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DAVID ELLEFSON Finds His Joy And Happiness After MEGADETH: 'I Got A Little Too Famous And Got Too Much Press'

By David E. Gehlke David Ellefson survived his 2021 dismissal from MEGADETH after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist were posted on Twitter. Instead of obfuscating, Ellefson got out in front by taking legal action and talking to the press. While his actions wer...

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Watch: PHIL DEMMEL Plays First Concert With TESTAMENT At Germany's ROCK HARD FESTIVAL

Former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel played his first show with TESTAMENT last night (Saturday, May 27) at the Rock Hard Festival in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Demmel is filling in for TESTAMENT's regular lead guitarist Alex Skolnick, who is sitting out some of the band's spr...

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Watch: TESTAMENT Performs As Four-Piece At Opening Concert Of Spring 2023 European Tour

San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT performed as a four-piece at the kick-off concert of their European tour last night (Saturday, May 26) in Wiesbaden, Germany. The band played without lead guitarist Alex Skolnick who is sitting out some of TESTAMENT's spring/summer 2023 European tour dates...

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JUDAS PRIEST's RICHIE FAULKNER On TINA TURNER: 'Her Legend Will Live Forever'

JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner has paid tribute to Tina Turner. The pioneering rock singer passed away on Wednesday (May 24) after a long illness. She was 83 years old. Faulkner commented on Turner's death during an appearance Wednesday on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk". He said...

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MUDVAYNE's CHAD GRAY Shows Off New Chest Tattoo

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray has taken to social media to share photos of his newly completed chest and neck tattoos. The "duality of man" skulls on his chest and the HELLYEAH "Unden!able" eye on his neck were both done by Tony Kelly, a tattoo artist in in Punta Gorda, Florida. Chad wrot...

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Rockers Pay Tribute To 'Queen Of Rock 'N' Roll' TINA TURNER

David Coverdale (WHITESNAKE),Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH),Mick Jagger (THE ROLLING STONES),Peter Criss (KISS),David Draiman (DISTURBED) and Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE) are among the musicians who have reacted on social media to the death of Tina Turner. The pioneering rock singer passed away ea...

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Watch SEPULTURA Perform At Florida's WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival

The IFM RAW YouTube channel has uploaded video of SEPULTURA's May 20 performance at Welcome To Rockville at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Check out the clips below. SEPULTURA has joined forces with German thrash legends KREATOR for a North American co-headline tour,...

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SAVATAGE's CHRIS CAFFERY Plots Future Solo Material And New DOCTOR BUTCHER Album

By David E. Gehlke SAVATAGE recently returned to the metal news cycle thanks to founding member and frontman Jon Oliva's promises of new music and a final tour. SAVATAGE, of course, hasn't released an album since 2001's "Poets And Madman" and was last seen live at the 2015 installment of Wacken Open...

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EXODUS Cancels Spring/Summer 2023 European Tour

EXODUS has canceled its previously announced summer 2023 European tour so that guitarist Gary Holt can "tend to his family" after his brother was recently hospitalized in Italy. Charles Holt was on a solo vacation in Rome when suffered a broken femur after being struck by a taxi from behind. A short...

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EXTREME Announces Fall 2023 European Tour

EXTREME will embark on a European tour this fall. The 12-date trek will kick off on November 27 in Newcastle, U.K. and wrapping up on December 16 in Milan, Italy. Special guests LIVING COLOUR (who will also be supporting EXTREME on their U.S. and Australian shows) will appear on the U.K. leg of the...

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Go Inside METALLICA Pop-Up Store In Paris: Video, Photos

To celebrate METALLICA's two concerts at the Stade De France in Paris, France during the recently launched "M72" world tour, Cremerie De Paris had the honor to host a really cool pop-up store for the band's fans. In the two-minute video below, which was uploaded to the Cremerie De Paris YouTube chan...

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VIXEN's Music Video For Long-Awaited New Single Is 'Almost Done': 'It's A Kickass Song'

In a new interview with the Pat's Soundbytes Unplugged podcast, VIXEN bassist Julia Lage spoke about the status of new music from the band. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "VIXEN, we recorded a song — I can't say the name yet — but the video is pretty much almost ready. The song is re...

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Watch: MAX And IGOR CAVALERA Talk About Re-Recording SEPULTURA's 'Morbid Visions'

Last month Nuclear Blast announced the signing of CAVALERA, the project featuring SEPULTURA's founding members Max Cavalera (guitar, vocals) and Igor "Iggor" Cavalera (drums). The first release under the deal with be a re-recording of SEPULTURA's first EP "Bestial Devastation" (originally released i...

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Watch: SEVENDUST Forced To Cut Performance At SICK NEW WORLD Short Due To Onstage Power Outage

SEVENDUST was forced to cut its performance short at the Sick New World festival in Las Vegas due to an onstage power outage. The long-running Atlanta-based act kicked off what was apparently supposed to be a less-than-30-minute set on the "Sick Stage" at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday (May 13) and got throu...

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Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES And MARILYN MANSON Drummer BRANDON PERTZBORN Joins THE OFFSPRING

Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and MARILYN MANSON drummer Brandon Pertzborn has officially joined THE OFFSPRING. He made his live debut with the band last night (Thursday, May 11) at the Zielbau Arena in Winterthur, Switzerland. Earlier today, Brandon shared a few photos from last night's concert and he...