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DOWN Announces First Concert In Nearly Two Years

Long-running heavy metal supergroup DOWN, featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower and bassist Pat Bruders, has announced its first concert in nearly two years. The band will perform on Thursday, June 20 at Inn Of The Mountain Gods Resort...

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The Deceivers

There was always an air of outsider contrariness to DÅÅTH. A death metal band with much more going on in their sound that any one strain of modern brutality. Guitarist Eyal Levi's crew emerged from a flourishing US metal scene in the early '00s and never really fit in anywhere. Neither in thrall to...

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JOE LYNN TURNER: Why I Decided To Go Public With My Alopecia Battle

Joe Lynn Turner says that he is "finally living" his" truth" after dropping the hairpiece he had worn since the age of 14 after being diagnosed with alopecia at three years old. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer, who turned 72 eight months ago, went public with his new look in August 2022 in...

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FEAR FACTORY Recruits BUTCHER BABIES' RICKY BONAZZA As Fill-In Bassist

FEAR FACTORY has recruited Ricky Bonazza (BUTCHER BABIES) to play bass for the band for the next few shows while FEAR FACTORY's regular four-stringer Tony Campos is busy touring with STATIC-X. Bonazza made his live debut with FEAR FACTORY Saturday (April 27) at the Sick New World festival in Las Veg...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE On 'Bring Me To Life': 'It's An Amazing Gift To Have Our Big Song Be A Duet'

In a new interview with Canada's iHeart Radio, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee reflected on the band's breakthrough 2003 hit "Bring Me To Life", which featured guest vocals from Paul McCoy of 12 STONES. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "When we first did the song, I didn't wanna do the rap....

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ROB HALFORD: 'We Live In A World Today Now Where Lies Can Be Pushed So Strongly And So Forcefully That' They 'Become The Truth'

In a new interview with Planet Rock, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about the lyrical inspiration for the song "Trial By Fire", which appears on the band's latest album, "Invincible Shield". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Thinking of the words, it's a reference to the way that...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's ZOLTAN BATHORY Explains Why He Doesn't Really Stay In Contact With Former Bandmates

In a new interview with Loaded Radio, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH founder and guitarist Zoltan Bathory was asked if he still keeps in touch with any of his former bandmates, like guitarist Jason Hook and drummer Jeremy Spencer. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[From] time to time, we...

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Watch ANTHRAX's Uruguay Concert Featuring Original Bassist DAN LILKER

Fan-filmed video of ANTHRAX's April 23 concert at Sala Del Museo in San Montevideo, Uruguay can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Among The Living 02. Caught In A Mosh 03. Madhouse 04. Metal Thrashing Mad 05. Keep It In The Family 06. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L...

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KITTIE Announces July/August 2024 North American Headlining Tour Dates

KITTIE has announced an exclusive run of North American headline dates today. The long-awaited shows will see the band perform in five cities across the U.S. and Canada this July and August, giving fans a very special and rare chance to see the band play a full headline set that will include their r...

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VOLBEAT Frontman MICHAEL POULSEN's Death Metal Project ASINHELL Releases Music Video For 'Pyromantic Scryer'

ASINHELL, the new death metal band featuring VOLBEAT's Michael Poulsen, Marc Grewe (INSIDIOUS DISEASE, ex-MORGOTH) and Morten Toft Hansen (RAUNCHY),has released the official music video for the song "Pyromantic Scryer". The track is taken from ASINHELL's debut album, "Impii Hora", which arrived las...

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EVANESCENCE Announces October 2024 Canadian Tour With HALESTORM

Grammy Award-winning rock band EVANESCENCE will embark on its first headline tour across Canada in 15 years this fall. Produced by Live Nation Canada, the trek kicks off on October 15 in Vancouver, British Columbia, hitting cities nationwide before wrapping on October 29 in London, Ontario. EVANESCE...

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DEICIDE's GLEN BENTON Is Having Fun Again: 'I Want To Get Out There And Be Brutal'

By David E. Gehlke One of the last true larger-than-life personalities in death metal, DEICIDE frontman Glen Benton reinforced his status recently when he held court backstage at Philadelphia's Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest. Benton and his bandmates were joined by early DEICIDE producer Scott B...

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Watch ANTHRAX's Costa Rica Concert Featuring Original Bassist DAN LILKER

Fan-filmed video of ANTHRAX's April 17 concert at Club Pepper in San Jose, Costa Rica can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Among The Living 02. Caught In A Mosh 03. Madhouse 04. Metal Thrashing Mad 05. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.) 06. Keep It In The Family 07....

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A Mortal Binding

As dedicated as they are to conjuring dark, desolate reveries, it is MY DYING BRIDE's essential humanity that continues to enable their music to cut deep. Evoking the remorseless grimness of human existence is a popular pastime in doom metal, but even this band's metaphors have always arrived staine...

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GWAR Announces 'Age Of Entitlement' 2024 U.S. Tour

Shock-rock gods GWAR will embark on the "Age Of Entitlement" tour for two more legs of 2024 headline dates in support of their most recent album "New Dark Ages". This summer, the band has enlisted drug metal addicts WEEDEATER along with the habitually offensive cop rock of X-COPS as support. The sav...