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AMORPHIS Re-Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST; New Album Due In 2018

Finnish melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS have signed a new record deal with their longtime label home, Nuclear Blast. AMORPHIS guitarist Esa Holopainen commented: "I'm really happy to announce that AMORPHIS got re-signed to Nuclear Blast! It's nice to be working with such professional and...

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Singer DIANNE VAN GIERSBERGEN Officially Exits XANDRIA, Says Being In The Band Was Bad For Her Health

Dutch singer Dianne Van Giersbergen has announced her departure from German symphonic metallers XANDRIA. The news comes just one day after XANDRIA canceled its previously announced U.S. tour, which was scheduled to kick off on September 29 in Buffalo, New York and conclude on October 21 in Atlanta,...

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Listen To A Previously Unheard Early Version Of WHITESNAKE's 'Is This Love'

The "Evolutions Version" of the classic WHITESNAKE song "Is This Love", which will appear on the upcoming thirtieth-anniversary reissue of the band's self-titled album, can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track is part of a complete bonus disc full of demos and rehearsals from the...

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DAVE GROHL Says SEPULTURA's 'Roots' 'Became The Gauge For Every Studio Album FOO FIGHTERS Did For Ten Years'

In the latest issue of U.K.'s Mojo magazine, former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl shares the albums and songs that saved his life and shaped his sonic imagination — a list that includes pivotal releases from THE BEATLES, HÜSKER DÜ, AC/DC, 10CC, SEPULTURA and BAD BRAINS...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Guitarist: 'Every Record Of Ours Has A Different Sound To It'

ALL THAT REMAINS guitarist Mike Martin spoke to Antihero Magazine's James Geiser about the mixed response to the band's recently released cover version of Garth Brooks's "The Thunder Rolls". "We've had feedback like that on pretty much everything we've done since 2006," Mike laughed (hear audio belo...

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XANDRIA Cancels U.S. Tour, Announces Stand-In Singer For European Shows

German/Dutch symphonic metallers XANDRIA have been forced to cancel their previously announced U.S. tour. The trek was scheduled to kick off on September 29 in Buffalo, New York and conclude on October 21 in Atlanta, Georgia. Says the band in a statement: "Some bad and some good news, folks. Starti...

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Ex-STRYPER Bassist TIM GAINES Slams MICHAEL SWEET, Tells His Former Bandmates To 'Grow Some Balls'

Tim Gaines claims that he was kicked out of STRYPER after he was given an ultimatum by his former bandmates to either "give up" his new wife or get fired from the group. The musician's exit from the band has been rumored for months, ever since STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox revealed that Tim was going thr...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Explains Breakdown Of His Friendship With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

Jeff Scott Soto has fired back at Yngwie Malmsteen for implying in a recent interview that the singer contributed nothing to the songwriting on the albums that they recorded together. Soto, who sang on Yngwie's first two albums, 1984's "Rising Force" and 1985's "Marching Out", took issue with the fa...

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TRIVIUM Frontman Braces For Hurricane Irma: 'If All Hell Breaks Loose, I Can Get In The Canoes And Swim Away'

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy, who lives in Orlando, Florida, says that he spent the past week preparing for Hurricane Irma, loading up on food and supplies for him and his wife. They also brought in a generator to maintain power for their Central Florida house, which is in the forecast cone of Irma's...

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ANTHRAX Bassist On The Political Situation In U.S.: 'It's A Zoo What's Going On Right Now'

EMP Live conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello at this year's Resurrection Fest, which was held July 5-8 at Campo de fútbol Celeiro, Viveiro, Spain. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the lyrical direction of 2016's "For...

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ELECTRIC WIZARD: 'Wizard Bloody Wizard' Album Details Revealed

U.K. cult legends ELECTRIC WIZARD will release their new album, "Wizard Bloody Wizard", on November 10 via Spinefarm. The LP is described in a press release as "forty-three minutes of cranium-crushing bludgeon rock, a relentless aural brain rape and, like the band's beloved vintage horror/exploitati...

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SANTA CRUZ To Release 'Bad Blood Rising' Album In November

Finnish modern hard rockers SANTA CRUZ will release their third album, "Bad Blood Rising", on November 10 via M-Theory Audio. The band already released the record's infectious first single, "River Phoenix", earlier this summer, but Friday, September 15 brings the next digital single release with "Yo...

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HEAVEN & EARTH: 'The Game Has Changed' Lyric Video

"Hard To Kill", the fourth studio album from Los Angeles-based hard rockers HEAVEN & EARTH, will be released on October 6 via Quarto Valley Records. A lyric video for the song "The Game Has Changed", taken from "Hard To Kill", can be seen below. Founded by British-born, blues-rock guitar virtuoso St...

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THEORY OF A DEADMAN: 'Echoes' Video Released

"Echoes", the new video from the Atlantic Records/604 Records group THEORY OF A DEADMAN, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Wake Up Call", which will be released on October 27. Recorded with producer Martin Terefe at London's Kensaltown Studios, "Wake Up Call" finds THE...

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SATYRICON Frontman Feels 'Pretty Good', Two Years After Being Diagnosed With A Brain Tumor

Vocalist Sigurd "Satyr" Wongraven of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON says that being diagnosed with a brain tumor back in 2015 made him realize that the band's upcoming album, "Deep Calleth Upon Deep", could be the group's last. "[It] made me think, 'Wow, that's it. I can't do this anymore, I gu...