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BABYMETAL Performs Two Concerts In Hiroshima Without One Of Its Singers/Dancers (Video)

Japanese pop metal act BABYMETAL performed without one of its three female singers this past weekend. 18-year-old Yui Mizuno (a.k.a. Yuimetal) did not feel well and doctors suggested that it was in her best interest to not join her bandmates on stage on December 2 and December 3 at Green Arena in Hi...

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TOM KEIFER: 'I Own The Name, But I Would Never Call My New Band CINDERELLA'

CINDERELLA frontman Tom Keifer was recently featured on the "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" podcast. The full interview can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the recent "deluxe reissue" of his 2013 solo album, "The Way Life Goes": Tom: "The original relea...

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AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE Bassist CHAD HANKS Dead At 46

Chad Hanks, bassist of the Minneapolis, Minnesota hard rock/industrial metal outfit AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE, passed away earlier today at the age of 46. He had reportedly been battling a terminal illness in the months prior to his death, with various social media posts suggesting he was suffering from...

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MIKE PORTNOY On SONS OF APOLLO: 'Basically, This Was My Dream Lineup'

France's Big Bang magazine recently conducted an interview with former DREAM THEATER members Mike Portnoy (drums) and Derek Sherinian (keyboards) about their new band, SONS OF APOLLO. The group also features guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (ex-GUNS N' ROSES),bassist Billy Sheehan (THE WINERY DOGS,...

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OF MICE & MEN To Release 'Defy' Album In January; 'Warzone' Video Available

OF MICE & MEN will release its new album, "Defy", on January 19, 2018 via Rise Records. The disc will mark OF MICE & MEN's first full-length release without vocalist Austin Carlile, who left the group due to his ongoing battle with Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that afflicts the connectiv...

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CREMATORY To Release 'Oblivion' Album In April

German gothic metal band CREMATORY is in the studio recording a new album titled "Oblivion" for an April 13, 2018 release via SPV/Steamhammer. The band is once again working with producer Kristian Bonifer at the Kohlekellerstudio. Through collaboration with new idea donors and arrangers such as Stef...

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OBSESSION: Early EP And Albums To Be Reissued

Inner Wound Recordings has announced reissues of the first three releases from the classic U.S. heavy metal band OBSESSION. The "Marshall Law" EP, "Scarred For Life" and "Methods Of Madness" will all be re-released on CD and digital on December 1. The CD editions come with a 12-page booklet that in...

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NITA STRAUSS: 'You Can Go Out There And Be A Hot Chick And Shred It Up On The Guitar'

During a recent appearance on MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx's syndicated rock radio show "Sixx Sense With Nikki Sixx", Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, spoke about her newly launched all-female metal band WE START WARS. "I'm so excited," s...

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PHANTOM 5 Feat. Former BONFIRE Singer: Listen To 'Read Your Mind' Song

Frontiers Music Srl will release the second studio album by PHANTOM 5, "Play To Win", on October 13. The disc's latest single, "Read Your Mind", can be streamed below. After the success of its self-titled debut album, the brainchild of producer/guitarist (and for this record, bassist) Michael Voss...

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Ritual de lo Habitual: Alive at 25

As a prelude to the band's new live anniversary package, "Ritual de lo Habitual: Alive at 25", Perry Farrell speaks of JANE'S ADDICTION playing at a crazed tilt in 1991. He equates the experience viscerally to a pair of boxers not merely dancing and baiting, but going full throttle, in one another's...

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KID ROCK's 'Made In Detroit' Restaurant Set To Bring Flavor And Fun To Little Caesars Arena

Kid Rock is expanding his brand that includes such hits as "Cowboy", "Picture" and "All Summer Long" to the culinary side with the launch of Kid Rock's Made In Detroit, a contemporary food and music restaurant inspired by the award-winning musician, as part of the soon-to-be-completed Little Caesars...

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MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE To Release 'Vicious World' Album In October; New Single 'Thorns' Available

MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE has released a brand new single titled "Thorns". The track is taken from the band's new LP, "Vicious World", due on October 13 via Entertainment One Music / Good Fight Music. "Much like our last record, we really tried to be diverse and establish a different mood for each song," s...

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Life Of AC/DC's ANGUS YOUNG Examined In New Book

Due on August 28 from Nero is "High Voltage: The Life Of Angus Young", the first biography of AC/DC's co-founder and last surviving original member. Its author, Jeff Apter, believes the story of the man he describes as the "face, sound and sometimes the exposed backside" of the band is worth telling...

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KORN Frontman Says BABYMETAL Is 'Entertaining As Hell,' Calls Japanese Band's Critics 'Closed-Minded'

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis has defended BABYMETAL against online criticism, saying that the Japanese pop metal act is "entertaining as hell." Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and...

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BEHEMOTH Has 'A S**tload Of Stuff Written' For Next Album, Says NERGAL

Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH are planning to enter the studio by the end of the year to begin recording their new album for a tentative fall 2018 release. The follow-up to 2014's "The Satanist" will mark the band's first effort since frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski completed an LP and a short tou...