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Kingdom of Lies

It's the slow bits that get you. Grinding, somnambulant beatdowns, agonizing and willfully lobotomized, full of menace and spite: not a new phenomenon in deathcore, by any means, but a facet of the genre that OSIAH appear to have mastered and refined on their second full-length record. In truth, the...

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DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI Auctioning One-Of-A-Kind Guitar For Charity

DRAGONFORCE's Herman Li is auctioning off a one-of-a-kind guitar from his private collection. He says about the instrument: "It's an Ibanez pre-EGEN 18 TVF Prototype with an Edge bridge, the only one like it ever produced! This guitar was used on DRAGONFORCE's Billboard Top 20 album 'Ultra Beatdown'...

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ZAKK WYLDE: I'll Put OZZY's Vocal Performance On First BLACK SABBATH Album Up Against Any Of His Peers

Zakk Wylde says that he would put Ozzy Osbourne's vocal performance on BLACK SABBATH's 1970 self-titled debut up against any other singers within the rock genre. While not considered the most technically proficient of vocalists, Osbourne's distinctive wail and phrasing helped define early heavy meta...

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INCUBUS Announces 20th-Anniversary Tour For Acclaimed 'Make Yourself' Album

Having sold more than 23 million albums to date, award-winning band INCUBUS has announced today it will be hitting the road to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its platinum-selling album "Make Yourself". The Grammy-nominated act will take the "20 Years Of Make Yourself & Beyond" tour to 39 cities a...

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Vessel

THEORIES does not care for subtlety. The Seattle outfit's 2014 split with Canadian grinders WAKE and the debut full-length, "Regression", that came out the following year were both full-frontal assaults of controlled yet relentless deathgrind. Now, four years later, THEORIES has returned with its so...

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OF MICE & MEN Releases Music Video For New Song 'Mushroom Cloud'

OF MICE & MEN has released the official music video for a new song called "Mushroom Cloud". Check it out below. Commented singer/bassist Aaron Pauley: "I was pretty young when I became aware of the danger of spending too much time in my own head. My mind has never been a safe place for me to retreat...

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Former GREAT WHITE Singers JACK RUSSELL And TERRY ILOUS Perform Together In California (Video)

Former GREAT WHITE singers Jack Russell and Terry Ilous teamed up over the weekend to perform one of the band's classic songs. During Saturday's (April 27) JACK RUSSELL'S GREAT WHITE concert at The Canyon Santa Clarita in Valencia, California, the original GREAT WHITE singer invited his successor Il...

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PRO-PAIN Parts Ways With Guitarist ADAM PHILLIPS, Announces Replacement

Hardcore/metal pioneers PRO-PAIN have announced the departure of longtime guitarist Adam Phillips and addition of Greg Discenza. Phillips joined PRO-PAIN in 2011 as the replacement for Tom Klimchuck and appeared on the band's last three studio albums, 2012's "Straight To The Dome", 2013's "The Final...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI Finds 'About 500' Riffs While Hanging Out With QUEEN's BRIAN MAY

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi says that he has "found" about 500 riffs while recently spending time with QUEEN's Brian May. Iommi made the revelation while captioning a new Instagram photo, in which he can be seen hanging out with the QUEEN guitarist, who is holding a small boombox. "Hard at wo...

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KISS's PAUL STANLEY: 'I Pursued Fame As A Way To Compensate For A Lot Of Insecurities'

KISS frontman Paul Stanley will guest on the April 23 episode of "The Big Interview". The AXS TV program, which is on its seventh season, features interviews with some of entertainment's most influential artists. In a preview video below, Stanley talks to veteran TV journalist and host Dan Rather ab...

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OF MICE & MEN's AARON PAULEY 'Cleared' To Tour Following Surgery

OF MICE & MEN's Aaron Pauley has been "cleared" to return to the road at the end of the month. The vocalist/bassist underwent surgery in early April to have some precancerous tissue removed and will now rejoin his bandmates on tour on April 27 at the So What festival in Houston. Earlier today, Aaron...

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AEROSMITH Fans Are Concerned About JOE PERRY's Health After Watching Video Of Las Vegas Concert

A number of AEROSMITH fans are concerned about Joe Perry's health after a newly posted video showed the guitarist struggling to perform one of the band's classic songs. The clip in question, which was filmed on Saturday (April 13) during AEROSMITH's Las Vegas residency (and uploaded by YouTube user...

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OF MICE & MEN Cancels More Shows Following AARON PAULEY's Surgery

OF MICE & MEN has pulled out of the first six shows of its previously announced U.S. tour with BEARTOOTH so that bassist/vocalist Aaron Pauley can have enough time to recover from his recent surgery. The band explained in a statement: "On Monday, April 8th, Aaron became aware of a medical issue requ...

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OF MICE & MEN Cancels Shows Due To 'Medical Situation'

OF MICE & MEN has been forced to cancel its shows this week in Flagstaff, Grand Junction, Lakewood and Syracuse "due to a medical situation that requires immediate urgent attention." The band called off the concerts just hours before it was scheduled to perform at The Greenroom in Flagstaff. OF MICE...

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NIKKI SIXX Doesn't Blame Grunge For Demise Of 'Hair Metal': Those Bands 'Killed Themselves'

In a brand new interview with U.K.'s Kerrang!, MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx spoke about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. Asked if it was fair that CRÜE was lumped in with bands such as POISON and WARR...