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BURNING WITCHES: 'Open Your Mind' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for "Open Your Mind", the latest single from the Swiss all-girl heavy metal outfit BURNING WITCHES, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's second album, "Hexenhammer", which will be released on November 9 via Nuclear Blast Records. The disc was produced at the...

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Canadian Rock Legends TRIUMPH Are Collaborating With BANGER FILMS On Feature-Length Documentary

TRIUMPH drummer Gil Moore has revealed that Banger Films is working on a feature-length documentary about the Canadian rock legends. Banger Films' previous documentaries include two on heavy metal, 2006's "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" and 2008's "Global Metal", 2010's "Rush: Beyond The Lighted Sta...

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KILL DEVIL HILL Guitarist MARK ZAVON Releases 'Message At The Tone' Song From Debut Solo Album

"Message At The Tone", a song from KILL DEVIL HILL guitarist Mark Zavon, can be streamed below. The track is taken from MarK's self-titled debut solo album, which will be released on November 23 via EMP Label Group, the label founded by MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson. Described in a press release a...

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RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram To Play Over 100 Shows In 2019

According to Billboard, hologram production company Eyellusion, which created the Ronnie James Dio hologram, has signed with the Agency for the Performing Arts (APA),represented by agency partner Steve Martin. The Dio hologram will return to the road in April is set to hit over 100 cities in 2019....

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PAUL STANLEY On Why KISS Decided To Call It Quits: 'We Can Only Be This Good For So Long'

According to KISS singer/guitarist Paul Stanley, the group's motivations to launch its "End Of The Road" tour next year contrast starkly from its reasons to embark on the initial "farewell tour" in 2000, a time when relations with guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss began to rapidly sour....

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CROBOT Signs With MASCOT LABEL GROUP

Mascot Label Group has announced the signing of CROBOT to a global recording agreement. Known across the world for its unique blend of good old-fashioned hard rock with funk, blues and other elements of musical inspiration combining to become a howling vortex that is uniquely the CROBOT nebula, the...

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CHRIS SLADE On AXL ROSE Fronting AC/DC: 'It's The Best I've Ever Heard The Band'

Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade has praised Axl Rose's performance with the band, saying that the GUNS N' ROSES singer's addition to AC/DC's touring lineup "reinvigorated" the group. AC/DC postponed the last ten dates of its North American tour nearly three years ago after doctors told singer Brian...

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QUEEN Biopic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' Far Exceeds Expectations With $50 Million Opening Weekend

According to Variety, 20th Century Fox's QUEEN biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" is on track to sell an estimated $50 million in tickets at 4,000 theaters in the U.S. and Canada this weekend, and another $72.5 million internationally, far exceeding expectations. That will set the mark for the second-best o...

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KISS Members Envision Final Show Of Upcoming Farewell Tour: 'How Do You Not End With 'Rock And Roll All Nite'?'

Even though KISS's upcoming "End Of The Road" farewell tour will feature numerous songs the group has been playing live for more than four decades, band members Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer say they never tire of performing them. When Madison Vain of BUILD Series asked S...

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JAMES KOTTAK Says Reunited KINGDOM COME Is 'In It For The Long Run'

Shut Up & Rock On recently conducted an interview with KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how the ball got rolling for KINGDOM COME's 30th-anniversary tour: James: "It's b...

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VOIVOD Drummer: 'It's A Good Challenge To Be 35 Years In The Business And Try To Be Innovative'

Southeast Wreckmetal conducted an interview with drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD prior to the band's October 17 show at Tavastia club in Helsinki, Finland. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On th...

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STEVE VAI On Performing With YNGWIE MALMSTEEN: 'It's A Peak Moment For Me In The Pantheon Of My Live Touring Experience'

Andy Hall of the Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3 recently conducted an interview with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai about his "Generation Axe" tour. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he had a "wish list"...

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DIRK VERBEUREN Says 'It's Reasonable To Expect' A New MEGADETH Studio Album In 2019

Clint Switzer of the "Music Mania" podcast recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what kind of "surprises" MEGADETH has in store for its first-ever Megacruise: Dirk:...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Defends '...And Justice For All' Production: 'It Wasn't Planned That Way'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has defended the sound of the band's "...And Justice For All" album, saying that it was "the result of instinctive choices that were made along the way to make it work." While "...And Justice For All" is considered one of METALLICA's classics, it has been criticized alm...

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KISS Rented Out Los Angeles's Forum Arena To 'Check Out' The Pyro For 'End Of The Road' Tour

During a recent interview with Madison Vain of BUILD Series, KISS co-founder Paul Stanley said the group's upcoming "End Of The Road" farewell tour will feature the "greatest show we've ever done." "It's a chance for us to go out one more time [and] relive those times with people around the world to...