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HANNES VAN DAHL Won't Quit SABATON After Welcoming Child With NIGHTWISH Singer
Drummer Hannes Van Dahl says that his impending fatherhood won't affect his status with SABATON. Van Dahl is expecting his first child in a matter of weeks with his partner of the last few years, NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen. Asked by Spain's Metal Journal whether his family situation will have an...January 24, 2017
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DANNY WORSNOP Says It's 'Good To Be Back' With ASKING ALEXANDRIA, But Insists His Solo Work Is His 'Number One'
Metal Wani's Barrett Stephens recently conducted an interview with ASKING ALEXANDRIA frontman Danny Worsnop. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how his return to ASKING ALEXANDRIA for last fall's "10 Years In Th...January 23, 2017
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STONE SOUR To Release 'Hydrograd' Album
STONE SOUR has set "Hydrograd" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this summer via Roadrunner Records. The disc is being recorded at Sphere Studios in North Hollywood, California. During this past weekend's NAMM show in Anaheim, California, STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor told Rock Cella...January 23, 2017
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Slams TRUMP, Urges Americans To 'Reject The Lies From The People In The New Administraton'
METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hamett has issued his strongest condemnation yet of Donald Trump, comparing the new president's inaugural address to the speeches that were made in Germany under Adolf Hitler's rule and urging the American people to "reject the lies from the people in the new administraton."...January 21, 2017
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Former LOUDNESS And YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singer MICHAEL VESCERA Launches VESCERA Project
VESCERA, the new band led by acclaimed heavy metal vocalist Michael Vescera (LOUDNESS, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, OBSESSION),has signed a worldwide deal with Pure Steel Records. The group — whose lineup is completed by ex-NITEHAWKS members Mike Petrone (guitar) and Frank Leone (bass),along with drummer Fab...January 20, 2017
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BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Says A Potential OVERKILL Biography Wouldn't Air 'Dirty Laundry'
Matt Coe of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. A few excerpts follow below. Dead Rhetoric: "The Grinding Wheel" is the 18th studio album for OVERKILL. Seems like this is another three-dimensional record to...January 20, 2017
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TRIVIUM Frontman Downplays Latest Drummer Switch; PAUL WANDTKE Confirms Exit From Band
Drummer Paul Wandtke has confirmed that he is no longer a touring member of the Florida-based metal band TRIVIUM. On December 22, BLABBERMOUTH.NET exclusively reported the rumor that TRIVIUM had parted ways with Wandtke and welcomed Alex Bent, a member of BATTLECROSS and DECREPIT BIRTH who has previ...January 20, 2017
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ALTER BRIDGE's MYLES KENNEDY Is Already Working On Second Solo Album
On January 12, David "Gus" Griesinger of BackstageAxxess.com conducted an interview with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS singer Myles Kennedy. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...January 19, 2017
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JACK RUSSELL: 'I'm Lucky To Be Alive'
Mike Preston of Psycho Babble TV recently conducted an interview with former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his health status, seven years after coming back from near death with a perforated bowel and pulmonary...January 17, 2017
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AUDIOSLAVE To Reunite For First Performance In Over A Decade At 'Anti-Inaugural Ball'
AUDIOSLAVE will reunite for its first performance in over a decade on Friday, January 20 at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles for the Anti-Inaugural Ball, protesting President Donald Trump's inauguration. Also scheduled to appear at the event are PROPHETS OF RAGE, Vic Mensa, Jackson Browne, Jack...January 17, 2017
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AEROSMITH's STEVEN TYLER Performs At KURT BUSCH's Post-Wedding Party
AEROSMITH frontman Steven Tyler performed at the post-wedding party of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup driver Kurt Busch and his new bride, polo player and model Ashley Van Metre. At Bristol Motor Speedway last April, Busch chose AEROSMITH's "Walk This Way" as his song for driver introductions. A member o...January 17, 2017
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EXODUS Fill-In Guitarist KRAGEN LUM: 'They Treat Me Like Family'
Guitar Mania conducted an interview with guitarist Lee Altus and fill-in guitarist Kragen Lum (both also of HEATHEN) of San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS prior to the band's November 18, 2016 show at Arena in Vienna, Austria as part of the "Battle Of The Bays" tour with OBITUARY, P...January 14, 2017
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NIGHT RANGER To Release 'Don't Let Up' Album In March
Frontiers Music Srl will release "Don't Let Up", the new studio album from NIGHT RANGER, on March 24. The disc will be available in both a standard edition and a deluxe edition (featuring bonus track and bonus DVD — physical format only). The song "Somehow Someway", taken from "Don't Let Up", can be...January 13, 2017
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Records Guests Appearance On New BODY COUNT Album
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has recorded a guest solo for the forthcoming album from BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T. Titled "Bloodlust", the disc is tentatively due in March via Century Media. After Ice-T tweeted that Mustaine "killed it" with his c...January 12, 2017
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SOILWORK Recruits Bassist TAYLOR NORDBERG For European Tour
Swedish metallers SOILWORK have recruited Taylor Nordberg (INFERNAEON, RIBSPREADER) to play bass for the band on their upcoming European tour with KREATOR, SEPULTURA and ABORTED, which is scheduled to kick off on February 1 in Metz, France. It is not presently clear how this affects the status of SO...January 11, 2017
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