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• Ex-KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Singer HOWARD JONES On JESSE LEACH: ‘It’s Cool To Call Him A Friend’
  Howard Jones says that “it was cool” to “hang out” with his former bandmates in KILLSWITCH ENGAGE last weekend. Jones made appearances during KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s two concerts at the O2 Arena in London, England on August 10 and August 11, dueting with current KILLSWITCH frontman Jesse Leach on the group’s classic song “The End Of […]
• ENUFF Z’NUFF’s CHIP Z’NUFF: ‘In The Old Days, We Did More Cocaine Than GUNS N’ ROSES And AEROSMITH Put Together’
  ENUFF Z’NUFF vocalist/bassist Chip Z’Nuff recently spoke with Heavy New York. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group’s new album, “Diamond Boy”: Chip: “There’s no rules or regulations, no need to put handcuffs on us. We grew up listening to different styles of music, […]
• 20 Years Ago: Korn Take Nu Metal to the Masses With ‘Follow the Leader’
  On Aug. 18, 1998, Korn catapulted to massive fame with the release of ‘Follow the Leader.’ Continue reading…
• Watch GEOFF TATE Celebrate 30th Anniversary Of ‘Operation: Mindcrime’ In Sacramento
  Capital Chaos TV has uploaded video footage of Geoff Tate’s August 15 performance at B Street Theatre at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts in Sacramento, California during his 30th-anniversary tour for QUEENSRŸCHE’s landmark “Operation: Mindcrime” concept album. Check out the clips below. Asked about his current tour, Tate told The Great Southern Brainfart: […]
• SLASH Recalls Recording Song With CHESTER BENNINGTON
  According to The Pulse Of Radio, Slash revealed in a new interview with Variety that he recently rediscovered a never-before-heard collaboration between him and late LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington. The track was intended for Slash’s first solo album, although he ended up recording it with late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy Kilmister on vocals. Slash recalled: […]
• KORN Singer’s Wife, DEVEN DAVIS, Dead At 39
  According to TMZ, KORN frontman Jonathan Davis’s wife died earlier today. A former porn star who married Jonathan in 2004, Deven Davis and the singer had two kids together, Pirate and Zeppelin. (Jonathan’s first son from his previous marriage, Nathan, will turn 23 this fall.) TMZ reports that Jonathan filed for divorce in October 2016, […]
• DISTURBED Guitarist Says Some Of ‘Evolution’ Album ‘Will Completely Surprise People’
  DISTURBED guitarist Dan Donegan recently spoke with Meltdown of the Detroit radio station 101 WRIF. The complete conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group’s new album, “Evolution”: Dan: “We wanted to kind of, [after] being a band for over two decades now, just [acknowledge] how much […]
• Korn Vocalist Jonathan Davis’ Wife Deven Davis Dead at 39
  A press statement confirming her passing said, ‘We thank you for your love, understanding and prayers of support during this difficult time.’ Continue reading…
• Every Ghost Song Ranked From Worst to Best
  Enter the church of Ghost and all the original hymns they’ve offered up for us. Continue reading…
• Jill Janus Dies, Cattle Decapitation Fights Christian Creationists, and More Stories You May Have Missed This Week
  Worst Week Ever Playlist — Week of August 13 – August 17, 2018 Huntress singer Jill Janus took her own life. She was just 43. Read a statement from Huntress here. Read tributes from prominent members of the metal community here. Listen to our podcast interview with Jill here. Former Primer 55 singer Jason “J-Sin” […]
• BACK IN THE HOSPITAL … Oz Fox’s wife asks Jesus to continue to heal him so he doesn’t need surgery
  BACK IN THE HOSPITAL Oz Fox’s wife asks Jesus to continue to heal him so he doesn’t need surgery       LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It seems that Stryper guitarist Oz Fox was back in the hospital again. The guitarist suffered a seizure a week ago, and has since been diagnosed with a spot near […]
• Rights to 136 Judas Priest songs up for sale by K.K. Downing’s administrators
  A share of the royalty rights to 136 Judas Priest songs including ‘Breaking The Law’, ‘Painkiller’ and ‘Living After Midnight’ are up for sale.
• The Satanic Temple Protests Ten Commandments Monument Outside the Arkansas State Capital; Lawmakers Call Them “a Satire Group”
  Nevermind that Separation of Church and State has always been a myth. The Satanic Temple is not just gonna lay down and take it. They fought the erection of a monument to the Ten Commandments in front of the Oklahoma Statehouse by crowdfunding a whopping thirty grand to commission a Baphomet statue. But the Dark Lord’s […]
• U.D.O. release lyric video for new track “Make The Move”
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• BLOODBATH To Release ‘The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn’ Album In October
  Like all gore-drenched sequels, demonic death metal supergroup BLOODBATH’s fifth slice of morbid savagery comes even darker, nastier and sicker than before. It’s been four years since “Grand Morbid Funeral”, and Stockholm’s shadiest death cult — with members drawn from metal luminaries PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA, OPETH and CRAFT — return with a new slab of […]
• Yob Ticket Giveaway: Win Tickets to EVERY Stop on Their Upcoming Tour and an Autographed Vinyl Copy of Our Raw Heart!
  Fresh off their absolutely splendid new album Our Raw Heart and recently completed month-long tour of the right half of North America, the doom kings in Yob have an extra something special planned for the fall: a U.S. West Coast run! You didn’t think they’d leave the other half of the country hanging, did you? […]
• STRYPER Performs As Three-Piece At Australian Tour Kick-Off (Video)
  STRYPER kicked off its Australian tour last night (Friday, August 17) at Max Watts in Melbourne. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. The band is touring without its guitarist Oz Fox, who was forced to stay home after collapsing onstage during a Las Vegas performance last weekend. Doctors who have been […]
• HELLOWEEN To Release ‘Starlight: The Noise Records Collection’ Limited-Edition Box Set In October
  Noise Records has announced the October 26 release of “Helloween – Starlight: The Noise Records Collection”. It is a deluxe, limited-edition boxset containing all the bands Noise recordings, from the long-out-of-print EPs “Helloween” and “Judas”, through their debut album “Walls Of Jericho” to the masterpieces “Keeper Of The Seven Keys” and “Keeper Of The Seven […]
• CHRIS SLADE Hasn’t Seen Any Of AC/DC Guys Since End Of ‘Rock Or Bust’ Tour
  This past June, AC/DC’s drummer for the “Rock Or Bust” tour, Chris Slade, was intervewed by France’s United Rock Nations. The chat took place just several weeks before AC/DC members Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd, Angus Young and Stevie Young were all photographed outside Vancouver’s Warehouse Studios. Asked by United Rock Nations what the “mood” was […]
• Here Is BREAKING BENJAMIN Covering METALLICA’s ‘Sad But True’ In Camden, New Jersey
  Fan-filmed video footage of BREAKING BENJAMIN performing a cover version of the METALLICA classic “Sad But True” on August 15 at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey can be seen below. BREAKING BENJAMIN is continuing to tour in support of its sixth studio album, “Ember”, which was released in April via Hollywood Records. The […]
• Slash Recorded an Unreleased Song With Chester Bennington
  And there is a possibility it will be released. Continue reading…
• Watch AEROSMITH Perform On ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’
  AEROSMITH performed the songs “Mama Kin” and “Big Ten Inch Record” on the Thursday, August 16 episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”. The legendary rockers’ appearance on the program came one day after they unveiled the first details of their upcoming Las Vegas residency on the “Today” show. AEROSMITH’s 18-show “Deuces Are Wild […]
• Tygers Of Pan Tang release video for “The Devil You Know” and to release new album in May 2019
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• Opeth Announce Live at Red Rocks DVD, Release “Sorceress” Clip
  On my recent summer vacation jaunt to Colorado I had the opportunity to check out the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre on a whim — saw a sign on the side of the road en route to somewhere else and figured it might well be my only opportunity to ever see it. Boy am I glad […]
• Founding FATES WARNING Members JOHN ARCH And JIM MATHEOS Re-Sign With METAL BLADE RECORDS
  ARCH/MATHEOS began as a reunion between founding FATES WARNING members John Arch (vocals) and Jim Matheos (guitar), who hadn’t collaborated since Arch’s solo EP, “A Twist Of Fate” (2003) — and hadn’t fully collaborated for a whole album since FATES WARNING’s “Awaken The Guardian” (1986). In 2010, the duo began working on a record together […]
• ONCE HUMAN Releases Studio Version Of Cover Of MACHINE HEAD’s ‘Davidian’
  While the release of ONCE HUMAN’s first-ever live album, “Stage Of Evolution”, is just around the corner, the band has surprised its fans with a treat and released a studio cover version of MACHINE HEAD’s “Davidian”. ONCE HUMAN guitarist Logan Mader, who was the original guitarist in MACHINE HEAD, says: “We had a lot of […]
• The Deftones Are in the Studio
  And it looks like Stephen Carpenter is going to need a new guitar. Continue reading…
• Metallica – Nothing Else Matters – 2007 Live Video Full HD
  Metallica – Nothing Else Matters (Album Metallica 1991) Live Earth “The Concert for a Climate in Crisis” at Wembley Stadium 2007, London James Hetfield – Vocals, Guitar Kirk Hammett – Guitar Lars Ulrich – Drums Robert Trujillo – Bass
• Breaking Benjamin Plays Metallica’s “Sad But True”
  American metal band Breaking Benjamin performed Metallica’s “Sad But True” at BBT Pavilion, Camden, New Jersey. August 15th, 2018; Ember World Tour.
• Papa Roach, Bullet for My Valentine, Sevendust + More Announce for ShipRocked 10th Anniversary
  In 2019, Papa Roach will headline along with performances by Bullet For My Valentine, I Prevail, Nothing More, Suicidal Tendencies and more. Continue reading…
• George Lynch announces that Lynch Mob will be releasing new album late in 2019
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• Today in Rock History – August 18
  1964, Over 9,000 frenzied fans met The Beatles as they arrived in San Francisco, to begin an American tour. The Beatles were driven into a protective fence enclosure so that photographers could take pictures. As the 9,000 fans pressed against the fencing, it gave way, with The Beatles managing to get out split-seconds before it […]
• THE BROWNING To Release ‘Geist’ Album In October
  Kansas City quartet THE BROWNING will release its fourth album, “Geist”, on October 26 through Spinefarm Records. In advance of the release, the band has shared the new song “Carnage”, featuring Jake Hill. Listen below. “Our new album, ‘Geist’, is by far our most dynamic sounding record,” said vocalist Jonny McBee. “It has the heaviest, […]
• Jill Janus of Huntress on The MetalSucks Podcast #251.5
  On this special “half” episode of The MetalSucks Podcast we share a never-before-heard interview with Huntress frontwoman Jill Janus, who tragically took her own life earlier this week. The interview was conducted by MetalSucks Podcast host Petar Spajic in 2016 at a Huntress headlining show in Las Vegas and has not been published anywhere until […]
• Smashing Pumpkins Originally Offered ‘Shrek’ End Song, Smash Mouth Say No
  Billy Corgan and Smash Mouth have different takes on the story. Continue reading…
• IRON MAIDEN’s BRUCE DICKINSON Discusses ‘Messerschmitt Bf 110’ Fighter Plane (Video)
  Wargaming — the company behind free-to-play titles World Of Tanks (2010), World Of Warplanes (2013) and World Of Warships (2015) — recently announced that IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson is hosting 10 online educational warplanes diaries. This free-to-view series is being released weekly on the World Of Warplanes official portal and YouTube channel across June, […]
• GENE SIMMONS Gets Choked Up While Paying Tribute To ARETHA FRANKLIN (Video)
  Gene Simmons paid tribute to Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” who died Thursday after it was reported earlier this week that she was “gravely ill” in Detroit. Her family said that the cause of death was advanced pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type. During an appearance on HLN’s Franklin tribute show on Thursday, the […]
• MIKE PORTNOY Calls METAL ALLEGIANCE His ‘Ultimate Metal Outlet’
  Drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, METAL ALLEGIANCE) recently spoke with Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the new METAL ALLEGIANCE album, “Volume II – Power Drunk Majesty”: Mike: “After we had so much fun making […]
• GHOST’s TOBIAS FORGE Critiques ‘Lack Of Ingenuity’ In Today’s Rock Scene
  GHOST frontman Tobias Forge recently spoke with the Atlanta radio station Rock 100.5. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his recent comments about a lack of ambition in the modern rock/metal scene: Tobias: “I was being asked about the future of arena rock, and I […]
• Stryper guitarist Oz Fox out and then back in a hospital while coping with serious medical issues
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• PAPA ROACH, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, I PREVAIL, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Set For Next Year’s SHIPROCKED
  A spectacular music lineup has been announced for ShipRocked 2019, celebrating a decade of rock ‘n’ roll on the high seas January 26-31, 2019 onboard Carnival Valor for the first time. The greatest vacation ever will feature performances from PAPA ROACH, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, I PREVAIL, NOTHING MORE, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, SEVENDUST, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, […]
• WARBRINGER: Lyric Video For New Single ‘Power Unsurpassed’
  The official lyric video for “Power Unsurpassed”, the new single from Los Angeles-based thrash metallers WARBRINGER, can be seen below. The song has just been released digitally and will be made available as a strictly limited seven-inch vinyl single on August 24. Limited to 300 copies, the vinyl will be available only via WARBRINGER or […]
• Doro releases video for new ballad “It Cuts So Deep”
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• Tour Dates: Ingested, Enterprise Earth, I Declare War, Bodysnatcher, Aethere and I Am
  Do you like to slam? Do you also like to slap?? Did you dig Ingested’s The Level Above Human, the U.K. death metallers’ finest album yet that manages to do both at once??? Following their run on Devastation on the Nation earlier this year and some surrounding headline dates, Ingested plan to take full advantage […]
• Dee Snider Regrets How He ‘Invented Stage Diving’
  Snider recalls the incident that inspired his first stage dive. Continue reading…
• Video footage of Stryper performing in Australia as trio without guitarist Oz Fox in the line-up
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• Black Star Riders, RavenEye and more confirmed for Planet Rockstock
  We’re extremely proud to announce that Black Star Riders will headline Planet Rockstock 2018.
• Slash and The Conspirators Streaming New Song: “Mind Your Manners”
  Slash and The Conspirators has shared new song called “Mind Your Manners”. The track taken from their upcoming album “Living The Dreams”, due out on September 21. ‘Living the Dream’ track listing: 1. The Call of the Wild 2. Serve You Right 3. My Antidote 4. Mind Your Manners 5. Lost Inside the Girl 6. […]

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