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Watch: METALLICA Plays First Concert Of 2025

METALLICA played the first concert of 2025 last night (Saturday, April 19) at the JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York. Support at the show came from PANTERA and SUICIDAL TENDENCIES. METALLICA's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Creeping Death 02. For Whom The Bell Tolls 03. Hi...

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SAVATAGE's JEFF PLATE On Touring Without Founding Member JON OLIVA: 'He Trusts Us To Go Out There And Do This'

A record and a tour. Those were drummer Jeff Plate's modest career goals once upon a time, but more than three decades after he joined SAVATAGE for their tour in support of 1994's "Handful Of Rain", he's assembled a far more impressive list of accomplishments: three legendary SAVATAGE studio albums,...

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MEGADETH's TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI: 'Heavy Metal Was What Inspired Me To Pick Up The Guitar'

One of the world's leading guitar string companies, D'Addario has uploaded a 2024 video interview with MEGADETH guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari in which the 38-year-old Finnish-born musician gives an inside look into his expansive influences, preferred gear and why he chooses D'Addario. Check it out belo...

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MARILYN MANSON Shares Cover Of PHIL COLLINS's 'In The Air Tonight'

In anticipation of his upcoming 2025 "One Assassination Under God" tour, iconic shock rocker Marilyn Manson has released a cover of luminary musician Phil Collins's seminal song "In The Air Tonight". The single has been made available with the B-side track "As Sick As The Secrets Of (Sleep)" on a ma...

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DISTURBED Is 'Always Talking' About Which Other Classic Songs To Cover In The Recording Studio

In a new interview with Brent Porche of Philadelphia's 93.3 WMMR radio station, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan and drummer Mike Wengren spoke about how they go about choosing which classic songs to cover, having previously recorded versions of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence", GENESIS...

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ANVIL Shares Music Video For 'Truth Is Dying' Song From 'One And Only' Album

Canadian metal legends ANVIL have released a brand new music video for the song "Truth Is Dying". The track is taken from the band's 20th studio album "One And Only", which came out in June 2024 via AFM Records. The effort was recorded in the summer of 2023 with longtime producer Martin "Mattes" Pfe...

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TODD LA TORRE Says He Has Helped Bring QUEENSRŸCHE's Sound Back: 'The Band Is In A Very Healthy State'

In a new interview with Chile's iRock.cl, QUEENSRŸCHE singer Todd La Torre was asked how the band's sound has changed since he joined the group 13 years ago as the replacement for QUEENSRŸCHE's original vocalist Geoff Tate. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think that the band ki...

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DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE, BRET MICHAELS, EXTREME, Others Confirmed For First-Ever ROCK THE TIDES

DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE and Festication have announced Rock The Tides, a brand-new destination festival coming to the stunning beaches of Riviera Maya, Mexico in November 2025. Hosted at luxurious, all-inclusive 5-star beachfront resorts, this three-day celebration of rock music's finest offers an...

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BUSH Unveils 'I Beat Loneliness' Album Details, Shares '60 Ways To Forget People' Single

Having just returned from a triumphant set at Lollapalooza in São Paulo, Brazil, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum rock band BUSH offer a glimpse of what's to come with "60 Ways To Forget People", a raw and emotionally charged taste from their upcoming 10th studio album, "I Beat Loneliness", due out...

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MIKE PORTNOY On His DREAM THEATER Bandmates: 'I Know I Hurt Them When I Left Them'

In a new interview with Tom Power, host of "Q" on Canada's CBC Radio One, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy reflected on his decision to leave the progressive metal band 15 years ago, a quarter century after he co-founded the group. Portnoy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Here's the fun...

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CRYPTOPSY Announces New Album 'An Insatiable Violence'

More than 30 years into their storied career, Montreal death metal innovators CRYPTOPSY return with their ninth studio album, "An Insatiable Violence", set for release on June 20, 2025 via Season Of Mist. Revered in extreme metal circles for such groundbreaking classics as 1994's "Blasphemy Made Fle...

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SIMONE SIMONS Talks EPICA's 'Renewal' On New Album 'Aspiral': 'The Band Is Continuing To Rise'

By David E. Gehlke As NIGHTWISH abstains from touring for the foreseeable future, the door appears to be open for the Netherlands' EPICA to assume the mantle of the biggest symphonic metal act. The band's popularity in Europe and South America certainly suggests something like that is on the horizon...

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JEFF PLATE Recalls Surprise Invitation To Join SAVATAGE: 'I Felt Like I'd Won The Lottery'

A record and a tour. Those were drummer Jeff Plate's modest career goals once upon a time, but more than three decades after he joined SAVATAGE for their tour in support of 1994's "Handful Of Rain", he's assembled a far more impressive list of accomplishments: three legendary SAVATAGE studio albums,...

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Official CHILDREN OF BODOM Book To Arrive In August: 'It Tells The Band's Full History In Our Own Words'

The official CHILDREN OF BODOM book will be published in August via the London, U.K.-based publisher Rocket 88. The book tells the story of the Finnish melodic death metal pioneers as an oral history in which bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman, drummer Jaska Raatikainen and early guita...

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REX BROWN Reflects On PANTERA's Early Years: The ABBOTT 'Brothers Were Playing More LOVERBOY Kind Of Stuff'

In a new interview with Scott's Bass Lessons, Rex Brown reflected on PANTERA's early years, after he joined the band in May 1982 as the group's bassist, replacing Tommy D. Bradford and adopting the alias Rex Rocker. Brown was a classmate of, and played in the high school jazz band with, drummer Vinn...