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Watch SLAYER Perform With Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL In Oslo

Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his third show with SLAYER Thursday night (December 6) at Spektrum in Oslo, Norway. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announced...

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JOURNEY's ARNEL PINEDA: Meeting STEVE PERRY Was 'One Of The Most Momentous Days Of My Life'

JOURNEY's Arnel Pineda told the Arizona Republic that he was thrilled to meet the band's former singer, Steve Perry, at the group's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in April 2017. "Like I claim on my [Instagram] post, I waited 35 years for that," Pineda said. "And, of course, it was one of the m...

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CARLOS CAVAZO: 'It Didn't Seem Right' To Keep Playing With RATT If WARREN DEMARTINI Is Not Involved

Carlos Cavazo says that he left RATT because "it didn't seem right" for him to keep playing with the band without Warren DeMartini. Back in March, it was reported by Metal Sludge that DeMartini was fired by singer Stephen Pearcy and bassist Juan Croucier, with undisclosed sources telling the site th...

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TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN On Why NIGHTWISH Took A Year Off: 'The Passion Just Wasn't There'

NIGHTWISH keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen recently spoke with Spain's Metal Journal. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On revisiting some of NIGHTWISH's earliest material during the band's ongoing "Decades" tour: Tuomas: "Nostalgia wou...

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K.K. DOWNING 'Shocked' Even Himself With His Decision To Leave JUDAS PRIEST

K.K. Downing says that he "shocked" even himself when he decided to leave JUDAS PRIEST nearly eight years ago. The guitarist, who is a founding member of the British heavy metal legends and was part of the group since 1969, announced his retirement from PRIEST in April 2011. He has since been replac...

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BRING ME THE HORIZON Singer Praises Rap Music: 'Rock's Gone Soft'

According to The Pulse Of Radio, BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oli Sykes has said in a new interview with Music Week that rap music is much more exciting these days than rock, explaining, "Rappers are almost the new rock 'n' roll or punk or whatever. Rock's gone soft, it's gone miserable and boring,...

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Watch Video For New DREAM THEATER Song 'Untethered Angel'

The official music video for "Untethered Angel", a brand new song from progressive music titans DREAM THEATER, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming 14th studio album, "Distance Over Time", which will be released on February 22, 2019. The disc showcases a newfound creativity...

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Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL: Playing With SLAYER Is 'Beyond My Wildest Dreams'

Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel says that playing with SLAYER as the temporary replacement for Gary Holt is beyond his wildest dreams. Holt, who also plays with EXODUS, announced on Sunday that he would miss the rest of the current SLAYER European trek in order to return home...

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Watch SLAYER Perform With Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL In Stockholm

Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his second show with SLAYER Wednesday night (December 5) at Hovet in Stockholm, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Demmel is filling in for SLAYER's guitarist of the past eight years, Gary Holt, who announ...

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GENE SIMMONS's Mother Dies

Flóra "Florence" Klein, the mother of KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, has died at the age of 93. Florence's passing was confirmed by Simmons's wife, Shannon Tweed Simmons, who wrote on her Facebook page: "Rest in peace my dear Flora. The best grandma and mother in law I could ask for. You were l...

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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI To Guest On New CANDLEMASS Album, 'The Door To Doom'

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS will release their 12th album, "The Door To Doom", on February 22, 2019 via Napalm Records. The disc unsurprisingly follows the plotline mastermind, songwriter and bass player Leif Edling established in the past years: epic world-class doom metal that relies on...

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BRUCE DICKINSON Says It's 'Hypocritical Of The Press' To Make A Big Deal About Throat Cancer's Link To Oral Sex

Bruce Dickinson has once again expressed disdain for some of the media outlets that suggested he may have gotten tongue cancer from performing oral sex on women. The IRON MAIDEN singer, who had a golf gall-size tumor on his tongue and another in the lymph node on the right side of his neck, has stat...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO: 'It's Our Mission To Destroy IRON MAIDEN' At Next Summer's Concert In Los Angeles

FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho says that it will be his band's "mission to destroy IRON MAIDEN" when the two groups share the stage in California next summer. It was announced last month that Jericho and his bandmates will support the British heavy metal legends on September 14, 2019 at the Banc Of Ca...

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Watch GLENN TIPTON Perform With JUDAS PRIEST At Two Tokyo Concerts

Guitarist Glenn Tipton rejoined his JUDAS PRIEST bandmates on stage on November 28 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan and November 29 at Musashino Forest Arena in Tokyo to perform the two concerts' three-song encore: "Metal Gods", "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight". Fan-filmed video...

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RIVAL SONS Announce North American Headline Tour

Long Beach, California's RIVAL SONS have announced their first full North American headline tour. The dates include stops at New York's Brooklyn Steel, Philadelphia's Union Transfer and Los Angeles's Henry Fonda Theatre. THE SHEEPDOGS will support all U.S. dates. Pre-sales begin Wednesday, December...