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It's Official: No DESERT TRIP Festival This Year

According to Billboard, the Desert Trip music festival — which last year attracted a cross-country audience, much of it middle aged, of about 150,000 over two weekends — will not be making a return in 2017. "We're not doing Desert Trip this year," L.A.-based concert promoter and Coachella founder Pa...

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GENE SIMMONS Says 'Some Writing' Has Been Going On For Possible New KISS Album

Gene Simmons has confirmed that "some writing" has been going on for a possible new KISS studio album but has once again said that he is "not incentivized" to release another KISS disc unless there are some major changes in the way music is consumed. KISS's last studio effort, 2012's "Monster", sold...

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Listen To New MELVINS Song 'Christ Hammer'

MELVINS will release a double album, "A Walk With Love And Death", on July 7 via Ipecac Recordings. The dual albums find the trio of Buzz Osborne, Dale Crover and Steve McDonald showcasing two distinct sides to the band's music: "Death", a proper MELVINS release, and "Love", the score to the Jesse N...

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IN FLAMES Releases Animated Video For 'Here Until Forever'

"Here Until Forever", the new video from Swedish metallers IN FLAMES, can be seen below. The stunning animated clip, directed by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Luis Téllez, is a masterclass in stop-motion animation. "Here Until Forever" is taken from IN FLAMES' latest album, "Battles", which was re...

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ORIGIN To Release 'Unparalleled Universe' Album In June

U.S. extreme metallers ORIGIN will release their new album, "Unparalleled Universe", on June 30 via Agonia Records in Europe and Nuclear Blast Records in North America. For 20 years, ORIGIN has engaged a full-blown sensory assault of tight, taut, and technical death metal amplified by flashes of gri...

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GENE SIMMONS To Release 'On Power' Book In November

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons will release his next book, "On Power", on November 14 via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Simmons told "The Ride With JMV" on 107.5/1070 The Fan that the book is about how "everybody can make more money and actually be...

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UFO And SAXON To Return To North America In The Fall

Due to demand following their hugely successful tour together in March and April, hard rock icons UFO and SAXON have announced more dates in the U.S., plus two in Canada, in September and October. UFO, featuring the long-standing line up of Phil Mogg (vocals),Paul Raymond (keyboards, guitar),Andy...

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PAUL BOSTAPH Says Rejoining SLAYER In 2013 Was 'Like Coming Home'

Santiago Bluguermann of Radio Cantilo conducted an interview with SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph before the band's May 6 appearance at the Maximus festival at Tecnópolis in Villa Martelli, Argentina. Asked about his pre-show ritual, Bostaph said: "I have a practice pad, a drum set, and like an hour bef...

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Influential NWOBHM Band TRESPASS Signs With MIGHTY MUSIC

NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) legends TRESPASS have inked a deal with Mighty Music. The band's new studio album will be released in late 2017. TRESPASS was formed in Sudbury, Suffolk, England in April 1979 by brothers Mark (guitar, vocals) and Paul Sutcliffe (drums),Dave Crawte (guitar)...

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Original KISS Drummer PETER CRISS Reveals His 'Most Memorable Moment' (Audio)

Casper of Silver Tiger Media recently conducted an interview with original KISS drummer Peter Criss. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Asked if there is a "most memorable moment" in his long career that was "of tremendous, overwhelming significance and importance" for...

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IN FLAMES Guitarist Says Latest Additions To Band Have Added 'A Lot Of New Energy'

AntiHero Magazine conducted an interview with guitarist Björn Gelotte of Swedish metallers IN FLAMES at this past weekend's Carolina Rebellion festival at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how much longer he thinks I...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON Talks To ROCK 108 About His ELLEFSON COFFEE CO. Brick-And-Mortar Store (Video)

Ned of Iowa's Rock 108 radio station last month conducted an interview with David Ellefson at Ellefson Coffee Co., the brick-and-mortar store of the MEGADETH bassist's boutique coffee brand, in David's former hometown of Jackson, Minnesota (population: 3,299). Watch the chat below. On display at Ell...

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MR. BIG To Release 'Defying Gravity' Album In July; Complete Details Revealed

MR. BIG will release its ninth studio album, "Defying Gravity", on July 7 via Frontiers Music Srl. The effort will be available at traditional retail and all digital service providers, as will a deluxe edition version with CD and bonus DVD that features music videos and a behind-the-scenes look at t...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Welcome Back Singer BRIAN ALLEN, Introduce Guitarist GUNNAR DÜGREY

San Francisco Bay Area metallers VICIOUS RUMORS have welcomed back lead singer Brian Allen. Brian sang on the VICIOUS RUMORS albums "Razorback Killers" (2011),"Live You To Death" (2012) and "Electric Punishment" (2013) before leaving the band for family reasons. VICIOUS RUMORS guitarist Geoff Thorp...

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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS: 'We Don't Take Anything For Granted'

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris spoke to Planet Rock's Paul Anthony this past Thursday night (May 4) about the 2017 leg of the band's "The Book Of Souls" European tour, which kicked off on April 22 at Sportpalais in Antwerp, Belgium. He said (see video below): "When we ask [MAIDEN manager] Rod [Sma...