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Chasing Ghosts

There was a time when bands like STABBING WESTWARD sounded like the future. Purveyors of a bombastic but streamlined strain of industrial rock, the Illinoisian crew released three major label records in the '90s and received plenty of critical acclaim in the process. Heavily influenced by NINE INCH...

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HEART's NANCY WILSON Wants To Write A Rock Album With DOLLY PARTON: 'I Should Give Her A Call'

HEART's Nancy Wilson has praised Dolly Parton for taking herself out of the running for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame's 2022 class of inductees. Earlier today, the 76-year-old country music legend asked the Hall to withdraw her name from the 2022 ballot, saying "I don't feel that I have earned the...

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HELMET Cancels Spring 2022 European Tour

HELMET has canceled its previously announced European tour which was scheduled to take place between April 3 and May 21. Earlier today (Monday, March 14),HELMET frontman Page Hamilton released the following statement regarding the matter: "Hey everyone, we were so looking forward to returning to Eu...

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Reunited GOD FORBID To Perform At This Year's BLUE RIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL

New Jersey melodic thrash-metal warriors GOD FORBID will perform at this year's Blue Ridge Rock Festival, set to take place September 8-11 at the Virginia International Raceway in Alton, Virginia. The show will mark GOD FORBID's first live appearance in over nine years. GOD FORBID guitarist/vocalist...

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APOCALYPTICA's New Single To Feature BLACK SABBATH's GEEZER BUTLER

Finnish cello rockers APOCALYPTICA will release a new single, "I'll Get Through It", this coming Friday, March 18. The track will feature guest appearances by legendary BLACK SABBATH bassist Geezer Butler and singer Franky Perez, who had recorded and toured with APOCALYPTICA in the past. 2015's "Sha...

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DOLLY PARTON 'Respectfully' Removes Herself From ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Consideration

Dolly Parton has taken herself out of the running to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame later this year. Earlier today, the 76-year-old country music legend asked the Hall to withdraw her name from the 2022 ballot, saying "I don't feel that I have earned the right." Parton was one of 17...

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Ex-ASKING ALEXANDRIA Singer DENIS 'STOFF' SHAFOROSTOV Shoots Down Rumor He Was Killed In Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

Ukrainian vocalist Denis "Stoff" Shaforostov, who recorded one album with ASKING ALEXANDRIA, "The Black", before exiting the band in October 2016, has shot down Internet chatter that he was killed during Russia's ongoing invasion of his country. The rumors apparently started when his Wikipedia page...

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THE ROLLING STONES Announce 60th-Anniversary 2022 European Tour

THE ROLLING STONES have announced a run of fourteen shows in ten countries across Europe this summer and reveal the title of the new tour, "Sixty", in celebration of their 60th anniversary. THE STONES just keep on rolling and are back where they belong, out on the road in Europe playing to packed st...

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Watch: GLENN TIPTON Rejoins JUDAS PRIEST On Stage In Las Vegas

JUDAS PRIEST was rejoined by guitarist Glenn Tipton on stage during the band's headlining concert Sunday night (March 13) at Zappos Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada. As he has done a number of other times over the course of the last four years, Tipton appeared with PRIEST for the encore, performing "Met...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Complete Work On Fifth Album

BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick spoke to Ireland's Overdrive about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2019's "Another State Of Grace" LP. He said: "The album is actually finished right now and is currently being mastered. There are fourteen new tracks on it a...

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BUSH's GAVIN ROSSDALE: 'Nobody Wants The Singer In A Rock Band To Do A Solo Record'

In a new interview with Australia's Spotlight Report, BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale, who released a solo album and created the side-project INSTITUTE during his time away from the band, was asked if his "comfort zone" is being part of a group or working as a solo artist. He responded (as transcribed...

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We Are The Apocalypse

Black metal has undergone so many transformations and mutations over the last few decades that it is sometimes easy to overlook the simple thrill of bands like DARK FUNERAL. Always popular but never quite as critically lauded as some of their less direct contemporaries, the Swedes deal in big, brash...

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Watch: SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS Perform In Atlantic City

Fan-filmed video of SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS' March 11 concert at the Tropicana Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey can be seen below. SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS kicked off a North American headlining tour on February 8, in Portland, Oregon. The tr...

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Watch: BRUCE DICKINSON Praises BILL WARD, Takes Swipe At SHARON OSBOURNE During San Francisco Spoken-Word Show

During the question-and-answer portion of his March 3 spoken-word show at at Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson was asked if BLACK SABBATH can exist without its founding drummer Bill Ward. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm a mas...

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HENRY ROLLINS Has 'Never Regretted' His Decision To Stop Making Music

In a new interview with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, punk rock icon Henry Rollins once again discussed his decision to stop making music 15 years ago after spending well over a decade recording and touring with ROLLINS BAND, his alt-rock powerhouse. He said (as transc...