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MATT SORUM Is 'Very Proud' Of What He Did With GUNS N' ROSES

Matt Sorum says that he is "very proud" of his accomplishments with GUNS N' ROSES. The drummer, who replaced Steven Adler in GUNS N' ROSES, recorded the highly successful albums "Use Your Illusion I" and "Use Your Illusion II" (both 1991) and "The Spaghetti Incident" (1994). He also supported the gr...

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Verminous

If any band deserves a medal for nobly bricking up the fissure between mainstream metal and the underground, it's THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER. Aside from the fact that frontman Trevor Strnad is one of extreme metal's most unrelenting advocates, his band have consistently upheld their pure death metal va...

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Sex With Dead Body

No. Redeeming. Features. Don't say I didn't warn you. SHITFUCKER make it easy for us, really. Firstly, they're called SHITFUCKER. That should eliminate the faint-hearted and anyone that doesn't instinctively want to hear music made by the kind of people that would call their band SHITFUCKER. So that...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Discusses New Signature KRAMER Guitar (Video)

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo recently stopped by the set of Gibson TV to chat with Cesar Gueikian about the upcoming Snake Baretta signature Kramer guitar. Of his collaboration on the Snake Baretta model, Snake states: "The attention to detail and adherence to the legacy is profound. I've ne...

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SLASH, DUFF MCKAGAN, SEBASTIAN BACH, NIKKI SIXX, Others Mourn Passing Of Punk Rock Fashion Icon JIMMY WEBB

Duff McKagan (GUNS N' ROSES),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES),Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW),Nikki Sixx (MÖTLEY CRÜE),Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY) and CRO-MAGS are among the rockers who have reacted on social media to the passing of Jimmy Webb, the iconic manager at famed New York clothing store Trash And Vau...

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Former SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO Is Working On SATANIC PLANET Project

Former SLAYER and current SUICIDAL TENDENCIES drummer Dave Lombardo has been using the coronavirus downtime to work on "some unexpected projects," including SATANIC PLANET, which also features his DEAD CROSS bandmate Justin Pearson and producer Luke Henshaw. Lombardo told Rolling Stone: "It's odd —...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX: 'Dont Worry About Sports, Concerts Or Getting Back To Your Life Before COVID-19 Right Now'

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has checked in from his Southern California home to continue to urge everyone to stay home to help delay the spread of the novel coronavirus. Sixx took to his social media on Monday night (April 13) to share a photo of him with his wife Courtney and his kids — includin...

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CHUCK BILLY On TESTAMENT's 1999 Album 'The Gathering': 'At That Point, It Was Like We Found Ourselves'

In a recent interview with Dead Rhetoric's Matt Coe, frontman Chuck Billy of veteran Bay Area thrash metallers TESTAMENT talked about the impact their 1999 studio album "The Gathering" has had on their career. The album marked the first time TESTAMENT worked with then-up-and-coming British producer/...

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ARCH ENEMY's JEFF LOOMIS Demos His JACKSON Pro Series Signature Kelly Guitar (Video)

A new video in which ARCH ENEMY guitarist Jeff Loomis breaks down the inspiration and features of his brazen USA Signature Jeff Loomis Kelly model — from the unique chrome logo to his signature Seymour Duncan Blackouts pickups — can be seen below. Emulating the brisk fretwork of his guitar idols, Lo...

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Watch Ex-JOURNEY Drummer DEEN CASTRONOVO Sing 'Don't Stop Believin'' While Driving Around In His Car

A new video of veteran drummer Deen Castronovo (THE DEAD DAISIES, JOURNEY, REVOLUTION SAINTS) singing the classic JOURNEY song "Don't Stop Believin'" while driving around in his car can be seen below. Castronovo's 17-year tenure with JOURNEY ended in 2015 when the band fired him after his arrest for...

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ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT And SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Members Cover RUSH's 'La Villa Strangiato' While In Quarantine (Video)

Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and Roberto "Ra" Diaz (SUICIDAL TENDENCIES) have shared their version of another classic RUSH song, "La Villa Strangiato", recorded with each member separated in their own homes. Benante uploaded a video of the performance to his YouTube channel,...

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KING DIAMOND On Upcoming Reissues: 'We're Trying To Go Back To The Absolute Original Stuff'

On April 24, KING DIAMOND will release CD and LP versions of the classic albums "Abigail" and "Fatal Portrait" via Metal Blade Records. They will be followed by CD and LP versions of "Conspiracy" (May 1),"Them" (May 1),"The Eye" (May 15),and "In Concert 1987" (May 15),also via Metal Blade. The v...

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KILL THE LIGHTS Feat. Ex-BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Drummer: 'Plagues' Music Video

KILL THE LIGHTS, the band featuring former members of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, STILL REMAINS and THROW THE FIGHT, has released the official music video for a new song called "Plagues". "Lyrically, 'Plagues' deals with the fear of being alone, and feelings of isolation away from family, friends, and...

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THE DEAD DAISIES To Release 'Unspoken' Single Next Week

THE DEAD DAISIES — the hard rock "collective" founded by Australian musician and businessman David Lowy — will release a new single, "Unspoken", on April 17. The song is taken from the band's fifth album, "Holy Ground", which is due later in the year via Spinefarm Records — the home of hard rock and...

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VINNIE PAUL's Long-Awaited Cookbook To Receive Posthumous Release

Vinnie Paul Abbott's long-awaited cookbook will receive a posthumous release, his longtime girlfriend has confirmed. Speaking out publicly for the first time since the PANTERA and HELLYEAH drummer's death, Chelsey Yeager told Metal Pulp And Paper in a new interview: "[Vinnie's] cookbook that he titl...