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SHADOWSIDE Releases 'Alive' Video

Brazilian metallers SHADOWSIDE, who feature in their ranks Swedish bass player Magnus Rosén (ex-HAMMERFALL),have released the official music video for the song "Alive". The track is the first single from the new SHADOWSIDE album, "Shades Of Humanity", which was recorded and produced in Sweden by Fr...

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GEOFF TATE Says He Had A 'Nice Little Reunion' With QUEENSRŸCHE In Spain, Calls TODD LA TORRE A 'Fantastic' Singer

Geoff Tate says that he recently had "a really nice little reunion" with his former bandmates in QUEENSRŸCHE, almost exactly five years after his acrimonious split with the group. In April 2014, Tate and QUEENSRŸCHE announced that a settlement had been reached after a nearly two-year legal battle wh...

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STEPHEN PEARCY Says He Expects RATT To Take Two Years To Make New Album

During an appearance on a recent edition of "The Classic Metal Show", RATT singer Stephen Pearcy confirmed that the band is "talking about" returning to the studio to record the follow-up to 2010's "Infestation" album. "We have written a couple of things, and it's good," Pearcy said (hear audio belo...

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ADRENALINE MOB Guitarist On 'We The People' Album: 'I'm Not Out There To Fly The Flag For A Certain Side'

ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando spoke to the "SixX Strings" radio show about the politically charged nature of the band's latest album, "We The People". Asked if the group had something to say on the new disc, Mike responded (hear audio below): "Definitely. Anyone that had a TV on or a radio i...

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ANTHRAX Frontman 'Had No Idea' 'Among The Living' Would Turn Out To Be So Successful

Headbanging TV conducted an interview with ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna on June 28 at Reflektor in Liège, Belgium. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the thirtieth anniversary of ANTHRAX's "Among The Living" album and why that record is so important to the band, Joey said: "It was a suc...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL: I'm Saddened That RONNIE JAMES DIO And I Never Had A Chance To Make It Up

Former DIO and current DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell says that is "saddened" that he and Ronnie James Dio "never had a chance to make it up" after their bitter split three decades ago. Campbell and Ronnie James Dio worked together on the first three DIO albums 1983's "Holy Diver", 1984's "Th...

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Video: BATTLE BEAST Performs At Finland's LANKAFEST

Multi-camera video footage of BATTLE BEAST's June 30 concert at LankaFest in Puolanka Finland can be seen below (clips uploaded by Esa Kankaala). BATTLE BEAST's fourth album, "Bringer Of Pain", was released on February 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. The ten-track disc was recorded and produced at JK...

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EXODUS Rejoined By ROB DUKES, RICK HUNOLT, PAUL BOSTAPH At San Francisco Concert (Video)

Thrash metal legends EXODUS were rejoined by their former singer Rob Dukes on stage during their July 8 concert in San Francisco, California. Dukes sang several songs with the band during the second of EXODUS's two-night stint at The Chapel in what marked the group's first headlining Bay Area club s...

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Watch ANTHRAX Perform In Uden, Netherlands

Fan-filmed video footage of ANTHRAX's July concert at De Pul in Uden, The Netherlands can be seen below. Filling for regular ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante at the Uden show was Jon Dette. Benante is forced to miss certain shows on the band's tour due to his continuing battle with carpal tunnel synd...

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MIKE PORTNOY 'Loves' His Former Bandmates In DREAM THEATER

Mike Portnoy says that he understands why his former bandmates in DREAM THEATER declined his invitation to join him in a performance of the group's "12 Step Suite" in its entirety for the first time ever on the Cruise To The Edge this past February. The music documents the musician's battle with alc...

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Former SAMSON And IRON MAIDEN Drummer THUNDERSTICK Is Back With New Album, 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'

After playing with a developing IRON MAIDEN in the seventies and then moving to SAMSON (being instrumental in finding a very youthful Bruce Dickinson),Barry Graham Purkis became the figurehead of the newly emerging NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) scene. This was done by creating an alter e...

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Former BATTLE BEAST Guitarist ANTON KABANEN Completes Work On Debut Album From BEAST IN BLACK

BEAST IN BLACK, the Helsinki, Finland-based metal band led by former BATTLE BEAST guitarist and main songwriter Anton Kabanen, has completed work on its debut album. The disc was produced by Kabanen and recorded primarily at his studio, Sound Quest Studio. BEAST IN BLACK is working on securing a re...

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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'Robotics Are Not Helping Us Develop Our Intellect'

Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how technological advances have changed the approach of musicians today versus the '80s:...

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SAXON: Trailer For 'The Solid Book Of Rock' 14-Disc Box Set

British heavy metal legends SAXON will release "The Solid Book Of Rock" on August 4. The set comprises fourteen discs in total — not only all nine of SAXON's studio albums from 1991 to 2009 but eight bonus tracks and two bonus CDs — "Classics Re-Recorded", originally issued with the initial pressin...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist On Upcoming Album: Everyone Who's Heard It 'Thinks It's A Smash'

Jason Hook says that everyone who has heard FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's upcoming album thinks it's the band's strongest effort to date. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH delivered its follow-up to 2015's "Got Your Six" to the band's longtime record label Prospect Park several months ago, but a legal battle with...