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ACCEPT Recruits DANGEROUS TOYS Singer JASON MCMASTER For Pennsylvania Concert

German/American heavy metal legends ACCEPT have recruited Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS, WATCHTOWER) to sing for the band at tonight's (Thursday, October 20) concert at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. He will be filling in for ACCEPT's longtime frontman Mark Tornillo, who is unable to make...

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GWAR Releases Music Video For 'The Cutter' Featuring HALESTORM's LZZY HALE

GWAR has released the official MyGoodEye-directed music video for the song "The Cutter". The track, which is described in a press release as "a heavy metal burner", features a special guest appearance by HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale. GWAR vocalist Blöthar The Berserker comments: "Lzzy Hale is wonderfu...

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FRANK BELLO Rings In Over 40 Years Of ANTHRAX And Looks Ahead: 'The Band Is Very Hungry'

By David E. Gehlke The cancelation of ANTHRAX's fall continental European tour dates wasn't enough to sour bassist Frank Bello's mood on a late September afternoon Zoom call. The permanently outgoing Bello doesn't appear to be one to dwell on the negative after ANTHRAX and virtually every other band...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS, BOB DAISLEY, TONY MACALPINE, Others To Be Featured On 'Metal Hall Of Fame All Stars' CD

The Metal Hall Of Fame has announced the upcoming release from the "Metal Hall Of Fame All Stars", a collaboration of musicians joining together to support the Metal Hall Of Fame's mission of preserving hard rock and heavy metal music for future generations. "Attack Of The Witch" and "Apocalypse" ar...

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Watch HELLOWEEN Perform In Sofia, Bulgaria During Fall 2022 European Tour

Fan-filmed video of HELLOWEEN's October 13 concert at Arena Armeec Sofia in Sofia, Bulgaria can be seen below (courtesy of Bernd J. Schuster's YouTube channel). As previously reported, HELLOWEEN will embark on the "United Forces" tour of North America in May 2023. Support on the 13-date trek will co...

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Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS And SIMON WRIGHT Perform RONNIE JAMES DIO And JUDAS PRIEST Classics At METAL GODS Tour Kickoff

METAL GODS, described as the ultimate ode to JUDAS PRIEST and DIO featuring Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, KK'S PRIEST) and Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO),kicked off its Australian tour last night (Friday, October 14) in Brisbane. The METAL GODS band also features the talents of James Mor...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE: 'People Think That Their Uneducated Opinions Are Just As Valid As Those Of World-Renowned Experts'

In a new interview with the Illinois Entertainer, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe spoke about the humanity's failure to do a total or at least a partial reset following the harrowing experience of the past couple of years during the global pandemic. "This is something that I'm currently struggling...

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Watch: SEPULTURA Guitarist's Late Wife Honored At Brazil's PATFEST

Patfest, an event celebrating the life of Patricia Perissinoto Kisser, the late wife of SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser, was held on September 28 at Audio in São Paulo, Brazil. Performing at the event were some of Patricia's favorite artists, as well as friends, including Andreas's SEPULTURA band...

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Pain Remains

The deathcore scene has produced plenty of great bands and strong records over the last 20 years, but with the possible exception of (pre-self-titled-record) SUICIDE SILENCE, a bona fide threat to the metal mainstream has been hard to come by. Somehow, deathcore has always seemed too obnoxious, brut...

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Ex-JOURNEY Singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO Says He Is 'On Good Terms' With NEAL SCHON Again

Jeff Scott Soto says that he is "on good" and "positive terms" again with JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain — a decade and a half after he was fired from the band. Soto, who previously sang with Yngwie Malmsteen, joined JOURNEY about a week and half into a six-week summer 20...

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TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS On His Time With JUDAS PRIEST: 'I Definitely Had The Talent To Be In There And Do It'

Tim "Ripper" Owens says that he "definitely had the talent" to sing for JUDAS PRIEST. Owens joined PRIEST in 1996 after being discovered when the band's drummer was given a videotape of him performing with the PRIEST cover band BRITISH STEEL. JUDAS PRIEST at the time was seeking a replacement for Ro...

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BABYMETAL Announces New Album 'The Other One'

Last year BABYMETAL concluded its 10-year journey which culminated in the celebration of the revered Japanese pop-metal band with the vinyl release of its retrospective album, "10 Babymetal Years". Later they released a cryptic video that announced BABYMETAL would be "sealed" from the world until fu...

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GUS G. On Playing With OZZY OSBOURNE: 'It Was Some Of The Best Years Of My Life'

Greek guitar virtuoso Gus G., who joined Ozzy Osbourne's band more than a decade ago, was asked in a new interview with Czech Republic's Backstage TV how he looks back on his time with the legendary heavy metal singer. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It was really good times. It was a...

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EUROPE Is Planning New Music, Box Set And 40th-Anniversary Tour For First Album In 2023

In a new interview with the "Behind The Vinyl" podcast, EUROPE singer Joey Tempest spoke about the band's plans for the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's "Walk The Earth" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "What we're gonna do is we're gonna start recording next year, together with...

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JOHN 5 Sits Out ROB ZOMBIE Concert, MIKE RIGGS Steps Back In

ROB ZOMBIE was rejoined by guitarist Mike Riggs for the band's concert last night (Thursday, October 6) at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California. It marked ZOMBIE's first live gig since the September 24 performance at Louder Than Life festival, which featured longtime member John 5 on gu...