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DEE SNIDER Says JAY JAY FRENCH Was Being 'Comedic' When He Made JUDAS PRIEST, SAXON Comments

Dee Snider has defended Jay Jay French after the TWISTED SISTER guitarist was slammed by fans and fellow musicians for criticizing other bands for continuing to perform well past their prime. As this past April's Spooky Empire convention in Orlando, Florida, Jay Jay said that the members of SAXON ar...

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MESHUGGAH: No New Album Until 2020 At The Earliest, Says TOMAS HAAKE

Tomas Haake says that fans shouldn't expect to see a new MESHUGGAH studio album from before "2020 at the earliest." The experimental Swedish metal group's last disc, "The Violent Sleep Of Reason", came out in 2016 and resulted in a "Best Metal Performance" Grammy nomination for the song "Clockworks"...

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JOE BONAMASSA To Release 'Redemption' Album In September

Two-time-Grammy-nominated blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa returns with a brand-new studio album, "Redemption", which will be released on September 21 via his own record label J&R Adventures. As part of today's announcement, he shares the official music video for the hard-hitting title-track single "R...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE To Participate In TWITTER Question-And-Answer Session

Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will participate in a question-and-answer session with fans on Twitter on Friday, June 29. A Facebook Live Q&A session is planned for next week. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's sixth studio album, "Gravity", will be made available on June 29. The disc will be issued...

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HELLOWEEN Is 'Too Lazy' To Start Work On Reunion Studio Album

Germany's Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with guitarists Kai Hansen and Michael Weikath of German power metal legends HELLOWEEN prior to their appearance at the South Park festival in Tampere, Finland. They spoke about the band's current "Pumpkins United" tour, which also features for...

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KORN Frontman JONATHAN DAVIS: Making Of 'Black Labyrinth' Episode 3

The third 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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MEGADETH Joined By ARCH ENEMY's MICHAEL AMOTT For 'Symphony Of Destruction' Performance At HELLFEST (Video)

ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott joined MEGADETH on stage on June 24 at Hellfest in Clisson, France to perform the song "Symphony Of Destruction". Check out fan-filmed video footage below. The next day, Amott wrote on Instagram: "Thank you, Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH, for inviting me to play 'Symp...

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MADBALL Frontman On Departure Of BRIAN 'MITTS' DANIELS: 'We Just Came To A Point Where Something Had To Change'

Germany's Metal-heads.de conducted an interview with frontman Freddy Cricien of New York hardcore veterans MADBALL prior to the band's June 19 concert at Stone im Ratinger Hof in Düsseldorf, Germany. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On wh...

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W.A.S.P. Recruits Drummer BRIAN TICHY For European Summer Festivals (Video)

W.A.S.P. has recruited renowned drummer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Tichy, known for his tours of duty with WHITESNAKE, BILLY IDOL, FOREIGNER and OZZY OSBOURNE, to sit behind the kit for the band's current run of European festivals. Fan-filmed video footage of Tichy performing with...

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METALLICA: Behind-The-Scenes Look At 'WorldWired' Stage Production And Setup (Video)

German web site Mothergrid has uploaded behind-the-scenes footage from the European leg of METALLICA's 2018 "WorldWired" tour, featuring interviews with the band's crew, including lighting director Rob Koenig and audio engineer Mick Hughes. Check out the four-part report below. METALLICA recently la...

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SLAYER To Play 'Last French Show Ever' At Next Year's HELLFEST

SLAYER has announced that it will play its "last French show ever" at next year's Hellfest. The 2019 edition of the annual festival will be held June 21-23 in Clisson and will also include appearances by MANOWAR, CARCASS, MASS HYSTERIA and DROPKICK MURPHYS, among others. In a video announcement via...

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Queen of Time

Similar to Norway's ENSLAVED, Finnish metal legend AMORPHIS has ridden a long, sometimes strange journey on its search for progression from the ashes of its charred death metal foundations. AMORPHIS has been so daring it's come close to becoming more prog than death metal (delving in pure rock on 20...

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Dead Cross

On paper, DEAD CROSS features one of the most impressive super group lineups in history. Oftentimes such endeavors fall short of expectations for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the world class musicians use these alternate bands as an opportunity to flex their impressive talents. This may be enjoya...

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Pain of Mind

NEUROSIS is one of the most important and forward-thinking bands in heavy music. The value of its music on its own and the impact and influence it has had on other significant artists simply cannot be overstated. The group has recently re-issued its 1987 debut album, "Pain of Mind", via its own labe...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Pays Tribute To VINNIE PAUL: 'Metal Will Never Be The Same' Without You

California metallers AVENGED SEVENFOLD have commented on the passing of Vinnie Paul Abbott. The former PANTERA drummer reportedly died in his sleep at his home in Las Vegas on Friday, June 22. AVENGED SEVENFOLD wrote in a Facebook post: "[We] remember how excited [original AVENGED SEVENFOLD drummer]...