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STATIC-X And SEVENDUST Announce February 2024 Leg Of 'Machine Killer' North American Tour

Due to the overwhelming excitement by fans for the recently announced fall 2023 "Machine Killer" tour, SEVENDUST and STATIC-X have announced a second leg for February 2024. "Machine Killer" is a reunion that is over two decades in the making and goes all the way back to 1999. SEVENDUST, STATIC-X and...

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DEE SNIDER's Original Graphic Novel 'He's Not Gonna Take It' To Finally Arrive In November

More than 35 years ago, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider marched into the United States Senate's Committee On Commerce in a jean jacket and tank top to confront a band of concerned Washington housewives hellbent on silencing the howl of metal and beyond. Co-founded by Tipper Gore, a committee of p...

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BRENDON SMALL Talks DETHKLOK's Ongoing Relevance To Metalheads: 'It Speaks To An Audience That Isn't Spoken To'

By David E. Gehlke After several years of dormancy, the fictional metal band DETHKLOK has returned with a new album, "Dethalbum IV" and an animated movie, "Metalocalypse: Army Of The Doomstar". It was hard fought since the Adult Swim television network abruptly pulled the plug on the "Dethklok: Meta...

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OF MICE & MEN Shares New Song 'Indigo'

OF MICE & MEN has released the visualizer for the new song "Indigo". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album "Tether", which is due on October 6 via SharpTone. OF MICE & MEN bassist/vocalist Aaron Pauley states about the song: "'Indigo' is about questioning why the sky would choose...

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AC/DC, METALLICA, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, GUNS N' ROSES And TOOL: Set Times For POWER TRIP Festival Revealed

Festival producer Goldenvoice has announced the set times for its inaugural Power Trip three-day metal music event, scheduled to take place October 6-8 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California GUNS N' ROSES will hit the stage at 9:25 p.m. and IRON MAIDEN will perform at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Octo...

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ULI JON ROTH Doesn't Rule Out Playing With SCORPIONS Again: 'I Would Be Open To Anything'

In a new interview with Vintage Rock Pod, legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth spoke about his decision to leave SCORPIONS four and a half decades ago after making five albums with the group. He said: "I handed in my notice a year before [the live double album 'Tokyo Tapes' was released], [in] 19...

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New FORBIDDEN Lineup Shares Pro-Shot Video Of ALCATRAZ Festival Performance

Resurrected San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN have shared professionally filmed video of their first European show, which took place on August 11 at the Alcatraz festival in Kortrijk, Belgium. The new FORBIDDEN lineup — consisting of Craig Locicero (guitar),Matt Camacho (bass)...

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SAVATAGE's JON OLIVA Fractures Spine: 'I Slipped On A Wet Marble Floor', He Says

In a new interview with Monsters, Madness And Magic, SAVATAGE leader Jon Oliva offered an update on new music from the cult metal outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, we were working on a new SAVATAGE record until I fractured my spine, and so we have to put that off now until...

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MINISTRY brought industrial metal out of the underground in the late-'80s, and NINE INCH NAILS made the genre mainstream in the '90s. Then, in the early 2010s, industrial metal outfit 3TEETH came out of the Los Angeles underground and made industrial metal fashionable again. Now, 3TEETH have returne...

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STITCHED UP HEART's ALECIA 'MIXI' DEMNER: 'I've Been Trying To Be As Authentic As Possible'

In a new interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program "Wired In The Empire", STITCHED UP HEART singer Alecia "Mixi" Demner spoke about METALLICA's 2004 documentary "Some Kind Of Monster", which was lauded for its honest examination of one of the world’s most successful he...

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PUSCIFER To Celebrate Halloween With 'Global Probing' Streaming Event

PUSCIFER will kick off the Halloween weekend on October 26 with the streaming event "Global Probing", a concert film that brings the band's international "Existential Reckoning" tour into living rooms worldwide. "'Global Probing' should serve to dispel any deep state rumors that PUSCIFER, a.k.a. Pus...

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Chaos Horrific

Who can forget the 1994 cameo that brought CANNIBAL CORPSE into the mainstream eye, even for a short time, in Jim Carrey's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective". The band made its name and has endured, however, because of its resilience, solid work ethic and consistently eviscerating, throat throttling badas...

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DOKKEN Releases Music Video For 'Gypsy' Single From 'Heaven Comes Down' Album

Legendary American rockers DOKKEN will release their 13th studio album, "Heaven Comes Down", on October 27 via Silver Lining Music. The follow-up to 2012's "Broken Bones" was produced by Bill Palmer and Don Dokken and was mixed by Kevin Shirley (AEROSMITH, IRON MAIDEN). The official music video for...

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STEEL PANTHER Announces 'On The Prowl Winter Holidaze' December 2023 Tour Dates

California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have announced a holiday tour in support of their latest album. The "On The Prowl Winter Holidaze" tour is set to kick off this December. STEEL PANTHER will be stuffing stockings for all the naughty housewives on the 12-city trek that will kick off on De...

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VOLBEAT's MICHAEL POULSEN To Undergo 'Throat Operation' In October

In a new interview with Hellena Mihailidou of Metalradio.gr, VOLBEAT frontman Michael Poulsen revealed that he will undergo a "throat operation" in October, which will put a pause on the band's touring activities. "It takes time to heal and train the voice back up again," the 48-year-old Danish-born...