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VINNY APPICE, TONY MACALPINE Among Featured Guests On TARA LYNCH's Debut Album, 'Evil Enough'

Tara Lynch (a.k.a. "Gui-Tara") is a guitarist, composer, vocalist and songwriter who delivers heavy metal thunder with prominent melodic guitar riffs, shredding leads and powerhouse vocals. She will release her debut album, "Evil Enough", on April 13. "Evil Enough" is a melodic metal album featurin...

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MIKE PORTNOY, JORDAN RUDESS Confirmed For Next Year's 'Cruise To The Edge'

Details for the sixth annual Cruise To The Edge excursion — prog-rock's premier festival at sea hosted by classic rock icons YES — have been announced. The 2019 Cruise To The Edge, Proggers of the Caribbean, progressive rock's preeminent fan/artist experience, kicks off its public on sale beginning...

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TREMONTI: More 'A Dying Machine' Album Details Revealed

TREMONTI, the band comprised of Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitars, Eric Friedman on guitars, and Garrett Whitlock on drums, will release its fourth full-length album, "A Dying Machine", on June 8 via Napalm Records. The disc was produced by Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who has helmed all previous TREMONT...

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STRYPER Frontman: 'CDs Are Becoming Obsolete, And In A Few Years, They Will Be'

STRYPER's Michael Sweet has lamented the fact that people don't take the time to check out full-length albums anymore, explaining that "it's really a bummer" that so many music fans "just download or listen to the single and don't even hear the other songs." Full-length albums seem to be a dying art...

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DEVILDRIVER Recruits LAMB OF GOD, FEAR FACTORY Members For Country Covers Album, 'Outlaws 'Til The End'

DEVILDRIVER's long-awaited full-length album of outlaw country-gone-metal anthems, "Outlaws 'Til The End", will be released on July 6 via Napalm Records. The disc is described in a press release as "both a startling curveball and a ferocious statement of individuality from a band who have been a con...

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Reunited Original Lineup Of EXCITER Prepares To Record First Album In More Than Three Decades

The reunited original lineup of Canadian thrash metal pioneers EXCITER — guitarist John Ricci, drummer/vocalist Dan Beehler and bassist Allan Johnson — is preparing to enter the studio to begin recording its first album in more than three decades. "We just went into pre-production," Beehler told Ca...

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MINISTRY Joins Forces With HEADCOUNT To Empower Young People With Right To Vote

For Al Jourgensen and MINISTRY, writing, recording and releasing their new album, "AmeriKKKant", is just one step in shining a bright light on the dangerous and unsustainable road our government is currently taking us down; the next step is to help empower young people with their constitutional righ...

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SAMMY HAGAR To Be Joined By BOB WEIR, All Three CHICKENFOOT Bandmates At This Year's 'Acoustic-4-A-Cure' Event

Bay area music legends Sammy Hagar and Bob Weir are joining forces for the fifth annual "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" benefit concert on May 15 at The Fillmore in San Francisco. "Acoustic-4-A-Cure V" will be a special 75th birthday celebration for blues icon Taj Mahal, with artists including Joe Satriani, Cha...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Vocalist Keeps His Politics Out Of Band's Music

AVENGED SEVENFOLD frontman M. Shadows recently guested on "The Stansbury Show" on the Canton, Ohio-based radio station Rock 106.9. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview begins around the 93-minute mark). A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how it feels to...

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EUROPE Vocalist Credits Group's Longevity To 'Not Listening To Outside Influence'

EUROPE vocalist Joey Tempest was recently interviewed by Metal Wani. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On recording the group's latest album, "Walk The Earth", at the legendary Abbey Road Studios with producer David Cobb, who als...

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NAPALM DEATH Guitarist's CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR: 'Engineering Consent' Video Released

CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR, which features current NAPALM DEATH touring guitarist John Cooke, has released a music video for the song "Engineering Consent". The track is taken from CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR's recently released album, "Eunoia". The clip was filmed and edited by Ryan Fallon and features the exqui...

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BAD WOLVES: More Songs Released From 'Disobey' Album

"Better The Devil", "Officer Down" and "Shape Shifter", three new songs from BAD WOLVES, can be streamed below. The tracks are taken from the band's debut album, "Disobey", which will be released on May 18 via Eleven Seven Music. The disc will include BAD WOLVES' cover of THE CRANBERRIES' "Zombie",...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Credits STEVE PERRY With Helping Him Expand His Vocal Range

Sebastian Bach has credited Steve Perry with helping him expand his vocal range. The former SKID ROW frontman praised the the ex-JOURNEY singer after spending time with Perry at a recent birthday party thrown by ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell. Bach posted a photo of him hanging out with Pe...

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LAMB OF GOD To Release 'Legion: XX' 20th-Anniversary Covers Album As BURN THE PRIEST

Richmond, Virginia metallers LAMB OF GOD may be one of the biggest bands in modern metal, but they will never forget where they came from. Mark Morton (guitar),John Campbell (bass) and Chris Adler (drums) formed the first incarnation of the band, BURN THE PRIEST, in the winter of 1994 after meeting...

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STRYPER Frontman On 'God Damn Evil' Album Title: 'It's A Prayer Request'

STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet has denied naming the band's new album "God Damn Evil" "just to shake things up," insisting that it's actually meant as "a prayer request." After the openly Christian group announced it was calling its new disc "God Damn Evil", a number of people within the Christian r...