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GEOFF TATE Thinks 'It's A Great Idea' For Singers To Rely On Backing Tracks During Live Shows

Original QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate says that it is "a great idea" for singers to rely on backing tracks to enhance their lead vocals during their concerts. In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for relying on pre-recorded tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technol...

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DEF LEPPARD Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of 'Pyromania' With Deluxe Expanded Edition

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of their iconic album "Pyromania", veteran British rockers DEF LEPPARD will release a deluxe expanded edition in April 2024. Fans can listen to "Photograph - Rough Mix Version (Unfinished Vocal)" on all streaming platforms on March 1. The track is an unreleased demo...

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SOIL Announces Fall 2024 U.K. Tour With (HED) P.E., NONPOINT And THE UNION UNDERGROUND

SOIL will return to the U.K. for the first time since 2019 this coming November. Support on the trek will come from (HED) P.E., NONPOINT and the reunited Texas nu metal pioneers THE UNION UNDERGROUND. This fully packed package will see SOIL performing songs exclusively from the band's 2001 hit album...

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EXODUS's GARY HOLT Says Lip Syncing Is 'Bad', But Backing Tracks Can Be 'Cool' If They're Used To 'Fill Up' The Sound

EXODUS and SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt says that he has no issue with bands who use a limited amount of backing tracks to fill out their sound during their concerts. In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for relying on pre-recorded tracks, drum triggers and other assorted tech...

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PRONG's TOMMY VICTOR On METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning': 'I Still Am Baffled By That Record'

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", PRONG mainman Tommy Victor was asked which METALLICA album he thinks is better, "Ride The Lightning" or "Master Of Puppets". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's 'Ride The Lightning...

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TONY KAKKO On SONATA ARCTICA's Return To Power Metal On 'Clear Cold Beyond': 'It Was Like Riding A Bike'

By David E. Gehlke Finland's SONATA ARCTICA were on a four-album winning streak by the time the touring cycle for 2004's "Reckoning Night" concluded. With countrymen STRATOVARIUS consumed by lineup instability, SONATA ARCTICA stepped up to the plate with a series of LPs that were shamelessly fast, o...

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DIRTY HONEY Releases Music Video For 'Coming Home (Ballad Of The Shire)'

Currently on its third consecutive, sold-out European headline tour, today DIRTY HONEY has released a brand new music video for "Coming Home (Ballad Of The Shire)" from the band's current album, "Can't Find The Brakes". The "Coming Home" video offers an unexpected element from a band best known for...

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The Quantum Phase

Everyone, now,  is a supergroup, but, once in a while, there's a band that emerges that truly defines what it is to be a supergroup. One of those bands is THE END MACHINE, who are now on their third studio album, "The Quantum Phase". Forming in 2018, the band brought together a bevy of talented and...

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Stand United

Gus G was already a name before he became the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne's band in 2009, but the big gig certainly helped his notoriety. At the time, Gus G was the ringleader of Greek power metal band FIREWIND and a buzzed-about lead guitarist in the metal scene. But his gig with Ozzy took him...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE Guitarist JOHN 5: 'I Have Such A Respect And Fondness For MICK MARS'

MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 spoke to Rock Feed about the three new songs he and his bandmates recorded early last year with legendary producer Bob Rock, including "Dogs Of War" and a cover of BEASTIE BOYS' "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):...

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KYLE THOMAS Talks The Boost PAT O'BRIEN Has Given To EXHORDER: 'He's The RANDY RHOADS Of Extreme Music'

By David E. Gehlke Cult New Orleans thrashers EXHORDER formally welcomed former CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Pat O'Brien into the fold when 2024 got underway. O'Brien had spent the previous two years playing live gigs with the band and lent his lead skills to their new "Defective Omnium" full-length, b...

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SEBASTIAN BACH Seemingly Takes Issue With RACHEL BOLAN's Claim '98 Percent' Of SKID ROW's Debut Was Written Before Singer Joined

Sebastian Bach has apparently taken issue with SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan's recent claim that 98 percent of the band's debut album was written before Bach joined SKID ROW. In a December 2023 interview with the "Radio Forrest" podcast, Rachel was asked if it's true that 1989's "Skid Row" LP was "c...

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Plans Approved For Statue Of MOTÖRHEAD Frontman LEMMY In His U.K. Birthplace

According to BBC News, plans to erect a statue of MOTÖRHEAD frontman Lemmy in the town where he was born have been approved. Lemmy was born Ian Kilmister in Burslem, one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, before he and his family moved to Newcastle-under-Lyme....

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SUM 41 Shares Music Video For New Single 'Waiting On A Twist Of Fate'

SUM 41 has shared a new single, "Waiting On A Twist Of Fate", taken from the Grammy-nominated band's upcoming final album, "Heaven :x: Hell". The second single from the double album's pop-punk "Heaven" side, "Waiting On A Twist Of Fate" harkens back to the earliest days of the band's pop punk roots....

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Fall

As standard bearers for Norwegian black metal's progressive wing, BORKNAGAR have always aimed higher than the vast majority of their contemporaries. Defiantly untraditional from the start, Øystein G. Brun's crew are approaching their 30th anniversary with increasing ambition and an almost total disr...