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REO SPEEDWAGON To Stop Touring Due To 'Irreconcilable Differences'

Veteran rockers REO SPEEDWAGON have announced that they will stop touring at the end of 2024. The decision to halt all touring activities was apparently prompted by a disagreement over a return to the stage of bassist Bruce Hall, who underwent back surgery last November. Filling in for him at REO SP...

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The Surface Seems So Far

SEETHER are the definition of a post-grunge band that's remained active and relevant. Frontman Shaun Morgan and company first broke out in 2002 with their Wind-up Records debut, "Disclaimer". Radio immediately loved the band, and songs such as "Driven Under", "Fine Again" and "Gasoline" became mains...

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HINDER Shares New Single 'Live Without It'

Multi-platinum rock band HINDER has released a new single, "Live Without It", a soulful showstopper about letting go and moving on, taking the lead. The new track's titular phrase has become a mantra for the band's current journey — capturing the yearning to break free from emotional numbness. HINDE...

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QUEEN's Groundbreaking 1973 Debut Album Remixed, Remastered And Expanded

Over half a century since its release and a vital chapter in the band's story, QUEEN's self-titled 1973 debut album has been remixed and restored by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson to sound the way the band always wanted it to. A new track listing, alternative takes, demos...

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Embers

Standing head and shoulders above the vast majority of instrumental post-rock bands, GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT have built an impressive legacy. Whether others sometimes struggle to find new ways to forge a connection without vocals, the Irish trio have seldom repeated themselves, and "Embers" continues th...

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DELAIN Announces New EP, 'Dance With The Devil'

Melodic synth-metal masters DELAIN are set to break new ground with their upcoming EP, "Dance With The Devil", due on November 8 via Napalm Records. Following the success of their latest full-length opus, 2023's "Dark Waters", which debuted at No. 9 on both the U.S. Hard Music Albums chart and the o...

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Watch: POWERWOLF Kicks Off 2024 North American Tour In Los Angeles

German metallers POWERWOLF kicked off their 12-date North American tour on August 29 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Bless 'Em With The Blade (live debut) 02. Blood For Blood (Faoladh) 03. Army Of The Night 04. Sinners Of The Seven Seas (...

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PAUL DI'ANNO On Meeting BRUCE DICKINSON In Croatia: 'Everyone Thinks That We Hated Each Other, Which Is Bulls***'

In a new interview with SDTV - Stonedead Festival, former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno, who has been performing in a wheelchair as a result of serious health problems for most of the past decade, discussed the progress of his treatment, two years after he underwent major knee surgery in Croatia...

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JOSEPH DUPLANTIER On Next GOJIRA Album: 'We're Trying To Deliver Something That Is Meaningful And Impactful'

In a new interview with Chuck Armstrong of Loudwire Nights, GOJIRA guitarist/vocalist Joseph Duplantier was asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2021's "Fortitude" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I wish I could… It's not a secret, but I've g...

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GOJIRA's Performance At Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Now Available On Streaming Services

GOJIRA's performance at last month's Olympic Games opening ceremony is now available on streaming services. 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 beheaded figures representing th...

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Time II

Jari Mäenpää is man who likes to take his sweet time. WINTERSUN's music absolutely demand it, of course. Records as detailed and dense as the Finnish entity's hallowed eponymous debut and its eventual follow-up (and this new album's conceptual forebear) "Time I" (2012) cannot be simply dashed off in...

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ANNIHILATOR's JEFF WATERS Reflects On Missed Opportunity To Audition For METALLICA As JAMES HETFIELD's Temporary Replacement

Jeff Waters says that METALLICA approached the ANNIHILATOR camp to ask him to audition for METALLICA as James Hetfleld's temporary replacement (on guitar only) while James recovered from being burned onstage back in 1992. METALLICA's guitar tech John Marshall, who previously filled in for Hetfield i...

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Ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer JOHNNY KELLY Finds 'Persistence' Pays Off

By David E. Gehlke Tapped by TYPE O NEGATIVE in 1994 to replace the departing Sal Abruscato, drummer Johnny Kelly remained behind the throne until frontman Peter Steele's untimely death in 2010. The sheer impossibility of replacing Steele meant that Kelly could continue his other gig with DANZIG and...

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Vermillion

There aren't many prominent musicians that would need much encouragement to make a solo record. SIMONE SIMONS, on the other hand, has been biding her time. After over 20 years and eight increasingly complex and grandiose albums as frontwoman with EPICA, the Dutch icon has little to prove, particular...

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STORM CORROSION Feat. MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT And STEVEN WILSON: More Details Revealed About Reissue Of Debut Album

As two of the leading figures in contemporary progressive music, Steven Wilson and Mikael Åkerfeldt have treated their fans to all sorts of thrillingly unconventional and atmospheric sounds over the years. But even by their own talismanic standards, the duo's 2012 collaboration as STORM CORROSION ex...