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STATUS QUO Guitarist RICK PARFITT Dead At 68

Guitarist Rick Parfitt of veteran British rockers STATUS QUO died earlier today (Saturday, December 24). He was 68 years old. The Parfitt family and the STATUS QUO manager, Simon Porter, have released the following joint statement regarding the matter: "We are truly devastated to have to announce th...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES Release New Song 'The Outsider'

"The Outsider", a brand new song from Los Angeles rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES, can be streamed below. The track will appear on the band's fifth album, which is due in early 2017. The follow-up to BLACK VEIL BRIDES' 2014 self-titled effort was produced by John Feldmann at his Southern California studio...

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Ten Thousand Ways to Die

Death metal legend OBITUARY is currently working on a new album. The band's 2014 album, "Inked in Blood", reached 79 on the Billboard 200 chart. Assuming the religious right even consults Billboard (doubtful),there's something hilarious about an extreme metal act placing so high while shoving cover...

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Sorceress

The singularity of OPETH's career trajectory has been brave and fruitful. The palette from which the Swedish band has dressed its canvas has been more diverse than the death metal, progressive rock and folk amalgam that commonly, and loosely, describes the group. It has certainly expanded metal's bo...

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NINE INCH NAILS Announce 'Not The Actual Events' EP, Vinyl Reissues

NINE INCH NAILS will release a new five-song EP, "Not The Actual Events", on December 23. The effort finds NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor and now-official bandmate Atticus Ross taking an unexpected left turn from 2013's "Hesitation Marks" and sounding unrecognizable from their current film wor...

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ANTHRAX Distances Itself From GLOBAL MUSIC RIGHTS' Radio Fight

ANTHRAX has released an open letter to veteran manager Irving Azoff, whose Global Music Rights and the Radio Music Licensing Committee have filed dueling lawsuits over radio rates for songwriters. Azoff formed Global Music Rights three years ago to compete with the established licensing companies, A...

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DARKEST HOUR: Listen To New Song 'Knife In The Safe Room'

"Knife In The Safe Room", a brand new song from Washington, D.C. metalcore pioneers DARKEST HOUR, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's ninth full-length album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora", which will be released on March 10 via Southern Lord Recordings. The 12-son...

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Former KYUSS Frontman JOHN GARCIA Releases 'Kylie' Video

The official video for the song "Kylie" from former KYUSS frontman John Garcia can be seen below. The track is taken from his new studio album, "The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues", which will be released on January 27 via Napalm Records. Normally you would expect some heavy guitars, pounding drums and...

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METALLICA 'Hardwired' Cover Creator Says CROWBAR Similarities Are Coincidental

Dimitri Scheblanov of Herring & Herring, one of the creative directors and photographers of METALLICA's "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" album, has denied drawing influence from the cover of CROWBAR's 1998 classic "Odd Fellows Rest" for the design of METALLICA's disc. While both covers feature fo...

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DARKEST HOUR To Release 'Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora' Album In March

DARKEST HOUR, the Washington, D.C. metalcore pioneers, will release their ninth full-length album, "Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora", on March 10 via Southern Lord Recordings. The 12-song effort was part of a crowdfunding campaign that the band launched earlier this year, with the ultimate...

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DEVILDRIVER To Tour North America With DEATH ANGEL, WINDS OF PLAGUE, THE AGONIST

SoCal groove metal heavyweights DEVILDRIVER will headline a North American tour, dubbed "Bound By The Road", beginning February 8, 2017 in Santa Ana, Califonia. The trek will feature support from DEATH ANGEL, WINDS OF PLAGUE, THE AGONIST and AZREAL. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, December 16 a...

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WARBRINGER To Release 'Woe To The Vanquished' Album In March

Los Angeles-based thrash metallers WARBRINGER will release their fifth album, "Woe To The Vanquished", on March 31 via Napalm. The disc was produced and mixed by Mike Plottnikoff (FEAR FACTORY, IN FLAMES),mastered by Howie Weinberg (SLAYER, PANTERA),with cover art by Andreas Marschall (SODOM, BLIN...

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New Video Premiere: THE MURDER OF MY SWEET's 'Personal Hell'

"Personal Hell", the new video from THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fourth studio album, "Echoes Of The Aftermath", which will be released on January 27, 2017 via Frontiers Music Srl. 2015 saw THE MURDER OF MY SWEET reunite with their original label home...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Questions Whether NIKKI SIXX Really Kept A Diary At Height Of His Heroin Addiction

On December 6, former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach was at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York to read from and discuss his long-awaited autobiography, "18 And Life On Skid Row". Sebastian was joined in conversation by music writer and The Creative Independent editor in chief Brandon Stosuy. You can...

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STEVE VAI: 'I Get Offers All The Time To Form Supergroups'

In a brand new interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, legendary guitarist Steve Vai was asked what it was that convinced him to join David Lee Roth and WHITESNAKE when his solo material is so different from the music that those artists churn out. He responded: "I was a teenager in the '70s, ...