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KING'S X Guitarist Says His Guest Appearance With GEOFF TATE's QUEENSRŸCHE Was 'Uncomfortable'

KING'S X guitarist Ty Tabor does not have fond memories of his guest appearance on "Frequency Unknown", the sole album Geoff Tate released under the QUEENSRŸCHE banner during a period when the singer was battling his former bandmates over the rights to the group's name. "Frequency Unknown" arrived i...

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GENE SIMMONS Says He Did Nothing To Warrant Being Banned For Life From FOX NEWS

Gene Simmons says that he did nothing to warrant him being banned for life from Fox News. It was reported last month that the KISS bassist/vocalist would not be welcomed back to the conservative news network due to lewd behavior following his appearance on Fox News and Fox Business Network. The Dail...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR To Release 'Live In London' Solo Performance

On May 8, 2016, SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor performed a sold-out solo acoustic set at Koko in London, England. The full performance will be released for the first time to the public on December 18, 2017 at thecoreytaylor.com. A teaser for "Live In London" is available below. During...

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ISAAC DELAHAYE Says EPICA Likes 'To Do Something Out Of The Box' On Studio Albums

Metal & High Heels recently conducted an interview with guitarist Isaac Delahaye of Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether EPICA's productivity in the studio comes naturally: Isaac: "It kind of com...

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DOROTHY Announces 2018 'Freedom Tour' Dates

Los Angeles-based alternative rock band DOROTHY has announced tour dates for the 2018 "Freedom Tour". DOROTHY is taking the high-voltage show to major cities across the United States, including Chicago, New York, Boston, Nashville, Los Angeles, Austin, and more. DOROTHY will perform new music from i...

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GWAR: Collected Edition Of Popular Comic 'Orgasmageddon' To Be Released

Due to massive demand, "Gwar: Orgasmageddon" will see release as a trade paperback from Dynamite Comics, collecting all four issues of the hit series. The book will include the main story by GWAR's Matt Maguire, Matt Miner, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer and Tom Neely, plus all the backup stories and art...

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ROBERT PLANT Has No Plans To Write Autobiography

Robert Plant has no plans to write an autobiography, saying that his memories will remain "locked nicely between" his "two ever-growing ear holes." The LED ZEPPELIN frontman, who released a new solo album, "Carry Fire", in October, dismissed the idea of writing a book during a recent interview with...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Disputes Stereotype That Heavy Metal Is 'Working-Class Genre'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson has disputed the stereotype that heavy metal music appeals mostly to alienated working-class males, saying that he doesn't think "you can allocate any style of music to a particular class." During a brand new interview with The Irish Times focusing on his recently...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Stands By Statement That PUTIN Is 'Telling The Truth', Says TRUMP Is 'Really Trying To Do A Good Job'

Joe Lynn Turner says that he still stands by his comment that Vladimir Putin is the only world leader "telling the truth," explaining that "there's more freedom in Russia" than there is in the United States of America. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer made headlines in 2015 when it was reve...

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UNLOCKING THE TRUTH: 'My Chains' Video Released

By now, the story of teenage metal trio UNLOCKING THE TRUTH (who walked away from a seven-figure deal with Sony) is well known. After years of media excitement, late-night TV appearances, and breakout sets at Coachella and Bonnaroo, the band's debut album, "Chaos", was finally released independently...

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Former QUEENSRŸCHE Singer GEOFF TATE Records New Song For Charity

Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has recorded a brand new song in support of charity. All proceeds from the track, which will be released next month, will benefit MercyWatch, a nonprofit focused on outreach to the homeless community in Snohomish County, located in the U.S. state of Washington, w...

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METALLICA Teams Up With STARBUCKS, SPOTIFY For Limited-Edition Gift Card

As METALLICA celebrates the launch of the new web site for its All Within My Hands foundation, the band has announced that in the spirit of the holidays and their "Give Good" campaign, Starbucks and Spotify are donating $1 million to be divided between METALLICA's foundation, Chance The Rapper's Soc...

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The Obsessed reissue

If you have THE OBSESSED's self-titled album from 1990 in any format prior to this year, you have a treasure. It, like its successor, "Lunar Womb", was damned hard to snag until YouTube came along. Those releases, together—along with the band's one-and-only major label release, "The Church Within"—r...

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Berserker

Hot on the heels of BATTLE BEAST's solid "Bringer of Pain" release earlier this year is the debut of former member and main songwriter Anton Kabanen's new, similarly named project: BEAST IN BLACK. The guitarist wanted to keep the beast alive within his new act's moniker to send a message that he wou...

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Old Scars, New Wounds

True supergroups, those including exceptionally talented songwriters and/or musicians, sometimes come across as frivolous affairs that feel like nothing more than side projects. But with an act like ACT OF DEFIANCE, it's perhaps because the band's members are now predominantly focused on this entity...