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GEEZER BUTLER Says It's 'Not Very Likely At All' That BLACK SABBATH Will Play Any One-Off Shows In The Future

BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler was interviewed on the January 5-7 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On when the finality of BLACK SABBATH's last...

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METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES, IRON MAIDEN Among 2017's Top-Grossing North American Tours

METALLICA, GUNS N' ROSES and IRON MAIDEN are among the rock and metal acts included on Pollstar's Year End Top 200 North American Tours chart, which determines its rankings by a tour's overall gross (that is, the number of tickets sold multiplied by the average ticket price). Unlike Pollstar's recen...

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MICHAEL ANTHONY Interviewed For Upcoming VAN HALEN Documentary

On Saturday, January 6, former VAN HALEN bassist Michael Anthony was interviewed for a documentary about the legendary rock band which is being produced by a British company. Anthony posted a photo on his Instagram account taken immediately after the interview, along with the caption: "Filmed an int...

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SYMPHONY X Bassist's MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS: 'Hordes Of Fire' Song Released

"Hordes Of Fire", a new song from MIKE LEPOND'S SILENT ASSASSINS, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Pawn And Prophecy", which will be released on January 26 via Frontiers Music Srl. The SYMPHONY X bassist is extremely excited for the release of his solo band's sop...

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SODOM Guitarist And Drummer Were Fired Via WhatsApp

Guitarist Bernd "Bernemann" Kost and drummer Markus "Makka" Freiwald have released a joint statement regarding their departure from legendary German thrashers SODOM. SODOM bassist/vocalist and sole remaining original member Thomas "Angelripper" Such announced on Friday (January 5) that he made the d...

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SHINEDOWN Completes Recording New Album: 'It's Heavier Than 'Threat To Survival',' Says ZACH MYERS

SHINEDOWN has completed recording its new album for a tentative late spring/early summer release via Atlantic. The follow-up to 2015's "Threat To Survival" marks the group's first full-length effort to be produced entirely by bassist Eric Bass. "The new album is done," SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers...

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Former GHOST Keyboardist Releases Home-Video Footage From Band's First-Ever Visit To U.S.

Former GHOST keyboardist Mauro Rubino, who performed with the Swedish band from 2011 until 2016 under the stage name Air, has uploaded personal home-video footage from the group's first ever visit to the U.S., which took place in May 2011. He wrote on his Facebook page: "We were invited to play Mary...

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Vol. 2: Roll With It Or Get Rolled Over

"Lately I've been living way too damn fast. This successful life I'm leading is bound to kick my ass." Visionary words from a man who lived those fateful lyrics harder than most. It wasn't this prophetic introspection Dimebag Darrell wrote on a solo song, "Twisted", that spelled his end. Yet for the...

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JOE PERRY 'Really Would Like To' Record Some New AEROSMITH Music

AEROSMITH's Joe Perry has told Best Classic Bands that hopes he and his bandmates will be able to enter the studio soon to begin work on new music for the follow-up album to 2012's "Music From Another Dimension!" "Steven [Tyler, vocals] and I have talked about it and the other guys have talked about...

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Drum-Cam Footage Of JON RICE Performing With 1349 At OZZFEST MEETS KNOTFEST

Drum-cam footage of drummer Jon Rice performing "Massive Cauldron Of Chaos" with Norwegian black metallers 1349 at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest, which was held November 4-5 in Devore, California, can be viewed below. Rice often serves as a stand-in for regular drummer Frost (real name: Kjetil-Vidar Harald...

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Singer For IRON MAIDEN Cover Band POWERCLOWN Charged With Smuggling $5.5 Million Worth Of Drugs Into Japan

According to Global News, the singer of POWERCLOWN, a Canadian IRON MAIDEN tribute band that wears clown makeup, was arrested in Japan last month after more than $5.5 million worth of stimulant drugs were found in his guitar case. Daniel Burton Whitmore, who goes by the stage name Dicksie Di'Anno,...

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JUDAS PRIEST Teases 'Lightning Strike' Video

A teaser for the "Lightning Strike" video from JUDAS PRIEST is available below. The full clip will be released tomorrow (Friday, January 5). "Lightning Strike" is taken from JUDAS PRIEST's new album, "Firepower", which will be released in March. The British heavy metal legends spent much of 2017 in...

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WATAIN Frontman Explains 'Trident Wolf Eclipse' Album Title

France's Duke TV recently conducted an interview with Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN in Paris. You can now watch the chat below. Asked why it took WATAIN five years to release the follow-up to 2013's "The Wild Hunt", Erik said: "'The Wild Hunt' was a very… it was a project of pret...

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DRAGONFORCE Bassist: How 'Reaching Into Infinity' Ended Up Being Band's Most 'Diverse' Album To Date

Jonny Goldsmith conducted an interview with DRAGONFORCE bassist Frédéric Leclercq before the band's October 5 concert at Riverside in Newcastle, England. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. Speaking about what makes DRAGONFORCE's latest album, 2017's "Reaching Into Infi...

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A PERFECT CIRCLE, HIGHLY SUSPECT, GRETA VAN FLEET Set For This Year's COACHELLA Festival

A PERFECT CIRCLE, HIGHLY SUSPECT, THE BRONX and GRETA VAN FLEET are among the rock artists scheduled to appear at this year's edition of the Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. The two-weekend event, which will be held on April 13-15 and April 20-22 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, Californi...