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WINGER Teases Heavy New Single 'Proud Desperado'

WINGER will release a new single, "Proud Desperado", this Friday, March 10. The track is taken from the band's upcoming seventh studio album, "Seven" which is tentatively due this spring via Frontiers Music Srl. A short preview of the "Proud Desperado" music video is available below. In January, WIN...

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Did DAVE MUSTAINE 'Overreact' When He Fired DAVID ELLEFSON From MEGADETH? JEFF SCOTT SOTO Weighs In

In a new interview with the YouTube channel of Brazilian music journalist Igor Miranda, acclaimed hard rock singer Jeff Scott Soto was asked if he thinks Dave Mustaine "overreacted" when he fired David Ellefson from MEGADETH in May 2021, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video fo...

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THE HALO EFFECT Announces May 2023 North American Tour

THE HALO EFFECT, the new project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iwers (bass),Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — has announced an eight-date North American tour leading up the band's appe...

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DEVILDRIVER To Release New Album, 'Dealing With Demons Vol. II', In May

As the world was upended in 2020, California groove metallers DEVILDRIVER didn't pause, releasing the acclaimed first installment of their two-part "Dealing With Demons" saga, "Dealing With Demons I". Now, as society emerges more hardened and determined than before, so does DEVILDRIVER's tenth full-...

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IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS On Once Being Compared To HITLER By PAUL DI'ANNO: 'I Thought It Was Funny'

Last May, former IRON MAIDEN singer Paul Di'Anno came face to face with MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris for the first time in three decades before the band's concert in Croatia. Harris, whose group kicked off the 2022 leg of its "Legacy Of The Beast" world tour at the 22,000-capacity Arena Zagreb, came...

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KAMELOT's THOMAS YOUNGBLOOD: 'I've Never Allowed Someone Else To Dictate My Path'

By David E. Gehlke When KAMELOT was shopping for a record deal in the desolate, unforgiving mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Thomas Youngblood was thinking long term. Rather than signing with a stateside label that may not understand KAMELOT's brand of melodic metal, Youngblood and company h...

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Black Metal Cross-Country Skiing And Norse Mythology: IVAR BJØRNSON Shares How ENSLAVED Assembled 'Heimdal'

By David E. Gehlke "Our albums are old enough to drive now," cracks guitarist, primary songwriter and one-half founding member of ENSLAVED, Ivar Bjørnson. Bjørnson is referring to the band's newest opus, "Heimdal", which is album number 16 for ENSLAVED. The script of ENSLAVED's early 1990s Viking me...

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JAY JAY FRENCH Explains EDDIE OJEDA's Absence From TWISTED SISTER Reunion Performance

TWISTED SISTER reunited for a three-song performance on January 26 at the Metal Hall Of Fame charity gala at The Canyon club in Agoura Hills, California. Most of the surviving members of the band's classic lineup — Dee Snider (vocals), Jay Jay French (guitar) and Mark Mendoza (bass) — was joine...

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MEGADETH Announces Spring 2023 Canadian Tour With BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE And ONI

Thrash metal titans MEGADETH have announced their 2023 Canadian tour. The band's spring 13-city trek starts in Everett, Washington on April 26, with the Canadian leg kicking off April 28 in Abbotsford and wrapping up on May 15 in Halifax. Support on the tour will come from BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE an...

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ACCEPT's MARK TORNILLO On Possible Solo Album: 'It's Definitely In The Back Of My Mind'

In a new interview with Finland's Sysi Media, ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo was asked if he has ever given any consideration to making a solo album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, I've tossed it around a bunch of times. I have so much material that I could do, to put on it,...

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PAUL DI'ANNO Documentary Maker Is Looking For Archival Material From Early Days Of IRON MAIDEN

Wes Orshoski, co-director and producer of the acclaimed 2010 film "Lemmy" about the MOTÖRHEAD icon, is looking for any archival material of Paul Di'Anno in the earliest days of IRON MAIDEN through the mid-2000s for his upcoming documentary about the former MAIDEN singer. Earlier today, Orshoski took...

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ROB HALFORD Says He Was Approached About Contributing To DOLLY PARTON's Rock Album

JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford joined country legend Dolly Parton on stage last November at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony to perform her classic song "Jolene". Also appearing with them as part of a "super jam" performance were some of the other Rock Hall inductees, including Pat...

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Las Vegas hard rockers OTHERWISE have been on quite a journey since their 2006 self-titled debut. In 2011, the guys found themselves in the spotlight when their song "Soldiers" debuted on Sirius XM Octane soaring to No. 1, and making OTHERWISE the first unsigned artist to achieve such a feat. Now o...

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NITA STRAUSS Rejoins ALICE COOPER For 2023 Tour Dates

Nita Strauss, the top-rated guitarist who had been with Alice Cooper for several years until she departed to do a fall 2022 tour with Demi Lovato, will be returning to Alice's band for his 2023 tour, Cooper's management disclosed today. The Alice Cooper North American tour, with an all-new show dubb...

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Ex-CANNIBAL CORPSE Frontman CHRIS BARNES Names His 'Top Three Death Metal Albums Of All Time'

As part of Jonathan Montenegro's "My 3 Questions To" series, former CANNIBAL CORPSE and current SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes was asked to name his "top three death metal albums of all time". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, on that I'm gonna have to say POSSESSED 'Se...