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SWEET & LYNCH Featuring MICHAEL SWEET And GEORGE LYNCH: New Single 'Miracle' Now Available

SWEET & LYNCH, the musical union of guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of STRYPER and legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB),will release its third album, "Heart & Sacrifice", on May 19 via Frontiers Music Srl. The combination of Sweet's powerful, high-octane vocals and Lynch's...

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New METAL CHURCH Singer MARC LOPES Doesn't Pay Attention To Online Haters: 'Not Everybody's Gonna Like Everything You Do'

West Coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH will release their 13th studio album, "Congregation Of Annihilation", on May 26 via Rat Pak Records (America) and Reaper Entertainment (Europe). The new album marks the first release since the tragic death of legendary frontman Mike Howe who passed in July of 2...

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Ex-SLAYER Drummer JON DETTE Shares Drum Cover Of ANTHRAX's 'A Skeleton In The Closet' As Part Of 'Big Four' Series

Drummer Jon Dette (TESTAMENT, SLAYER, ANTHRAX) has uploaded the latest in his "Big Four" drum-cover series: ANTHRAX's "A Skeleton In The Closet". The clip, which can be seen below, follows his previously released videos for METALLICA's "Damage, Inc.", SLAYER's "Killing Fields", METALLICA's "Blackene...

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Original SALIVA Singer JOSEY SCOTT On WAYNE SWINNY: He Was One Of 'The Most Prolific Guitar Players That Will Ever Be'

Original SALIVA singer Josey Scott (a.k.a. Joseph Sappington) has paid tribute to the band's founding guitarist Wayne Swinny who died last month at the age of 59. Speaking to I Ask No One With Kevin Re LoVullo about the passing of his longtime bandmate, Josey said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET...

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PHIL DEMMEL: Joining And Later Quitting MACHINE HEAD Were Two Of 'The Best Things I Ever Did'

In a new interview with The New York Hardcore Chronicles LIVE!, Phil Demmel, who left MACHINE HEAD more than four years ago, reflected on his decision to exit the band, saying: "I think that it just became… Well, it was a job after a while… It did become routine. And once it got to a point of where...

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RICHIE FAULKNER Says ROB HALFORD's Vocals Are 'Sounding Stellar' On Upcoming JUDAS PRIEST Album

In a brand new interview with The Classic Rock Interviews, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Firepower" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Me and [album co-producer and PRIEST touring guita...

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Of Golden Verse

They came, they saw, they released one excellent album, and then they vanished without a trace, very much the immaculate enigma. SERMON made an indelible impression on the hazy world of modern progressive metal back in 2019, despite only performing live on one occasion, divesting no information at a...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Says Mass Shootings In USA Are 'Preventable': 'I Feel Helpless' And 'Worn Down'

HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale has expressed her frustration over laws and lack of access to basic mental health care contributing to gun violence in the U.S. Hale made her comments less than a week after a shooter opened fire at the Covenant School, a Presbyterian school in Lzzy's hometown of Nashville, Ten...

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Roof At MORBID ANGEL Concert In Illinois Collapses; 1 Dead, 28 Hospitalized

Shortly before MORBID ANGEL was scheduled to perform at the Apollo Theater in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday night (March 31),the venue roof collapsed, killing one person and injuring at least 28 more, five of them severely. The Belvidere Police Department said 260 people were in the venue when the...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER: U.D.O. Is 'More ACCEPT Than ACCEPT Is At The Moment'

In a new interview with Australia's Silver Tiger Media, ex-ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider spoke about what it has been like to work again with his former ACCEPT bandmate Peter Baltes on U.D.O.'s recent tours. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, [Peter] was helping us out on [U.D.O....

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Prey

Cooked up during long, locked down months and polished to what sounds like close to perfection, "Prey" is a debut album that oozes class. We are firmly in symphonic extreme metal territory here, with echoes of all the usual post-DIMMU subjects, but HALIPHRON rarely sound entirely in thrall to other...

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RICHIE FAULKNER Says New JUDAS PRIEST Album Is 'Almost Complete', Elaborates On LP's 'More Progressive' Direction

In a brand new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Firepower" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[The songs] are almost complete. The songs have been...

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TED NUGENT Kicks Off TRUMP Rally By Holding Moment Of Silence For January 6 'Political Prisoners' And Attacking Ukraine's ZELENSKY

Outspoken conservative rocker Ted Nugent blasted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky during an appearance Saturday (March 25) at a 2024 presidential campaign rally held for former U.S. president Donald Trump in Waco, Texas. Nugent kicked off the rally Saturday by holding a moment of silence for t...

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STEEL PANTHER Hasn't Been Affected By 'Cancel Culture': 'People That Come To Our Shows, They Know What To Expect'

In a brand new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, singer Michael Starr of California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER — whose songs contain what some critics say are racist, misogynistic and lewd lyrics — was asked if he and his bandmates have been affected by "cancel culture", a term which...

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70000 TONS OF METAL's ANDY PILLER Takes On Cruise Criticism: 'The Line Ends With Me'

By David E. Gehlke After a two-year pandemic-related break, the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise returned to action in January. The brainchild of Swiss promoter Andy Piller, the cruise has its selling points as a five-day jaunt in warm, beautiful weather, surrounded by fellow music fans, 60 bands and coun...