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HALESTORM Guitarist: 'If Music Was A City, Rock Would Be Down In The Ghetto'

HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale and guitarist Joe Hottinger spoke to Primordial Radio's "Binge Thinking" podcast about the fact that the mainstream media seems to be ignoring new rock music. Joe said: "If music was a city, rock would be down in the ghetto; nobody really pays attention to us down here...

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SATYRICON Drummer Believes Veganism Is 'The Future'

Drummer Kjetil-Vidar "Frost" Haraldstad of Norwegian black metallers SATYRICON spoke to Canal Metal about his appreciation for good food and his recent adoption of a mostly vegan diet. He said (see video below): "If you have started to appreciate quality in arts, like music or otherwise, it is not t...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE/Ex-SCAR THE MARTYR Singer HENRY DEREK ELIS To Release 'The Devil Is My Friend' Solo Album

Tragic themes and a folk-tinged southern gothic Americana sound form the basis of "The Devil Is My Friend", the haunting full-length solo debut by Henry Derek Elis (a.k.a. Henry Derek Bonner; ACT OF DEFIANCE, SCAR THE MARTYR),with contributions from Aubrey Richmond and John Schreffler Jr. (Shooter...

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TOM HUNTING Says EXODUS 'Would Like' To Record New Album Next Summer

EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting is hoping to enter the studio next summer to begin recording the band's follow-up to 2014's "Blood In Blood Out" album. Although it was originally reported that the veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers would go into the studio in October 2017 to work on the new effort,...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Says Being A Good Frontman Is About 'Energy Management'

IRON MAIDEN vocalist Bruce Dickinson recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine about his upcoming speaking tour of the country. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what to expect from his upcoming Australian speaking tour:...

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METALLICA: Pro-Shot Footage Of 'Cyanide' Performance From Madison

METALLICA kicked off the 2018/2019 U.S. leg of the "WorldWired" arena tour this past Sunday night (September 2) at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. It marked the band's first visit to Madison since 2004 and first-ever appearance in the Kohl Center. Professionally filmed video footage of the "C...

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METALLICA Kicks Off North American Leg Of 'WorldWired' Tour In Madison: Setlist, Video

METALLICA kicked off the 2018/2019 U.S. leg of the "WorldWired" arena tour last night (Sunday, September 2) at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. It marked the band's first visit to Madison since 2004 and first-ever appearance in the Kohl Center. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Hardwired...

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'American Idol' Winner CALEB JOHNSON To Tour With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA This Winter

Vocalist Caleb Johnson, who won the thirteenth season of the television singing competition series "American Idol" in 2014, will join the eastern touring troupe of TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA on their annual winter tour this year, which kicks off November 14 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. As a contestant on...

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METALLICA Teams With NIXON For Watch Collaboration

Nixon has announced a collaboration with one of the original sideways thinkers: iconic rock band METALLICA. The hardcore collection, which includes eight watches plus one limited edition, was born of long-shared mutual respect for upstarts who buck the system and wind up changing it for good. Nixon...

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DISTURBED Frontman Says Half Of 'Evolution' Album Is 'Very, Very Different'

Adam Kane of Winnipeg radio station CITI-FM recently conducted an interview with DISTURBED frontman David Draiman about the band's forthcoming album, "Evolution". You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On "Evolutio...

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MOTOR SISTER Feat. ANTHRAX, FATES WARNING, Ex-WHITE ZOMBIE Members: Second Album In The Works

On September 8, rock supergroup MOTOR SISTER — featuring Jim Wilson (MOTHER SUPERIOR),Scott Ian (ANTHRAX),Pearl Aday (Scott's wife and daughter of actor/musician Meat Loaf),Joey Vera (ARMORED SAINT, FATES WARNING) and John Tempesta (THE CULT) — will appear at Molly Malone's in Los Angeles for a s...

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ABORTED: Lyric Video For 'TerrorVision' Title Track

ABORTED's new album, "TerrorVision", will be released on September 21 via Century Media Records. The artwork was created by Pär Olofsson (EXODUS, IMMOLATION, IMMORTAL). The official lyric video for the "TerrorVision" title track can be seen below. Comments ABORTED frontman Sven De Caluwé: "This song...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Bassist On 'Rainier Fog' Album: 'I Love This Record; It's One Of My Favorites'

United Rock Nations conducted an interview with ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney at last month's Hellfest in Clisson, France. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about ALICE IN CHAINS' upcoming album, "Rainier Fog", Mike said: "It's a cool record. Records are like sig...

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My Midnight Things

If you've followed LIZZY BORDEN since the "Give 'Em the Axe" EP, you've learned to come prepared for the unexpected. As one of the L.A. metal scene's most ferocious acts, nobody was prepared for the lighter direction taken on 1987's "Visual Lies". The ""Master of Disguise" album two years later prov...

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The Wolf Bites Back

It is inevitable that any British heavy metal band with even a hint of stoner rock or doom metal leanings will have the name of BLACK SABBATH invoked in press descriptions. And yes, there are many musical parallels — both in terms of style and songcraft — that can be drawn from veteran rockers ORANG...