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JASON BONHAM Says BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Will Return To Studio In January

BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION is planning to enter the studio in January to begin recording its fifth album. The disc will be the follow-up to "BCCIV", which was released last September and marked BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION's first studio effort since 2013's "Afterglow". During a brand new interview with the...

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SONS OF APOLLO Are 'Talking A Lot' About Making Another Studio Album

SONS OF APOLLO have told Planet Rock that they are "talking a lot" about their second studio album. During an interview at this past weekend's Ramblin' Man Fair, drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal discussed their plans beyond 2018. Thal said: "We've been talking a lot about alb...

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FIRE FOR EFFECT Feat. Former MALEVOLENT CREATION Members: Deal With AGONIA RECORDS Announced

FIRE FOR EFFECT, the new death metal band featuring guitarist Gio Geraca (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION),vocalist Bret Hoffmann (ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION) and drummer Derek Roddy (ex-HATE ETERNAL, NILE),has signed a deal with Agonia Records. Despite being formed merely two years ago, FIRE FOR EFFECT is no...

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SONS OF APOLLO Releases Video For 'Signs Of The Time'

SONS OF APOLLO — the progressive metal supergroup featuring former DREAM THEATER bandmates Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, as well as bassist Billy Sheehan (MR. BIG, THE WINERY DOGS),guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES) and vocalist Jeff Scott Soto (JOURNEY, TALISMAN, W.E.T.) — has rel...

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CAST THE STONE Feat. Members of MISERY INDEX, CATTLE DECAPITATION: 'As The Dead Lie' Lyric Video

American death/black metallers CAST THE STONE have premiered the first single, "As The Dead Lie", taken from their recently announced six-track EP, "Empyrean Atrophy", which is due for release on Agonia Records on August 31. The track comes with a lyric video designed by Scott Rudd Film (OPETH, RING...

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ENUFF Z'NUFF To Release 'Diamond Boy' Album In August; 'Metalheart' Single Now Available

ENUFF Z'NUFF will release its new album, "Diamond Boy", on August 10. The first single from the disc, "Metalheart", can be streamed below. ENUFF Z'NUFF is the living, breathing example of what a rock 'n' roll group should be. Now centered around bass player and vocalist Chip Z'nuff, ENUFF Z'NUFF is...

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MINISTRY Announces Fall 2018 North American Tour; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

American industrial juggernaut MINISTRY will continue to support their critically acclaimed album "AmeriKKKant" with a full U.S. tour this November and December. Joining them are new wave of synthwave cessations CARPENTER BRUT and manic avant garde industrial act IGORRR. "I think the sets are going...

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MIKE PORTNOY Says SONS OF APOLLO Is 'More VAN HALEN Than RUSH'

Prior to SONS OF APOLLO's recent performance in Denver, Colorado, drummer Mike Portnoy spoke with Front Roe Joe of That Just Happened. The full conversation can be viewed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On turning 51 during SONS OF APOLLO's current tour: Mike: "We...

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DEREK SMALLS On New Solo Album: 'I Didn't Want To Wait Any Longer' For SPINAL TAP Reunion

SPINAL TAP bassist Derek Smalls — the metallic alter-ego of comedic actor Harry Shearer ("Saturday Night Live", "The Simpsons") — recently discussed his debut solo album, "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)", with United Rock Nations. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts...

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Former MALEVOLENT CREATION Singer BRET HOFFMANN Diagnosed With Stage 4 Colon Cancer

A fundraising campaign has been launched for former MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Bret Hoffmann, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. The GoFundMe page, which was started by Bret's "very close friend/family member" Tina Kuntz Mielcarek, is asking for donations to cover his "medical e...

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FEAR FACTORY Frontman: 'If OBAMA Did A Tenth Of What TRUMP Is Doing, You'd Be Screaming Impeachment'

FEAR FACTORY frontman Burton C. Bell, who has been "an auxiliary member" of MINISTRY for the past decade, says that he agrees with the political messages imparted by Al Jourgensen on the latter band's latest album, "AmeriKKKant". The disc, which came out last month via Nuclear Blast, has been descri...

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SPINAL TAP Bassist DEREK SMALLS: Entire 'Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)' Album Available For Listening

Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as SPINAL TAP, returns with the release of his first full-length solo venture, "Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)", out globally April 13 via Twanky Records/BMG on digital, CD and vinyl. The entire album can no...

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MINISTRY Releases Trippy 'Victims Of A Clown' Video

Like a mid-20th century funhouse gone mad, MINISTRY's just-released video for the track "Victims Of A Clown" is a relentless hallucinogenic ride through images of creepy clowns roaming circuses where there are no exits, men parading in ghoulish gas masks, psychological messaging, physical reality be...

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DOWNPOUR Feat. SHADOWS FALL, Ex-UNEARTH Members: Debut Album To Be Released

DOWNPOUR, the Massachusetts metal band featuring current and former members of SHADOWS FALL and UNEARTH, will release its debut album later in the year via PledgeMusic. The disc was recorded in spurts over a four-month period in 2015. The band purposefully elected to sit on the record until the time...

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VINNY APPICE, TONY MACALPINE Among Featured Guests On TARA LYNCH's Debut Album, 'Evil Enough'

Tara Lynch (a.k.a. "Gui-Tara") is a guitarist, composer, vocalist and songwriter who delivers heavy metal thunder with prominent melodic guitar riffs, shredding leads and powerhouse vocals. She will release her debut album, "Evil Enough", on April 13. "Evil Enough" is a melodic metal album featurin...