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Watch JUDAS PRIEST Perform At Belgium's LOKERSE FEESTEN

Fan-filmed video of JUDAS PRIEST's August 7 performance at Lokerse Feesten in Lokeren, Belgium can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. One Shot At Glory 02. Lightning Strike 03. You've Got Another Thing Comin' 04. Freewheel Burning 05. Turbo Lover 06. Hell Patrol 07. The Sentinel 0...

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ANTHRAX Cancels Second Concert Due To 'Medical Concern'

ANTHRAX has canceled its performance tonight (Tuesday, August 9) at Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin, Texas as part of the band's North American tour with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and HATEBREED. Earlier today, ANTHRAX released the following statement via social media: "Charlie [Benante, drums]...

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LIPS Says He Doesn't Want ANVIL To Be Bigger: 'I'm Very F***ing Happy'

Guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal pioneers ANVIL spoke to Metal Temple about the fact that he and his bandmates failed to break through to the mainstream success enjoyed by many of their peers. "When people go, 'Hey, man, they could have been bigger.' I don't wanna be bigger,"...

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ANTHRAX Cancels Dallas Concert 'Due To A Medical Concern'

ANTHRAX has canceled its performance tonight (Monday, August 8) at the South Side Ballroom in Dallas, Texas as part of the band's North American tour with BLACK LABEL SOCIETY and HATEBREED. Earlier today, ANTHRAX released the following statement via social media: "We are sorry to let you know that d...

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Watch: OZZY OSBOURNE And TONY IOMMI Reunite To Play BLACK SABBATH Classic At Closing Of 2022 'Commonwealth Games'

BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne and guitarist Tony Iommi reunited earlier today (Monday, August 8) in their original hometown of Birmingham, England to perform the band's classic song "Paranoid" — preceded by a truncated version of "Iron Man" — at the closing of the city's Commonwealth Games. The...

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New DEEP PURPLE Guitarist SIMON MCBRIDE Says 'The Response Has Been Brilliant' To His Addition To The Band

DEEP PURPLE's new touring guitarist Simon McBride recently spoke to the "Scars And Guitars" podcast about what it has been like for me him to step into the shoes previously filled by Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Joe Satriani and Steve Morse. Regarding his approach to playing DEEP PURPLE's classic...

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SCOTT IAN Says Next ANTHRAX Album Will Have 'Even More Aggressive Production'

In a new interview with Midwest Beatdown, ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian praised the production quality on some of the band's recently albums, including 2011's "Worship Music" and 2016's "For All Kings". "It's nice to have really kind of found our groove when it comes to that," he said (as transcribed...

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CRONOS: VENOM Is Putting Finishing Touches On New Studio Album

VENOM frontman Conrad "Cronos" Lant has confirmed that the band is putting the finishing touches on a new studio album. Speaking at this weekend's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany, he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We had a bit of a hassle because of the pandemic; we couldn't...

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Watch DEEP PURPLE Perform In Tampere, Finland

Fan-filmed video of DEEP PURPLE's July 28 performance in Tampere, Finland can be seen below. Last month, DEEP PURPLE guitarist Steve Morse officially left the band to care for his wife, Janine, who is battling cancer. Morse's announcement came four months after the guitarist said that he would be ta...

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Former SAMSON Singer NICKY MOORE Dead At 75

Former SAMSON singer Nicky Moore has died at the age 75. Moore passed away Wednesday morning (August 3) after battling Parkinson's Disease. Moore's death was confirmed on his official Facebook page. "It is with immense sadness and almost unbearably heavy hearts that we have to let you all know that...

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GARY MOORE: Official Biography By HARRY SHAPIRO Due In September

Gary Moore delighted entire generations with his passionate guitar playing, from the driving rock of THIN LIZZY in the 1970s to his explorations in subsequent decades of jazz fusion, heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock, and more. Throughout that time, he could be seen on the world's biggest stages, y...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'I Don't Believe That Grunge Killed Hair Metal'

STRYPER guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet has weighed in on the never-ending debate about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. On Tuesday (August 2), the 59-year-old openly Christian rocker, who writes...

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ALTER BRIDGE Shares Animated Music Video For New Single 'Silver Tongue'

Acclaimed rockers ALTER BRIDGE will release their seventh album, "Pawns & Kings", on October 14 via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2019's "Walk The Sky" was once again recorded at Studio Barbarosa in Gotha, Florida with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette, who has previously worked with SEVENDUS...

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LOU GRAMM Accuses Current FOREIGNER Singer KELLY HANSEN Of 'Mimicking' Him: 'I Don't Take It As A Compliment'

In a new interview with John Beaudin of RockHistoryMusic.com, original FOREIGNER singer Lou Gramm was asked what he thinks of the band's current frontman, Kelly Hansen, who has been in the group for nearly two decades. "Kelly is all right," Lou said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "He's a good...

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JOHN CORABI Was 'Disappointed' When TOMMY LEE And NIKKI SIXX Failed To Respond To His Request For Help

Former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi, who joined the band in 1992 as the replacement for original singer Vince Neil, has told "The Chuck Shute Podcast" that he was disappointed with how Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx responded to his request for help after his son found himself battling heroin addictio...