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NAPALM DEATH Guitarist's CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR: 'Eunoia' Album To Receive Physical Release

CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR, which features current NAPALM DEATH touring guitarist John Cooke, will release its new album, "Eunoia", on vinyl on March 9. CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR formed in 2012 in the barren seaside town of Southport in the U.K., bonded together by a shared love for fast music and heavy drinking...

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LED ZEPPELIN's Live Album 'How The West Was Won' To Be Reissued With New Remastering Supervised By JIMMY PAGE

On September 7, 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant first took the stage together in Gladsaxe, Denmark. Then billed as THE NEW YARDBIRDS, the band would assemble in the studio for the first time later that month to start recording their debut album as LED ZEPPELIN, and ro...

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THE STARBREAKERS Feat. NITA STRAUSS, JILL JANUS: Video Footage Of Whisky Concert

Video footage of THE STARBREAKERS performing a cover version of the MEGADETH classic "Hangar 18" on January 18 at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California can be seen below (courtesy of Jim Antera Ross). THE STARBREAKERS is an all-star cover band featuring five of the most talented female mu...

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STONE SOUR Guitarist Thinks 'People Hear The Honesty' In Latest Album 'Hydrograd'

STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand was interviewed by Guitar Mania prior to the band's December 12 performance in Vienna, Austria. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group's growth during the current "Hydrograd" record cycle: Jos...

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PEARL JAM Announces Seattle 'Home Shows' To Fight Homelessness

PEARL JAM will play two headlining shows on August 8 and August 10 in Seattle at Safeco Field. The "Home Shows" mark PEARL JAM's first hometown appearance in five years, plus the largest headlining concert event in Seattle since THE ROLLING STONES' two-night stint at the Kingdome in 1981. In additio...

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Report: Former JUDAS PRIEST Drummer DAVE HOLLAND Dead At 69

According to the Spanish newspaper El Progreso, former JUDAS PRIEST drummer Dave Holland has passed away at the age of 69. The musician died on Tuesday, January 16 at Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti in Lugo, Spain. The cause of his death has not been revealed, but his body has already been crem...

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ROBERT PLANT On Possibility Of Recording With JIMMY PAGE Again: 'It's Not Even Within My Countenance To Imagine It'

In a brand new interview with the Louisville, Kentucky radio station 91.9 WFPK, LED ZEPPELIN legend Robert Plant was asked if he could ever see himself recording with Jimmy Page again. "I have no idea," he said (hear audio below). "It's not even within my countenance to imagine it, really." After DJ...

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GLENN HUGHES And CHAD SMITH Perform With JOE SATRIANI, PHIL COLLEN, JOHN PETRUCCI At 'G3' Concert In Los Angeles (Video)

Glenn Hughes (DEEP PURPLE, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION) and Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) appeared as guests at this past Friday's (Janaury 19) "G3" concert at the Orpheum in Los Angeles, California. The "G3" tour features Joe Satriani, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen and DREAM THEATER axeman Joh...

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CARMINE APPICE On Scrapped BLUE MURDER Reunion Plans: 'We Still Can't Get JOHN SYKES Out Of The House'

Legendary drummer Carmine Appice (BLUE MURDER, VANILLA FUDGE, KING KOBRA) was recently interviewed by Tigman of the Albany, New York radio station Q103. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On "Monsters And Heroes", a song from the...

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Hear BAD WOLVES' 'Zombie' Cover DOLORES O'RIORDAN Was Set To Appear On Before Death

Metal band BAD WOLVES has released it cover version of of THE CRANBERRIES' most famous and successful song, "Zombie". THE CRANBERRIES lead vocalist Dolores O'Riordan was set to record her vocals on the track earlier this week when she was found dead on the bathroom floor of her London hotel room by...

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TESLA's New PHIL COLLEN-Produced Album Tentatively Due In June

TESLA's long-awaited follow-up to 2014's "Simplicity" album will tentatively arrive in June. The new disc was helmed by DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen, who co-wrote and produced the TESLA song "Save That Goodness", which was released in August 2016 and included on the "Mechanical Resonance Live!"...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN: How 'Bastards' Became Centerpiece Of 'Catharsis' Album

In the video clip below, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn talks about the inspiration for "Bastards", the new folk-driven, political song which appears on the band's upcoming album "Catharsis". Flynn told U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about the track: "That song is a simple folk song to me. It's four...

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Former BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Guitarist NICK CATANESE Pleads Guilty To Sending Sexually Explicit Photos To 14-Year-Old Girl

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, former BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Nicholas Catanese pleaded guilty Tuesday (January 16) to sending sexually explicit messages to a 14-year-old female. The 46-year-old musician, who was known as "The Evil Twin" because of his amazing shredding skills (a n...

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NEAL SCHON Joins JOE SATRIANI, PHIL COLLEN, JOHN PETRUCCI For 'Superstition' Cover In Oakland (Video)

JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon appeared as a guest at this past Sunday's "G3" concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. The "G3" tour features Joe Satriani, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Phil Collen and DREAM THEATER axeman John Petrucci. The four musicians were joined by singer extraordinaire Debbi...

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Listen To JIMI HENDRIX's Previously Unreleased Reworking Of MUDDY WATERS's 'Mannish Boy'

On March 9, Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release "Both Sides Of The Sky", a dynamic new Jimi Hendrix album featuring 13 studio recordings made between 1968 and 1970 — 10 of which have never before been released. The album will be re...