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METALLICA Has Top 5 Best-Selling Vinyl Albums In U.S. This Week

METALLICA has secured the top five positions on Billboard's vinyl sales chart, thanks to six new vinyl reissues of the band's albums at Walmart. This makes METALLICA the first artist to claim all top 5 slots of the vinyl sales chart since the chart's debut in 2011. The five METALLICA LPs on the char...

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MIKE PORTNOY: Why Now Was The Right Time To Resurrect LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess and guitarist John Petrucci, alongside ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame, will release i...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES Singer ANDY BIERSACK's 'They Don't Need To Understand' Memoir Is Now Available As An Audiobook

Singer, songwriter, actor, podcast host and comic book creator are all descriptions that can be used when talking about BLACK VEIL BRIDES founder Andy Biersack. Now No. 1-selling author can also be added to that list with the release of his autobiography "They Don't Need To Understand: Stories Of Ho...

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Did 'Walk This Way' Collaboration Help AEROSMITH More Than It Helped RUN-DMC?

Geoff Edgers, the national arts reporter for the Washington Post and author of the 2019 book "Walk This Way: Run-DMC, Aerosmith, And The Song That Changed American Music Forever" appeared today on the rock podcast "Well Disguised" to discuss the song and major players involved. The conversation with...

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Watch FOO FIGHTERS Perform 'Waiting On A War' On 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'

FOO FIGHTERS were the featured musical guests on Monday's (February 8) episode of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl spoke with Jimmy about a variety of topics before the band performed "Waiting On A War" at the end of program. Check out video footage below. "...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Is Collaborating With Hitmaker DESMOND CHILD

Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter-producer Desmond Child, who is widely recognized as one of music's most accomplished hitmakers, has revealed that he is working on new music with HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale. Earlier today (Monday, February 8),Desmond took to his social media to share a c...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist JAMES LOMENZO Weighs In On 'Singles Versus Albums' Debate

In a new interview with the "Nothing Shocking" podcast, former MEGADETH, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and WHITE LION bassist James LoMenzo commented on the recent trend of rock artists releasing new singles every few months as opposed to putting out an album every few years. "I'm on both sides of that fence,...

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Life Of Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON To Be Celebrated With Virtual Event

The life of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton will be celebrated with "Cliff Burton Day" on what would have been his 59th birthday, February 10, at Twitch.tv/GomezGrip. A special live stream is scheduled for that day at 7 p.m. PST. The event will be emceed by Nicholas Gomez, with guests including...

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NAPALM DEATH's SHANE EMBURY Releases Second Album From DARK SKY BURIAL Project

The official music video for "The Vertical Labyrinth" from DARK SKY BURIAL, the new musical venture from NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury, can be seen below. The song is taken from DARK SKY BURIAL's second album, "Quod Me Nutrit Me Destruit", which came out on Friday, February 5. "The new album tit...

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BLACK SABBATH: Listen To 'Neon Knights' And 'Voodoo' From 'Heaven And Hell' And 'Mob Rules' Deluxe Editions

Singer Ronnie James Dio joined BLACK SABBATH in 1979 which resulted in two back-to-back classic albums: "Heaven And Hell" and "Mob Rules". On those memorable albums, Dio's soaring tenor and gothic songwriting were the perfect foil for the band's bone-crushing mix of razor-sharp riffs, intense groove...

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CHRIS JERICHO Explains Why He Decided To Produce Documentary About Reunion Of Florida Metal Band SIREN

FOZZY frontman and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho talked to WrestleZone about the movie he recently produced about SIREN, a Florida metal band that in the 1980s dropped a record in Europe just as it was breaking up. You can now watch the chat below. For 30 years, unbeknownst to the SIREN musician...

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QUEENSRŸCHE's TODD LA TORRE: GUNS N' ROSES' 'Appetite For Destruction' Was 'A Very Influential Album For Me'

QUEENSRŸCHE vocalist Todd La Torre was interviewed on the latest episode of the GUNS N' ROSES-centric "Appetite for Distortion" podcast. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if it's true that he used to perform GUNS N' ROSES covers in his earlier days as a musician, Todd said: "Back in my tee...

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Poland is known more for its contributions to heavy metal's more extreme ends. Its landmark bands in the black metal and death metal genres are plentiful. The fact is that there are still also numerous Polish bands paying tribute to metal's more traditional sounds. CRYSTAL VIPER is now over a decade...

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GENE SIMMONS Says 'Young Fans' Are Responsible For 'Killing' Rock Music

Gene Simmons has once again said that rock is dead, insisting that newer artists will never get the chance at success that bands like KISS did. While rock 'n' roll has been king of the music world for decades, in the past few years, it's been unseated by the growing popularity of hip-hop. This has c...

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29-Year-Old Singer Of Hungarian Metal Band AWS Dies After Battle With Leukemia

Örs Siklósi, lead singer of the Hungarian post-hardcore/modern metal act AWS, died on February 5 after a battle with leukemia. He was only 29 years old. Internationally, AWS is best known for representing Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2018. The surviving members of AWS, short for ANTS WI...