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METAL CHURCH Shares New Song 'Making Monsters'

West Coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH will release their 13th studio album, "Congregation Of Annihilation", on May 26 via Rat Pak Records (America) and Reaper Entertainment (Europe). The new album marks the first release since the tragic death of legendary frontman Mike Howe who passed in July of 2...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary 'Dreamers Never Die' To Receive DVD And Blu-Ray Release In September

During an appearance on this past Wednesday's (April 26) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Wendy Dio was asked if "Dio: Dreamers Never Die", the first-ever career-spanning documentary on the life and times of legendary metal icon Ronnie James Dio, will get a DVD and Blu-Ray rele...

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KK'S PRIEST To Play Its First Live Show At K.K. DOWNING's Wolverhampton Venue

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing's new band KK'S PRIEST will make its live debut on July 6 at Downing's KK's Steel Mill in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. Downing is joined in KK'S PRIEST by former JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim "Ripper" Owens (vocals),along with guitarist A.J. Mills (HOSTILE),b...

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OZZY OSBOURNE 'Misses The Live Audience' And 'Misses His Fans Terribly', Says SHARON OSBOURNE

In a new interview with The Sun, Sharon Osbourne spoke about some of Ozzy's health issues, including catching COVID-19 a year ago, which forced him to cancel some of his previously announced tours. "Ozzy's Achilles' heel has always been his lungs, so to get something like Covid that affects your bre...

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THE OBSESSED Completes Work On 'Gilded Sorrow' Album: 'It's One Of The Best Things I've Ever Done', Says WINO

THE OBSESSED frontman Scott "Wino" Weinrich has confirmed to the "Heavy Galaxy" show that his band has completed work on its fifth studio album, "Gilded Sorrow", to be released later in the year on Ripple Music. "It's mastered," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "Personally, I think it's...

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DAVID COVERDALE Says WHITESNAKE Has Been Approached About Las Vegas Residency

During an appearance on the latest episode of the "Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern" podcast, WHITESNAKE frontman David Coverdale spoke about the band's decision to cancel several European shows last summer and pull out of its previously announced North American tour with the SC...

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TRIUMPH: US Festival 40th-Anniversary Special-Edition Package Announced

May 29, 1983 will forever be an important day in the history of heavy metal. After all, it was on this date that some of the world's then-top metal acts — VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, TRIUMPH, OZZY OSBOURNE, JUDAS PRIEST, MÖTLEY CRÜE and QUIET RIOT — shared the stage on "Heavy Metal Sunday" at the mammoth...

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Members Of NICKELBACK, ALTER BRIDGE, FALLING IN REVERSE And DISTURBED To Guest On Extended Season One Of 'The Power Hour'

The inaugural season of AXS TV's hit original rock-themed talk show "The Power Hour" has been extended, with seven additional episodes slated to debut on a new night and time beginning Sunday, May 7 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The series will leadoff the network's popular "Sunday Night Rocks" lineup eac...

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SPIKE Announces New Album From THE QUIREBOYS Featuring Final Songs Written With GUY BAILEY

THE QUIREBOYS singer Spike (a.k.a. Jonathan Gray) has announced plans to record a new album featuring the last songs he co-wrote and recorded with the band's original guitarist Guy Bailey. Bailey died earlier this month after an illness. No cause of death was revealed. On Wednesday (April 26),Spike...

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IRON MAIDEN's Trooper Beer Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday

Trooper beer, the hugely successful and award-winning beer produced in collaboration between British music icons IRON MAIDEN and Stockport-based Robinsons brewery, celebrates its tenth birthday this year on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. To celebrate the milestone, and the achievement of over 35 million pint...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Explains Why He Uses Wah Pedal So Much

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett discussed his long-professed love of the wah-wah pedal in a recent interview with Guitar World, telling the magazine: "The wah enables me to mirror the inner voice in my head and in my heart. That's what I'm hearing. All these manipulated notes and tones, because that's what...

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BRET MICHAELS: POISON Is 'Never Breaking Up'

Bret Michaels, who will embark on the "Parti-Gras" solo tour this summer, has told People magazine that POISON isn't going anywhere. "There's a brotherhood there," he said. "We're never breaking up." Bret also talked about the infamous backstage fistfight between him and POISON guitarist C.C. DeVill...

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METALLICA Lawyer Says NAPSTER Lawsuit Was Necessary To 'Set The Ground Rules For What Music Is Worth'

Veteran music business attorney Peter Paterno, who has worked with METALLICA since the early 1980s, has defended the band's lawsuit against Napster in 2000. Although the case was settled out of court, more than 300,000 users were banned from the pioneering music file-sharing service as a result and...

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RAMMSTEIN's TILL LINDEMANN Announces Fall 2023 European Solo Tour

RAMMSTEIN frontman Till Lindemann will embark on a solo European tour this fall. The 24-date trek will kick off on November 8 in Leipzig, Germany and will conclude on December 20 in Paris, France. Tickets for the tour will go on sale on May 2 at 12 p.m. CET. Tour dates: Nov. 08 - Leipzig, Germany @...

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ALICE COOPER's 'School's Out' And 'Killer' Deluxe Editions Due In June

Alice Cooper was unstoppable during the 1970s when the band released four consecutive platinum albums and five Top 40 hits like "I'm Eighteen", "School's Out", "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Elected". Rhino will reissue two of those platinum albums — "Killer" (1971) and "School's Out" (1972) — with new...