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DISTURBED's DAN DONEGAN On Performing 'Don't Tell Me' Live With ANN WILSON For First Time: 'It Was Like A Dream Sequence'

In a new interview with Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan spoke about what it was like to have HEART's Ann Wilson join his band on stage for the first time at the Welcome To Rockville festival on May 9 in Daytona Beach, Florida to perform th...

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NIGHTWISH Releases 'Perfume Of The Timeless' Single From Upcoming 'Yesterwynde' Album

Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH will release their new album, "Yesterwynde", on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast. It marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020. The official music video for the album's first single, "Perfume Of The Timeles...

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MARTY FRIEDMAN Hates Seeing 'Ex-MEGADETH' Next To His Name In News Headlines: It 'Bugs The S**t Out Of Me'

In a new interview with "THAT Rocks!", the YouTube series hosted by Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman spoke about his desire to focus completely on his solo career once he left the band nearly two and a half decades ago. He said (as transcribed by...

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THE DEAD DAISIES Release New Single 'Light 'Em Up'

THE DEAD DAISIES have released "Light 'Em Up", the first single and title track of their upcoming album. The full-length disc will follow on September 6 via Germany's SPV and Japan's Ward Records. THE DEAD DAISIES frontman John Corabi said: "Hey, gang. We are releasing our first single 'Light 'Em Up...

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See LAST IN LINE's Entire Performance At 2024 M3 ROCK FESTIVAL

Fan-filmed video of LAST IN LINE's entire May 4 performance at the M3 Rock Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland can be seen below. Earlier this month, LAST IN LINE bassist Phil Soussan confirmed to the "Iron City Rocks" podcast that he and his bandmates — frontman Andrew...

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LAST IN LINE Has 'A Whole Bunch' Of Ideas For Fourth Album

LAST IN LINE bassist Phil Soussan has confirmed to the "Iron City Rocks" podcast that he and his bandmates — frontman Andrew Freeman and original DIO members Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD) and Vinny Appice (ex-BLACK SABBATH) — have commenced work on material for their fourth studio album. "We got tog...

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IAN HILL Looks Back On JUDAS PRIEST's TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Era: 'The Problem Was He Wasn't ROB HALFORD'

In a new interview with Mark Frankhouse of the 107.7 RKR radio station, JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill reflected on the two albums the band recorded with singer Tim "Ripper" Owens, 1997's "Jugulator" and 2001's "Demolition". Asked what the "transition" was like from longtime singer Rob Halford to Owe...

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NIGHTWISH's New Single Is Eight And A Half Minutes Long: 'The Chorus Comes In At 3:30', Says TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN

NIGHTWISH keyboardist and main songwriter Tuomas Holopainen spoke to Kerrang! magazine about the symphonic metal veterans' upcoming album, "Yesterwynde". Due on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear Blast, it marks the band's tenth studio LP, following on from the release of "Human. :II: Nature." in 2020....

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MARTY FRIEDMAN On The Possibility Of Him Rejoining MEGADETH: 'I Don't Think That's Realistic'

In a new interview with Finland's Chaoszine, ex-MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman was asked what it was like to rejoin his former band twice on stage in six months last year — first in February 2023 at Tokyo, Japan's famed Budokan and then in early August 2023 at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wack...

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SLIPKNOT To Be Joined By TILL LINDEMANN, HATEBREED, POISON THE WELL, GWAR, Others At 2024 KNOTFEST IOWA

SLIPKNOT will headline the Knotfest Iowa festival, set to take place on September 21 at Waterworks Park in Des Moines. Also scheduled to appear on the bill are Till Lindemann (RAMMSTEIN),KNOCKED LOOSE, HATEBREED, POISON THE WELL, GWAR, VENDED, DYING WISH, ZULU, TWIN TEMPLE, HOLY WARS, SWOLLEN TEETH...

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SYSTEM OF A DOWN Performs Live For First Time In 11 Months At Las Vegas's SICK NEW WORLD Festival

SYSTEM OF A DOWN played its first live show in 11 months Saturday night (April 27) as one of the headliners of the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, Nevada for the second year in a row. SYSTEM OF A DOWN opened its 27-song set with "X", a partial rendition of "Suite-Pee" and "Prison Song", before...

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BULLETBOYS Join Forces With SONGVEST To Give Fans A Chance To Invest In Band's Music

BULLETBOYS have made a name for themselves with their loud guitars, boisterous vocals, and shredding solos. Now, the band is blazing a new trail as they join forces with SongVest, giving fans a chance to level up with an opportunity to invest in the music. The band's current lineup features founding...

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THE DEAD DAISIES To Release 'Light 'Em Up' Album In September; Title Track To Arrive Next Month

THE DEAD DAISIES will release "Light 'Em Up", the first single and title track of their upcoming album, on May 10. The full-length disc will follow on September 6 via Germany's SPV and Japan's Ward Records. THE DEAD DAISIES frontman John Corabi said: "Hey, gang. We are releasing our first single 'Li...

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Watch MEGADETH's Entire São Paulo, Brazil Concert During Spring 2024 'Crush The World' Tour

Fan-filmed video of MEGADETH's entire April 18 concert at Espaço Unimed in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. Featured songs: 00:00:53 The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead 00:05:38 Skin O' My Teeth 00:09:17 Angry Again 00:13:42 Wake Up Dead 00:17:17 In My Darkest Hour 00:23:03 Countdown To Extinction...

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Untouched By Fire

Heavy metal has traditionally been a refuge for the godless and the despised, and yet religion has still played a huge part. Although the genre has a generally scornful view of organized religion, it has consistently and purposefully borrowed from its iconography, its sense of ritual and, most signi...