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DOKKEN Has Written 'Seven Songs So Far' For Next Studio Album

Don Dokken spoke to Canada's The Metal Voice about the progress of the songwriting sessions for DOKKEN's new album — the group's first since 2012's "Broken Bones". He said (hear audio below): "Lucky for us, before I lost the use of my hand to play guitar [in a late 2019 neck and spine surgery], we w...

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BRIAN MAY Says 'There Is A Chance' His Collaboration With TONY IOMMI Will See Light Of Day

QUEEN guitarist Brian May has told Guitar World in a new interview that there is still "a chance" that his much-rumored collaboration with BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi will see the light of day. "We do more talking than anything else, but we do a lot of talking," Brian said. "He is really my dearest f...

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VIO-LENCE Records Cover Song, Films Music Video

Guitarist Phil Demmel of reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE spoke to Rock Immortal Productions' "Rock Talk" live interview series about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new EP, tentatively due in 2021 via Metal Blade Records. "We just recorded a cover song, an...

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LACUNA COIL: Second Episode Of 'On Tour' Internet Video Series

Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL recently launched a new Internet video series called "On Tour With Lacuna Coil". Each clip will contain behind-the-scenes footage from the band's 2019 "Black Anima" European tour. The second "On Tour With Lacuna Coil" episode, focusing on the band's concert in Rome,...

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DEF LEPPARD's PHIL COLLEN: Week One Of '30-Day Fitness Challenge'

DEF LEPPARD has launched a new video series called "30 Day Fitness Challenge With Phil Collen". Join the guitarist for the month of July as he takes on a 30-day fitness challenge. Use the hashtag #PhilCollen30Days to follow along as Phil works on his exercises, his diet and overall health. Week one...

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Ex-DEATH Members GENE HOGLAN, STEVE DIGIORGIO And BOBBY KOELBLE Perform Quarantine Version Of 'Overactive Imagination'

Three former members of DEATH — drummer Gene Hoglan, bassist Steve DiGiorgio and guitarist Bobby Koelble — recently teamed up with their DEATH TO ALL bandmate, guitarist/vocalist Max Phelps, to record a quarantine cover version of the DEATH classic "Overactive Imagination" from the 1993 album "Indiv...

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NAPALM DEATH Announces New Album 'Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism'

U.K. grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH will release their new studio album, "Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism", on September 18 via Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2015's "Apex Predator - Easy Meat" was again recorded with longtime producer Russ Russell and features artwork by Frode Sylt...

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QUEEN's ROGER TAYLOR On Possibility Of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Sequel: 'I Wouldn't Want To Be Seen As Cashing In Again'

QUEEN drummer Roger Taylor says that a sequel to the band's biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" is unlikely to happen. Released in November 2018, "Bohemian Rhapsody" has become the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time, bringing in more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office. It was also No. 1 big...

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SUZI QUATRO To Release 'Through My Words' Lyric Book

New Haven Publishing author and rock icon Suzi Quatro will release a new book, "Through My Words", on July 27. This large, full-color hardcover contains Suzi's lyrics and personal photographs and includes her commentary about where she was when the music was made. The cover and interior graphic desi...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Explains His Musical Collaboration With Armenian Prime Minister

In a recent interview with Armenian-born American television personality Araksya Karapetyan, SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian spoke about his collaboration with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan on the song called "Hayastane" (Hayastan is the Armenian name for Armenia). Asked how the tra...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Covers 'Gurenge', Theme Song Of Anime Series 'Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba' (Video)

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has shared his metal interpretation of the opening theme song for the ongoing TV anime series "Demon Slayer". The original track "Gurenge" ("Red Lotus") was created by the singer LiSA and recently became the third most-downloaded single in all of Japan, havin...

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Why Did It Take MIKE MANGINI Nearly A Decade To Get A Lyrical Songwriting Credit In DREAM THEATER? He Explains

Mike Mangini discussed his relative lack of songwriting contributions to DREAM THEATER during a 2019 interview with Drumtalk, the video podcast by German drummer and videographer Philipp Koch, which has just been uploaded to YouTube. Asked why it has taken nearly a decade for him to make his DREAM T...

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RICHIE KOTZEN 'Would Love To' Make A Third Studio Album With THE WINERY DOGS

Guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen says that he "would love to" make a third studio album with THE WINERY DOGS, his power trio with drummer Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER, AVENGED SEVENFOLD) and legendary bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, TALAS, DAVID LEE ROTH). The longtime solo artist addressed the possi...

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Former JOURNEY Singer STEVE PERRY Says He Has Not Given Permission To Any Political Candidate To Use 'Don't Stop Believin''

Former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry says that he is against having the band's music used in political campaigns. Perry took to his Twitter Friday night (July 3) to write: "As one of the songwriters of Don't Stop Believin', I have not given permission to any political candidate to use this song!" Perry...

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WILL CARROLL Addresses CHUCK BILLY's Comment That He 'Should Have Said Something' If He Thought He Had Contracted COVID-19

Will Carroll says that he is "cool" with Chuck Billy, two months after the TESTAMENT singer publicly wondered if he had contracted COVID-19 from the DEATH ANGEL drummer when the two bands toured together. Carroll, who spent almost two weeks on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at a Northern Cal...