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STEVEN WILSON Announces New Album, 'The Future Bites'; First Single, 'Personal Shopper', Now Available

Steven Wilson will release his new studio album, "The Future Bites", on June 12 via Caroline International. The follow-up to 2017's "To The Bone" is an exploration of how the human brain has evolved in the Internet era. As well as being Wilson's phenomenal sixth album, "The Future Bites" is also an...

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MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO To Sell Guitars, Amps And More On REVERB

Reverb, a leading web site and mobile app for buying and selling used, vintage, and new music gear, has partnered with MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro to sell music gear used on albums and tours throughout his career. Kiko's official Reverb shop will launch on March 10, featuring more than 80 guita...

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MEGADETH To Begin Recording New Album Before Hitting The Road With LAMB OF GOD

MEGADETH is preparing to enter the studio to begin tracking its sixteenth album. The band revealed its recording plans over the weekend while thanking its fans and crew for a successful European tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH which ended on Saturday (February 22) in Sofia, Bulgaria. MEGADETH wrot...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE On Upcoming Album: 'This Whole Record Is Political'

LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe spoke to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about "Checkmate", the first single from the band's upcoming self-titled album. "[The track is] the most on the nose politically, but this whole record is political," Blythe says. "There's not a single song [on the album] about an i...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Underwent 51 Radiation And Nine Chemotherapy Treatments Before Being Declared Cancer-Free

MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine says that he has been "100 percent" cancer-free since last October. The 58-year-old MEGADETH guitarist/vocalist revealed his throat cancer diagnosis last June on social media, saying the doctors had given him a 90 percent chance of beating the illness. Five months later...

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Watch MEGADETH's Entire London Concert

Fan-filmed video footage of MEGADETH's entire January 31 concert at The SSE Arena in London, England can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hangar 18 02. The Threat Is Real 03. Wake Up Dead 04. Sweating Bullets 05. Trust 06. Tornado Of Souls 07. Dystopia 08. Symphony Of Destructio...

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Video: MEGADETH Performs 'The Conjuring' In Amsterdam

MEGADETH's classic song "The Conjuring" made its 2020 tour debut last night (Sunday, January 26) at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. MEGADETH played "The Conjuring" live for the first time since 2001 in June 2018 at the Home Monitori...

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MEGADETH Plays First Show Since DAVE MUSTAINE's Cancer Diagnosis (Video)

MEGADETH played its first show since frontman Dave Mustaine's throat cancer diagnosis earlier tonight (Monday, January 20) in Helsinki, Finland. It marked the band's first live appearance in 15 months. Mustaine and his bandmates opened for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH at the Hartwell Arena with an 11-son...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Frontman WILLIAM DUVALL Releases 'Smoke And Mirrors' Video

Recording artist William DuVall, frontman for the iconic band ALICE IN CHAINS, has released a live video for "Smoke And Mirrors", recorded at Holly Lane Studios. "Smoke And Mirrors" is a dark and sultry affair, centred around love and the firm grasp that it’s capable of taking. The acoustic tones ha...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says DIRK VERBEUREN's Drumming On MEGADETH's New Album Is 'Exceptional'

Dave Mustaine has praised Dirk Verbeuren's drumming on MEGADETH's new album. Earlier today, the MEGADETH leader took to his Twitter to wish the Belgian-born-and-now-Los-Angeles-based drummer a happy 45th birthday. He wrote: "Happy birthday to my drummer extraordinaire, Dirk Verbeuren! You are a powe...

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Decades: Live In Buenos Aires

NIGHTWISH were always a strong live act. Whether fronted by the elegantly reticent Tarja Turunen or the ill-fated but underrated Anette Olzon, the Finnish symphonic metal titans have such a bombastic and grandiose sound that failing to project beyond the front row was never a realistic option. But i...

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MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO Shows You How To Practice A Challenging Guitar Solo (Video)

Earlier today, MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro took part in a live YouTube video stream in which he showed his channel subscribers how to practice a challenging guitar solo. Check it out below. Back in January, Kiko said that one of the most memorable experiences he has had as a member of MEGADETH...

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Hang Out With DRAGONFORCE's HERMAN LI And MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO On TWITCH

This afternoon (Friday, December 13),come hang with DRAGONFORCE's Herman Li and MEGADETH's Kiko Loureiro on Twitch. Beginning at 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET, Li and Loureiro will chat with you and do some jamming too. In a 2016 interview with Communities Digital News, Li said that he started playing the...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Says MEGADETH Hopes To Release At Least Two New Songs Prior To Start Of European Tour

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has told Rolling Stone that the band will release at least two new songs prior to embarking on a European tour with FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in January. "All we need to do is get in the studio and capture them," he said. "We've got scratch drum tracks. We just have to g...

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MEGADETH's KIKO LOUREIRO On Pressure Of Making Follow-Up To 'Dystopia': 'It's Better Not To Think About It And Just Do Your Best'

MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro spoke to Duke TV about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's new album. He said (see video below): "May, June [and] July, we stayed together in a house in Nashville to compose the new album. And then it creates a different kind of bond, because we'r...