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MR. LORDI Claims LORDI Turned Down Co-Headlining Tour With GWAR

Andrew Epstein of Zombitrol conducted an interview with Mr. Lordi of Finnish monster metallers LORDI prior to the band's February 22 show at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On where the cha...

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SLIPKNOT Will Not Perform At This Year's KNOTFEST, Says COREY TAYLOR

For the first time since its 2012 inception, SLIPKNOT's Knotfest music festival will not include performances by the band that founded and curated the event. According to Billboard, this year's Knotfest festivals, including one already announced for October 28 in Toluca, Mexico, and a U.S. date, aga...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist: 'Money Can Make People Very Egotistical'

Frédéric Bellec of France's Pavillon666 conducted an interview with DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Spreitzer after the band's June 10 performance at the French edition of the Download festival in Paris. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On...

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OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST Is Returning To Southern California This Fall

Ozzy Osbourne has hinted at the return of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, a combination of the two hard rock and metal events that first took place last September at San Manuel Amphitheater and Festival Grounds in San Bernardino, California. A new post on Osbourne's Facebook page features a picture of the s...

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Former PANTERA, OZZY OSBOURNE And SEBASTIAN BACH Security Guard 'BIG VAL' BICHEKAS Dies

"Big Val" Bichekas, former bodyguard for PANTERA, Sebastian Bach and head of security for Ozzy Osbourne and ALICE IN CHAINS, has died. His passing was confirmed by both PANTERA and Bach, with the former SKID ROW singer writing on his Facebook page: "My heart goes out to the family and friends of Big...

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Watch SLIPKNOT's Interactive 360-Degree 'The Shape' Video

SLIPKNOT has released an interactive, 360-degree live video for the "Iowa" track "The Shape". The clip, which was helmed by the band's percussionist and visual mastermind M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown),captures the band's first-ever live performance of the song at last year's Knotfest. "From the be...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's ZACKY VENGEANCE Is 'Thrilled' To See OZZY OSBOURNE Reunite With ZAKK WYLDE

AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Zacky Vengeance was recently interviewed by Meltdown of the Detroit, Michigan radio station WRIF. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked for his opinion on the announcement that Ozzy Osbourne was reuniting with guitarist Zakk Wylde for the first time in more than a d...

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Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA Recalls Being Fired By DAVE MUSTAINE In 'Megalife' Book Excerpt

Late MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza's long-awaited memoir, "Megalife: Nick Menza - The Book", will finally be released in late 2017. The book, which was written with J. Marshall Craig, was delayed after being drastically reworked in the months following Nick's passing. Says J. Marshall Craig: "I spent...

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BLACK SABBATH, DISTURBED, MEGADETH, OPETH Featured In OZZFEST 2016 Recap Video

A video recap of the first day of Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, which was held on September 24-25, 2016 at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, California, can be seen below. About 37,000 people attended the first day of the event, with 3,400 campers on the festival grounds. The Ozzfest lineup was headlined...

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ARMORED SAINT: Official 'Last Train Home' Performance Video From WACKEN OPEN AIR

ARMORED SAINT will release a new live album, "Carpe Noctum", on February 24 via Metal Blade. Having toured with METALLICA, WHITESNAKE, ALICE COOPER, SCORPIONS and many other artists since their inception in the early '80s, ARMORED SAINT has always been a highly regarded live act — not only in their...

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Estranged BLACK SABBATH Drummer BILL WARD Pays Tribute To Late Keyboardist GEOFF NICHOLLS

This weekend's edition of legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's radio show "Rock 50" included his tribute to former BLACK SABBATH keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who died in late January after a long battle with lung cancer. Ward said (listen to the audio below): "A few weeks ago, Geoff Nicholls,...

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Former BLACK SABBATH Keyboardist GEOFF NICHOLLS Dies After Battle With Lung Cancer

Former BLACK SABBATH keyboardist Geoff Nicholls died this morning after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 68 years old. Nicholls's passing was confirmed by SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi, who wrote about his former bandmate: "I'm so saddened to hear the loss of one of my dearest and closest frien...

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JAY WEINBERG: SLIPKNOT's Early Music 'Was The Soundtrack To My Life'

During last week's appearance on "Trunk Nation", Eddie Trunk's show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106),SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg spoke about his audition for the band and the process of making the group's latest album, ".5: The Gray Chapter". Weinberg, 26, discovered SLIPKNOT when he was a pre-te...

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ARMORED SAINT Singer Hopes Artists Will Eventually Get 'Properly Paid' By Streaming Music Services

Former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT singer John Bush was recently interviewed for the "Talking Metal" podcast. You can now listen to the chat using the Spreaker widget below. Asked for his opinion on streaming music services like Spotify, Bush said: "You know, the whole streaming thing, I don't...

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ROB ZOMBIE On His Current Solo Band: 'We're Always Together'

During last week's appearance on "Trunk Nation", Eddie Trunk's show on SiriusXM channel Volume (106),Rob Zombie spoke about his reluctance to assemble a brand new solo band after the musicians he used on his first couple of albums fell out with each other, resulting in the group's breakup. "What ha...