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TOMAHAWK Releases Music Video For 'Predators And Scavengers'

TOMAHAWK, the band featuring Duane Denison (THE JESUS LIZARD, UNSEMBLE),Trevor Dunn (MR. BUNGLE, FANTÔMAS),Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, MR. BUNGLE) and John Stanier (HELMET, BATTLES),has just released its first full-length album in eight years, "Tonic Immobility", via Ipecac Recordings. The offici...

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BEARTOOTH Announces 'Below' Album; 'The Past Is Dead' Music Video Available

BEARTOOTH will release its fourth studio album, "Below", on June 25 via Red Bull Records. The official Wyatt Clough-directed music video for the LP's latest single, "The Past Is Dead", can be seen below. BEARTOOTH frontman Caleb Shomo commented: "'Below' is by far my favorite album I've made to date...

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CRISTINA SCABBIA: Why LACUNA COIL Isn't Working On New Music During Pandemic

LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia was a guest on the The Pit's podcast "Last Words". Asked if she and her bandmates have used the coronavirus downtime to work on new music, she said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "No. To be honest, no, because we didn't want any of our music to be connected...

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TESLA's BRIAN WHEAT: Why I Dislike Term 'Hair Metal'

TESLA bassist Brian Wheat has taken issue with the label "hair metal," saying that the pejorative term was coined as a way to disparage acts thought to have been all flash and no substance. Speaking to "The Cassius Morris Show", Wheat said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I find [the term 'hai...

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SKID ROW's DAVE 'SNAKE' SABO Says PHILIP ANSELMO Is A 'Pleasure' To Manage

SKID ROW guitarist Dave "Snake" Sabo, who works for the successful management company McGhee Entertainment (KISS, TED NUGENT) headed up by Doc McGhee, spoke to Talking Metal about his work with DOWN, the band featuring singer Philip Anselmo of SKID ROW's former tour mates PANTERA. Regarding how he f...

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DAVE LOMBARDO Recalls Scary Road Accident From SLAYER's Early Touring Days: 'I Was Shaking' And 'I Was Rattled'

During an appearance on the latest episode of "The Jasta Show" video podcast hosted by HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta, former SLAYER drummer Dave Lombardo recalled a particularly crazy incident from the group's earliest touring days that almost resulted in him and his bandmates being seriously injur...

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JASON NEWSTED Didn't Want To Leave METALLICA, Says Band's Onetime Therapist PHIL TOWLE

METALLICA's "performance coach" Phil Towle, a former psychotherapist who was brought into the picture in January 2001 to help James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich repair their relationship with Jason Newsted, spoke to the METALLICA-centric podcast "...And Podcast For All!" about the bassist'...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Creates Coffee Blend Inspired By PETER GREEN's 'Greeny' Guitar

METALLICA's Kirk Hammett has collaborated with the Muddy Waters Coffee Company, a small roasting coffee company based in McKinleyville, California, on a new dark roast that is 100% organic, fair trade-certified and so damn good you'll drink it black. When Hammett wanted to find a way to combine two...

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CRO-MAGS' HARLEY FLANAGAN Hopes To Get Very Special Guest On Next Album: It 'Will Be One Of The Proudest Moments Of My Career'

CRO-MAGS leader Harley Flanagan has confirmed to Ireland's Overdrive that he has used some of the coronavirus downtime to work on material for the band's next album. "I would confidently say, we have [the basic tracks for] about 16 to 20 tracks [recorded], depending on what the final edit will be. O...

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VINNY APPICE Says He And RONNIE JAMES DIO Should Have Been Inducted Into ROCK HALL Along With Original BLACK SABBATH

In a new interview with "The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn", legendary drummer Vinny Appice was asked if he thinks he should have been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame along with the original members of BLACK SABBATH when the band finally got the nod in 2006. He responded (as transcrib...

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LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT Feat. Current And Former DREAM THEATER Members: 'Hypersonic' Music Video

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, the instrumental progressive rock/metal project featuring DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess and guitarist John Petrucci, alongside ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy and progressive rock icon Tony Levin (bass) of KING CRIMSON and PETER GABRIEL fame, will release i...

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Bionic Swarm

Biting the bullet and doing what feels right is arguably the key to most great music. CRYPTOSIS are living proof: the Dutch trio were originally known as DISTILLATOR and released two albums of top-notch old-school thrash before deciding, perfectly reasonably, that a change of approach was in order....

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STEPHEN PEARCY: 'I Won't Do Another RATT Record Unless It's With The Original Guys'

During an appearance on today's (Tuesday, March 23) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Stephen Pearcy confirmed that he is open to the idea of making a new RATT album with all the surviving members of the band's classic lineup. "I put the feelers out [a couple of months ago] and...

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PAUL STANLEY Says JIMI HENDRIX Was 'Arguably The Greatest Rock Guitar Player'

In a new interview with Germany's Rolling Stone, KISS frontman Paul Stanley was asked what he thinks about the fact that rock and roll music — a genre rooted in black traditions, and many of whose earliest stars were black — has come to be understood as the natural province of whites while soul musi...

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AUGUST BURNS RED Announces 'Guardians Sessions' EP

Twice Grammy-nominated band AUGUST BURNS RED has been sharing previously unreleased tracks, such as a cover of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's "Chop Suey!" and its metalized rendition of the theme song for the HBO series "Westworld", over the past several months. Today, the Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based act reve...