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DEATH ANGEL's WILL CARROLL Looks Back On His Coronavirus Experience: 'I Was Scared I Wouldn't Be Able To Drum Again'

DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll has spoken out about returning behind the kit for the first time since spending almost two weeks on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at a Northern California hospital. The musician — who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus —...

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GLENN HUGHES Will Keep Writing Music Until His Final Day

In a brand new interview with the "Thunder Underground" podcast, legendary bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes was asked if he will continue writing music up until his "final day." He responded (hear audio below): "I will. People ask me that question — not all the time, but they do ask that question. "A g...

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JON ANDERSON 'Would Love To' Get All Surviving YES Members Together For A Tour

Ex-YES singer Jon Anderson has told Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station that he is still hopeful he can reunite with his former bandmates to mark the group's 50th anniversary. "I'd love to get the whole of YES together one day in the next couple of years — everybody, 20 of us on stage, that kin...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Pays Tribute To Original Drummer TONY COSTANZA

MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has paid tribute to the band's original drummer, Tony Costanza, who died on Tuesday (August 4). He was 52 years old. Costanza was the singer of the Las Vegas metal band PAPSMEAR before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area and joining MACHINE HEAD in 1992. He sat...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's Daughter AIMÉE Opens Up About Decision To Not Participate In 'The Osbournes' TV Show

Aimée Osbourne, the eldest daughter of Ozzy and Sharon, has opened up about her decision to not participate in the family's reality TV show, "The Osbournes". Aimée, who was only 15 years at the time, reportedly went as far as to move out of the family home in an effort to stay away from the cameras....

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Original MACHINE HEAD Drummer TONY COSTANZA Dead At 52

Original MACHINE HEAD drummer Tony Costanza has died. He was 52 years old. Costanza's passing was confirmed by his former CRISIS bandmate Afzaal Nasiruddeen, who wrote in a Facebook post: "It is with a very heavy heart that I have to accept and inform everyone concerned that I lost my brother, band...

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DEEP PURPLE Has No Plans To Retire: 'We've Got A Bit To Go Yet,' Says IAN GILLAN

Three years after launching what DEEP PURPLE considered to be an extended farewell tour dubbed "The Long Goodbye", singer Ian Gillan has told Cleveland.com in a new interview that he and his bandmates no longer have definitive plans to retire. "I think a few years ago there was some kind of effort f...

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TRIVIUM Is Buying An Airplane Hangar

Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM are using profits generated from last month's livestreamed concert to purchase a decommissioned airplane hangar. The Orlando facility will ultimately serve as the band's headquarters for both recording and rehearsing, in addition to being a place where TRIVIUM can sto...

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DEEP PURPLE: Audio Samples Of Entire 'Whoosh!' Album

Legendary rockers DEEP PURPLE will release their new album, "Whoosh!", on August 7 via earMUSIC. The LP was once again helmed by Canadian producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, ALICE COOPER),who also worked on the band's last two studio albums, 2017's "Infinite" and 2013's "Now What?!" Together they...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Loves Singing 'Smoke On The Water': 'It's Like A Congregational Euphoria'

In a new interview with Greg Prato of Songfacts, DEEP PURPLE frontman Ian Gillan was asked what the "few red lights and a few old beds" are that he sings about in the band's classic song "Smoke On The Water". He responded: "That's the hotel we moved into — the Grand Hotel — after the casino burned d...

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KISS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, DEFTONES, KORN, Others Confirmed For 2021 Edition Of U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival

U.K.'s Download festival has announced KISS, BIFFY CLYRO and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2021 headliners, plus many more of the world's most exciting bands in rock, punk, hardcore and metal including DEFTONES, KORN, STEEL PANTHER and THE DISTILLERS will return for Download 2021, with even more yet to be...

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TED NUGENT: 'The 'Black Lives Matter' Movement Has Nothing To Do With Black Lives'

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent says that the "Black Lives Matter" movement "has nothing to do with black lives." The "Black Lives Matter" movement was launched in the summer of 2013 by black organizers Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi after George Zimmerman was acquitted of t...

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Ex-OVERKILL Guitarist BOBBY GUSTAFSON Addresses JAMES HETFIELD 'Lookalike' Accusations, Recalls METALLICA Audition

Former OVERKILL and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Bobby Gustafson was a guest on a recent episode of EXODUS frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza's YouTube show, "Zetro's Toxic Vault". During the chat, which can be seen in two parts below, Souza brought up the fact that Gustafson's visual appearance toward the...

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OVERKILL Is 'Hard At Work' On New Album, Says JASON BITTNER

OVERKILL drummer Jason Bittner has confirmed to BODS Mayhem Hour in a new interview that the band is "hard at work" on a new studio album. "Technically, we were supposed to already be done with it by now, if the world hadn't changed back in March," he said, referring to the coronavirus pandemic whic...

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STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' DEAN DELEO Looks Back On 'Core' Album's Commercial Success: 'We Were Very Confident About It'

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS guitarist Dean DeLeo spoke to Marci Wiser of the 95.5 KLOS radio station about the band's iconic debut album, "Core". The group performed the LP in its entirety for a livestream event yesterday (Friday, July 31) on Nugs.tv. Regarding STP's collaboration with producer Brendan O'Br...