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Former PANTERA Bassist REX BROWN Featured In Latest Episode Of ERNIE BALL's 'String Theory'

Ernie Ball's latest "String Theory" episode features former PANTERA and DOWN bassist Rex Brown. The seven-minute clip can be seen below. As the last of 26 grandchildren, it was through Rex's older sister that he was first introduced to rock music: THE ROLLING STONES, THE BEATLES, THE STRAWBERRY ALAR...

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METALLICA Announces Facebook Live Event 'Now That We're Live'

METALLICA today announced "Now That We're Live", a live rehearsal special from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore that will stream exclusively on Facebook Live on Tuesday, May 9 at 9:00 p.m. EST, the eve of their inaugural show for the North American leg of the "WorldWired" tour 2017. The Rock And Ro...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Reportedly Buying Another Wrestling Company

A year after stepping down as president of TNA Wrestling, SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan is reportedly close to purchasing the National Wrestling Alliance, according to The Pulse Of Radio. As first reported by PWInsider, the deal would see Corgan purchase the name, rights and trademarks of...

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JASON NEWSTED Says Technical Issues During METALLICA's Performance With LADY GAGA Made It 'More Powerful'

Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted says that the technical issues the band faced during its collaboration with Lady Gaga at this year's Grammy Awards made the performance "more powerful." METALLICA's appearance with Gaga at the 59th annual event in Los Angeles on February 12 turned into somethin...

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GHOST Is Hoping To Re-Team With 'Meliora' Producer KLAS ÅHLUND

GHOST frontman and founder Tobias Forge, who performs as Papa Emeritus, hopes to re-team with Swedish producer Klas Åhlund for the follow-up to the group's 2015's album "Meliora". GHOST's third full-length effort, "Meliora", was a Billboard Top 10 record that sold nearly 30,000 copies in its first w...

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RAGE To Release 'Seasons Of The Black' Album In July

Only fourteen months after the arrival of its "The Devil Strikes Again" disc, German heavy metal trio RAGE will release its 23rd studio album called "Seasons Of The Black" on July 28 via Nuclear Blast. "Our fans are getting RAGE metal of the very first grade," says RAGE leader Peter "Peavy" Wagner....

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Ex-KORN Drummer DAVID SILVERIA: Drum-Cam Footage Of 'Act Of Valor' Performance With CORE 10

Drum-cam footage of original KORN drummer David Silveria playing the song "Act Of Valor" in rehearsal with his new band CORE 10 can be seen below. He is joined in the new group by Duncan Nisbet on vocals, Sean Lenhoff on vocals, Chris Dorame on bass, Joe Taback on guitar and Ronnie King on keyboards...

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VINTERSORG: Lyric Video For New Song 'Fjällets Mäktiga Mur'

The official lyric video for the song "Fjällets Mäktiga Mur" from the Swedish duo VINTERSORG can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Till Fjälls Del II", which will be released on June 30 via Napalm Records. It was a tricky question... How would VINTERSORG continue after 20...

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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH And IGGY POP In Conversation (Video)

When Iggy Pop opened for METALLICA at three Mexico City shows last month, the singer sat down with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich for an in-depth chat that covered working with their mutual friend, Lou Reed, as well as playing on the same bill together, the record label they used to share (Elektra) a...

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THE LURKING FEAR Feat. AT THE GATES Members: Teaser For Upcoming Seven-Inch EP

While Swedish death metal supergroup THE LURKING FEAR continues working on its debut album, expected to be released in the late summer via Century Media Records, the group is now launching a first video teaser, containing first music samples for its upcoming seven-inch EP (cover artwork below). The...

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Next DIMMU BORGIR Album Will Contain 'More Of Everything,' Says SILENOZ

Belgium's GigView.be recently conducted an interview with guitarist Sven Atle Kopperud (a.k.a. Silenoz) of Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR. An excerpt from the chat follows below. GigView.be: 2017 is the comeback of DIMMU BORGIR. Next to the DVD ["Forces Of The Northern Night", [the...

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GODSMACK To Perform Entire First Album On 'Big World Tour' In 2018

GODSMACK is continuing to write material for its seventh studio album. The new disc will follow up 2014's "1000hp" and will commemorate the band making it to the two-decade mark. Its self-titled debut effort arrived in 1998. Speaking to "The Rod Ryan Show", frontman Sully Erna stated about the long...

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Video: ANTHRAX's JOEY BELLADONNA Sings DIO's 'Holy Diver' With KILLSWITCH ENGAGE In San Francisco

Fan-filmed video footage of ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna performing the DIO classic "Holy Diver" with KILLSWITCH ENGAGE on April 23 at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California can be seen below. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE played in San Francisco as part of "The Killthrax Tour", a co-headlining bill with A...

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MIKE PORTNOY Says He Is 'Not Too Busy' To Rejoin DREAM THEATER On 'Images, Words & Beyond' Tour

Ex-DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy says that he is "not too busy" to rejoin his former bandmates on their "Images, Words & Beyond" tour, but notes that he hasn't been invited to take part in any of the shows. DREAM THEATER is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its milestone RIAA-gold-certifi...

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TOBIAS FORGE (a.k.a. PAPA EMERITUS): 'GHOST Was Never Formed As A Band'

GHOST frontman and founder Tobias Forge, who performs as Papa Emeritus, says that the group was "never formed as a band" and was always essentially a one-man project, with many session musicians coming and going over its seven-year existence. Earlier in the month, Forge was sued by four ex-members o...