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MAX PORTNOY's NEXT TO NONE: 'The Apple' Video

The official video for the song "The Apple" from the Pennsylvania-based metal act NEXT TO NONE, featuring drummer Max Portnoy (son of former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy),can be seen below. The track is taken from NEXT TO NONE's second album, "Phases", which will be released on July 7 through...

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MAX PORTNOY's NEXT TO NONE To Release 'Phases' Album In July

Pennsylvania-based metal act NEXT TO NONE, featuring drummer Max Portnoy (son of former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy),will release its second album, "Phases", on July 7 through EMP Label Group in North America, and InsideOut Music in Europe. The band recently completed its first ever European...

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TESLA, QUEENSRŸCHE, LITA FORD, WINGER, DORO, KIX Set For 2018 MONSTERS OF ROCK CRUISE

Details for the eighth annual Monsters Of Rock Cruise have been announced. Departing out of Miami, Florida, the five-day/five-night full ship charter cruise will set sail February 11-16 aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas (a new ship for Monsters Of Rock) and visiting two new ports: Falmo...

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SYMPHONY X Drummer JASON RULLO Launches New Trio

Jason Rullo, drummer for the progressive metal band SYMPHONY X, has put together a new project that will showcase some other aspects of his drumming. The trio's debut release will be an instrumental fusion CD, with elements of rock, jazz, Latin and even some metal. A GoFundMe campaign has been launc...

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OVERKILL Joined By SHADOWS FALL And FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Drummer JASON BITTNER

Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have announced the addition of drummer Jason Bittner (SHADOWS FALL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM) to the group's ranks. Even though Ron Lipnicki had been part of OVERKILL's lineup for more than a decade, the drummer was absent from the band's last few tours, with OVERKI...

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MR. BIG: Producer KEVIN ELSON Is 'Getting Amazing Sounds' For 'Defying Gravity Album

MR. BIG is continuing work on its new album, "Defying Gravity", tentatively due this fall via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2014's "...The Stories We Could Tell" is being produced by Kevin Elson, who helmed all of MR. BIG's early LPs, including "Mr. Big" (1989),"Lean Into It" (1991) and "Bu...

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Former DARK ANGEL Singer DON DOTY Debuts New Lineup Of ELIMINATE At RAGE OF ARMAGEDDON (Video)

The new lineup of ELIMINATE, the band featuring former DARK ANGEL singer Don Doty, made its live debut on April 8 at the Rage Of Armageddon festival in Brooklyn, New York. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. ELIMINATE performs material from the first two DARK ANGEL albums, "We...

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RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL: 'The Relationship Is Over' Between Me And GUNS N' ROSES

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal says that he left the Axl Rose-fronted outfit three years ago because he felt like he had contributed everything that he possibly could as a performer. Thal never officially announced his departure from the GN'R, but a source confirmed to Detroit...

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MR. BIG Recording 'Defying Gravity' Album With Producer KEVIN ELSON

MR. BIG has set "Defying Gravity" as the title of its new album, tentatively due this fall via Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up to 2014's "...The Stories We Could Tell" is being produced by Kevin Elson, who helmed all of MR. BIG's early LPs, including "Mr. Big" (1989),"Lean Into It" (1991) and "B...

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JOHN MOYER Says It Won't Take DISTURBED Four Years To Release Next Studio Album

DISTURBED bassist John Moyer spoke to Metal Wani about the band's plan to release a new acoustic record which will include brand new material as well as reworked versions of songs from the group's catalog. According to Moyer, an acoustic EP now could capitalize on the success DISTURBED has had with...

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SCOTT STAPP Says He Felt SCOTT WEILAND's Presence On Tour Bus

According to The Pulse Of Radio, ART OF ANARCHY frontman Scott Stapp has revealed in a new interview with GQ that he felt the presence of late STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and brief ART OF ANARCHY singer Scott Weiland on the tour bus on which Weiland died, which Stapp later used for his own solo tour. ...

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KING KOBRA had the world to gain and had it, almost. The band had drumming veteran Carmine Appice for a leader. It had an arsenal buffered by fleeting future stars: guitarist Mick Sweda in BULLETBOYS, bassist Johnny Rod in W.A.S.P. and guitarist David Michael-Phillips (aka David Henzerling) who lat...

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RUSH's GEDDY LEE Joins YES For 'Roundabout' ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Performance

RUSH's Geddy Lee joined members of YES on stage at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony to perform the song "Roundabout". For the first time in well over a decade, founding YES frontman Jon Anderson took the stage alongside current YES members Steve Howe and Alan White, as well as forme...

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Former GUNS N' ROSES Guitarist RON 'BUMBLEFOOT' THAL: 'Rock Will Never Die'

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist and current ART OF ANARCHY guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal says he believes "rock will never die as long as people want to physically make music, and people, I don't think, will ever stop wanting to do that." Asked by music journalist Anne Erickson with Audio Ink Radio...

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IRON MAIDEN Drummer NICKO MCBRAIN Gets In Cockpit With NHRA Funny Car Driver ALEXIS DEJORIA

IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain made a trip to the 2017 Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway to visit Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria and get his Nitro Fix prior to the team's first test run. NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom spoke to McBrain at the event and filed the report below. McBra...