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Video: L.A. GUNS Performs New Song 'Speed' In Santa Ana

Video footage of L.A. GUNS performing a new song called "Speed" on April 8 at Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California can be seen below. The current version of L.A. GUNS — which includes singer Phil Lewis and the band's co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns — has recorded a new album for a tentative June...

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No, METALLICA Did Not Steal Riffs From '80s Metal Band INCUBUS

'80s death metal band INCUBUS (not to be confused with popular California rock band of the same name) has denied sending a cease-and-desist letter to METALLICA's legal team alleging that the heavy metal giants copied riffs from INCUBUS's songs. BLABBERMOUTH.NET was one of the media outlets which wer...

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MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Holds Grand Opening Of ELLEFSON COFFEE CO. In Jackson (Video)

Ellefson Coffee Co., the boutique coffee brand of MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, is holding the grand opening of its brick-and-mortar store this weekend (April 7-9) in David's former hometown of Jackson, Minnesota (population: 3,299). In addition to Ellefson himself, today's festivities featured a...

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Ready To Strike

KING KOBRA had the world to gain and had it, almost. The band had drumming veteran Carmine Appice for a leader. It had an arsenal buffered by fleeting future stars: guitarist Mick Sweda in BULLETBOYS, bassist Johnny Rod in W.A.S.P. and guitarist David Michael-Phillips (aka David Henzerling) who lat...

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LEATHERWOLF Releases 'Kill And Kill Again' Video

Southern California's long-running triple axe attack LEATHERWOLF has released the "Kill And Kill Again" video, including footage from the band's celebrated 2015 Keep It True festival appearance in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The audio track was mixed by legendary producer/engineer Chris Tsangarides...

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JOURNEY Co-Founder GREGG ROLIE To Become 22nd Musician To Be Inducted Into ROCK HALL Twice

Legendary keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter Gregg Rolie takes his rightful place this April 7 at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in New York City as a two-time member of the Hall. He is the only artist being inducted for a second time this year. And he is only the 22nd musician to ...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Begins Work On Sixth Album

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have commenced work on material for their sixth album, tentatively due before the end of the year. The disc will be released through the band's new label home, Search And Destroy, the imprint launched in 2014 by Spinefarm and international artist management co...

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Nocturnes And Requiems

Sometimes a band finds itself in a devastating position even when they have much to look forward to. WITHERFALL will be profiled all over the metal press this year for a remarkable debut album undermined by tragedy. Drummer Adam Sagan (also from CIRCLE II CIRCLE and INTO ETERNITY) passed away unexpe...

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Former GREAT WHITE Singer JACK RUSSELL Recalls Meeting ROB HALFORD For First Time

In a brand new interview with Australia's The Rockpit, former GREAT WHITE and current JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell recalled meeting JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford for the first time. He said: "I met Rob Halford in, like, 1982 at The Troubadour in Hollywood, and I walked up to hi...

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FOREIGNER Celebrates Milestone 40th Anniversary With Career-Spanning Remastered Hits Collection

FOREIGNER will celebrate 40 years as one of rock's most popular and enduring acts with a new career-spanning compilation titled "40" that features 40 hits from 40 years. This summer, the band will also launch an extensive 40th-anniversary U.S. tour with CHEAP TRICK and JASON BONHAM'S LED ZEPPELIN EX...

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Former WARRIOR Singer PARRAMORE 'PERRY' MCCARTY Resurfaces In RADIATION ROMEOS

Frontiers Music Srl will release RADIATION ROMEOS' self-titled debut album on June 2. RADIATION ROMEOS is a new band formed by Parramore "Perry" McCarty, best known for being the frontman of legendary U.S. metal act WARRIOR and famed BILLY IDOL guitarist Steve Stevens's solo project ATOMIC PLAYBOYS...

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Former DARK ANGEL Singer DON DOTY Is Back With New Lineup Of ELIMINATE

The new lineup of ELIMINATE, the band featuring former DARK ANGEL singer Don Doty, will make its live debut on April 8 at the Rage Of Armageddon festival in Brooklyn, New York. ELIMINATE performs material from the first two DARK ANGEL albums, "We Have Arrived" and "Darkness Descends". ELIMINATE's cu...

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Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora

DARKEST HOUR, one of the truly great modern metal bands, finds itself on its fourth label in as many albums. Quizzically the band is now on Southern Lord, the label apparently is expanding its horizons. Not that DARKEST HOUR can't roll here, but the band is hardly the same doomed-up, crunked-out, dr...

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Live VII

One of "post metal's" (still one of the most obnoxious terms in the genre) great acts, now turned legacy in a short time, is ISIS. Sadly, the fundamental terror group of the same moniker cropped up while this band hit its creative height. Thus, only a select few worldwide have the guts nowadays to p...

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Battle Over MASSACRE Band Name Is 'Disgusting' And 'Pathetic,' Says KAM LEE

Former MASSACRE vocalist Kam Lee has called the "controversy" surrounding the band's name "disgusting" and "pathetic." Back in December, Lee and guitarist Rick Rozz DeLillo — after trading verbal barbs and taunts for many years — announced that they were rejoining forces in a revamped version of MAS...