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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Talks About Lyrical Inspiration For 'The Brotherhood Of The Snake' Album

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT spoke to The Metalist web site about the band's forthcoming eleventh studio album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast. On the topic of the lyrical themes covered on TESTAMENT's follow-up to 2012's "Dark Roots Of Earth", Chuck sa...

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MOTÖRHEAD, TESTAMENT, Ex-QUIET RIOT Members Pay Tribute To LEMMY At 'Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Awards'

Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT),Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE) and Mikkey Dee (MOTÖRHEAD) paid tribute to iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister by performing the classic MOTÖRHEAD song "Ace Of Spades" on Sunday, May 15 at the first annual Vegas Rocks! Hair Metal Award...

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BRIAN MAY On Upcoming QUEEN Tour: 'I Feel So Privileged That We Can Still Do This'

QUEEN and "American Idol" finalist Adam Lambert recently sat down for an interview in which they discussed their upcoming European tour, which kicks off at the end of May. You can now watch the first part of the chat below. QUEEN guitarist Brian May said: "I feel so privileged that we can still do t...

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THE WINERY DOGS: Santiago Show To Be Filmed For Upcoming DVD, Blu-Ray

THE WINERY DOGS' May 27 performance at Teatro Cariola in Santiago, Chile will be professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD and Blu-ray. THE WINERY DOGS is the power trio featuring drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ADRENALINE MOB),legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (M...

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TESTAMENT's New Album Will 'Definitely' Be Titled 'The Brotherhood Of The Snake'

Vocalist Chuck Billy of San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT has confirmed that the band's forthcoming eleventh studio album will "definitely" be titled "The Brotherhood Of The Snake". Speaking to TheNationalStudent about the lyrical themes covered on TESTAMENT's follow-up to 2012's "Dark Root...

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IGGY POP's Collaboration With JOSHUA HOMME: 'Sunday' Video Released

"Sunday", the new video from Iggy Pop and Joshua Homme, can be seen below. The song is taken from "Post Pop Depression", the seventeenth Iggy Pop album, which was released on March 18 via Rekords Rekords / Loma Vista / Caroline. The first Iggy Pop album co-created with producer/guitarist/songwriter/...

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FREDDIE MERCURY Scholarship At ACM Announced

The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) and Metropolis Studios announced the inauguration of a Freddie Mercury Scholarship, endorsed by QUEEN's Roger Taylor and Brian May. The award comes in the year which will see the celebration of the singer's 70th birthday, on September 5. The first-ever scholar...

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JASON BONHAM Says BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Reunion Is 'An Exciting Thing'

Jason Bonham says that the reunited BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION will get together in January to begin work on a new album, to be released later next year. Bonham, along with BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes and producer Kevin Shirley confirmed last month that the band would return s...

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ZAKK WYLDE Announces 'Book Of Shadows II' North American Tour Dates

Guitar icon Zakk Wylde today has announced new U.S. and Canadian tour dates in continued support of his new LP, "Book Of Shadows II". Wylde will hit over 40 cities spread out across the U.S. and Canada this summer including a performance at Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal on August 7, a first fo...

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New THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN Album To Be Released Via COOKING VINYL

Party Smasher Inc., the multi-faceted collective founded by Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA),has announced a global partnership with Cooking Vinyl. A network for cultural saboteurs of various disciplines — music, art, fashion, and beyond — Party Smasher was establis...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM Is Trying To Keep Arts In Los Angeles Schools

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum made an appearance on Friday (May 6) on FOX 11 in Los Angeles to talk about a concert May 12 at the Fonda Theatre for elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The night will honor 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees ...

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Video: RESURRECTION KINGS Feat. VINNY APPICE, CRAIG GOLDY Performs In San Diego

Fan-filmed video footage of RESURRECTION KINGS performing on May 6 at Brick By Brick in San Diego, California can be seen below. RESURRECTION KINGS is the new so-called "supergroup" featuring singer Chas West (TRIBE OF GYPSIES, LYNCH MOB),guitarist Craig Goldy (DIO, GIUFFRIA, ROUGH CUTT, DIO DISCIP...

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CINDERELLA's TOM KEIFER Pays Tribute To PRINCE With 'Purple Rain' Performance (Video)

CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer paid tribute to Prince with a performance of the legendary singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer's classic song "Purple Rain" on April 30 at the M3 Rock Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can b...

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SLIPKNOT/STONE SOUR Frontman COREY TAYLOR: How PRINCE Inspired Me

One of the most emotionally charged tributes to legendary singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer Prince on the day of his passing came from SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor, who was scheduled to perform that night at the very club that Prince helped turn into a must-see mecca after...

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SAXON To Be Joined By MOTÖRHEAD's CAMPBELL, DEE For LEMMY Tribute At 'Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards'

The Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards has brought together rock behemoths SAXON with Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee of MOTÖRHEAD to play a special one-off set of Lemmy's favorite SAXON songs and MOTÖRHEAD classics in a unique "Salute To Lemmy." Lemmy was, and will always be, one of the godfathers of roc...