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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman Talks Next Studio Album, Says 'Live Beyond The Spheres' Is 'The End Of An Era'

In a brand new interview with Antihero Magazine, BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch was asked if the band's new live album, "Live Beyond The Spheres", is a turning point for the band in the sense that the next album could be slightly different from the group's previous releases. "I believe that th...

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LARS ULRICH To Host His METALLICA Bandmates On His Radio Show 'It's Electric'

Lars Ulrich will host his METALLICA bandmates on "It's Electric", his online radio show on Apple Music's Beats 1. The episodes were recorded in Canada earlier this month at various tour stops on the band's "WorldWired" North American tour and are unlike anything METALLICA fans have ever heard before...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Finds YNGWIE MALMSTEEN's Comments 'Comical And Sad'

Jeff Scott Soto has fired back at Yngwie Malmsteen, saying that he finds it "comical and sad" that the Swedish guitarist would speak disparagingly about some of the singers that have worked with him in the past. Soto's comments came in response to a recent interview Malmsteen gave to Metal Wani in w...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY Reimagines Blues Classics And Obscurities On 'Black To Blues' EP

Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY will release a blues EP, "Black To Blues", on September 29 via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. "I know it's crazy for four rock 'n' roll dudes to make a blues EP, but it's us sharing with everyone the music that's been our DNA from day one," says BLACK STONE CH...

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BYZANTINE Releases Video For New Single 'Vile Maxim'

The Friday (July 28),BYZANTINE will release its new album, "The Cicada Tree", via Metal Blade Records. Heralded as the most underrated band from the New Wave Of American Heavy Metal movement, BYZANTINE has slowly gained a cult-like following after releasing five genre-bending albums. For a previe...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, CHRIS CAFFERY, STEVE DIGIORGIO And MARK ZONDER Join Forces In SPIRITS OF FIRE

Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) and vocalist Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, CHARRED WALLS OF THE DAMNED) have joined forces in a new band called SPIRITS OF FIRE. The group, which is completed by the powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Steve DiGiorgio (TES...

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Ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Singer's DEVIL YOU KNOW Changes Name To LIGHT THE TORCH

DEVIL YOU KNOW, the band fronted by former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Howard Jones, has changed its name to LIGHT THE TORCH. The group says: "A full statement will be made soon and a new album is very close to being completed. It's a new beginning and we couldn't be more excited." It is speculated tha...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram To Embark On 'Dio Returns' World Tour; First Dates Announced

Live music's premier hologram production company Eyellusion today revealed initial dates for "Dio Returns: The World Tour", featuring a hologram of Ronnie James Dio reunited with the late rock star's former bandmates from the DIO band. The tour will make more than eighty stops around the globe, kick...

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Watch EVANESCENCE Perform At Czech Republic's ROCK FOR PEOPLE Festival

Metalshop TV has uploaded video footage of EVANESCENCE's July 6 performance at the Rock For People festival in Czech Republic. Check it out below. EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee recently spoke to Graspop.be about the band's forthcoming album, "Synthesis", which will reimagine some of the band's past cat...

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LINKIN PARK's 'Carpool Karaoke' Episode Was Filmed Six Days Before CHESTER BENNINGTON's Suicide

The "Carpool Karaoke" episode featuring LINKIN PARK — filmed less than a week before singer Chester Bennington's death on July 20 — is expected to air this fall. On July 14, LINKIN PARK shared a picture on Twitter with actor Ken Jeong for their episode of the TV spinoff of James Corden's "Late Late...

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PERIPHERY And ANIMALS AS LEADERS Announce Co-Headlining 'Convergence Tour'

PERIPHERY and ANIMALS AS LEADERS will team up for a North American trek, dubbed "The Convergence Tour", this fall. "This tour is a long time coming," said ANIMALS AS LEADERS guitar player Tosin Abasi. "Beyond being some of our favorite musicians, the guys in PERIPHERY are some of our favorite people...

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LINKIN PARK Recordings Enter Midweek U.K. Charts Following CHESTER BENNINGTON's Death

According to Billboard.com, nine of LINKIN PARK's recordings have entered the U.K.'s midweek charts in the wake of frontman Chester Bennington's tragic death. The band's 2001 debut, "Hybrid Theory", is on target to re-enter the chart at No. 3, and their most recent album, "One More Light", has shot...

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CHESTER BENNINGTON Bought His Home Less Than Two Months Before Suicide

According to TMZ, Chester Bennington bought his new home just two months before he committed suicide there. The LINKIN PARK frontman paid $2.4 million for the Palos Verdes Estates home back in June. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house is in an affluent part of Los Angeles County on the edge of the...

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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Announces Fall 2017 U.S. Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced details of its U.S. headline tour. Kicking off September 28 in Las Vegas, Nevada, the coast-to-coast trek will see the band traversing the U.S. through October in support of its new album, "Graveyard Shift", which landed at No. 1 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums cha...

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SLAYER's TOM ARAYA On JEFF HANNEMAN: 'I Feel Like I Should Have Done More To Help Him'

On Sunday, July 23, Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People conducted an interview with SLAYER frontman Tom Araya backstage at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On when SLAYER will begin r...