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BEHEMOTH Announces 'XXX Years Ov Blasphemy' Global Livestream

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH have announced their brand new visual spectacular, "XXX Years Ov Blasphemy", a special digital performance presented by the premium social live media platform Moment House. The event will mark the band's 30th anniversary with a dynamic performance of three separate...

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MICHAEL SWEET Takes Issue With TED NUGENT's Comments About Vaccinated People: 'I'm No Sheep'

STRYPER's Michael Sweet has taken issue with Ted Nugent's characterization of vaccinated people as "stupid". Last Friday (October 1),Nugent appeared on "Off The Record" where he once again said that he won't take the COVID-19 vaccine because the shots that are available in the United States were de...

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KIX Drummer JIMMY 'CHOCOLATE' CHALFANT Recovering From Heart Attack

KIX drummer Jimmy "Chocolate" Chalfant suffered a heart attack at his home on the evening of Wednesday, September 29 and was rushed to the hospital. He had immediate surgery to insert two stents in his heart then another surgery the next day for another stent. Good news is he is feeling way better,...

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MINISTRY's AL JOURGENSEN Urges 'Knuckleheads' To 'Do What's Right' And 'Get Their Vaccines'

Last month, it was announced that MINISTRY's upcoming tour — most recently scheduled to kick off in October — had been moved to March and April 2022. THE MELVINS and CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will now appear on all show dates as the tour's special guests. Each show date will celebrate 30 years of MINI...

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Former WHITESNAKE Guitarist BERNIE MARSDEN To Release 'Chess' Album In November

Conquest Music has set a November 26 release date for "Chess", the follow-up album to Bernie Marsden's "Kings" album. "Kings" reached No. 1 in the Amazon Blues chart, No. 18 in the U.K. album sales chart and gained fantastic reviews and accolades following its release in July this year. The forthcom...

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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Announce 2022 North American And European Tour Dates

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS will embark on a world tour next spring. The 32-city global stadium trek kicks off on Saturday, June 4 at Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Spain with stops in London, Paris, Dublin, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and many more before wrapping up in Arlington at Globe Life Field...

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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Explains Why He Likes Songwriting Collaborations

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, GHOST mastermind Tobias Forge discussed his songwriting process. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I usually write bits and pieces and snippets. It varies a little. Nowadays, because we spend so much time on tour, when th...

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JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist RICHIE FAULKNER Discharged From Hospital Following Heart Surgery

Richie Faulkner is now resting at home in Nashville following emergency heart surgery at Rudd Heart and Lung Center at UofL Health - Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. On September 26, the JUDAS PRIEST guitarist suffered an acute cardiac aortic dissection during a performance at the Louder Tha...

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THE THREE TREMORS Feat. TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, SEAN PECK And HARRY CONKLIN: 'Guardians Of The Void' Album Due Next Month

THE THREE TREMORS, the project featuring acclaimed heavy metal singers Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN),Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin (JAG PANZER) and Sean "The Hell Destroyer" Peck (CAGE, DEATH DEALER, DENNER/SHERMANN),will release its second album, "Guardians Of The V...

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THE OFFSPRING Takes Aim At Big Pharma In Music Video For 'The Opioid Diaries'

THE OFFSPRING has unveiled the video for "The Opioid Diaries". The song, which appears on the band's acclaimed, chart-topping tenth studio album "Let The Bad Times Roll", is part cautionary tale and part admonition, and takes aim squarely at the source of the opioid crisis that has devastated commun...

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Ex-QUIET RIOT Singer PAUL SHORTINO Rails Against Vaccine Mandates: 'We're Swinging The Pendulum Close To Marxism'

Former QUIET RIOT and current ROUGH CUTT singer Paul Shortino has railed against the federal and local vaccine mandates that have been implemented across the U.S. over the past few weeks. The 68-year-old Shortino, who frequently "likes" tweets that amplify Republican talking points and that are dero...

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KISS Will Be 'Finished' By Early 2023, Says PAUL STANLEY

KISS frontman Paul Stanley says that the final concert of the band's "End Of The Road" tour will likely happen within the next year and a half. KISS launched its farewell trek in January 2019 but was forced to put it on hold last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "End Of The Road" was originally sc...

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CHEVELLE Cancels November 2021 Shows 'Due To Changing Circumstances'

CHEVELLE has canceled more than a dozen dates in November "due to changing circumstances beyond [the band's] control." CHEVELLE has been touring in support of its ninth album, "Niratias", out now via Epic Records. The initial trek kicked off on September 1 in Kansas City and ran through September 25...

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JOHN 5 On DAVID LEE ROTH's Decision To Retire: 'Thank You For The Music, The Memories'

John 5 says that he is grateful to David Lee Roth for the "great music" and "amazing memories." Earlier this month, the legendary VAN HALEN singer announced that he was ending his career with his upcoming Las Vegas residency during the first weeks of January. "I am throwing in the shoes. I'm retirin...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER Suffered An 'Aortic Aneurysm' During LOUDER THAN LIFE Performance

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner says that he suffered an "aortic aneurysm and complete aortic dissection" during the band's performance at the Louder Than Life festival. On September 27, one day after PRIEST's appearance in Lousville, Kentucky, the British heavy metal legends announced that t...