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GODSMACK Drummer SHANNON LARKIN: 'SULLY ERNA And I Were Meant To Be In A Band Together'

GODSMACK drummer Shannon Larkin spoke to Cryptic Rock about how he joined the Sully Erna-fronted outfit in 2002 after cutting his teeth with WRATHCHILD (later WRATCHILD AMERICA and SOULS AT ZERO) before getting picked up by UGLY KID JOE in time for a taste of their zenith. "I've been in bands: I was...

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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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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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REX BROWN Says DIMEBAG's Early Growth As A Guitarist Was 'The Most Unreal Thing' He Had Ever Seen

Former PANTERA bassist Rex Brown stopped by the Guitar World studios to talk about some cool PANTERA stuff that not a lot of fans know, plus to discuss his relationship with "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Speaking about the late PANTERA guitarist, Brown said (see video below): "I knew Dime before he even...

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KID ROCK Releases New Song 'Tennessee Mountain Top'

Kid Rock has unveiled his latest song, "Tennessee Mountain Top", on streaming and sales platforms. "Tennessee Mountain Top" is impacting at country radio October 2. The track brings out a country-infused southern rock spirit that has drawn country fans to Kid Rock for almost two decades since he rel...

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Former BATTLE BEAST Guitarist ANTON KABANEN's BEAST IN BLACK Releases 'Blind And Frozen' Video

"Blind And Frozen", the Ville Lipiäinen-directed video from BEAST IN BLACK, the Helsinki, Finland-based metal band led by former BATTLE BEAST guitarist and main songwriter Anton Kabanen, can be seen below. The song is taken from BEAST IN BLACK's debut album, titled "Berserker", which will be release...

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SLASH, JOE PERRY, JOE SATRIANI, NEAL SCHON Featured On 'A Tribute To Les Paul' DVD

With a legendary career as a hit-making musician, solid-body electric guitar trailblazer, and an inventor of unprecedented recording techniques, he has impacted and influenced the many facets of the music industry like none other. Filmed live at what was then the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles o...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Blasts 'False Journalism In The Metal Community' For Suggesting He Is Racist

Former PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo has blasted "false journalism in the metal community" for suggesting he was racist because a video surfaced of him last year giving the right-arm salute and yelling a white-supremacist slogan at a California concert. At a January 2016 "Dimebash" event at the Lu...

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VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS To Release 'MK II' Album In November

Four years after Adrian Vandenberg made a spectacular comeback with VANDENBERG'S MOONKINGS, the band returns with a sophomore album, simply titled "MK II". Due on November 3 via the Mascot Label Group, the disc has all the qualities of the debut: once again the four-piece band manages to create a pe...

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GRETA VAN FLEET's 'Highway Tune' Claims #1 Spot At U.S. Active And Mainstream Rock Radio

"Highway Tune", the debut single from GRETA VAN FLEET, one of the most buzzed-about new rock bands on the scene today, has just attained the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Active and Mainstream Rock radio charts, and No. 1 on the Canadian Active Rock radio chart. This milestone comes just as the band is wr...

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BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Says JASON BITTNER Was One Of OVERKILL's First 'Drum Groupies'

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth says that Jason Bittner has elevated OVERKILL's musicianship since the drummer joined the band this past spring. Even though Ron Lipnicki had been part of OVERKILL's lineup for more than a decade, the drummer was absent from the band's last few tours, with OVERKILL's longtime...

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DIMEBAG's Girlfriend RITA HANEY: 'He Was The Most Driven Person I've Ever Met And I've Ever Known'

Late PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime girlfriend Rita Haney was interviewed by Heavy New York at the Ride For Dime charity event and concert on August 26 at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, New Jersey. You can now listen to the chat below. Speaking about Dimebag's evolution...

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JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR: Lyric Video For 'False Gods' Song

The official lyric video for the song "False Gods" from U.S. power metal act JACK STARR'S BURNING STARR can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's long-awaited new studio album, "Stand Your Ground", which was released on August 25 via High Roller Records. The effort, which is almost eight...

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KID ROCK Slams Claims Of Election Law Violations

According to The Pulse Of Radio, Kid Rock has been accused of violating federal election laws, two months after hinting that he may run for a U.S. Senate seat in the 2018 midterm elections, Although Rock has not officially come out as a candidate, he launched a merchandise web site at the address Ki...