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QUEEN's ROGER TAYLOR Announces New Solo Album 'Violence Insane In A Beautiful World', Releases 'Come On Summer (It's Party Time)' Single

Legendary QUEEN songwriter, musician and singer Roger Taylor has announced his new album, "Violence Insane In A Beautiful World", due out September 18 via Columbia Records. The LP is preceded by the exuberant single "Come On Summer (It's Party Time)", featuring a stunning performance by The Ndlovu Y...

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RATT's STEPHEN PEARCY: 'I Don't Mix Politics Or Religion With Music'

In a new interview with the On The Road To Rock With Clint Switzer podcast, RATT singer Stephen Pearcy was asked for his opinion on artists like POISON frontman Bret Michaels recently backing out of the ill-fated "Freedom 250" concert series on the National Lawn in Washington, D.C. On May 28, Michae...

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KIM THAYIL On Finishing SOUNDGARDEN's Final Album With CHRIS CORNELL: 'It's Emotionally Difficult And Challenging'

In a new interview with Jason Kerepesi and Paul Ghiglieri of the State of Love & Trust Podcast, guitarist Kim Thayil discussed the album he and the other surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN are working on featuring previously unreleased recordings they made with late frontman Chris Cornell before h...

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Frisson Noir

When Tarja Turunen was abruptly excised from NIGHTWISH in the autumn of 2005, some miserable cynics posited that her future was likely to be spent working within a different musical discipline. Fortunately, the assumption that the insanely talented Finn would retreat to her classical roots and aband...

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HEART's ANN WILSON Reflects On Cancer Battle: 'I Never Once Felt Like I Was Falling Into A Black Hole'

In a new interview with Jesse Thorn, creator and host of the NPR show "Bullseye", which airs on more than 100 stations around the country, HEART singer Ann Wilson spoke about her 2024 cancer battle. At the time, the singer shared the news of her diagnosis in an Instagram post, telling fans that she...

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Ex-MISFITS Frontman MICHALE GRAVES: 'The Punk Rock World Hates Me And Has Rejected Me Wholeheartedly'

In a new interview with the Nothing Shocking Podcast, former MISFITS singer Michale Graves spoke about his transition from "punk rock icon to that of a Christian-based rock artist". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, some people are, like, 'What the hell, man?' Yes, in 2016, I real...

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OCEAN SLEEPER Announces Sophomore Album 'Peace When I'm Dead'

Australian metalcore band OCEAN SLEEPER will release its sophomore album, "Peace When I'm Dead", on August 21 via BMG Australia/Rise Records. The anticipated news of their forthcoming album drops alongside the title track and video, "Peace When I'm Dead", an explosive follow-up to their powerful and...

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Watch: Original SLIPKNOT Vocalist ANDERS COLSEFNI Celebrates 'Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.' Era At Special Iowa Concert

Original SLIPKNOT singer Anders Colsefni celebrated "Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.", the album that set band on its trajectory from underground clubs in Iowa to the biggest stages on the planet, at a special concert on June 6, 2026 at Wooly's in Des Moines, Iowa. He was backed at the show by "a new grou...

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MELECHESH's ASHMEDI Preaches Peace, Solidarity And The Power Of Metal Amidst Turmoil In The Middle East

By David E. Gehlke The "Sentinels of Shamash" EP marks the first release from Middle Eastern extreme metal standard-bearers MELECHESH in 11 years. The outing — coming in at a robust three songs and 21 minutes — is an exotic blend of Mesopotamian metal laced with the appropriate blasts of extremity a...

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SHINEDOWN's ZACH MYERS Blasts Use Of A.I. To Compose Songs: 'I'm Not Writing With Artificial Intelligence'

In a new interview with Primordial Radio, SHINEDOWN guitarist Zach Myers weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on A.I. algorithms and machine learning (ML) models. Zach said (as transcribed...

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Lex Legion

All good things come to those who wait, but there is rarely any harm in making alternative plans. An international supergroup with monstrous pedigree, LEX LEGION may not have formed solely to plug the gap where a new KING DIAMOND album should have been, but it is hard to ignore the fact that their d...

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DEEP PURPLE's IAN GILLAN Explains Why 'Splat!' is Band's 'Heaviest' Album In Many Years

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, DEEP PURPLE singer Ian Gillan spoke about the band's upcoming studio album, "Splat!", which is due on July 3 via earMUSIC. Produced once again by Bob Ezrin (KISS, PINK FLOYD, Lou Reed, Alice Cooper),the effort has been described in a...

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BLACK SABBATH's BILL WARD: 'I Never Played 'Paranoid' The Same Way Twice'

During Bill Ward's June show on LA Radio Sessions with Mike Stark, the BLACK SABBATH drummer spoke about "Spiral Architect", the epic closing track on the band's fifth studio album, 1973's "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Known for its complex arrangements, Tony Iommi's acoustic guitar, and Ozzy Osbourne's...

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Ex-ARCH ENEMY Frontwoman ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ: 'It's Very Important To Trust Your Instinct When It Comes To Situations And People'

In a new interview with Moshpit Passion conducted at this past weekend's Rock Am Ring 2026 festival in Nürburgring, Germany, former ARCH ENEMY and current DRAGONFORCE and BLUE MEDUSA frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz was asked what she has learned about herself, the metal scene and dealing with expectati...

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Watch: Founding VENOM Members MANTAS And ABADDON Joined By DAVID VINCENT To Celebrate 45th Anniversary Of 'Welcome To Hell' At 2026 PITFEST

David Vincent (I AM MORBID, TERRORIZER, VLTIMAS, ex-MoRBID ANGEL),Diva Satanica (BLOODHUNTER, ex-NERVOSA) and Blake "Bulldözer" Arendell (a.k.a. Blake Arenvurst; INTERCEPTOR) are among the guest musicians who joined Jeff "Mantas" Dunn and Anthony "Abaddon" Bray, iconic co-founders of the pioneering...