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DOUG ALDRICH Recalls Getting 'Kind Of Booted' Out Of RONNIE JAMES DIO's House By The Legendary Singer

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", former DIO and WHITESNAKE guitarist Doug Aldrich was asked if he was part of the DIO lineup that opened for IRON MAIDEN on a U.S. tour more than two decades ago. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBER...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Names His Favorite Rock/Metal Song Of All Time

In a new interview with Germany's Rock Antenne, NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen was asked to name his favorite rock or metal song. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "'One' by METALLICA. [It's] such a brilliant composition and lyric and music video. And th...

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FORBIDDEN Has 'The Beginnings Of A Lot Of Songs' For Upcoming Comeback Album

In a new interview with Rock Hard magazine conducted at last month's Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, FORBIDDEN guitarist Craig Locicero confirmed that he is working on new music from the resurrected band. He is collaborating on the material with the rest of the new FORBIDDEN lineup, co...

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DIO: 'The Complete Donington Collection' Due In July

On July 19, 2024, Niji Entertainment and BMG will release "The Complete Donington Collection", a limited-edition five-LP box set housing DIO's classic Castle Donington '83 and Castle Donington '87 performances at the Monsters Of Rock festival in the U.K., both on two-LP 180-gram vinyl with an etchin...

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2024 MAYHEM Festival Lineup Announced; BAD OMENS, PARKWAY DRIVE And ARCHITECTS To Headline

Mayhem festival will return as a single-destination event in Southern California on October 12, 2024. 23 bands will perform at the festival, which will be held at Glen Helen Amphitheater in San Bernardino, California, where Mayhem first began. Mayhem had a long successful history of elevating headli...

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You Can Duet With DISTURBED At This Year's LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival

Think you can sing like HEART's Ann Wilson does on "Don't Tell Me" with DISTURBED? Time to prove it! ALT 105.1 and The Fox Den, in partnership with Q Prime, Danny Wimmer Presents and DISTURBED, are searching for a lucky female fan to join DISTURBED on stage at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisv...

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NIGHTWISH's TROY DONOCKLEY Discusses Creative Process In Second 'Yesterwynde' Making-Of Video

Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH have released a new video in which multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley discusses the making of the band's upcoming album, "Yesterwynde", due on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II:...

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STRYPER's ROBERT SWEET: 'The Holy Spirit Gave Us The Courage To Go And Do This'

In a new interview with Rocking With Jam Man, STRYPER drummer Robert Sweet was asked if it is harder nowadays for him and his bandmates to put their Christian beliefs into a song compared to how it was when STRYPER first started out. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I wouldn't say...

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Watch: A Bat Bites THE PRETTY RECKLESS Singer TAYLOR MOMSEN's Leg During Concert In Spain

According to Metal Journal, a bat landed on the left leg of THE PRETTY RECKLESS singer Taylor Momsen during her band's May 29 performance at Estadio La Cartuja in Seville, Spain as the support act for AC/DC. After playing the fifth song of THE PRETTY RECKLESS's set, "Witches Burn", Taylor addressed...

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Challenge The Wind

However we choose to slice it, RHAPSODY OF FIRE are power metal heavyweights. Alongside the likes of BLIND GUARDIAN and ANGRA, the Italians have been a consistent benchmark for excellence in all departments, and a great advert for the progressive mindset that has made their records such a reliable s...

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PETER TÄGTGREN Lets The Good Times Roll With New PAIN Album 'I Am'

By David E. Gehlke PAIN, the "hobby" project of HYPOCRISY mainman and noted extreme metal producer Peter Tägtgren, issued an unintentional Covid anthem by way of the "Party In My Head" single in 2021. The song accurately summed up the isolation most of the general populace was feeling at the time, b...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Discusses 'Perfume Of The Timeless' Single In First 'Yesterwynde' Making-Of Video

Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH have released a new video in which keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen discusses the making of the band's upcoming album, "Yesterwynde", due on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of...

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DISTURBED's DAN DONEGAN On Performing 'Don't Tell Me' Live With ANN WILSON For First Time: 'It Was Like A Dream Sequence'

In a new interview with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan spoke about what it was like to have HEART's Ann Wilson join his band on stage for the first time at the Welcome To Rockville festival on May 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida to perform th...

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NIGHTWISH Releases 'Perfume Of The Timeless' Single From Upcoming 'Yesterwynde' Album

Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH will release their new album, "Yesterwynde", on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020. The official music video for the album's first single, "Perfume Of The Timeles...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Hates Seeing 'Ex-MEGADETH' Next To His Name In News Headlines: It 'Bugs The S**t Out Of Me'

In a new interview with "THAT Rocks!", the YouTube series hosted by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke about his desire to focus completely on his solo career once he left the band nearly two and a half decades ago. He said (as transcribed by...