made an honorary police officer...

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JUDAS PRIEST Drummer On ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'We'll Get In Eventually'

JUDAS PRIEST drummer Scott Travis says that he is convinced that his band will "eventually" be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands...

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LIVE NATION Acquires ROCK IN RIO Festival

Live Nation Entertainment, the world's leading live entertainment company, is expanding its presence in South America by acquiring a stake in Rock In Rio, which in 2017 was the second highest-grossing festival in all of the world, as well as the largest music festival in South America, attended by m...

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METALLICA, DEFTONES To Perform At This Year's 'Austin City Limits Music Festival'

The 17th annual Austin City Limits Music Festival will deliver one of the most exceptional lineups of this year's festival season with headliners Paul McCartney, METALLICA, CHILDISH GAMBINO, ARCTIC MONKEYS, Travis Scott and ODESZA. The history-making bill includes first time ACL Fest performances an...

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Former ANTHRAX Singer DAN NELSON's WOLFPACK BLACK Performs At 'United Ink No Limits Tattoo Expo' (Video)

Video footage of WOLFPACK BLACK, the new band featuring former ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson, performing the song "Low" on April 21 at the United Ink No Limits Tattoo Expo in New York City can be seen below. Joining Nelson in WOLFPACK BLACK's current lineup are bassist Pat Foote (STEEL REIGN) and drumme...

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GEOFF TATE Announces More 'Operation: Mindcrime' 30th-Anniversary U.S. Tour Dates

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the landmark concept album "Operation: Mindcrime", original QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate and his band, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, will perform the platinum-selling album (released May 3, 1988) from beginning to end in its entirety, along with a set full of greatest h...

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ANTHRAX's FRANK BELLO: 'I Don't See SLAYER Ever Really Going Away'

ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello was recently interviewed by PureGrainAudio. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On SLAYER "packing it in" after one "final" tour: Frank: "For me, I don't feel like that. The 'packing in,' that's very… it's a def...

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KISS Manager On Why He Believes Band Can Continue Without Original Members: This Isn't 'Dark Side Of The Moon'

Veteran talent manager Doc McGhee (KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, BON JOVI) was recently interviewed by Juliette Miranda of "The Unwritable Rant" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On his early days as a manager: Doc: "You start [by]...

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CANCER BATS Release Animated Video For 'Gatekeeper'

Canadian hardcore metal punks CANCER BATS have just released an animated video for "Gatekeeper". Directed by Stevie Gee and written by Gee and Essy May, who both worked on MASTODON's "Steambreather", the super-awesome '80s-inspired animated short features motorbike-riding ghouls, a sorcerer and the...

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ZAKK WYLDE, GEORGE LYNCH, PAUL GILBERT Perform Popular DISNEY Songs On 'Disney Super Guitar' Album

The new instrumental album "Disney Super Guitar" features guitarists Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY),Paul Gilbert (MR. BIG),Tak Matsumoto (B'Z),George Lynch (DOKKEN),Orianthi, and others performing hard-rocking, virtuosic versions of timeless Disney songs. With cover art depictin...