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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Will Receive COVID-19 Vaccine In 10 Days

BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski says that he will receive his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine in less than two weeks. The 43-year-old Polish native, who was diagnosed with a severe case of leukemia a decade ago, revealed his plan to take the vaccine in an end-of-year message on Instagra...

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'Spinal Tap' Creators Set Up Licensing Body To Manage Exploitation Of Their Iconic Motion Picture

Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest and Michael McKean, creators of the iconic mockumentary "This Is Spinal Tap", have set up a wholly owned entity to manage the licensing of the film and all rights related to it. With effect from January 1, 2021, the much-beloved movie and all featured cha...

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KREATOR Has '15 Songs And Counting' For Next Studio Album

German thrash metal veterans KREATOR have written 15 songs for their next album, tentatively due in 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The news of KREATOR's songwriting process was revealed by the band's guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza, who took to his Instagram earlier today (Thursday, December 31) to write...

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Legendary Guitarist JOHN SYKES To Release New Single 'Dawning Of A Brand New Day' Tomorrow

Legendary English guitarist John Sykes (TYGERS OF PAN TANG, THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE, BLUE MURDER, SYKES) will release the official music video for a new song called "Dawning Of A Brand New Day" tomorrow (Friday, January 1). The track, which was recorded at least four years ago, is expected to appear...

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NAPALM DEATH's MARK 'BARNEY' GREENWAY Says 'There Needs To Be More Government Assistance' During COVID-19 Pandemic

In a recent interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway of British extreme metal pioneers NAPALM DEATH discussed the troubling health and economic realities of COVID-19 and the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the music i...

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BABYMETAL To Play 10 Shows At Tokyo's Nippon Budokan; First Six Dates Announced

Japanese pop-metal band BABYMETAL will play 10 shows at Tokyo's famed Nippon Budokan venue next year as part of the group's 10th-anniversary celebration. The shows, which will mark the final chapter of the "Metal Resistance" era, will kick off with two dates in January (19 and 20) and four concerts...

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METALLICA Hits 1.1 Billion In 2020 SPOTIFY Streams

METALLICA's music was streamed 1.1 billion times on Spotify in 2020. This marks the second year in a row that the band's songs were played more than a billion times on the digital music service in a 12-month period. The heavy metal legends' social media revealed their latest streaming feat on Wednes...

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CHRIS JERICHO-Produced Documentary About Reunion Of Florida Metal Band SIREN To Drop Next Week

FOZZY frontman and wrestling superstar Chris Jericho has produced a movie about SIREN, a Florida metal band that in the 1980s dropped a record in Europe just as it was breaking up. For 30 years, unbeknownst to the SIREN musicians, they grew a huge fanbase, and thanks to social media, the SIREN drumm...

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EDGUY/AVANTASIA Singer TOBIAS SAMMET Looks Back On 2020: 'It's Been A Dark Year'

EDGUY and AVANTASIA frontman Tobias Sammet has lamented the devastating impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the music industry, with canceled concerts, tours and music festivals, all leaving hundreds of thousands of crew members out of work. In his end-of-year message on social media, Tobias...

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ALICE COOPER, ROGER DALTREY, SAMMY HAGAR, JOE PERRY, Others Featured In 'Rock Camp: The Movie'

"Rock Camp: The Movie" from filmmaker Doug Blush will be released in January. Summer camp meets "Spinal Tap" as we journey to Rock' N' Roll Fantasy Camp, where dreamers from across America and around the world gather to shred with their heroes — and learn to rock like the legends. Rock Camp is an in...

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VIO-LENCE To Begin Recording Comeback EP In January

Reunited San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE will enter Trident Studios in Pacheco, California on January 18 to begin recording their new EP, tentatively due in late summer via Metal Blade Records. Helming the sessions will be producer Juan Urteaga, who has previously worked with TESTAMENT, M...

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Was 'Heavy Metal' Originally A Derogatory Term? DEE SNIDER And SEBASTIAN BACH Can't Seem To Agree

Dee Snider and Sebastian Bach have engaged in a Twitter discussion over whether "heavy metal" was originally used as a derogatory term. No one knows exactly where the term "heavy metal" originated, but some say that various American critics began using it in 1969 or 1970 to describe music that sound...

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RICHIE KOTZEN Speaks Out After Battle With COVID-19: 'Covid Is NOT A Joke!'

Richie Kotzen has spoken out about his battle with COVID-19, saying the novel coronavirus is "not a joke." The 50-year-old guitarist/vocalist took to his social media on Monday (December 28) to reveal that he and his wife Julia Lage "just kicked the living PISS out of Covid-19." He also included a p...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND's Advice To Younger Musicians: 'You Need To Learn How To Fail Efficiently'

Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend was recently interviewed by Rob's School Of Music. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about what advice he would give to younger or more inexperienced musicians, Devin said: "You need to learn how to fail efficiently. Because the people...

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TED NUGENT Says He 'Ain't Taking No Vaccine', Dismisses 'Scamming Pandemic'

Ted Nugent says that he will refuse to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus. The outspoken conservative rocker, who has previously railed against pharmaceutical companies and their development of the vaccine, made his feelings known during a December 25 live video on his official Facebook page....