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NONPOINT Recruits ILL NIÑO Guitarist AHRUE LUSTER For Upcoming Tour

Former MACHINE HEAD and current ILL NIÑO guitarist Ahrue Luster will play guitar for NONPOINT on the band's upcoming U.S. tour, which kicks off on September 18 in Lubbock, Texas. The month-long trek will end on October 13 in Joliet, Illinois. NONPOINT said in a statement: "We'd like to thank our fri...

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LEE AARON To Release 'Power, Soul, Rock N' Roll' Live Album

Canadian rock icon Lee Aaron will release the first official live album of her long career exclusively on September 20 via Metalville Records. "Power, Soul, Rock N' Roll" was recorded during Aaron's 2017 German tour at the concerts in Balingen and Nuremberg and will be released as a CD-DVD set in di...

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DAVID ELLEFSON On How He Has Survived In MEGADETH All These Years: 'I Know My Place'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke to the "Talk Toomey" podcast about the fact that he became a salaried employee upon his return to the band in 2010, something he shared with the world in his latest book, "More Life With Deth". Six years earlier, Ellefson declined to rejoin MEGADETH upon the ban...

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PHIL RIND On Departure Of Founding SACRED REICH Member JASON RAINEY: 'It's A Real Heartbreaking Thing'

Michael Francisco of Sonic Perspectives recently conducted an interview with frontman Phil Rind of veteran Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why founding member and longtime guitarist Jason Rainey depa...

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EUROPE's JOEY TEMPEST Likes Recording Albums Fast: All Important Decisions Are Made Within A Two-Week Period

EUROPE singer Joey Tempest recently spoke to France's Le Coin Metal about the band's songwriting process. He said (see video below): "We tour quite a lot, but we usually write an album — it takes about six months to get the material ready. Then we record it fast — we go into the studio and we record...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About Making Of 'Set The World Afire' Song For 'Death By Design' Graphic Novel (Video)

MEGADETH's 35th-anniversary greatest-hits compilation, "Warheads On Foreheads", is accompanied by a 350-page graphic anthology, featuring comic book stories inspired by the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled "Death By Design", features stories written and illustrated by top talent from th...

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SEBASTIAN BACH To Reunite With Original SKID ROW Drummer ROB AFFUSO For 'A Few Shows'

Sebastian Bach, who just kicked off a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's self-titled debut album, says that drummer Rob Affuso will join him for a few shows on the trek. Asked in a new interview with PopCulture.com if there is any chance of a other members of SKID ROW's classic line...

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Video Premiere: CRASHDÏET's 'Rust'

The official music video for the song "Rust" from Swedish sleaze rockers CRASHDÏET can be seen below. The track is the title cut of the band's fifth studio album, which will be released on September 13 via Diet Records in Scandinavia and Frontiers Music Srl in the rest of the world. The record marks...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Kicks Off 'Skid Row' 30th-Anniversary Tour (Video)

Sebastian Bach kicked off a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's self-titled debut album Thursday night (August 29) at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, Tennessee. Bach opened the 15-song set with "Tornado" — the LP's final track — and "Forever" before the singer performed the rest o...

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MACHINE HEAD's New Track 'Do Or Die' Is 'By Far The Most Extreme Song' In Band's Catalog

MACHINE HEAD's new track, "Do Or Die", is "by far the most extreme song" in the band's catalog. The extraordinary claim was made by WARBRINGER drummer Carlos Cruz, who recorded the track last December with MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn and bassist Jared MacEachern at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland,...

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FLYING COLORS Feat. MIKE PORTNOY, STEVE MORSE, NEAL MORSE: 'You Are Not Alone' Video

"You Are Not Alone", the new video from FLYING COLORS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Third Degree", which will be released on October 4 via Music Theories Recordings. Drummer Mike Portnoy states: "It's one of the softer songs on the album... a side of FLYING...

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SACRED REICH's PHIL RIND: 'We're Not Going To Stop Saying What We Believe In Because We're Afraid Of Losing Some Sales'

SACRED REICH bassist/vocalist Phil Rind recently spoke with Chuck Marshall of Metal Wani. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Awakening": Phil: "It was really special. It took a...

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MACHINE HEAD To Release New Song 'Do Or Die' Next Month; U.S. Tour Dates Coming Soon

A new MACHINE HEAD song, "Do Or Die", will be released next month to coincide with the announcement of the U.S leg of the band's "Burn My Eyes" 25th-anniversary tour. The shows will see MACHINE HEAD's original drummer Chris Kontos and guitarist Logan Mader join the band onstage again to play the gro...

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SACRED REICH Frontman On 'Awakening' Album: 'We Definitely Wanted To Not Forget Where We Came From'

Chris Akin of "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with frontman Phil Rind from Arizona thrash metal veterans SACRED REICH. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether SACRED REICH never got its "just due" in the t...

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DAVID ELLEFSON On Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND: 'He's A Unique Player'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson shared in a recent interview with "The Five Count" radio show what it was like to have his former bandmate, Chris Poland, guest on his new "Sleeping Giants" solo album. The guitarist was dismissed from MEGADETH in 1987 after disagreements with leader Dave Mustaine but...