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ALTER BRIDGE Announces 2023 North American Tour With MAMMOTH WVH

Acclaimed rockers ALTER BRIDGE have announced the North American leg of their 2023 "Pawns & Kings" tour. The 30-city trek — split into two legs — will kick off on January 25 in Tampa, Florida and wrap on April 1 in Highland, California. MAMMOTH WVH — the band fronted by Wolfgang Van Halen — will...

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LAJON WITHERSPOON Completes Recording Vocals For SEVENDUST's Next Album

SEVENDUST's Lajon Witherspoon has completed laying down vocals for the band's next studio album. The follow-up to 2020's "Blood & Stone" is once again being tracked at Studio Barbarosa in Gotha, Florida with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who has previously worked with ALTER BRIDGE and SLASH...

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NIKKI SIXX Says MÖTLEY CRÜE Is Planning Shows In South America, Europe And Asia

MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx has confirmed that there are plans for the band to play in other parts of the world following the completion of the North American leg of "The Stadium Tour". On Saturday (August 20),Nikki took to his Twitter to lament the fact that there are only 10 shows left on MÖTL...

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Would YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Ever Consider Joining Another Band? He Responds

During an appearance Friday (August 19) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen was asked if he would ever consider joining another band as opposed to focusing solely on his solo career. He responded: "Well, I'm not saying never for anything, but m...

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QUEENSRŸCHE Performs At Tennessee's MONSTERS ON THE MOUNTAIN Festival (Video)

Fan-filmed video of QUEENSRŸCHE's August 20 performance at the Monsters On The Mountain festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. The Needle Lies 02. Walk In The Shadows 03. NM 156 04. Man The Machine 05. Silent Lucidity 06. Jet City Woman 07. Take H...

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AVATAR Wants To 'Save Heavy Metal' With Upcoming Album

Vocalist Johannes Eckerström of Swedish metallers AVATAR has confirmed to TotalRock that the band's next album has already been recorded and mixed for an early 2023 release. Regarding what fans can expect to hear on the LP, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The short version is we will...

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MEGADETH Drummer DIRK VERBEUREN: DAVE MUSTAINE 'Welcomed' My Contributions To 'The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!'

In a new interview with Roppongi Rocks, MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren spoke about his contributions to the band's upcoming album, "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!", which will arrive on September 2 via UMe. The follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" marks Dirk's first studio recording with MEGADETH, ha...

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Watch: NITA STRAUSS Performs With DEMI LOVATO For 'Good Morning America' 2022 Summer Concert Series

Former ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss performed with Demi Lovato this past Friday, August 19 on "Good Morning America" for the Summer Concert Series in New York City's Central Park. Watch video of the appearance below. Earlier in the week, Lovato and Strauss performed twice on "The Tonight Show...

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Original SALIVA Singer JOSEY SCOTT Joins POISON On Stage In Tulsa To Perform 'Nothin' But A Good Time'

Original SALIVA singer Josey Scott joined POISON on stage last night (Saturday, August 20) at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma to perform the classic POISON song "Nothin' But A Good Time". Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. After the concert, Josey took to his Instagram to share a co...

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Nearly Two Years After His Death, ALEXI LAIHO Finally Gets A Gravestone

Nearly two years after his death, CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho finally got a gravestone. The one-and-a-half-meter-by-50-centimeter monument was unveiled earlier this month at the Malmi Cemetery, a large cemetery located in the Malmi district in Helsinki, Finland, where the 41-year-old musi...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Says Split With Singer ZP THEART Was 'Inevitable': 'We Were Traveling In Different Directions'

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo says that it was "a really difficult decision" to part ways with singer ZP Theart and replace him with ex-H.E.A.T. frontman Erik Grönwall. Theart, a former member of DRAGONFORCE, who hooked up with SKID ROW in 2016 following the departure of Tony Harnell (TNT, ST...

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THE HALO EFFECT's 'Days Of The Lost' Becomes First Debut Album From Metal Band To Enter Swedish Chart At No. 1

"Days Of The Lost", the debut album from THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iwers (bass),Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — has entered the official chart in...

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TOURNIQUET Founder TED KIRKPATRICK Dead At 62

Ted Kirkpatrick of the Christian metal band TOURNIQUET has died after a brief battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF),a rare terminal lung disease for which there is no cure. He was 62 years old. Primarily a drummer, Kirkpatrick was the principal songwriter for TOURNIQUET, and played other...

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KROKUS Announces Return To Live Stage

Legendary Swiss hard rockers KROKUS will play a special concert on September 10 on the steps of the St. Ursus Cathedral in Solothurn, Switzerland. In addition, Solothurn will honor the band with a "Stone Of Honor" on its 2000th anniversary. KROKUS said in a statement: "We are happy to be honored by...

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'Broken Stage' Forces Cancelation Of ANTHRAX And BLACK LABEL SOCIETY's Concert In Rochester

ANTHRAX and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY were forced to cancel their performances Friday night (August 19) at the Main Street Armory in Rochester, New York due to a "broken stage." Earlier tonight, ANTHRAX and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY released the following statement via social media: "Due to unforeseen productio...