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JOSH FREESE Confirms Return To A PERFECT CIRCLE After 13 Years

FOO FIGHTERS drummer Josh Freese will sit behind the kit for A PERFECT CIRCLE on select dates during the latter band's "Sessanta" tour. It will mark the first time he has performed with the Maynard James Keenan-fronted outfit in 13 years. The "Sessanta" tour, which celebrates Keenan's 60th birthday,...

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EXCITER Announces Summer 2024 North American Tour With MIDNIGHT

Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER will embark on a summer 2024 North American tour with MIDNIGHT. Support on the trek will come from WRAITH and HELLWITCH. The dates are as follows: July 18 - Morro Bay, CA - The Siren July 19 - Santa Ana, CA -La Santa July 20 - San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick Jul...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Was Originally Approached In Late 2023 About Filling In For D.D. VERNI In OVERKILL

In a March 12, 2024 interview with Metal & Rock Zone, David Ellefson spoke about the recent announcement that New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL have recruited him to play bass for the band on their "Scorching Latin America 2024" tour. The former MEGADETH member will be filling in for ori...

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ROB HALFORD Says All The Music Is 'Ready' For His Debut Blues Solo Album

In a new interview with Germany's Rock Antenne, Rob Halford spoke about the status of his long-in-the-works debut blues solo album. The JUDAS PRIEST singer is collaborating with the same team that assisted him during the making of his 2019 Christmas LP "Celestial", including his brother Nigel and hi...

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DUFF MCKAGAN Announces Details Of Expanded Edition Of 'Lighthouse' Solo Album

GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has announced an expanded digital edition of his acclaimed third solo album, "Lighthouse", available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The deluxe release includes eight additional tracks along with three exclusive live performance videos filmed last December...

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AEROSMITH Celebrates 'Get Your Wings' Album With 50th-Anniversary Deluxe Vinyl And Apparel Collection

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of their landmark album "Get Your Wings", four-time Grammy Award-winning and diamond-certified Boston rock legends AEROSMITH today announced the release of a limited-edition vinyl via UMe/Capitol out May 17. Limited to numbers 1-1974 to honor the year of the...

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Hear SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Guest On BEAR MCCREARY's New Song 'Incinerator'

Today, two-time-Grammy-nominated, Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning composer Bear McCreary shares the second single from his upcoming project "The Singularity". The new track, "Incinerator" features SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian on vocals and was mixed by ARIA-nominated producer and mixer Forre...

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BLACK SABBATH: Box Set Of TONY MARTIN-Era Recordings, 'Anno Domini 1989-1995', To Arrive In May

Rhino has set a May 31 release date for the "Anno Domini 1989-1995" box set of the Tony Martin-era BLACK SABBATH albums. BLACK SABBATH's history with singers Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio has been chronicled extensively through the years in multiple collections. Until now, no boxed set has focu...

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MICK MARS Sidesteps Question About VINCE NEIL's 'Declining' Singing Ability: 'It Is What It Is'

In a new interview with "The Mike Calta Show", MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars was asked if it was "killing" him and the other members of the band watching singer Vince Neil "decline as a frontman and as a singer" over the years. Mars hesitated for a second before responding: "Um, well, it is what i...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Isn't Very Concerned About The Influence Of AI In Rock Music  

In a new interview with The Jesea Lee Show, DISTURBED singer David Draiman weighed in on a debate about people using an AI (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and machine learning (ML) models. D...

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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT To Take Part In 'Distinguished Gentleman's Ride' To Raise Funds For Men's Health

On Sunday, May 19, 2024, POISON drummer Rikki Rockett will ride in The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride with fellow men and women across the globe to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer and men's mental health on behalf of Movember. Says Rikki: "Men die on average six years earlier than wome...

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As observant folk will attest, death metal is a many-splendored thing, perhaps more now than ever before. But if the current scene tends to favor either a dirty, old-school approach or the all-out war of brutal slam, it is still the genre's technical and progressive wing that wields the most creativ...

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CHRIS JERICHO's KISS Covers Band KUARANTINE Releases 'Good Girl Gone Bad' Single

FOZZY singer Chris Jericho's 1980s KISS cover band KUARANTINE has released its version of "Good Girl Gone Bad", a classic, hidden gem from the KISS songbook. The song is available on Madison Records via The Orchard. It was the No. 1 Most Added track on the SMR Rock chart as well as the Most Added so...

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TED NUGENT Apologizes To God, Asks For 'Strength' And 'Power' To Re-Elect DONALD TRUMP

On the March 15 episode of the "The Spirit Campfire With Ted Nugent", legendary conservative rocker Ted Nugent and his wife Shemane say a prayer, "asking for strength to get our country out of the trouble it's in." In the clip, which is available at AmericasVoice.news, Ted can be seen saying in part...

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P.O.D. Releases Music Video For New Single 'Lies We Tell Ourselves'

Platinum-selling rock juggernaut P.O.D. — Sonny Sandoval (vocals),Marcos Curiel (guitar) and Traa Daniels (bass) — will release its 11th album, "VERITAS" on May 3 via Mascot Records. The official music video for the LP's latest single, "Lies We Tell Ourselves", can be seen below. Sandoval states, "...