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BRANDON SALLER Talks How 'Not Staying In Our Lane' Has Kept ATREYU On The Right Side Of Metal And Rock Fans

By David E. Gehlke ATREYU's new all-acoustic "The Pronoia Sessions" re-imagines six of the band's originals with two covers: AUDIOSLAVE's "Like A Stone" and Tom Petty's "Mary Jane's Last Dance". For a band that has routinely oscillated between the metal and rock sectors, the collection feels like a...

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GOJIRA Kept Its Olympics Performance A Secret For Eight Months

GOJIRA drummer Mario Duplantier has commented on the band's performance at this year's Olympic Games opening ceremony. This past July, GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of behea...

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OZZY OSBOURNE Confirms He Was Once Approached By VAN HALEN Brothers About Making Music Together

In his first interview since Eddie Van Halen's 2020 passing, Alex Van Halen revealed that Ozzy Osbourne and Chris Cornell were both under consideration to front VAN HALEN at different times when the band was in between singers. While speaking with Rolling Stone to promote his new memoir, "Brothers",...

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U.S. Government Requests Probation For ICED EARTH's JON SCHAFFER, Cites His Cooperation With Law Enforcement

The U.S. government has requested that ICED EARTH leader Jon Schaffer be sentenced to three years of supervised probation, as well as an order that he pay $2,000 in restitution and the mandatory $200 special assessment, in connection with his involvement in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capit...

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Reunited BIOHAZARD Signs With Record Label Imprint BLKIIBLK; New Album Due In 2025

Frontiers Label Group has announced the launch of its new imprint, BLKIIBLK, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of heavy music, along with the signing of legendary and groundbreaking metal/hardcore band BIOHAZARD as its first act. BIOHAZARD is set to release a highly anticipated new album in 2025,...

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SCOTT STAPP On Staying Sober: 'Drinking, At This Point In My Life, Is Not An Option'

In a new interview with Stereogum, CREED frontman Scott Stapp — who has been open about his past substance abuse issues — was asked if it is difficult maintaining sobriety on a cruise ship, like on the band's two sold-out "Summer Of '99" cruises earlier this year. He responded: "No, it's not. I crea...

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HELLOWEEN Announces 'Live At Budokan' Blu-Ray, DVD, 2CD And 3LP

The reunited expanded classic lineup of German power metallers HELLOWEEN will release a new live album, "Live At Budokan", on December 13, 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The colossal effort immortalizes HELLOWEEN's September 16, 2023 performance at Tokyo's legendary Nippon Budokan. "Live At...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT's ROGER MIRET Looks Back On Early New York City Hardcore Scene In New Book 'With Time'

Take a trip back to the gritty streets of New York City's 1980s hardcore scene with the release of "Agnostic Front With Time: The Roger Miret Archives", with pre-orders for the standard hardcover and deluxe editions on sale now. Co-authored by Roger Miret and Todd Huber, "With Time" captures never-b...

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PANTERA Announces Opening Acts For 2025 European Tour

PANTERA has announced the opening acts for the band's upcoming 2025 European tour. Joining the reformed band, consisting of classic-lineup members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass),along with Zakk Wylde (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums),on the trek will be CHILD BITE and KING PARROT,...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Hopes His Upcoming 'Just Beyond The Light' Book Will Help Some People

Grand Central Publishing (GCP) has set a February 18, 2025 release date for "Just Beyond The Light: Making Peace With The Wars Inside Our Head" by LAMB OF GOD frontman D. Randall "Randy" Blythe. In his gripping, best-selling debut memoir, "Dark Days", Blythe unflinchingly wrote about some of the mos...

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DISTURBED Announces 'The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour'

Multi-platinum rock band DISTURBED has announced the 34-date "The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour", which will kick off in Nampa, Idaho on February 25, 2025 and is produced by Live Nation. The tour celebrates 25 years of DISTURBED's seminal debut album which launched the band into public consciousnes...

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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH Names His Favorite Song To Perform On 'The Future Past' Tour

IRON MAIDEN has released a short video in which guitarist Adrian Smith is asked to name his favorite song to perform on the band's ongoing "The Future Past" tour. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "My favorite song on 'The Future Past' set has been… Wow, this has been one of my favo...

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See IRON MAIDEN Perform In Los Angeles During Fall 2024 'The Future Past' Tour

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN played the third show of the fall 2024 North American leg of their "The Future Past" tour Tuesday night (October 8) at Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Caught Somewhere In Time 02. Stranger In A Strange Land 03. The...

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Seven Hours After Violet

Best known as bassist with SYSTEM OF A DOWN, Shavo Odadjian has been quite the polymath over the last 20 years. As the stuttering psychodrama of his main band's vexed progress continues to be a huge, wasted opportunity for everyone involved, the Armenian-American sideman has thrown himself into a nu...

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SLAYER Unveils 'Slaytanic Verses' Digital Museum

Thrash metal icons SLAYER pulls back the curtain on over four decades of brutal, malevolent, and inhumanly fast thrash and invites their fans to take the plunge into the abyss with the official launch of their new online museum, Slaytanic Verses. In partnership with Definitive Authentic/Inveniem, th...