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Watch ALICE COOPER's Entire Concert At 2024 Orange County Fair

Live Rock Music Concerts has uploaded video of Alice Cooper's entire August 16 concert at Pacific Ampitheatre in Costa Mesa, California as part of Orange County Fair's Pacific Amphitheatre concert series. Check it out below. Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed...

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Many are those who claim to be doing something original. Many are those who are also, unquestionably, talking shit. But a quick glance at the last 30 years does throw up a few names that have given hope to enemies of the generic. Japan's MELT-BANANA were unique when they started, and three decades o...

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TONY LEVIN To Release 'Bringing It Down To The Bass' Album In September

Tony Levin and Flatiron Recordings have announced a September 13 global release date for a new studio album titled "Bringing It Down To The Bass". Today, they present the title track which can be previewed below. The album will be available on double vinyl, CD, Blu-ray and digital streaming. The Blu...

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Former ATREYU Vocalist ALEX VARKATZAS's New Band DEAD ICARUS Shares 'The Unconquerable' Single, Announces Tour

DEAD ICARUS, the new band of former ATREYU lead vocalist Alex Varkatzas, as well as Gabe Mangold of ENTERPRISE EARTH and Brandon Zackey, is back with a new single, "The Unconquerable". "It's been over a year since we released our debut single 'Sellout'," says Varkatzas. "As we prepare for our upcomi...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's JOHNNY CHRIST On GOJIRA's Performance At Olympics Opening Ceremony: 'That Was So Cool'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ has weighed in on GOJIRA's performance at last month's Olympic Games opening ceremony. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of beheaded figu...

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Connection Anxiety

As clever as they are deranged, THOTCRIME have come closer than most to producing music that sounds like right now. Beginning life as a studio-bound experimental project, they make a thrilling but confounding racket, built from frenzied cybergrind, off-kilter techno-pop, fleet-footed screamo and an...

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Founding MUSHROOMHEAD Singer JEFFREY HATRIX Sues STEVE 'SKINNY' FELTON Over Unpaid Royalties

According to Cleveland.com, Jeffrey Hatrix, also known as Jeffrey Nothing (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick),formerly the haunting voice and co-founder behind Cleveland's pioneering alterna-metal and industrial collective MUSHROOMHEAD, has sued the band's drummer and producer Steve "Skinny" Felton, alleg...

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PHIL DEMMEL Isn't Interested In Using A.I. To Create Music: 'Music Should Be A Natural, Genuine Birth To Something'

In a new interview with Metallerium, former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE and current KERRY KING guitarist Phil Demmel was asked for his opinion about the role of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in creative industries, including music and art. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, th...

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DEICIDE's STEVE ASHEIM Doesn't Understand 'Banished By Sin' A.I. Artwork Controversy: 'We're Just Going With The Times'

In a new interview with Poland's Soundterror, DEICIDE drummer Steve Asheim once again addressed the controversy surrounding the cover artwork for the band's latest album, "Banished By Sin". Released on April 26 via Reigning Phoenix Music, the LP features art that some people believe was generated by...

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Watch: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Songs At Colombia's GIGANTES DEL ROCK Festival

Fan-filmed video of Joe Lynn Turner's August 3 performance at the Gigantes Del Rock festival at Movistar Arena in Bogotá, Colombia can be seen below. This past April, Turner said that he was "finally living" his" truth" after dropping the hairpiece he had worn since the age of 14 after being diagnos...

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MACHINE HEAD, PAPA ROACH And GOJIRA Among First Confirmed Bands For 2025 Edition Of WACKEN OPEN AIR

The organizers of the annual Wacken Open Air festival have announced the first confirmed bands for the 2025 edition of the event, set to take place from July 30 to August 2 in Wacken, Germany. A total of 34 artists have been announced for the 34th edition of Wacken Open Air, including MACHINE HEAD,...

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ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Says UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES Are 'Welcome' To Take Part In 50th-Anniversary Tour

In a new interview with Metal Journal, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked why he and his bandmates decided to announce that they will embark on a 50th-anniversary tour in late 2025 when they still have plenty of touring to do this year in support of their latest album, "Humanoid". He said (as...

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Watch: SEETHER Performs New Single 'Judas Mind' At SiriusXM Studios

Video of SEETHER performing the band's new single, "Judas Mind", live at the studios of SiriusXM Octane can be seen below. "Judas Mind" is taken from SEETHER's ninth studio album, "The Surface Seems So Far", which will arrive on September 20 via Fantasy Records. "'Judas Mind' is a song about reachin...

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Was GOJIRA's Performance At 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony 'Satanic'? 'It's None Of That', Says JOSEPH DUPLANTIER

Joseph Duplantier of French metallers GOJIRA has defended his band against accusations that they were "perpetuating satanism" with their performance at Friday night's (July 26) Olympic Games opening ceremony. GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Rev...

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SLASH Names His Favorite Early AC/DC Albums

In a recent interview with Matt Pinfield of 95.5 KLOS's "New & Approved" show, legendary GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash was asked to name his favorite AC/DC album starting out. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[1978's] 'Powerage'. Still probably one of my favorite AC/DC records. Bu...