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EXODUS Announces New Album 'Goliath', Shares First Single '3111'

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal legends EXODUS will release their twelfth studio album, "Goliath", on March 20, 2026 via Napalm Records. Today, the band reveals the massive opening track "3111" — the sinister single strikes dissonant chords before careening into breakneck thrash intensity. This...

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AXE DRAGGER, Featuring Ex-PANTERA Singer And FU MANCHU Guitarist, To Release Debut Album In March

Heavy metal supergroup AXE DRAGGER, featuring current members of FU MANCHU and DARK FUNERAL and former members of PANTERA and PENTAGRAM, will release its self-titled debut album on March 6, 2026 via Ripple Music. The official lyric video for the LP's first single, the eponymous title track, created...

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KISS Kitchen Knives Available From DALSTRONG

Dalstrong, which focuses on producing precision-forged knives and premium kitchen tools, has created an ultra-limited edition, unapologetically over-the-top tribute to five decades of Thunderock. Meticulously crafted as a piece of functional culinary tool art, Gene Simmons's Hellfire Demon Axe reima...

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Boston Hardcore Band BLOOD FOR BLOOD Shares First Single In Two Decades, 'You're Gonna Have To Kill Me'

Roadrunner Records has announced the signing Boston hardcore institution BLOOD FOR BLOOD. Since 1994, BLOOD FOR BLOOD has quietly achieved its rightful place in the hardcore pantheon, thanks to an all-out punk and hardcore assault delivered with metallic precision, laced with venomous swagger and sp...

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OPETH Drummer WALTTERI VÄYRYNEN Shares 2022 Audition Video Which Got Him The Gig

OPETH drummer Waltteri Väyrynen has shared the original 2022 "The Devil's Orchard" audition video which eventually landed him the gig with the Swedish progressive metal outfit. The 31-year-old Finnish musician, who had previously played with PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH and BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, replace...

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Watch: GOJIRA Plays First Concert With CAR BOMB's GREG KUBACKI

French progressive metallers GOJIRA kicked off a tour of their home country Thursday night (November 27) at Reims Arena in Reims, France. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. GOJIRA guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier recently underwent "minor surgery" on his right hand, rendering him...

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KIRK HAMMETT's Guitar Played At BLACK SABBATH's 'Back To The Beginning' Concert Sells For Over $76,000 At Auction

A rare, custom-built Gibson CEO4 guitar played and signed by METALLICA's Kirk Hammett during the historic "Back To The Beginning" concert, Ozzy Osbourne's unforgettable final performance in Birmingham this past July, has sold for $76,800 at auction. Its estimated sale price was originally predicted...

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JOHN 5 Confirms He Was Due To Appear On ACE FREHLEY's 'Origins Vol. 3' Album: 'He Wanted Me To Play On The Record'

MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5, who contributed to "Origins Vol. 1" and "Origins Vol. 2", Ace Frehley's 2016 and 2020 collections of cover songs that inspired the late KISS guitarist, has confirmed to Guitar World magazine that he was supposed to appear on Ace's follow-up effort, "Origins Vol. 3", whi...

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LITA FORD Reflects On Her Post-THE RUNAWAYS 'Reinvention': 'I Really Had To Become A Solo Artist'

In a new interview with Axe Lords, Lita Ford spoke about her "reinvention" after her departure from her former band, iconic 1970s rockers THE RUNAWAYS. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): " It was a total reinvention. I mean, coming out of THE RUNAWAYS, THE RUNAWAYS were all girls, teenag...

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STEVE VAI: 'I Was Drawn' To The Energy Of Heavy Metal

Legendary guitarist Steve Vai is the featured guest on the latest episode of "Metal Sticks", the podcast hosted by Nicko McBrain, the iconic drummer of IRON MAIDEN for 42 years, recently retired from touring, and Modern Drummer CEO David Frangioni. In this episode, Vai shares rare insights into his...

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Watch: TONY IOMMI Makes Surprise Appearance On Stage At 'Black Sabbath - The Ballet' 2025 Opening Night In London

At last night's (Wednesday, October 22) opening night of Birmingham Royal Ballet's "Black Sabbath - The Ballet"'s return to Sadler's Wells in London, United Kingdom, BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi made a surprise appearance, playing the guitar solo to the hit production's closing song, "Paranoid...

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TOM MORELLO: 'Without ACE FREHLEY, I Don't Know Whether I Would've Ever Wanted To Play Guitar'

During this past Friday's (October 17) "Tribute To Ace Frehley" episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello reflected on his KISS fandom and the inspiration he took from the latter band's original guitarist Ace Frehley who died on October 16...

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JOHN 5 Opens Up About His Battle With Nonbacterial Prostatitis: 'It's The Most Crippling Thing'

Guitar virtuoso John 5 is the latest guest on Billy Corgan's podcast, "The Magnificent Others". Corgan sits down with John 5 for a charged conversation about music, mastery, and survival. John opens up about his private KISS museum, the TV-music desert that shaped his Telecaster tone, and a grind ho...

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Legendary Guitarist STEVE MORSE Still Enjoys Performing Live: 'We're At Our Best When We Connect With Each Other'

In a recent interview with Rockin' 101's "The Johnny Rock Show", Steve Morse — a certified legend of the guitar world, having founded the DIXIE DREGS and gone on to become DEEP PURPLE's longest-serving guitarist prior to his departure in 2022, was asked if he gets tired of the "gunslinger on the axe...

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JOHN 5 Names Three Guitarists Who 'Changed Music' For Him

In a new interview with Christina Rowatt and Chris Enriquez of the We Wreck Records podcast, acclaimed guitarist John 5 (MÖTLEY CRÜE, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie, David Lee Roth) was asked for his take on "the new generation" of guitarists such as POLYPHIA's Tim Henson, who has emerged as one of the...