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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Opens Up About Challenges Of Raising His Son While Being A Touring Musician

During an appearance on the "Battleline" podcast, SLIPKNOT's Corey Taylor opened up about the challenges of raising his son Griffin, who fronts a rising metal band called VENDED. Corey said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "My son, I didn't have to help him with anything, but he's out on the ro...

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Killing Innocence

Stalwarts of the Italian metal scene, GRAVEWORM forged their combination of death, black and gothic metal in the early '90s and have been a sporadic presence ever since. Perhaps best known for a run of albums through NUCLEAR BLAST that began with 2003's excellent "Engraved In Black" (notable for an...

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ROB HALFORD Has Finished Recording Vocals For New JUDAS PRIEST Album: 'It's Sounding Fantastic'

Richie Faulkner has confirmed to Planet Rock that JUDAS PRIEST has finished recording the follow-up to 2018's "Firepower" album. After previously stating that Rob Halford had yet to complete the vocals for PRIEST's new LP, the guitarist has now told "My Planet Rocks" host Ian Danter that the singer...

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Watch STEEL PANTHER Perform On Season Premiere Of 'America's Got Talent'

California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER performed the song "Eyes Of A Panther" on the season premiere of "America's Got Talent". Video of their appearance can be seen below. The eighteenth season of "America's Got Talent" premieres Tuesday, May 30 at 8/7c on NBC and streams the next day on Pea...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Finds His Joy And Happiness After MEGADETH: 'I Got A Little Too Famous And Got Too Much Press'

By David E. Gehlke David Ellefson survived his 2021 dismissal from MEGADETH after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist were posted on Twitter. Instead of obfuscating, Ellefson got out in front by taking legal action and talking to the press. While his actions wer...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Says He And JEFF YOUNG Are 'Creating A New Sound' With KINGS OF THRASH

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has told Metal Wani's Jessie David that KINGS OF THRASH, his collaborative project with another former MEGADETH member, guitarist Jeff Young, will enter the studio next week to work on "some new material." He went on to say that it's "stuff that we've already w...

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RICHIE FAULKNER On New JUDAS PRIEST Album: 'We're Excited To Get It Out To The World'

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was asked if the songwriting process within the band gets easier with each successive album release. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Easier in...

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MACHINE HEAD Releases Music Video For 'Arrows In Words From The Sky'

MACHINE HEAD released the official music video for the song "Arrows In Words From The Sky" taken from the band's tenth album "Of Kingdom And Crown". The clip, which was culled from hours of footage taken during last year's "Vikings & Lionhearts" and "Electric Happy Hour (Live)" tours, was direct...

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BOBBY BLOTZER Says His Comment About RATT 'Always Crushing MÖTLEY CRÜE Musically' Was 'Blown Out Of Proportion'

Bobby Blotzer says that his recent comment that RATT's "always crushed MÖTLEY CRÜE musically" was blown out of proportion. Earlier in the month, while talking to the "This That & The Other With Troy Patrick Farrell" podcast, the RATT drummer addressed the fact that bands like MÖTLEY CRÜE and JO...

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VOIVOD Shares 'Nuage Fractal (2023 Version)' From Upcoming 'Morgöth Tales' Album

Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD will celebrate 40 eventful years of existence in 2023 with a special anniversary studio album titled "Morgöth Tales", to be released on July 21 via Century Media Records. The LP's first single and video is "Nuage Fractal (2023 Version)", accompanied by a lyric...

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CHAD KROEGER Says 'There's Been A Softening' In Hate For NICKELBACK: 'It's Really Nice To Not Be Public Enemy Number One'

In a new interview with Robin Nash of Tucson, Arizona's KFMA-FM radio station, NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger was asked why he thinks so many people love to hate his band. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "That kind of used to be a thing. I shouldn't say 'that kind of used to be'...

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IAN ANDERSON Says MOTÖRHEAD And MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'Spurious Use Of The Umlaut' Was 'Silly'

JETHRO TULL recently released its 23rd studio album, "RökFlöte", via InsideOut Music. Following 2022's "The Zealot Gene", the group's first LP in two decades, Ian Anderson and his bandmates are returning with a 12-track record based on the characters and roles of some of the principal gods of the ol...

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JASON NEWSTED Talks About His Exit From METALLICA, Says He Has 'Always Kept Playing With Whoever Wants To Play'

In a new interview with the Sun Sentinel promoting this weekend's NEWSTED concert in Fort Lauderdale, Jason Newsted was asked about Lars Ulrich's comment from a couple of years ago about how he has come to understand why the bassist shocked the rock world by quitting METALLICA. Asked if he was looki...

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COREY TAYLOR Blasts ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'At This Point, Who Gives A S***, Really?'

In a new interview with Jason Bailey of Audacy Check In, Corey Taylor was asked which of his three projects — SLIPKNOT, STONE SOUR or his solo band — he would want to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for. He responded: "Oh, Jesus. At this point, who gives a shit, really? To be honest…...

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STEEL PANTHER Announces Summer 2023 U.S. Tour

California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have announced the next U.S. leg of their "On The Prowl" tour. The 22-city trek will kick off on July 13 in Huntington, New York and wrap up on August 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The tour will make stops in Richmond, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; Ne...