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SYMPHONY X Is Waiting For Pandemic To Subside Before Beginning Work On New Album

SYMPHONY X bassist Mike LePond spoke to Italy's Poisoned Rock about the band's plans to work on the material for the follow-up to 2015's "Underworld" album. He said (see video below): "I think as soon as the virus stuff passes by and goes away, I think we'll start getting together and we'll start wr...

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SHINEDOWN's Next Studio Album Won't Be As 'Layered': 'We Really Want To Focus On Being A Four-Piece Band'

In a new interview with "Whiplash", the KLOS radio show hosted by Full Metal Jackie, SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith confirmed that he and bassist/producer Eric Bass are in the "beginning stages" of putting together the band's seventh studio album. Brent stated about their approach to the songwriting...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO: 'Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)' Album Details Revealed

Veteran hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto will release his new solo album, "Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)", on November 6 via Frontiers Music Srl. Produced by and written with Alessandro Del Vecchio, the release is the best of all the combined worlds of Soto's previous solo albums and will delight h...

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Original BAD BRAINS Singer SID MCCRAY Dies

Sidney McCray, a.k.a. "SidMac", the original lead singer and co-founder of the legendary punk rock band BAD BRAINS, passed away on September 9. No cause of death has been revealed. According to Wikipedia, BAD BRAINS was formed in 1976 as a jazz fusion ensemble called MIND POWER in the mold of bands...

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SMASHING PUMPKINS Drummer's JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX Releases New Single, 'Grace'

JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX will release a new album, "Honor", on September 25 via Make Records. Legendary SMASHING PUMPKINS drummer Jimmy Chamberlin teams up with bassist/producer Billy Mohler and guitarist Sean Wollstenhulme for "Honor", while also featuring Frank Catalano and KNEEBODY members Adam B...

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Go Behind The Scenes Of EVANESCENCE's New Music Video, 'Use My Voice'

Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the music video for EVANESCENCE's latest single, "Use My Voice", can be seen below. The visuals follow frontwoman Amy Lee, her bandmates, and a diverse group of citizens as they unite for change and justice. The clip was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Er...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE: Why It Has Taken Nine Years To Record Follow-Up To Self-Titled Album

EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee spoke to Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station about why it has taken so long for the band to begin work on the follow-up to 2011's self-titled album. "Lots of reasons," she said (see video below). "I like to have an open mind about what I can be and what I can do in li...

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JEFF SCOTT SOTO To Release 'Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)' Solo Album In November

Acclaimed hard rock vocalist Jeff Scott Soto will release his new solo album, "Wide Awake (In My Dreamland)" on November 6 via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2017's "Retribution" was co-written and produced by Frontiers Music Srl's in-house producer Alessandro Del Vecchio. The first single fr...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Announces 'Somewhere Far Beyond' 30th-Anniversary Tour

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their "Somewhere Far Beyond" album by performing the LP in its entirety on a tour of Germany and Switzerland in the fall of 2021. The fourth BLIND GUARDIAN studio album epitomized the unbridled sound of speed metal of their...

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EPICA's New Album Is 'Recorded, Mixed And Mastered'

EPICA guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen has offered an update on the recording sessions for the band's new album. The follow-up to 2016's "The Holographic Principle" was once again produced by Joost Van Den Broek (POWERWOLF, AYREON) in part at Sandlane Recording Facilities in Rijen, Netherlands. Speaki...

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Even The Devil Believes

As THE DAMNED memorably put it back in 1979: "religion doesn't mean a thing/it's just another way to be right-wing". Not that the STRYPER album is full of paeans to Mike Pence, of course. Always a much better band than their vexed reputation would suggest, the Orange County crew made a handful of gr...

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YES To Release 'The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas' In October

Following the outstanding success of their 2019 American tour, progressive rock legends YES will release "The Royal Affair Tour: Live From Las Vegas" through BMG on October 30. Eager fans will be able to get hold of the physical formats from October 2 if ordered exclusively through the YES store. Al...

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METALLICA Becomes First Act To Have Mainstream Rock Songs No. 1s in Four Different Decades

According to Billboard, METALLICA has become the first act to have No. 1s on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart in four different decades. The band's latest single, "All Within My Hands", recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, achieved the milestone on the survey dated...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE: 'I Feel Like I'm Not Being True To Myself If I'm Not Using My Voice Right Now'

Last month, EVANESCENCE released a new single, "Use My Voice", which was written to celebrate the power of speaking out in order to promote more justice in the world. The track, featuring contributions from THE PRETTY RECKLESS's Taylor Momsen and HALESTORM's Lzzy Hale, was chosen by HeadCount in the...

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Former MACHINE HEAD, DREAM THEATER, QUIET RIOT Members Team Up For Cover Of OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Revelation (Mother Earth)' (Video)

Former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel has teamed up with singer Dino Jelusick (TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA, DIRTY SHIRLEY, ANIMAL DRIVE),bassist Rudy Sarzo (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, THE GUESS WHO) and drummer Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, THE WINERY DOGS, DREAM...