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Former MALEVOLENT CREATION Singer BRET HOFFMANN Diagnosed With Stage 4 Colon Cancer

A fundraising campaign has been launched for former MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Bret Hoffmann, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. The GoFundMe page, which was started by Bret's "very close friend/family member" Tina Kuntz Mielcarek, is asking for donations to cover his "medical e...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman: 'If OBAMA Did A Tenth Of What TRUMP Is Doing, You'd Be Screaming Impeachment'

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell, who has been "an auxiliary member" of MINISTRY for the past decade, says that he agrees with the political messages imparted by Al Jourgensen on the latter band's latest album, "AmeriKKKant". The disc, which came out last month via Nuclear Blast, has been descri...

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SPINAL TAP Bassist DEREK SMALLS: Entire 'Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)' Album Available For Listening

Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as SPINAL TAP, returns with the release of his first full-length solo venture, "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)", out globally April 13 via Twanky Records/BMG on digital, CD and vinyl. The entire album can no...

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MINISTRY Releases Trippy 'Victims Of A Clown' Video

Like a mid-20th century funhouse gone mad, MINISTRY's just-released video for the track "Victims Of A Clown" is a relentless hallucinogenic ride through images of creepy clowns roaming circuses where there are no exits, men parading in ghoulish gas masks, psychological messaging, physical reality be...

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DOWNPOUR Feat. SHADOWS FALL, Ex-UNEARTH Members: Debut Album To Be Released

DOWNPOUR, the Massachusetts metal band featuring current and former members of SHADOWS FALL and UNEARTH, will release its debut album later in the year via PledgeMusic. The disc was recorded in spurts over a four-month period in 2015. The band purposefully elected to sit on the record until the time...

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VINNY APPICE, TONY MACALPINE Among Featured Guests On TARA LYNCH's Debut Album, 'Evil Enough'

Tara Lynch (a.k.a. "Gui-Tara") is a guitarist, composer, vocalist and songwriter who delivers heavy metal thunder with prominent melodic guitar riffs, shredding leads and powerhouse vocals. She will release her debut album, "Evil Enough", on April 13. "Evil Enough" is a melodic metal album featurin...

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SONS OF APOLLO Release 'Tengo Vida' Lyric Video

SONS OF APOLLO — the progressive metal supergroup featuring former DREAM THEATER bandmates Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, as well as bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, THE WINERY DOGS),guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES) and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, TALISMAN, W.E.T.) — has rel...

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SONS OF APOLLO Release Spanish-Language Version Of 'Alive' Song; 'Alive / Tengo Vida' EP Available Now

SONS OF APOLLO — the progressive metal supergroup featuring former DREAM THEATER bandmates Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, as well as bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, THE WINERY DOGS),guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES) and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, TALISMAN, W.E.T.) — has rel...

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MINISTRY Recruits Drummer DEREK ABRAMS For Spring 2018 Tour; JOEY JORDISON No Longer Taking Part

Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY have once again recruited Derek Abrams to play drums on their upcoming North American tour, which kicks off Thursday night (March 22) at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. Abrams originally joined MINISTRY last year and sat behind the kit for the band's fal...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE's CHRIS BRODERICK On 'Old Scars, New Wounds' Album: 'You Can Hear Our Individuality In Different Songs'

"Robb's MetalWorks" recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE guitarist Chris Broderick. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the more collaborative songwriting process on ACT OF DEFIANCE's sophomore album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", compared to that...

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Ex-OVERKILL Guitarist BOBBY GUSTAFSON Slams Former Bandmates, Says Upcoming DVD Is A 'Piece Of S**t'

Former OVERKILL guitarist Bobby Gustafson says that fans shouldn't buy the band's upcoming "Live In Overhausen" DVD and Blu-Ray because he is "not getting a dime" from the release. Due on May 18 via Nuclear Blast, "Live In Overhausen" was recorded two years earlier in Oberhausen, Germany, where OVER...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO On Being Asked To Join SONS OF APOLLO: 'I Said Yes Before I Even Heard One Note'

SONS OF APOLLO vocalist Jeff Scott Soto was recently interviewed by Sonic Perspectives. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On whether he was surprised to be asked by Mike Portnoy to join SONS OF APOLLO soon after his band SOTO tou...

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SPINAL TAP Bassist DEREK SMALLS: 'It Don't Get Old' Video Released

Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as SPINAL TAP, returns with the release of his first full-length solo venture, "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)", out globally April 13 via Twanky Records/BMG on digital, CD and vinyl. The official music vide...

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Video Premiere: MINISTRY's 'Twilight Zone'

Industrial metal pioneers MINISTRY have releases a surreal and provocative new music video for the track "Twilight Zone" from the band's upcoming album, "AmeriKKKant", due out March 9 (Nuclear Blast). Building upon the themes of the song, the "Twilight Zone" video takes the viewer on a macabre excur...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE Guitarist Says New Album Is 'Much More Of A Group Effort' Than Band's Debut

During the 2018 NAMM convention, ACT OF DEFIANCE guitarist Chris Broderick (ex-MEGADETH, ex-NEVERMORE) and vocalist Henry Derek Bonner (ex-SCAR THE MARTYR) spoke with RadioactiveMike Z about the differences between the group's new album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", and the band's 2015 debut, "Birth And...