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KING DIAMOND's Long-Awaited New Album To Arrive In Late 2025

KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque and bassist Pontus Egberg spoke to Jimmy Kay of The Metal Voice about the two new songs — "Spider Lilly" and "Electro Therapy" — the band is performing on its current North American headlining tour. The "Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920" trek, which launched on Oct...

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DEFTONES Announce Their Biggest U.K. Show To Date At London's Crystal Palace Park

DEFTONES, the iconic Grammy Award-winning Sacramento band, has announced its return to the U.K. next summer with a headline show at Crystal Palace Park, London on Sunday, June 29, 2025, alongside special guests WEEZER, HIGH VIS and more to be announced. DEFTONES will host an artist pre-sale on Wedne...

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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT Says His Oral Cancer Is Still In Remission, More Than Nine Years After Diagnosis

During an October 31 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", POISON drummer Rikki Rockett offered an update on his health, more than nine years after he was diagnosed with oral cancer. The 63-year-old Rikki, whose real name is Richard Allan Ream, said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUT...

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Original GRIM REAPER Members To Perform Together for First Time in More Than 30 Years To Celebrate STEVE GRIMMETT's Life

The life of one of Swindon's most famous residents will be celebrated heavy metal style at the Wings Of Angels festival on Saturday, November 23. Steve Grimmett, producer, songwriter and lead singer of the internationally renowned metal band GRIM REAPER, will be remembered at the one-day event, name...

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EXTREME Shares 'Small Town Beautiful' Music Video

Massachusetts rockers EXTREME continue to highlight the many sides of "Six", their first album for earMUSIC released in June 2023, with a new video for the charmingly gentle and lyrical track "Small Town Beautiful". "Six" was conceived as an album-length journey. With the tenth video to be released...

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HELLOWEEN Shares 'Eagle Fly Free' Video From Upcoming 'Live At Budokan' Release

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release a new live album, "Live At Budokan", on December 13, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The colossal effort immortalizes HELLOWEEN's September 16, 2023 performance at Tokyo's legendary Nippon Budokan. "Live At...

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DIAMOND HEAD: 'The Illustrated History' Photo Book Due In March

Rufus Publications will release "Diamond Head The Illustrated History" in the spring of 2025. At the vanguard of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene of the late 1970s, DIAMOND HEAD laid the groundwork for countless metal acts to follow. Known for their powerful riffs, soaring solos, and relen...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 40th-Anniversary Signature Drum Kit Released By TAMA

2024 marks METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich's 40th year with Tama drums. In celebration, Tama has released the Lars Ulrich 40th-anniversary signature drum kit. Limited to 72 kits worldwide, this anniversary model features the exact specifications of Lars's custom "M72" tour kit, with Starclassic Maple...

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KROKUS Frontman MARC STORACE Releases 'Screaming Demon' Single From Upcoming 'Crossfire' Solo Album

STORACE, Swiss rock legend Marc Storace's eponymous band, will release its second album, "Crossfire", on November 22 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the LP's latest single, 'Screaming Demon", can be seen below. Storace comments on the song: "'Screaming Demon' starts with an exp...

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Watch KING DIAMOND's Entire Atlanta Concert During Fall 2024 North American Tour

Fan-filmed video of KING DIAMOND's entire October 25 concert at The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia can be seen below. Featured songs: Funeral 0:00:00 Arrival 0:01:25 Mansion In The Darkness 0:07:20 Intros 0:12:14 Halloween 0:14:20 Voodoo 0:19:30 Them 0:24:17 Spiderlily 0:27:34 Two Little Girls 0:32:00...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MATT TUCK: 'For Our Band, I Like To Take Charge Of The Majority Of The Songwriting'

In a new interview with Germany's Rock Antenne, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck was asked what keeps him and his bandmates motivated to keep writing new music more than 25 years after the group's formation. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I don't think there's a secret...

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W.A.S.P. 'Museum' Makes Its Debut As Part of 'Album ONE Alive' Tour VIP Experience

W.A.S.P. kicked off its fall 2024 North American tour, dubbed "Album ONE Alive", on October 26 at Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo, California. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of W.A.S.P.'s first album. To celebrate this classic metal LP, W.A.S.P. is, for the first time in 40 years,...

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DISMEMBER And EXODUS To Headline 2025 'Decibel Magazine & Beer Fest: Philly'

We'll all be bonded by suds on April 4-5, 2025, when Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly — the world's loudest, heaviest, headbangingest, two-day craft beer event — returns to fill the Fillmore with an ever-flowing stream of beer for its eighth year. Swedish death metal legends DISMEMBER...

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Gorilla Warfare

When he isn't otherwise engaged with the London Symphony Orchestra, CYPRESS HILL legend Sen Dog is frontman with POWERFLO, a magnificent throwback to the early days of rap-metal, with former and current members of BIOHAZARD, FEAR FACTORY and VIO-LENCE serving up the thuggish riffs and concrete-clad...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY Inducted Into KENTUCKY MUSIC HALL OF FAME

On October 26, BLACK STONE CHERRY was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame. As a band that has always embraced and celebrated their home state, this was a tremendous honor. BLACK STONE CHERRY comments: "We started this band in middle of the woods in 2001, in a dry county, and no driver's l...