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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT Says He Has Been In Direct Contact BRET MICHAELS: 'We're Gonna Do Something In 2027'

During an appearance on the January 29 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", POISON drummer Rikki Rockett expressed optimism that the band will hit the road in 2027 to commemorate the 41st anniversary of the band's debut album, 1986's "Look What the Cat Dragged In". Earlier this mon...

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Watch: STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Performs EXODUS And TESTAMENT Classics In San Francisco

Former EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza performed with his solo band on Monday, January 26 at at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, California. Video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Walter Morgan). When the San Francisco gig was first announced last month, Zetro said in a...

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MATTHEW NELSON Explains How HENRY ROLLINS Almost Made Guest Appearance On NELSON's 'Imaginator' Album

During an appearance on the "Talk Is Jericho" podcast, hosted by FOZZY frontman and superstar wrestler Chris Jericho, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson discussed their new memoir, "What Happened To Your Hair?", which came out on December 16 via Permuted Press. The 58-year-old identical twins, who are the so...

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Eon Of Obscenity

Like a sudden hammer attack in a pitch-black alleyway, STABBING creep up on you, with brutal, bloody consequences. Four years ago, the Texans emerged from the obscure shadows of the BDM scene armed with a debut album surprising everyone with its sheer ferocity. "Extirpated Mortal Process" was widely...

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Watch: STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Performs EXODUS And TESTAMENT Classics In Anaheim

Former EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza performed with his solo band on Saturday, January 24 at The Ballroom at The Grand Theater in Anaheim, California. Video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Walter Morgan). As previously reported, Souza will also play a gig with his solo band on Mond...

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Endless

The second coming of deathcore has brought us an absurd amount of great music. From WHITECHAPEL's steadily evolving barbarity to LORNA SHORE's arena-ready grandiloquence, with countless other distinctive entities making up the numbers, the genre has sprouted wings over the last few years, and now an...

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GUNNAR And MATTHEW NELSON Explain Why Now Was Right Time For Them To Write Their Memoir

For the first time, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson are telling the real story behind their family's all-American entertainment dynasty in their new memoir, "What Happened To Your Hair?", which came out on December 16 via Permuted Press. From "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet" — Ozzie and Harriet Nelso...

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Ex-METAL CHURCH Drummer STET HOWLAND Says MARC LOPES Was '100% Accurate' In His Assessment Of KURDT VANDERHOOF's 'S*** Show'

Former METAL CHURCH drummer Stet Howland says that he is "100%" in agreement with the band's former singer Marc Lopes after the vocalist described METAL CHURCH as "a shit show" and blasted the group's founding guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof over the way METAL CHURCH's recent lineup changes were handled....

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VIO-LENCE To Release New 'Punk Cover' Before Putting Out More Original Material: 'I Don't Wanna Rush Writing', Says SEAN KILLIAN

In a new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, VIO-LENCE singer Sean Killian spoke about the band's plans for new music. For the reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrashers' recent U.S. tour as the support act for DEATH ANGEL, Killian was joined on stage by Ira Black (LIZZY BORDEN, V...

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Why Did 'WHITESNAKE EXPERIENCE' Concert In Serbia Get Canceled? JOEL HOEKSTRA Explains

In a new interview with Ernest Skinner of Canada's Border City Rock Talk, Joel Hoekstra addressed last year's cancelation of a concert in Serbia by members of WHITESNAKE. A press conference was held in late May 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia to announce the participants of the 58th Guitar Festival in Zaje...

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METAL CHURCH's KURDT VANDERHOOF Has 'Nothing Negative To Say' About His Former Bandmates: 'Sometimes Things Just Stop Working'

METAL CHURCH's founding guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof has released a statement apparently addressing recent comments by the band's former singer Marc Lopes in which the vocalist referred to METAL CHURCH as "a shit show" and lamented the lack of "respect" Marc was given after he after recording just one...

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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Reveals Details Of Long-In-The-Works 'rEvolutions' Album

Former MEGADETH and current KINGS OF THRASH guitarist Jeff Young has offered an update on "rEvolutions", an "album project" which he says he has "been patiently working on for well over a decade now". Says Young: "The process began with a specific intent but no conditions nor time limit. The goal wa...

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Ex-METAL CHURCH Singer MARC LOPES Opens Up About His Departure From The Band: 'It's Pretty Disgusting What Happened'

During an appearance on the latest episode of The Big Truth Podcast, singer Marc Lopes opened up about his departure from METAL CHURCH after recording just one album with the veteran metal band, 2023's "Congregation Of Annihilation". Lopes joined METAL CHURCH in the summer of 2022 as the replacement...

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PHIL DEMMEL On VIO-LENCE: 'I Was In No Way 'Controlling' The Band Or Making Unilateral Band Decisions'

Founding VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel has denied demanding of VIO-LENCE singer Sean Killian that the group be disbanded following Phil's exit from VIO-LENCE nearly two years ago. Phil's final concert with the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans took place in February 2024 at Carioca Club...

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The Wilted

After several years of persistence, in 2025 PALEFACE SWISS finally got their just rewards. The band's third album "Cursed" was widely praised for its originality, intensity and laudable disregard for genre boundaries, as raging, riff-heavy songs like "Hatred" and "Don't You Ever Stop" smashed their...