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MAYHEM FESTIVAL Teases 2020 Return

After a five-year hiatus, Mayhem Festival appears to be coming back in 2020. The touring festival hinted at its return earlier today (Monday, December 2) with an Instagram post of Rocky Balboa. An accompanying caption read: "don't call it a comeback. #mayhem2020" Following the SLAYER-headlined 2015...

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GARY HOLT: I Am 'Forever Honored To Have Been A Part Of' SLAYER

Gary Holt says that he is "forever honored to have been a part of" SLAYER. The guitarist, who is also a member of San Francisco Bay Area thrash icons EXODUS, has been the touring axeman for SLAYER since January 2011 when Jeff Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating dise...

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SLIPKNOT, DEFTONES, BRING ME THE HORIZON, EVANESCENCE, Others Added To 2020 Edition Of SONIC TEMPLE ART + MUSIC FESTIVAL

Premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents announces the anticipated music and art lineup for the second annual Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, which returns to MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on Friday, May 15, Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17, 2020. As previously...

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Ex-CANDLEMASS Vocalist MATS LEVÉN On Releasing His First Solo Album: 'I've Been Waiting For This For A Long Time'

A veteran of bands such as CANDLEMASS, THERION and YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN, and a touring member of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, acclaimed Swedish vocalist Mats Levén has finally released his first solo album under the name of SKYBLOOD. The self-titled album features guest contributions from past and prese...

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DEVILDRIVER Singer's Wife Given 'Clean Bill Of Health' Following Cancer Surgery

Anahstasia Fafara, the wife of DEVILDRIVER frontman Dez Fafara, has been given a "clean bill of health," two months after she was diagnosed with invasive malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer. Invasive means the melanoma had gone under her first layer of skin, putting her at risk of it getting c...

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KING DIAMOND Guitarist ANDY LA ROCQUE Celebrates 57th Birthday Onstage In San Francisco (Video)

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque celebrated his 57th birthday onstage with his bandmates Friday night (November 29) at The Warfield in San Francisco, California. KING DIAMOND's namesake frontman led the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday" to the Swedish axeman, who is the only other member of the...

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Ex-LAMB OF GOD Drummer CHRIS ADLER Is 'Impressed Beyond Words' By His Latest Visit To India

Earlier this month, former LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler returned to India to conduct a series of drum and music-business clinics and live shows titled "The Chris Adler Experience", presented by Gravity Talent. The live shows saw Adler supported by a number of the country's top musicians belting o...

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LITA FORD Is Putting Finishing Touches On 'Dark' And 'Badass' New Album

Lita Ford is putting the finishing touches on her long-awaited new solo album, tentatively due in 2020. The follow-up to 2012's "Living Like A Runaway" is once again being helmed by guitarist/producer Gary Hoey, who contributes some guitar playing to the disc, alongside the rest of Ford's backing ba...

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RAY LUZIER Says KORN Is 'Definitely On A New Level All The Way Around As A Band'

Scott Bowling of Good Company recently conducted an interview with KORN drummer Ray Luzier. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On KORN's latest studio album, "The Nothing": Ray: "We're definitely on a new, I'd say, level, all the way around...

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Watch CHRIS ADLER Perform LAMB OF GOD's 'Now You've Got Something To Die For' In Hyderabad, India

Earlier this month, former LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler returned to India to conduct a series of drum and music-business clinics and live shows titled "The Chris Adler Experience", presented by Gravity Talent. The live shows are seeing Adler supported by a number of the country's top musicians be...

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Late ALL THAT REMAINS Guitarist OLI HERBERT's Friends And Fans Use Billboard To Seek Information On His Death

Justice For Oli Herbert, the Facebook page started by late ALL THAT REMAINS guitarist's friends and fans following his untimely death more than a year ago, has put a billboard (see below) near his home in Stafford Springs, Connecticut seeking information regarding his passing. Oli was found dead on...

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SAMMY HAGAR On What He Learned From Working With RONNIE MONTROSE: 'I Don't Want To Play In A Band With People I Don't Like'

During his November 19 appearance at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, veteran rock vocalist Sammy Hagar (VAN HALEN, THE CIRCLE, CHICKENFOOT) discussed his years fronting MONTROSE, the 1970s rock group in which he performed alongside late guitarist Ronnie Montrose. A few excerpts follow (as transcri...

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Portions Of Ex-SLIPKNOT Percussionist CHRIS FEHN's Lawsuit Over Band Profits Dismissed

According to MetalSucks, former SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn's individual claim against his former band's business manager Robert Shore was dismissed in a New York court on Tuesday (November 26). Shore is now no longer named as an individual in Fehn's lawsuit, after Justice Melissa Anne Crane f...

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SLAYER's Manager Doesn't Foresee Band Changing Its Mind About Retirement: 'I'm Not Sensing That At All'

SLAYER's longtime manager Rick Sales has told the Los Angeles Times that he was surprised by the band's decision to end its career as an active performing and recording unit. "They've been doing this for so long," he said. "They just said, 'Okay, this is enough.' My analogy is Jerry Seinfeld, who ha...

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Video: Former JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH Members Perform Heavy Metal Classics In Toronto

Vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),guitarist Glen Drover (MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND, TESTAMENT, EIDOLON),drummer Shawn Drover (MEGADETH, ACT OF DEFIANCE, EIDOLON) and bassist Adrian Robichaud (EIDOLON) joined forces to perform heavy metal classics under the A NIG...