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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's New Music Is 'Shifting Back' To 'Heavier Side,' Says ZOLTAN BATHORY
Last month, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH entered the studio to begin recording its eighth album, due later in the year. The new disc is once again being helmed by Kevin Churko, the Canadian record producer/engineer and songwriter who currently lives in Las Vegas, where he works out of his private studio,...June 2, 2019
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DAVE MCCLAIN No Longer Believed In MACHINE HEAD
Dave McClain says that he stopped believing in MACHINE HEAD at the end of his time with the group. The drummer, who was a member of the California metal band from 1995 to 2018, reflected on his MACHINE HEAD tenure during a May 25 interview with "Robb's MetalWorks". Speaking about his decision to exi...June 2, 2019
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AVATAR Vocalist On Upcoming Tour With BABYMETAL: 'I Like The Opportunity Of Doing Something Different'
Prior to AVATAR's performance at the recent Sonic Temple Music + Art Festival in Columbus, Ohio, vocalist Johannes Eckerström spoke with Lou Brutus of HardDrive Radio. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group's recent live rele...June 1, 2019
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BLACK EARTH Feat. Original ARCH ENEMY Members: Video Of Otaru, Japan Concert
Fan-filmed video footage of BLACK EARTH — the project featuring former and current members of ARCH ENEMY — performing on May 19 at Goldstone in Otaru, Japan can be seen below. BLACK EARTH recently released "Path Of The Immortal", a collection of remastered tracks from ARCH ENEMY's first three albums...May 21, 2019
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BABYMETAL Announces Summer/Fall U.S. Tour With AVATAR
Japanese pop metal act BABYMETAL will embark on a fall 2019 U.S. headlining tour in support of its upcoming album. The band's first-ever full-scale headlining U.S. tour will kick off on September 4 in Orlando, Florida, and run through an October 16 in Seattle, Washington. The trek includes the prev...May 10, 2019
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Listen To New BABYMETAL Single 'Elevator Girl'
Japanese pop metal act BABYMETAL has just released a new single, "Elevator Girl". The track, which can be streamed below, will appear on BABYMETAL's next album, due later this year. BABYMETAL's upcoming disc will be the follow-up to 2016's "Metal Resistance". Right after the release of this second...May 10, 2019
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BLACK EARTH Feat. Original ARCH ENEMY Members: 'Burn On The Flame' Music Video
BLACK EARTH — the project featuring former and current members of ARCH ENEMY performing material from the latter band's first three albums live on stage — recently released "Path Of The Immortal", a collection of remastered tracks from those early LPs. The disc, which was made available exclusively...May 9, 2019
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THEORIES does not care for subtlety. The Seattle outfit's 2014 split with Canadian grinders WAKE and the debut full-length, "Regression", that came out the following year were both full-frontal assaults of controlled yet relentless deathgrind. Now, four years later, THEORIES has returned with its so...May 6, 2019
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ULI JON ROTH Says Quality Of Rock Journalism 'Has Really Dropped'
Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock conducted an interview with legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth prior to his April 13 concert at The Arcada in St. Charles, Illinois. You can watch the entire interview below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he's surprised b...May 5, 2019
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PHIL DEMMEL On His Final Months With MACHINE HEAD: 'We Weren't A Band'
Phil Demmel says that MACHINE HEAD wasn't a band anymore prior to his departure from the San Francisco Bay Area group. The guitarist announced his exit from MACHINE HEAD in October, explaining at the time that he wanted "to step away and do something else musically." Phil, who first played with MACH...May 2, 2019
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TOKYO MOTOR FIST Feat. TED POLEY And STEVE BROWN: Second Album Due In 2020
TOKYO MOTOR FIST, the band featuring DANGER DANGER vocalist Ted Poley and TRIXTER guitarist Steve Brown, has re-signed with Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up album to the group's 2017 self-titled debut is expected sometime in 2020. Brown says: "Rejoice FISTonians worldwide! My lions of the melodic...May 1, 2019
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ULI JON ROTH Says Most Of Today's Music Is 'Pretty Blatantly Uninspired'
Legendary German guitarist Uli Jon Roth was asked in a recent interview with Rock 100.5 WNNX-FM for his opinion on the state of guitar playing today. He responded (hear audio below): "The general technical standard has definitely gone up. You can now hear a guitar player playing fast arpeggio runs i...May 1, 2019
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OZZY OSBOURNE's Son JACK Opens Up About Being Attacked At Los Angeles Coffee Shop
Jack Osbourne has opened up about being attacked by a stranger while he was at a California coffee shop. The incident happened on April 4 when the son of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne was sitting on the shop's sidewalk patio in Studio City. "I was drinking a coffee," the 33-year-old recalled during an ap...April 30, 2019
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AGENT STEEL Fans Complain About Abbreviated Set At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE Festival
Reformed '80s metallers AGENT STEEL, featuring original vocalist John Cyriis, performed an abbreviated, 30-minute set on Friday, April 26 at the Keep It True festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. According to an Instagram post by Undergrou...April 27, 2019
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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's 'Blue On Black' Cover Hits 'Hot Rock Songs' Chart
According to Billboard, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's cover of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Blue On Black" has landed at No. 2 on the Hot Rock Songs chart after the arrival of its new rendition featuring Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert and QUEEN's Brian May. The song had 3.7 million U.S. streams and 33,000 sa...April 25, 2019
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