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SEPULTURA Guitarist: 'Robotics Are Not Helping Us Develop Our Intellect'

Sebastiano Mereu of From Hero To Zero recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how technological advances have changed the approach of musicians today versus the '80s:...

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SEVENDUST Signs With RISE RECORDS, Taps Producer MICHAEL 'ELVIS' BASKETTE For Next Album

SEVENDUST has inked a deal with Rise Records. The band is tentatively scheduled to enter the studio in November with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette (ALTER BRIDGE, SLASH) to begin recording the follow-up to 2015's "Kill The Flaw" album for a spring 2018 release. In a new video message posted on th...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist On Upcoming Album: Everyone Who's Heard It 'Thinks It's A Smash'

Jason Hook says that everyone who has heard FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's upcoming album thinks it's the band's strongest effort to date. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH delivered its follow-up to 2015's "Got Your Six" to the band's longtime record label Prospect Park several months ago, but a legal battle with...

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Video Recap Of 'Inside Metal: Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal' Premiere Screening

A three-minute video recap of the June 19 premiere of "Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal", the third title in the "Inside Metal" series, which was held at the Regency Valley Plaza 6 Theater in North Hollywood, California, can be seen below. "Rise Of L.A. Thrash Metal" will be available on DVD and major stre...

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EXODUS To Be Rejoined By Singer ROB DUKES At San Francisco Concert

Thrash metal legends EXODUS will be rejoined by their former singer Rob Dukes on stage during their July 8 concert in San Francisco, California. Dukes will sing several songs with the band during the second of EXODUS's two-night stint at The Chapel in what will mark the group's first headlining Bay...

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Former GHOST Member HENRIK PALM Releases 'Elephant' Solo Track

Henrik Palm, who was a member of the Swedish band GHOST from 2015 until 2016, has released his first solo song, titled "Elephant". Track is taken from Palm's debut album, which will be released in the fall. Palm is one of four former members of GHOST who filed a lawsuit against the band's founder an...

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SKID ROW Announces March 2018 U.K. Headlining Tour

SKID ROW will embark on an extensive U.K. tour in March 2018. The trek will consist of a total of fifteen shows and will include a very special co-headline concert at London Shepherds Bush Empire on March 11 with NIGHT RANGER. Support on all the SKID ROW-headlined dates will come from TOSELAND. Tour...

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ACE FREHLEY Discusses His Latest Collaboration With GENE SIMMONS, Says He Hasn't Been Approached About Rejoining KISS

Ace Frehley has confirmed that he recently collaborated with Gene Simmons on two songs for the former KISS guitarist's next solo album. Ace told radio personality Eddie Trunk: "I called him up and I said, 'Gene, you wanna write a few songs?' He says, 'Sure.' Because he had come to my show [in Februa...

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MR. LORDI Claims LORDI Turned Down Co-Headlining Tour With GWAR

Andrew Epstein of Zombitrol conducted an interview with Mr. Lordi of Finnish monster metallers LORDI prior to the band's February 22 show at The Opera House in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On where the cha...

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STONE SOUR's COREY TAYLOR: 'If We're Going To Be The Last Rock Band Standing, So Be It'

STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has lashed out against his contemporaries for not embracing the fact they are rock bands, calling it "pretentious horseshit." Taylor's comment stems from KISS bassist Gene Simmons's infamous 2014 quote that rock music is finally dead as the result of file sharing an...

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Ex-PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN Says He 'Could Have S**t Gold' When He Listened Back To Debut Solo Album For First Time

Metal Mark of Ghost Cult Magazine recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and DOWN bassist Rex Brown. You can watch the full interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether the material on his forthcoming debut solo album, "Smoke On This", is brand n...

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KING'S X Frontman On LGBTQ Acceptance In Hard Rock/Metal Community: 'We're Just Taught To Be Homophobic'

For Gay Pride Month, Billboard asked artists about the reality of being out musicians in hard rock/metal and the state of LGBTQAI acceptance in the genre. Doug Pinnick, bassist-singer for progressive veterans KING'S X and rock act KXM, has been publicly out since he declared his orientation in an i...

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Former DAVID LEE ROTH Guitarist JASON BECKER Speaks Out Against Senate Health Care Bill

Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) for over 27 years, has taken to Facebook to speak out against the Senate health care bill. "I usually stay out of politics, but people have asked me whether the American Healthcare Act (AHC...

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MAYHEM Announces Second Leg Of 'Purgatorium Europæ' Tour

Norwegian black metal icons MAYHEM will embark on the second leg of their European live takeover this fall. The "Purgatorium Europæ - Pars Duorum" tour will commence September 29 in Berlin, Germany and ravage its way through twelve countries and nineteen cities, drawing to a close on October 27 in G...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Drummer Hints At 2018 Reunion Tour Featuring Original Lineup

SMASHING PUMPKINS drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has hinted at a 2018 reunion of the band's original lineup. Founding member and main songwriter Billy Corgan has been touring under the SMASHING PUMPKINS name for several years with a newer lineup of musicians, although Chamberlin rejoined the band two year...