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DAVE GROHL Explains FOO FIGHTERS' Decision To Fire JOSH FREESE: It 'Didn't Happen Overnight'

Dave Grohl has spoken out about FOO FIGHTERS' decision last year to part ways with Josh Freese. The legendary rock drummer was fired from FOO FIGHTERS in May 2025, two years after he was recruited to fill the vacancy left by the late Taylor Hawkins. When Freese announced he was let go from FOO FIGHT...

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WILLIAM SHATNER Announces New All-Star Metal Album Featuring 35 Hand-Picked Metal Icons

William Shatner is turning the volume up to pain-threshold max.. The legendary actor, author, and cultural icon today announces his latest album — a heavy metal extravaganza powered a veritable army of metal stars, each one personally selected and hand-picked by Shatner to help deliver a project tha...

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FOO FIGHTERS Announce New Album 'Your Favorite Toy', Share Title Track

"Your Favorite Toy", the titular first single of FOO FIGHTERS' forthcoming twelfth full-length studio album, has been released. The first new FOO FIGHTERS music of 2026, "Your Favorite Toy" is nothing short of an insidious earworm. Jagged guitar shards and sinister keyboard stabs bob and weave atop...

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See Pro-Shot Video Of METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By MASTODON And SEPULTURA Members For Cover Of 'Whiplash'

Professionally filmed video of METAL ALLEGIANCE playing a cover of the METALLICA classic "Whiplash" on January 22 at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California can be seen below. Joining METAL ALLEGIANCE members Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) on drums and Mark Menghi on bass for the "Whiplash" performa...

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See Pro-Shot Video Of METAL ALLEGIANCE Performing New Single 'Black Horizon'

Professionally filmed video of METAL ALLEGIANCE — the all-star metal band consisting of a rotating cast of musicians, including core members David Ellefson (MEGADETH),Mark Menghi (KING ULTRAMEGA),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER) — performing its latest single, "Black Hori...

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TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK And MOONSPELL's FERNANDO RIBEIRO Name 'The Most Metal' Books They've Ever Read

MOONSPELL frontman Fernando Ribeiro and TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick recently went on Side Jams With Bryan Reesman to talk about their love of books. When asked what were the most metal books they've ever read, this is how they responded: Fernando: "For instance, 'Naked Lunch'..." Alex: "That's...

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Watch: METAL ALLEGIANCE Joined By ALICE IN CHAINS, SEPULTURA, EXODUS, MASTODON Members At Anaheim Concert

Illustrious metal collective METAL ALLEGIANCE, comprised of core members David Ellefson (MEGADETH),Mark Menghi (KING ULTRAMEGA),Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and Mike Portnoy (DREAM THEATER),performed last night (Thursday, January 22) at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. Joining the "core fo...

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ONSLAUGHT Announces March/April 2026 North American Tour With WARLORD

U.K. thrash metal veterans ONSLAUGHT are hitting North American soil starting in March for the first time in well over a decade with a devastating "Force From Hell" set, drawing heavily from "Power From Hell" and "The Force", their seminal first two 1980s albums. These are records that helped define...

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ALICE IN CHAINS' WILLIAM DUVALL On Recent Iconic Metal/Hard Rock Musician Deaths: They Leave 'A Really Big Void'

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, ALICE IN CHAINS frontman William DuVall weighed in on the fact that 2025 saw the loss of some of the metal genre's greatest figures, including, but not limited to, BLACK SABBATH legend Ozzy Osbourne, KISS guitarist Ace Frehley and MASTODON's Brent Hi...

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ALICE IN CHAINS' WILLIAM DUVALL 'Rises To The Challenge' Of Writing And Recording With METAL ALLEGIANCE

By David E. Gehlke Perhaps the most "metal" of the core 1990s Seattle grunge bands, ALICE IN CHAINS has long hung around the periphery of the genre since holding their own as openers on the legendary 1991 "Clash Of The Titans" tour featuring ANTHRAX, MEGADETH and SLAYER. Several of the band's studio...

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METAL ALLEGIANCE Recruits ALICE IN CHAINS' WILLIAM DUVALL For New Single, 'Black Horizon'

Trailblazing metal collective METAL ALLEGIANCE has returned with a brooding new single, "Black Horizon", via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). Their first release of original music since 2018, the song features roaring opening riffs from guitarist Alex Skolnick (TESTAMENT) and vocalist William DuVall's...

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Neverland

There may be a few petty purists still bemoaning ULVER's abandonment of black metal in the late '90s, but everybody else has been reveling in the Norwegians' eclectic ethos for decades. The most imaginative and fearless band to emerge from their country's native black metal scene, Kristoffer Rygg an...

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MEGADETH Announces 2026 Canadian Tour With ANTHRAX And EXODUS

MEGADETH has announced a headlining tour of Canada for 2026. Support on the 12-date trek will come from fellow thrash metal legends ANTHRAX and EXODUS. Presales will begin on November 26 at 10 a.m., with the general on-sale starting on November 28 at 10 a.m. local time. Cyber Army members get first...

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Late ALICE IN CHAINS Frontman LAYNE STALEY's 'Journals' Land On The New York Times 'Best-Seller' List

"This Angry Pen Of Mine: Recovering The Journals Of Layne Staley" — an unprecedented look into the creative archive of ALICE IN CHAINS vocalist Layne Staley, created in direct collaboration with his family — has landed at position No. 14 on The New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction best-seller list in...

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First Images Of GARY MOORE's Statue For Belfast Have Been Unveiled

The Wild Frontier Memorial Project, campaigning for a statue of THIN LIZZY guitar legend Gary Moore to be erected in Belfast, are asking fans to weigh in with support as "first impression" images of the statue are released. Sculptor David A Annand, who was chosen on artistic merit, most notably for...