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SANTERI KALLIO And TOMI JOUTSEN Discuss Why AMORPHIS Took A 'Leap Into The Unknown' On New Album 'Borderland'

By David E. Gehlke AMORPHIS is on album number nine of the Tomi Joutsen era. What began with the 2006's world-beating "Eclipse" has spawned at least another world-beater in 2015's "Under The Red Cloud", with the remaining LPs bearing the Finns' now indelible stamp of progressive, melodic and slightl...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Says It's 'No Problem' For Him To Play Five Or Six Shows With No Days Off: 'It Works For Me'

In a new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, former ACCEPT and current U.D.O. and DIRKSCHNEIDER frontman Udo Dirkschneider said that his voice has only gotten stronger over time. The 73-year-old singer explained (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "When we had our new booking agen...

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PARADISE LOST's NICK HOLMES On Most 'Challenging' Part Of Making 'Ascension' Album: 'It's Always Hard To Get The Ball Rolling'

In a new interview with India's Sinusoidal Music, PARADISE LOST vocalist Nick Holmes spoke about the British gothic metal pioneers' 17th album, "Ascension", which came out on September 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's first LP in five years, following 2020's critically acclaimed "Obsidian",...

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JAY JAY FRENCH On MARK MENDOZA's Absence From TWISTED SISTER's 2026 Reunion: 'Bands Are Like Marriages, And Things Happen'

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, TWISTED SISTER guitarist Jay Jay French spoke about why singer Dee Snider changed his mind about returning to the road, nine years after the completion of TWISTED SISTER's "40 And Fuck It!" farewell tour, and after Dee repeatedly slammed KISS and MÖT...

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SCOTT STAPP: 'It's Inevitable' That There Will Be New CREED Music

In a new interview with KLAQ 95.5 FM El Paso's Best Rock radio station, CREED singer Scott Stapp was asked if there has been any talk of him and his bandmates working on some fresh music. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've talked about stuff, but nothing is definitive, nothing...

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EDENBRIDGE Shares New Single 'Cosmic Embrace' From Upcoming 'Set The Dark On Fire' Album

Austrian symphonic metallers EDENBRIDGE will release their twelfth studio album, "Set The Dark On Fire", on January 16, 2026 through Steamhammer/SPV as a CD digipak, 2LP gatefold and digitally. With "Set The Dark On Fire", EDENBRIDGE explores new soundscapes without abandoning their tried-and-tested...

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GIL MOORE On Upcoming TRIUMPH 'Mixed Reality Platform': A.I. 'Is Very Strongly Part Of Our Toolkit'

In a new interview with Jason Saulnier, TRIUMPH drummer and vocalist Gil Moore spoke about ongoing plans for the legendary Canadian rockers to develop a high-tech concept that would bring their music back to the stage. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "One of the things we're planning,...

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TWISTED SISTER Announces First 2026 Reunion Concert

TWISTED SISTER has announced its first reunion concert as part of the band's 50th-anniversary tour. The Dee Snider-fronted act will perform at Barcelona Rock Fest, which will take place from July 3 to July 5 in Barcelona, Spain. Also confirmed so far for the Barcelona Rock Fest's tenth-anniversary e...

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DREAM THEATER Announces 'Quarantième: Live À Paris' CD And Blu-Ray Recorded During 2024 40th-Anniversary Tour

Grammy-winning, progressive music titans DREAM THEATER will release "Quarantième: Live À Paris" on November 28 via their longtime label partner Inside Out Music/Sony Music. "Quarantième: Live À Paris" documents DREAM THEATER's November 23, 2024 concert at Adidas Arena in Paris, France during the ban...

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FINGER ELEVEN Releases Title Track Of Upcoming 'Last Night On Earth' Album

One of the best-selling Canadian bands of all time, multi-platinum rockers FINGER ELEVEN are bringing more new music to their legions of fans with the release of "Last Night On Earth". Released today (September 19),it's the title track from their first new studio album in a decade, due out November...

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Slime Of The Times

Mat McNerney is a tricky man to pin down. Best known for his current bands GRAVE PLEASURES and HEXVESSEL, but also formerly with CODE, DØDHEIMSGARD and many more, the Finland-based Brit has become one of the underground's most intriguing figures. Largely based in the worlds of black metal and post-p...

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JOE LYNN TURNER Will Be Part Of International Jury At Russia's 'Intervision 2025' Music Competition

Former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE vocalist Joe Lynn Turner will be part of the international jury of Intervision 2025. Intervision 2025 is a Russian state-sponsored music competition, decreed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in February as an alternative to the popular Eurovision Song Contest which...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY Announces 'Celebrate' EP, Shares 'Neon Eyes' Single

Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY will release a brand-new EP, "Celebrate", digitally on March 6, 2026 via Mascot Records. The official music video for the EP's first single, "Neon Eyes", can be seen below. BLACK STONE CHERRY are a band in the truest sense of the term. Hard rockers of enormous hea...

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SEVENDUST's CLINT LOWERY: 'I Love God And I Want To Write Some Meaningful And Heavy Music'

SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery, who revealed in early 2025 that he had just completed his first tour as a "saved Christian", has released a new video message in which he addressed questions about how his faith will affect the lyrical direction of the band's upcoming studio album. In the one-and-a-...

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BIOHAZARD Shares New Song 'Death Of Me' From Upcoming 'Divided We Fall' Album

The reunited classic lineup of BIOHAZARD has released the official visualizer for its new single, "Death Of Me". The track is taken from "Divided We Fall", the band's first studio album in over a decade, which will arrive on October 17 via BLKIIBLK. BIOHAZARD drummer Danny Schuler comments: "'Death...