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BLACK STAR RIDERS To Enter Studio In February

BLACK STAR RIDERS guitarist Scott Gorham has confirmed to Planet Rock that the band is planning to enter the studio early next year to begin recording its follow-up to 2017's "Heavy Fire" album. "I've got a few riffs that are coming out," he said at this past weekend's Steelhouse Festival in Wales (...

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VOIVOD Drummer Says 'The Wake' Is 'More Of A Prog-Metal Album' Than 'Target Earth' Was

On July 29, Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice conducted an interview with VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin at the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about VOIVOD's upcoming album, "The Wake", Away said: "'The Wake' is more of a pr...

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SPINAL TAP Bassist DEREK SMALLS: 'MRI' Video

"MRI", the new video from Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as SPINAL TAP, can be seen below. The song is taken from his first full-length solo venture, "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)", which was released on April 13 via Twanky Records/BMG...

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GLENN HUGHES: If A Window Opens For BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION To Make Fifth Album, Count Me In

Legendary DEEP PURPLE bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes was interviewed by Planet Rock at this weekend's Steelhouse Festival in Wales. You can now watch the chat below. Asked if there are any plans for BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION to do any more recording or touring in the near future, Hughes said: "It's a b...

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TARJA TURUNEN On Her Relationship With Ex-Bandmates In NIGHTWISH: 'They Have Their Own Life, I Have My Own Life. Everything Is Fine'

Chris Peters of Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with former NIGHTWISH frontwoman Tarja Turunen. You can listen to the entire chat via the Spreaker widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On her new live album, "Act II": Tarja: "I'm very happ...

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TIMO KOTIPELTO Says STRATOVARIUS Plans To Release New Studio Album In 2019

Kaaos TV conducted an interview with frontman Timo Kotipelto of Finnish/Swedish melodic metallers STRATOVARIUS prior to their July 21 performance at John Smith Rock Festival in Laukaa, Finland. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the diff...

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MATT TUCK Thinks 'Gravity' Is The Album That Will 'Solidify' BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE As A Festival Headliner

Sophie K of Scuzz TV recently conducted an interview with frontman Matt Tuck and drummer Jason Bowld of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's new album, "Gravity": Jason: "...

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VOLBEAT Frontman Says He Respects METALLICA's 'Energy' And 'Hunger'

Prior to VOLBEAT's July 6 performance at the Rock For People festival in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, vocalist Michael Poulsen spoke with Metalshop TV. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the 2013 song "Room 24", which featured g...

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HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Releases Another New Song, 'Another Level'

One month after releasing the new track "Gotta Let Go", which has already racked up over three million global streams, with the accompanying music video getting over one million views, HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD has dropped a follow-up single, "Another Level", a fiery, EDM-infused song, saturated with heavy b...

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MANILLA ROAD's MARK 'THE SHARK' SHELTON Dead At 60

Mark "The Shark" Shelton, a founding member of the legendary epic metal band MANILLA ROAD, has died at the age of 60. He passed away Friday morning after performing at the Headbangers Open Air festival in Brande-Hörnerkirchen, Germany. The band confirmed in a live Facebook video that Shelton died of...

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DELAIN Performs At Hungary's FEZEN Festival (Video)

Fan-filmed video footage of DELAIN's July 25 performance at Hungary's Fezen festival can be seen below. DELAIN will issue a new EP in the fall via Napalm Records. The Dutch symphonic metal band will promote the EP's release by playing two intimate headlining shows on in October. As previously report...

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AXL ROSE On Possibility Of New Music From Reunited GUNS N' ROSES: 'You Never Know'

Axl Rose is not ruling out recording new music with the partial reunion of GUNS N' ROSES' classic lineup. Asked in a rare interview with Iceland Magazine if he has considered putting out new material with the current lineup of GUNS N' ROSES, more than two years after the launch of the band's "Not In...

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HALLATAR Feat. AMORPHIS, SWALLOW THE SUN, Ex-HIM Members: Video Of JOHN SMITH ROCK FESTIVAL Performance

Fan-filmed video footage of HALLATAR's July 22 performance at John Smith Rock Festival in Laukaa, Finland can be seen below. HALLATAR's debut album, "No Stars Upon the Bridge", is based on the lyrics and poems of Aleah Starbridge and was released last October via Svart Records. Although a brand new...

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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS: 'I'm Pretty Damn Sure We Will Do Another Album'

IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris has told Metal Hammer magazine that he is confident the band will eventually get around to putting together the follow-up to "The Book Of Souls" album, which arrived nearly three years ago. "We've got this [touring] cycle going on," he said. "I'm pretty damn sure we...

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GUNS N' ROSES Breaks METALLICA's Attendance Record In Gothenburg, Sweden

According to IQ Magazine, GUNS N' ROSES has broken the attendance record for a hard rock/heavy metal act at Gothenburg, Sweden's Ullevi Stadium. The band's July 21 concert was attended by 64,289 people, surpassing the record previously set by METALLICA (63,036 attendees). Pollstar previously reporte...