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DEVILSTAR Taps TESTAMENT Bassist, ANGEL Singer For Cover Of LED ZEPPELIN's 'Dazed And Confused'

DEVILSTAR, billed as the world's first interactive band, earlier this summer released its debut single — a cover of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Beyond The Realms Of Death". Now producer/guitarist Paul Crook (ANTHRAX, SEBASTIAN BACH, MEAT LOAF) and executive producer John Madera have revealed the DEVIL...

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ZZ TOP Guitarist/Vocalist BILLY F GIBBONS To Release 'The Big Bad Blues' Solo Album In September

Concord Records will release "The Big Bad Blues", ZZ TOP legend Billy F Gibbons's second-ever solo effort, on September 21. This is the follow-up to his acclaimed 2015 Afro-Cuban-flavored solo album "Perfectamundo". "The Big Bad Blues", as the title suggests, focuses on Gibbons's lifelong love of th...

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LINKIN PARK Members Pay Tribute To CHESTER BENNINGTON On First Anniversary Of His Death

The surviving members of LINKIN PARK have paid tribute to Chester Bennington on the first anniversary of his death. The LINKIN PARK frontman was found dead in his residence in Palos Verdes near Los Angeles. Although it as reported immediately that he had hanged himself, there were questions about po...

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TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Has 'Written About 80 Or 90 Percent Of The Material' For Next NIGHTWISH Album

Earlier this month, NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen took part in a question-and-answer session at the Kitee International Music And Art Festival in Kitee, Finland. You can now watch the discussion below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for NIGHTWISH's follow-up to 2015's...

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STATUS QUO To Release 'Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall' And 'Down Down & Dirty At Wacken'

STATUS QUO will release a pair of "twin" live albums, "Down Down & Dignified At The Royal Albert Hall" and "Down Down & Dirty At Wacken", on August 17 through earMUSIC. These releases capture the legendary band delivering two sets, each full of hits, energy and passion, while each offering a radical...

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RATT Singer STEPHEN PEARCY To Release 'View To A Thrill' Solo Album In November; Track Listing, Artwork

RATT singer Stephen Pearcy will release his fifth solo album, "View To A Thrill" on November 9 via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2017's "Smash" was produced by Matt Thorne and Pearcy and was mixed and mastered by Thorne and Stephen's longtime guitarist and collaborator, Erik Ferentinos. "Vie...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Lyric Video For Acoustic Version Of 'Move To The City'

The official lyric video for GUNS N' ROSES' previously unreleased acoustic version of "Move To The City", taken from the "Locked N' Loaded" box reissue of the band's classic 1987 debut album, "Appetite For Destruction", can be seen below. The "Appetite For Destruction: Locked N' Loaded" box is the o...

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KORN Frontman JONATHAN DAVIS: Making Of 'Black Labyrinth' Episode 6

The sixth in a series of clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of KORN frontman Jonathan Davis's solo album, "Black Labyrinth", can be seen below. Davis told Express & Star that he worked on "Black Labyrinth" for a long time before it finally saw the light of day. "I've been wait...

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WISDOM IN CHAINS: 'Already Dead' Video

"Already Dead", the new video from kings of Pennsylvania hardcore WISDOM IN CHAINS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's seventh studio album, "Nothing In Nature Respects Weakness", which will be available worldwide on July 20 via Fast Break! Records. The disc was recorded, mixed, an...

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HIGH ON FIRE To Release 'Electric Messiah' Album In October

California heavy rockers HIGH ON FIRE have set "Electric Messiah" as the title of their eighth studio album, due in October via Entertainment One. The band has been busy in the studio since February putting the finishing touches on yet another blistering LP. In a brand new interview with DCHeavyMeta...

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UNDERØATH Announces Fall 2018 Tour With DANCE GAVIN DANCE

UNDERØATH will embark on the "Erase Me" tour this fall. It is the band's first major market headline tour in support of its new album, "Erase Me" (Fearless Records),which recently debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart. The tour finds UNDERØATH returning to many markets they previo...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, SIMON WRIGHT To Take Part In Orchestral Tribute To AC/DC

Former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens and ex-AC/DC drummer Simon Wright will take part in the world's first AC/DC orchestral tribute tour, set to take place this fall. Without question, AC/DC are one of the greatest rock bands in history. Their mammoth power chord roar became one of the most...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL On Strained Relationship With RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'We Both Made The Mistake Of Going After Each Other Through The Media'

Clint Switzer of the "Music Mania" podcast recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On DEF LEPPARD's current co-headlining North American tour with J...

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ANTHRAX's SCOTT IAN On His Spoken-Word Shows: 'I Could Probably Do Six Hours And Keep People Engaged'

ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian says that he could stretch his spoken-word appearances out to as long as six hours based on the number of stories he's accumulated during his 37-year career in music. Ian originally started doing spoken-word shows in 2013 in the U.K., then took his one-man act across Amer...

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HOWARD JONES Says He 'Went Off The Grid' After Leaving KILLSWITCH ENGAGE In 2012: 'I Didn't Have A Cell Phone For Three Years'

Alex Haber of Heavy New York conducted an interview with LIGHT THE TORCH (formerly DEVIL YOU KNOW) frontman Howard Jones (ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE) prior to the band's first-ever show on July 9 at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn, New York. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed...