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Ex-DIO Guitarist DOUG ALDRICH Weighs In On LAST IN LINE And DIO DISCIPLES

On a recent episode of the "Loaded Radio" podcast, former DIO guitarist Doug Aldrich spoke to Scott Penfold about the two bands that were formed by other ex-DIO members in the years after singer Ronnie James Dio's death: LAST IN LINE and DIO DISCIPLES. Asked if he thinks both those acts are "cool,"...

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Former IRON MAIDEN Guitarist DENNIS STRATTON Says It's 'Heartbreaking' For BLAZE BAYLEY To Be Excluded From ROCK HALL Nomination

Former IRON MAIDEN guitarist Dennis Stratton has once again commented on the band's nomination for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's class of 2021. The top vote-getters will be announced in May and inducted in a Cleveland, Ohio, ceremony in the fall. According to the Hall Of Fame, the IRON MAIDEN mem...

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TRIVIUM's MATT HEAFY Drops 'Silence In The Snow' Acoustic EP

Matthew Kiichi Heafy, the Japanese-American musician best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist for the Grammy-nominated heavy metal band TRIVIUM, has released the "Silence In The Snow" acoustic EP, featuring reworked versions of four songs from the group's 2015 album of the same name. You can no...

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SALIVA Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of 'Every Six Seconds' With 'Every Twenty Years' EP

SALIVA will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of its breakthrough major label debut, "Every Six Seconds", with a special project called "Every Twenty Years", an EP of classic songs re-recorded with current vocalist Bobby Amaru, on May 7 via Megaforce. "In the 10 years I've been with the band, I've...

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GWAR To Release Acoustic EP 'The Disc With No Name'

We are just a mere three months into the year, but 2021 truly is shaping up to be the year of the Bohab! Following the announcement of GWAR's "Ragnarok" Rye and their brand new CBD line "Bud Of Gods," your Lords and Masters have yet another surprise up their sleeve. May 28 will see the release of "T...

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BEARTOOTH Announces 'Below' Album; 'The Past Is Dead' Music Video Available

BEARTOOTH will release its fourth studio album, "Below", on June 25 via Red Bull Records. The official Wyatt Clough-directed music video for the LP's latest single, "The Past Is Dead", can be seen below. BEARTOOTH frontman Caleb Shomo commented: "'Below' is by far my favorite album I've made to date...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS To Release 25th-Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of 'Tiny Music' Album In July

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their 1996 LP "Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop" by releasing a three-disc/one-LP deluxe edition. Due on July 23, it will feature a remastered version of the original album, alternate versions and mixes of several of the songs, an...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Recalls Scary Road Accident From SLAYER's Early Touring Days: 'I Was Shaking' And 'I Was Rattled'

During an appearance on the latest episode of "The Jasta Show" video podcast hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo recalled a particularly crazy incident from the group's earliest touring days that almost resulted in him and his bandmates being seriously injur...

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Late MEGADETH Drummer NICK MENZA: Cover Artwork For Official Documentary 'This Was My Life' Revealed

Screaming Butterfly Entertainment has revealed the cover artwork for "This Was My Life: The Story Of Nick Menza". The uncensored documentary film that will focus on former MEGADETH drummer Nick Menza's life and musical career. The cover photo for the film was shot by Los Angeles music photographer A...

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Watch MARTY FRIEDMAN's Official Visualizer For 'Kaze Ga Fuiteiru'

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release his new studio album, "Tokyo Jukebox 3", on April 16 via The Players Club/Mascot Label Group. The record, which was made available in Japan last October, is the third in a series that began with "Tokyo Jukebox" in 2009, and then "Tokyo Jukebox 2"...

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JASON NEWSTED Didn't Want To Leave METALLICA, Says Band's Onetime Therapist PHIL TOWLE

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, spoke to the METALLICA-centric podcast "...And Podcast For All!" about the bassist'...

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DEE SNIDER And SEBASTIAN BACH Urge Gun Control Reform After Colorado Shooting Massacre

Dee Snider and Sebastian Bach have called on politicians to address gun violence in America after a string of mass shootings in the past week, including one that killed 10 people in Colorado. On Monday evening, a gunman opened fire at a grocery store in Boulder, killing 10 people, including one poli...

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Here Are New Fan Photos Of Graves Of PANTERA Legends DIMEBAG And VINNIE PAUL

Recently uploaded fan photos of the graves of legendary PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott and his brother, PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott can be found below. Last year, a protective fence was erected around the Abbott brothers' graves at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington,...

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World's Greatest Guitar Players Come Together To Raise Money For JASON BECKER

Throughout March and April, some of the world's greatest guitarists will come together to raise money and celebrate the music of legendary guitarist and composer Jason Becker, who has been living with ALS for over 30 years and continues to compose and record music. The virtual event, hosted in part...

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Tortured Whole

Proponents of death metal — including musicians, fans and everyone in between — have a tendency of taking themselves too seriously. Sure, a serious demeanor and outlook go hand in hand with some of the darker and occult-obsessed bands, but when many take the grimacing look and spirit to an extreme,...