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SLIPKNOT Will Spend 'The Next Year' Writing Songs

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has confirmed to Metal Insider that he and guitarist Jim Root will get together in early February to begin writing new music, but will not book any studio time just yet to start recording the follow-up to 2014's ".5: The Gray Chapter". That disc ended a si...

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JANE'S ADDICTION's DAVE NAVARRO Urges Shoppers To Choose Cruelty-Free This Holiday Season

What keeps JANE'S ADDICTION guitarist and "Ink Master" star Dave Navarro looking suave and ageless after decades in the spotlight? An impeccable sense of style and a cabinet full of cruelty-free men's products. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the legendary musician joined The Humane So...

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SLIPKNOT's CRAHAN, ROOT To Begin Writing New Material In February

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has told Rolling Stone that he has a plan to get together with guitarist Jim Root in early February and start writing new music — "because we want to write," Crahan added — and they'll leave the date they actually go back into the studio to record the ...

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PHILIP ANSELMO On 'Dimebash' Incident: 'I Did Something Extremely Stupid That I Know Was Absolutely Stupid'

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo say that he has "nothing but love" in his heart despite the fact that a video surfaced of him earlier in the year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. Anselmo performed the PANTERA classic "Walk" at the Jan...

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Former AC/DC Drummer PHIL RUDD Teases 'Head Job' Video

A teaser for "Head Job", the video for the title track of former AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd's solo album, is available below. The full clip, which was filmed in Tauranga, New Zealand, will make its online debut this weekend. "Head Job" is being re-released by London-based agents Simon Britton and Alan...

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MR. BIG/Ex-ACE FREHLEY Drummer MATT STARR And Producer WARREN HUART Release Educational DVD

Drummer Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG) and producer Warren Huart (AEROSMITH, ACE FREHLEY) have released a DVD through ProMix Academy, "Producing And Recording Drums With Matt Starr". The DVD is an educational recording experience. It features an entire day of production and recording with Starr f...

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CANDLEMASS Singer MATS LEVÉN Makes His Live Debut With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA In Council Bluffs (Video)

Swedish vocalist Mats Levén (CANDLEMASS, TREAT, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) made his live debut with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Thursday night (November 17) at Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Musicians performing with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTR...

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BAD COMPANY Drummer SIMON KIRKE To Release 'All Because Of You' Album In February

The End Records and BMG have teamed up to release Simon Kirke's new studio album, "All Because Of You", on February 10, 2017 in North America. Kirke recorded "All Because Of You" with EMPTY POCKETS over the course of four studio sessions at Chicago, Illinois's Empty Pockets Studios. With Kirke on le...

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VINNIE PAUL Says DAMAGEPLAN Would Have Been In It For The Long Haul If DIMEBAG Hadn't Been Murdered

Vinnie Paul Abbott says that DAMAGEPLAN would have been in it for the long haul had the band's guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott not been murdered more than a decade ago. Dimebag was co-founder and lead guitarist for PANTERA. When PANTERA broke up in 2003, Dimebag and his brother Vinnie Paul formed...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Says He Didn't Have A 'Good Enough Reason' To Rejoin MEGADETH

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke to LA Weekly about his decision to step away from a planned reunion of the band's "Rust In Peace" lineup — featuring Friedman and drummer Nick Menza — in early 2015, sixteen years after he initially left the group. He said: "I think anyone that has ...

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TANK Feat. SKID ROW/Ex-DRAGONFORCE Singer ZP THEART: 'Valley Of Tears' Video Released

"Valley Of Tears", the new video from veteran British metallers TANK, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in the desert hills just outside the town of Mojacar in Southern Spain and the production was handled by MGV Productions. TANK guitarist Cliff Evans comments: "We didn't want to make the usua...

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AEROSMITH's JOE PERRY Travels To Japan For CLASSIC ROCK AWARDS

AEROSMITH co-founding member and rock icon Joe Perry took time off from his work with AEROSMITH and the HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES to be on hand last week (November 11) as the Classic Rock Awards 2016 made their debut in Tokyo, Japan. "I've been a fan of Classic Rock magazine for many years and appreciate w...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Announces '18 And Life On Skid Row' Book-Signing Tour

Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has announced a series of in-store appearances to promote his long-awaited autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row". The 448-page book is due on December 6 via Dey Street Books (formerly It Books),an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Book-signing tour detail...

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Video: TRIVIUM's MATT HEAFY Performs Acoustic Cover Of SOUNDGARDEN's 'Black Hole Sun'

Video footage of TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy performing an acoustic cover version of SOUNDGARDEN's "Black Hole Sun" live in the SiriusXM studios can be seen below. TRIVIUM and 5B Artist Management have partnered with Cooking Vinyl to re-release the band's 2003 debut album, "Ember To Inferno", along...

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KISS's 'Kruise VI' Brings Unforgettable Rock 'N' Roll Experience: Photos, Video

Legendary rockers KISS and Sixthman, the industry leader in music festivals at sea, join fans in celebrating the success of The KISS Kruise VI! The sailing was jam-packed with five days of up-close-and-intimate deep-cut masked and unmasked concerts, custom-stage setup from the 1982 "Creatures Of The...