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MARTY FRIEDMAN Announces 'Wall Of Sound' U.S. Tour With SCALE THE SUMMIT And THE FINE CONSTANT

Following last week's album announcement, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has now unveiled his headlining tour in support of his latest scorcher, "Wall Of Sound". The 22-show trek will feature support from Houston's top progressive outfit SCALE THE SUMMIT along with Madison, Wisconsin-based...

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ALTER BRIDGE To Perform With Orchestra At London's Royal Albert Hall

Following their jaw-dropping set at Download festival this weekend, U.S. rock giants ALTER BRIDGE have announced their return to the U.K. for two very special headline shows on October 2 and October 3. Appearing at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London for the first time, the band will treat the...

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ROB ZOMBIE To Begin Work On New Album In August

Rob Zombie is planning to enter the studio this summer to begin work on the follow-up to last year's "The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser" album. The rocker-turned-film-director told Kerrang! Radio at this weekend's Download festival in the U.K.: "Right now we're just...

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JEFF WATERS On Upcoming ANNIHILATOR Album: 'This Is One Of The Best Ones We've Done'

Metal Wani's Laura Vezer recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Jeff Waters of Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On ANNIHILATOR's upcoming follow-up to 2015's "Suicide Soci...

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Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN: 'I Wanted To Make The Best Rock 'N' Roll Record I Could Possibly Make'

Jason Price of Icon Vs. Icon recently conducted an interview with Rex Brown about the former PANTERA bassist's debut solo album, "Smoke On This". An excerpt from the chat follows below. Icon Vs. Icon: How did the ball get rolling on this record? Rex: "It started off with me in the bus one day and me...

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UNISONIC Feat. HELLOWEEN Members: 'Live In Wacken' CD + DVD Due In July

earMUSIC will release UNISONIC's 2016 Wacken Open Air show on July 21 on CD and DVD. With its 2012 self-titled debut album, UNISONIC unleashed a storm of enthusiasm. For the first time in 23 years, two former members of Hamburg's metal institution HELLOWEEN — Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen — reunited...

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NIGHTWISH To Launch Nine-Month 'Decades: World Tour' Next March In North America

In March 2018, symphonic metal legends NIGHTWISH will begin their nine-month-long "Decades: World Tour 2018" starting with 34 shows in North America. The band will have a very special setlist for the tour, featuring rarely heard material from the earlier era, and excitingly for both band and fans, t...

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Watch IRON MAIDEN Perform In Newark

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN played the third show of the 2017 North American leg of "The Book Of Souls" tour last night (Wednesday, June 7) at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. If Ete...

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Listen To New LIVING COLOUR Single 'Come On'

"Come On", the brand new single from LIVING COLOUR, can be streamed below. The song is taken from the band's sixth studio album, "Shade", which will be released on September 8 via Megaforce Records. The disc's cover artwork can be seen below. Corey Glover, Vernon Reid, Doug Wimbish and Will Calhoun...

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Video Premiere: PAPA ROACH's 'Periscope' Featuring SKYLAR GREY

PAPA ROACH's video for the song "Periscope" can be seen below. The track, which features a guest appearance by Skylar Grey, is taken from the band's ninth studio album, "Crooked Teeth", which was released on May 19 via Eleven Seven Music. The disc was made available digitally and physically, as a st...

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Watch IRON MAIDEN Perform In Philadelphia

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN played the second show of the 2017 North American leg of "The Book Of Souls" tour last night (Sunday, June 4) at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01....

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DIRKSCHNEIDER Plays First Show With New Guitarist BILL HUDSON (Video)

DIRKSCHNEIDER — the band fronted by former ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider — made its live debut with new guitarist Bill Hudson Sunday, June 4 at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Hudson was in the middle of a European tour w...

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Forces of the Northern Night

One can only imagine what EMPEROR, accompanied by a full orchestra, might have sounded like, if the final album, "Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise", had been given over to such a prospect. Of course, metal and orchestral stage presentations have become passé, with black metal, as of 2011,...

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IRON MAIDEN Kicks Off 2017 North American Leg Of 'The Book Of Souls' Tour In Bristow (Video)

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN kicked off the 2017 North American leg of "The Book Of Souls" tour last night (Saturday, June 3) at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. If Eternity Should Fail...

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PARADISE LOST Vocalist Says 'Humans Tend To Ruin Everything On The Planet'

Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock recently conducted an interview with vocalist Nick Holmes and lead guitarist Gregor Mackintosh of U.K. gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether Nick Holmes's part...