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LARS ULRICH Supports PANTERA 'Reunion', Says 'It'll Be Fun' To Have Them On Tour With METALLICA

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has weighed in on the fact that PANTERA's surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) have united with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) for a world tour under the PANTERA banner. Anselmo a...

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Untopia

Measuring and comparing levels of heaviness in music is a largely pointless and entirely subjective activity. But sometimes the truth is plain for all to see. The visceral and indecently exciting sound of a giant, concrete block being dropped onto humanity's twitching skull, over and over again for...

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Watch: NAPALM DEATH's SHANE EMBURY Explains Why Now Is Right Time For His Autobiography

NAPALM DEATH bassist Shane Embury will release his autobiography, "Life?… & Napalm Death", later this year via Rocket 88, an imprint of the established British book production company Essential Works. In the short video below, Embury explains why now is the right time for him to release his auto...

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DON DOKKEN 'Sounds Fantastic' On Long-Awaited New DOKKEN Album

In a new interview with Sam Wall, DOKKEN bassist Chris McCarvill confirmed that the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2012's "Broken Bones" album is "totally finished." The LP is tentatively due later this year via Silver Lining Music, the label owned by Thomas Jensen, one of the founders of Germany'...

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Watch: BRUCE DICKINSON Kicks Off 2023 Tour Performing JON LORD's 'Concerto For Group And Orchestra'

IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson is taking part in a performance of Jon Lord's "Concerto For Group And Orchestra" on nearly a dozen dates in March and April. The concerts are being performed by a symphony orchestra consisting of more than 80 instrumentalists conducted by Paul Mann, a close friend...

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Former MEGADETH Members SHAWN And GLEN DROVER Launch WITHERING SCORN Project

Former MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover and his brother, and fellow ex-MEGADETH member, Glen Drover, have set WITHERING SCORN as the name of their new project. The band also features former FATES WARNING bassist Joe DiBiase and German singer Henning Basse, who has previously played with FIREWIND, METAL...

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ALICE COOPER Wanted 'No Overdubs' On His Upcoming Studio Album

In a new interview with Ultimate Classic Rock, legendary rocker Alice Cooper discussed some of the new music he has been working on. He said: "Well, there's a new album coming out with my touring band right now. I wanted to show off the touring band, so we wrote songs, went in the studio, and I said...

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DAVID ELLEFSON To Make Lead-Vocal Debut On DIETH's 'To Hell And Back' Album

DIETH, the new band featuring former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, Swedish guitarist/vocalist Guilherme Miranda (formerly of ENTOMBED A.D.) and drummer Michał Łysejko (ex-DECAPITATED), will release its debut album, "To Hell And Back", on June 2 via Napalm Records. Produced by DIETH, with mix...

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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of 'We're An American Band' With 'The American Band' Tour

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD celebrates the 50th anniversary of its 1973 "We're An American Band" platinum single and album with 2023's "The American Band Tour", performing multiple shows across the country and dynamically underlining their trademark "rock and soul" classics. Original founding member Don Bre...

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BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH And OVERKILL Reach 20-Album Milestone With 'Scorched': 'There Still Some F***ing Gas In The Tank'

By David E. Gehlke OVERKILL frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth likes to refer to the band's post-Atlantic Records period (1996 through the early 2000s) as their "bowling alley years." Whereas many of the band's thrash peers either broke up, changed direction or went into creative hibernation, OVERKILL...

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TONY CAMPOS: 'It's Really Up To The Fans' If STATIC-X Will Continue Making New Music

STATIC-X bassist Tony Campos has once again said that he is not opposed to making new music with the group's current lineup once he and his bandmates have finished touring in support of the "Project Regeneration" albums. STATIC-X's latest LP "Project Regeneration Vol. 1", came out in July 2020. The...

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MÅNESKIN Announces 'Rush!' 2023 World Tour

Italian rockers MÅNESKIN continue their skyrocketing rise around the world with the announcement of the "Rush!" world tour, which will see them headline arenas in North America, South America, Japan and Europe, and their first-ever shows in Australia, in fall/winter 2023, bringing their raucous live...

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SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Wasn't Surprised By PAUL QUINN's Decision To 'Step Back From Touring'

In a new interview with Greg Prato of AllMusic, Biff Byford was asked if he was surprised by SAXON guitarist Paul Quinn's recent decision to "step back from touring". The SAXON frontman responded: "No. He's been talking about it for four or five years now. There's a lot of pressure touring at the le...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'Legacy Of The Beast' Announces MOTÖRHEAD In-Game Collaboration

IRON MAIDEN's "Legacy Of The Beast" free-to-play mobile game is excited to announce another major in-game collaboration, this time with MOTÖRHEAD. A new year brings a list of new in-game collaborations. Teaming up in the past couple of years with musical heavyweights such as DISTURBED, FIVE FINGER D...

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Live At ProgPower XXI

One of countless bands whose plans were brutally scuppered when the global plague took hold three years ago, SEVEN SPIRES are still the most exciting thing happening in power and symphonic metal today. And now that the world is back to some kind of (intermittently horrifying) normality, this band's...