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Updated: Two Men Reported Missing After Sacramento's AFTERSHOCK Festival Found Safe

**UPDATE**: The two men from Southern California who disappeared after attending the Aftershock festival in Sacramento have been found safe and are in contact with family members, Sacramento police said on Thursday. Jacob Clark and Anthony Acosta have been in contact with their families, according t...

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DINO CAZARES Says Rapid Advance Of AI Will Be Covered In Lyrics For Next FEAR FACTORY Studio Album

FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares spoke to Daniel Paulus of El Paso, Texas's KLAQ radio station about the lyrical inspiration for the band's next studio album. The LP will be the band's first with singer Milo Silvestro, whose addition to FEAR FACTORY was officially announced in late February. "We'...

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KLAUS MEINE Says SCORPIONS Will Be Touring In 2024 And 2025 For Band's 60th Anniversary

In a brand new interview with Justin Young of Monsters, Madness And Magic, SCORPIONS vocalist Klaus Meine spoke about the band's plans for the coming months and years. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, we're still out there with the 'Rock Believer' tour. It takes us around the wor...

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Venera

In a moderately unexpected turn of events, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has thrown himself wholeheartedly into the shadowy world of experimental electronic music. A collaboration with US composer and filmmaker Chris Hunt, VENERA switches Munky's focus from his day job's unpredictable but rel...

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TOOL Has 'Many Ideas Cooking' For Next Studio Album

During an appearance on "The Vinyl Guide" podcast, TOOL bassist Justin Chancellor was asked if he and his bandmates have begun writing material for the follow-up to their 2019 album "Fear Inoculum". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We've got many ideas cooking. We haven't recorded...

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METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD: LARS ULRICH 'Never Rehearsed Until Maybe Four Or Five Years Ago'

METALLICA's James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo have reflected on the experience of performing at the Power Trip festival this past weekend. The inaugural three-day Power Trip rock and heavy metal event began Friday (October 6) with sets from IRON MAIDEN and GUNS N' ROSES. Next up over...

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CREED's SCOTT STAPP Announces New Solo Album 'Higher Power'

CREED singer Scott Stapp will release his fourth solo album, "Higher Power", on March 15, 2024 via Napalm Records. The LP will arrive just a month before the iconic frontman returns to the stage with CREED for the first time in ten years. Stapp's upcoming ten-track triumph turns the rockers experien...

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TOBIAS FORGE On Upcoming GHOST Movie: 'It's Going To Be A Film With A Concert Element'

GHOST leader Tobias Forge has confirmed that footage from the band's recent two shows at the Forum in Inglewood, California will be used as part of a future film project. "When I first started putting it together, I was, like, 'Oh my god, I'm going to faint because there's so much to think about,'"...

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RAMMSTEIN Announces 2024 European Stadium Tour

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN will embark on a European stadium tour in May 2024. The general pre-sale for all dates starts on Wednesday, October 18 at 11:00 a.m. CEST. LIFAD members will get access to an exclusive ticket pre-sale in advance, starting Monday, October 16 at 11:00 a.m. CEST un...

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SHARON OSBOURNE On BLACK SABBATH Ballet: 'This Is Just So Out There That It's Wonderful'

Sharon Osbourne has weighed in on "Black Sabbath – The Ballet", calling it "so out there that it's wonderful." The ballet soundtracked by the music of BLACK SABBATH had its official premiere on September 23 at the Hippodrome theatre in the heavy metal legends' original hometown of Birmingham, United...

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Watch: PRONG Celebrates 'State Of Emergency' Album Release With Performance At Long Island Record Store

PRONG celebrated the release of its thirteenth studio album, "State Of Emergency", last Friday (October 6) by playing a special set Record Stop in Patchogue, New York. Earlier today (Tuesday, October 10),PRONG shared photos of the performance on Instagram and included the following message: "THANK...

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ULI JON ROTH Explains Inspiration For His Upcoming Book, 'In Search Of The Alpha Law'

In a new interview with Phil Aston of Now Spinning magazine, legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth spoke about his upcoming book, "In Search Of The Alpha Law", which is tentatively due before Christmas. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I started writing that book a long, long time ag...

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K.K. DOWNING Says He Would Consider Writing Follow-Up To His Autobiography: 'Lots Of Things Went Unsaid'

In a new interview with Greg Prato of Consequence, former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing touched upon his autobiography, "Heavy Duty: Days And Nights In Judas Priest", which was released in September 2018 via Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in print and ebook from Da Capo Press. The b...

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CARCASS's BILL STEER: 'Our Music Would Sound So Different If We Started Doing It Electronically'

In an interview with Oxygène Radio's "Métal Zone" at last month's Muscadeath festival in Vallet, France, guitarist Bill Steer and drummer Dan Wilding of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS were asked about the band's songwriting process. Wilding responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "No...

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Queen Of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021)

The days when live albums were regarded as essential entries in any great band's catalogue are long gone, but AMORPHIS are doing more than most to inject some value into the idea. "Queen Of Time (Live At Tavastia 2021)" is the Finnish veterans' fourth live record, but the first to focus exclusively...