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TRIUMPH Members Reunite For RIK EMMETT's New Album

According to Melodic Rock, Rik Emmett will be rejoined by his bandmates in TRIUMPH, bassist Mike Levine and drummer Gil Moore, on three songs on the vocalist/guitarist's upcoming album, to be released later in the year. The collaboration will mark the first new music from the original TRIUMPH lineup...

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SLIPKNOT Guitarist MICK THOMSON Joins JACKSON Family

Jackson has announced a forceful new addition to its stellar artist roster in SLIPKNOT lead guitarist Mick Thomson. Thomson's arrival heralds the induction of one of metal's most successful and revered players into the Jackson fold. "Jackson is exceptionally honored to have Mick Thomson joining our...

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SAMMY HAGAR Donates $100,000 To Children's Hospital In San Francisco

Legendary rocker Sammy Hagar has delivered a check for $100,000 to the Pediatric Cancer Program at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco. The money was raised in May at Hagar's Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. He was joined at the show by John Mayer, James...

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SLASH Finds It 'Surreal' That GUNS N' ROSES Is Back Together

Slash says that "everybody's really getting along great" on GUNS N' ROSES' stadium tour, but admits to finding it "surreal" that the reunited band is back on the road after more than twenty years. The "Not In This Lifetime" trek, which kicked off on June 23 at Ford Field in Detroit, features classic...

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ACCEPT Guitarist WOLF HOFFMANN: Official Video For 'Night On Bald Mountain' Song

ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has just released his second solo album, titled "Headbangers Symphony", via Nuclear Blast. The official video for the song "Night On Bald Mountain" can be seen below. Wolf Hoffmann has a passion. His life-long love and dedication to heavy metal music is documented in d...

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FRAGILE MORTALS Feat. Ex-EXODUS Frontman ROB DUKES, DARRYL 'DMC' MCDANIELS: 'Fired Up' Single Teaser

FRAGILE MORTALS, the new band that combines hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (RUN-D.M.C.) with the metal group GENERATION KILL — featuring vocalist Rob Dukes (ex-EXODUS) and bassist Rob Moschetti (ex-PRO-PAIN, M.O.D.) — will release its debut single, "Fired Up", on July 4, followed by another t...

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SKILLET: 'Feel Invincible' Video Released

SKILLET's video for the song "Feel Invincible" can be seen below. The track is the first single from their new album, "Unleashed", which will be released on August 5 via Atlantic. The 12-track follow-up to 2013's "Rise", a year in the making, is currently available for pre-order via all digital reta...

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DISTURBED Is 'Honored' To Raise Awareness About Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Community

DISTURBED last month allowed dancers Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd to use the band's version of SIMON & GARFUNKEL's "The Sound Of Silence" as the music for their freestyle dance on an episode of "Dancing With The Stars". The pair used the track after DiMarco, who is deaf, penned a letter to t...

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MORBID ANGEL Scheduling Studio Return

Death metal veterans MORBID ANGEL are preparing to enter the studio to begin work on their first album since the departure of bassist/vocalist David Vincent and return of Steve Tucker. Vincent confirmed a year ago that he was no longer working with MORBID ANGEL guitarist Trey Azagthoth. His announce...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Says MEGADETH's New Touring Drummer DIRK VERBEUREN Is A 'World-Class' Musician

On May 29, Josh Guerra of Austin Underground conducted an interview with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson at this year's River City Rockfest in San Antonio, Texas. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the addition to MEGADETH's touring lineup of SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who steppe...

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TESTAMENT Sets Release Date For 'The Brotherhood Of The Snake' Album

San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans TESTAMENT have set an October 28 release date for their new album, "The Brotherhood Of The Snake". Guitarist Eric Peterson told Metal Maniac about the new disc (see video below): "It's finished — recorded, done — and it's now on its way to [British producer] And...

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DREAM THEATER's JOHN PETRUCCI Collaborates With ERNIE BALL MUSIC MAN On JP16 Guitar

Ernie Ball Music Man, one of the world's premier guitar, bass and amplifier manufacturers, announced the JP16, a brand new guitar designed in collaboration with acclaimed guitarist John Petrucci. Named by Guitar World magazine as one of the greatest guitar players of all time, Petrucci is a founding...

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WILLIAM DUVALL Discusses ALICE IN CHAINS' Plans For Rest Of 2016

ALICE IN CHAINS singer/guitarist William DuVall was interviewed earlier this week by the Flint, Michigan radio station Banana 101.5. You can now listen to the chat in two parts below. Speaking about ALICE IN CHAINS' current tour, which includes several dates as the support act for GUNS N' ROSES, Wil...

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ROBERT TRUJILLO Had Fun Recording METALLICA's New Album

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo spoke to So What!, the magazine of The Metallica Club (usually known as Metclub),the official METALLICA fan club, about the progress of the recording sessions for the band's long-awaited follow-up to 2008's "Death Magnetic" album. He said: "I can say James [Hetfiel...

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TRIVIUM Bassist Is Optimistic About Where Streaming Will Take Music

Austria's Mulatschag TV recently conducted an interview with bassist Paolo Gregoletto of Florida metallers TRIVIUM. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how streaming has changed the way an increasing number of people now listen to music and the way it has affected record sales, Paolo sa...