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GENE HOGLAN Hopes DARK ANGEL Will Release New Studio Album In 2020

Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with drummer Gene Hoglan of veteran thrashers DARK ANGEL. You can listen to the entire chat via the Spreaker widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how DARK ANGEL's 2013 reunion came about: Gene: "It had...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JUSTIN FOLEY Says Touring With IRON MAIDEN Was 'Really Inspiring'

Jimmy Kay of The Metal Voice conducted an interview with drummer Justin Foley of Massachusetts metallers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE at this year's Heavy Montreal festival. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's forthcoming studio...

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K.K. DOWNING Says Fans Should Take Time To Listen To Interviews, Not Just React To Misleading Headlines

In a brand new interview with "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon", original JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing was asked if he regrets leaving the group eight years ago. He responded: "I don't know. As I said before, everybody has the perception that PRIEST is a massive band and that, but in reality, so m...

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BUSH And LIVE Add Fall 2019 Dates To 'Alt-Imate Tour'

By popular demand, seminal rock bands LIVE and BUSH are adding fall dates to their acclaimed "Alt-Imate Tour", which Billboard raved about as a night when the two bands "roar through the classics." The high-powered co-headline run sees these two iconic acts celebrating the 25th anniversary of their...

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VIVIAN CAMPBELL Doubts DEF LEPPARD Will Record Full-Length Album In 2020

"Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" recently conducted an interview with DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what the focus will be for DEF LEPPARD's forthcoming Las Vegas residency: V...

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DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Was Asked To Play With TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA After MEGADETH Disbanded In 2002

Shortly after MEGADETH disbanded in early 2002 due to a severe arm injury suffered by frontman Dave Mustaine, bassist David Ellefson says he was approached by then-MEGADETH lead guitarist Al Pitrelli to play with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA. Although Ellefson turned the gig down, it apparently taught h...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE: 'If You Want To Meet A Crazy Rock Chick, Come To Our Show'

In a recent interview with Cameron Buchholtz of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma radio station Rock 100.5 The KATT, HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale spoke about how the touring cycle for the band's 2018 album, "Vicious", has seen an influx of females attending the group's live shows. "It's been awesome,"...

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DEVILDRIVER Guitarist On Group's Forthcoming Album: 'This Is The Most Happy I've Ever Been With Any Record'

Prior to DEVILDRIVER's July 19 performance in Sioux City, Iowa, guitarist Mike Spreitzer spoke with Jeremy Lafrentz of Backstage Entertainment. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On when the group's forthcoming record will be released...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says VIO-LENCE Is Taking 'Delicate' Approach To Reunion: 'We're Still Kind Of Feeling Each Other Out'

VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel (formerly of MACHINE HEAD) recently spoke with Australia's Heavy magazine about the group's upcoming tour of the continent. The full conversation an be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the resurrection of VIO-LENCE and upc...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR On His New Mask: 'The Fact That It Pisses So Many People Off Is Icing On The Cake'

Corey Taylor says that "it's been fascinating" to see the reactions to his new SLIPKNOT mask. SLIPKNOT's new costumes were unveiled in May to coincide with the band's appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Corey worked on his new mask with special effects legend Tom Savini, whose extensive career in the...

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Rewind, Replay, Rebound

The primary strength of Copenhagen rockers VOLBEAT — dating back to their 2005 debut, "The Strength / The Sound / The Songs" — has been their ability to juggle multiple different songwriting angles within their sound. The band's road to their modern wave of popularity has been a long and winding one...

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Watch RATT Perform In Sacramento

Fan-filmed video footage of RATT's August 2 performance at Ace Of Spades in Sacramento, California can be seen below. RATT singer Stephen Pearcy and bassist Juan Croucier recently confirmed that the band is planning to release new music in 2020. "It's natural for us to, obviously, record," Croucier...

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Oscillation

When the term "post-rock" was first coined, the records it sought to describe were invariably of a groundbreaking nature: albums by SLINT, TORTOISE, BARK PSYCHOSIS and others purposefully abandoned the usual rules of rock 'n' roll in favor of a sustained quest to imagine guitar-based music as someth...

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STEVE HARRIS Hopes To Release Second BRITISH LION Album By November

Steve Harris says that he is hoping to release BRITISH LION's next studio album before the end of the year. The MAIDEN bassist's hard rock side-project already has its second opus in the can and has been performing select cuts from it during recent tour dates. Meanwhile, MAIDEN recently launched the...

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PHILIP ANSELMO Says Plea For Him To Perform PANTERA Songs 'Became Irresistible' After VINNIE PAUL's Death

Philip Anselmo spoke to Revolver about his decision to play a number of PANTERA songs during the current European tour with his solo band, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS. "We were about a month out from touring [the second ILLEGALS album, 'Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue'] when Vince Paul [Abb...