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IRON MAIDEN's Landmark 50th Anniversary Celebrated With FENDER's Signature Guitar Collection

In celebration of IRON MAIDEN's landmark 50th anniversary, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) has announced new releases from the Fender Custom Shop, Fender and Jackson series of instruments set to honor the iconic band's influential and enduring legacy. Since forming in East London in 19...

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Founding MONSTER MAGNET Drummer TIM CRONIN Dies After Battle With ALS

Tim Cronin, founding member of stoner rock pioneers MONSTER MAGNET, has died at the age of 63. Bob Pantella of MONSTER MAGNET and THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX confirmed Tim's passing, writing in a social media post: "Words cannot express how great this guy was… You had to know him. Rest in peace Tim." It was...

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Founding MONSTER MAGNET Drummer TIM CRONIN Diagnosed With ALS

Tim Cronin, founding member of stoner rock pioneers MONSTER MAGNET, has been diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis),a progressive and incurable neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, paralysis, and eventual respiratory system failure. While there is no cure, there are ca...

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DISTURBED Announces 25th-Anniversary-Edition Release Of Debut Album 'The Sickness'

DISTURBED has announced the 25th-anniversary edition release of "The Sickness", the band's seminal debut album which launched DISTURBED into public consciousness and is one of the most important and influential heavy metal albums of all time. To commemorate the anniversary, the band will reissue the...

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Cursed

The perfect antidote to the ongoing deluge of lightweight pop-metalcore, PALEFACE SWISS are here to smash everybody's faces in. Active since 2017, the Swiss quartet have been both prolific and strategically smart, releasing two previous studio albums and a dizzying host of EPs and collaborative sing...

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JASON MCMASTER Talks The 'Cult' That Is WATCHTOWER: 'You Either Get It Or You Don't'

By David E. Gehlke The history of WATCHTOWER is every bit as complicated as the music they play. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1982, the band has produced only two studio albums and an EP, the latter of which came eight years ago by way of "Concepts Of Math: Book One". Yet, it always goes back to thei...

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Watch: ANTHRAX's JOEY BELLADONNA Performs RONNIE JAMES DIO Classics With DIO DISCIPLES In Oslo

ANTHRAX vocalist Joey Belladonna played his second show with DIO DISCIPLES on Sunday (August 4) at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway as the support act for MR. BIG. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. DIO DISCIPLES consist of members of Ronnie James Dio's band, supplemented with top-shelf m...

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STÖNER Feat. Former KYUSS Members BRANT BJORK And NICK OLIVERI: Live Album 'Hittin' The Bitchin' Switch' Due In October

STÖNER, the supergroup formed by desert rock godfathers and long-time compadres Brant Bjork (founding member of KYUSS, also former member of FU MANCHU),Nick Oliveri (MONDO GENERATOR, former member of KYUSS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE) and Ryan Güt, will release a new live album "Hittin' The Bitchin' S...

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The Return Of Tomorrow

For fans of stoner rock, FU MANCHU have been a guaranteed good time for the last 30 years. Many bands have come and gone during that time, and not one of them has bettered the riff-focused formula that the Californians perfected early on and that they have been propagating with great enthusiasm ever...

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BABYMETAL And ELECTRIC CALLBOY Release Performance Video For 'Ratatata'

BABYMETAL and ELECTRIC CALLBOY, two of the most acclaimed bands right now, have released a performance video for their new song collaboration that will make you dance and sing: "Ratatata". This song masterfully fuses the signature styles of both bands, seamlessly blending their worlds and pushing th...

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FU MANCHU's SCOTT HILL Talks The Power Of The Fuzz, Skateboarding And Surfing

By David E. Gehlke Long-running California stoner doom lot FU MANCHU like things to be uncomplicated. Since their 1990 formation, the quartet has rarely strayed from its core sound of heavy, driving, predominantly fuzzy guitars and lyrical themes of muscle cars, drag racing, skateboarding and their...

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KERRY KING Admits SLAYER 'Got A Little Lost During The '90s' With 'Diabolus In Musica' Album

In a new interview with Metal Blast, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King was asked what he would say if he could go back in time and impart some well-earned wisdom about the music business to his younger self. He replied (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "That's easy, 'cause there's one part of my caree...

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BABYMETAL And ELECTRIC CALLBOY Collaborate On New Single And Video, 'Ratatata'

BABYMETAL and ELECTRIC CALLBOY, two of the most acclaimed bands right now, have collaborated on a new song that will make you dance and sing: "Ratatata". This song masterfully fuses the signature styles of both bands, seamlessly blending their worlds and pushing the music to exhilarating new limits....

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Banished By Sin

Satan be praised. Uncle Glen is back. DEICIDE were always special. The rabid, vitriolic embodiment of everything that made death metal destructive and dangerous, the Floridian legends were the genre's most notorious band. Still to this day, those first three albums beat the living crap out of just a...

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ZOLTAN BATHORY: How FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Came Up With Band Name

In a new interview with June Archer, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist and founder Zoltan Bathory spoke about the origins of the band's name. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Basically, I'm a martial artist since I was a little kid. So all the Bruce Lee movies and all the martial arts...