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Was DAVID ELLEFSON's Family Supportive In Wake Of Sex Video Scandal? He Responds

During an appearance Tuesday (October 19) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", David Ellefson opened up about his dismissal from MEGADETH five months ago, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist and a woman that is not his wife were posted...

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'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' Makers Commemorate Film's 35th Anniversary With Special Merchandise

On October 20, 1986, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", a 16-minute documentary filmed earlier that year that has become a grassroots cult classic, premiered at a performance space in Washington, D.C. And to commemorate its 35th year, the producers of the film — John Heyn and Jeff Krulik — have launched hmp...

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MIKE MANGINI Accepts That He Will Never Be Fully Embraced By 'A Small Group' Of DREAM THEATER Fans

During a new appearance on "The Everyman Podcast", DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini discussed the fact that he has yet to be embraced by a contingent of fans who pine for the days when Mike Portnoy was still in the band. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We're under a microscope to th...

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DREAM THEATER Keyboardist Says First Two Singles From 'A View From The Top Of The World' Are Not Fully Representative Of Album

DREAM THEATER keyboardist Jordan Rudess spoke to "The Chuck Schute Podcast" about the band's upcoming album, "A View From The Top Of The World", which is due on October 22. Speaking about whether the first two singles from the LP, "Invisible Monster" and "The Alien", are representative of the whole...

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AUGUST BURNS RED Drops Brand New Song 'Vengeance'

Lancaster, Pennsylvania's AUGUST BURNS RED has released a new song called "Vengeance". "Earlier this year, we set out to write a standalone single that was fast, heavy, and concise," the band says. "'Vengeance' is that song. It's ABR at our most raw." Regarding the song's incredibly current subject...

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Watch MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Discuss His New Memoir, 'The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx'

A new four-minute video in which MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx discusses his upcoming memoir, "The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx", can be seen below. Due on October 19 via Hachette Books, the book is edited by executive editor Brant Rumble, who acquired world rights in a deal with Chris Nilsson...

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ROB HALFORD Is Having 'A Lot Of Fun' Making His Debut Blues Solo Album

Rob Halford says that he is having "a lot of fun" working on his debut blues solo album. The JUDAS PRIEST singer is collaborating with the same team that assisted him during the making of his 2019 Christmas LP "Celestial", including his brother Nigel and his nephew Alex (son of PRIEST bassist Ian Hi...

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HENRY ROLLINS Announces 2022 'Good To See You' Spoken-Word Tour

Henry Rollins has announced the 2022 "Good To See You" spoken-word tour. The trek will see the punk rock icon "faithfully recount the events of his life in the brief pre-COVID period since the last tour and when things got even stranger over the last several months," according to a statement announc...

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TESTAMENT, EXODUS And DEATH ANGEL: U.S. Leg Of 'The Bay Strikes Back Tour' Postponed To April/May 2022

The North American leg of "The Bay Strikes Back Tour" featuring TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL has been postponed to 2022. "We were really on the fence with this decision," says TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson. "But seeing other bands make it through with a few mild cases and other bigger bands...

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KISS Shares Previously Unreleased 'Acoustic Mix' Of 'Beth' From 45th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Destroyer'

KISS has just shared "Beth (Acoustic Mix)", the first previously unreleased track from "KISS - Destroyer 45th". The original album version of "Beth" was released in 1976 and reached No. 7 on Billboard's Hot 100. For the new acoustic mix of "Beth", the original recorded acoustic guitar track was take...

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Watch BRET MICHAELS Perform POISON Classics At Orlando Hotel Lobby

On Friday, September 24, POISON frontman Bret Michaels played an intimate concert the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel at Universal in Orlando, Florida as part of the "Velvet Sessions" series. Fan-filmed video footage of the show can be seen below. As a reality TV star, Michaels has appeared in an exten...

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EXODUS's TOM HUNTING Opens Up About His Cancer Battle: 'I Wouldn't Recommend It For Anybody'

EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting joined HELLHUNTER on stage last Saturday night (September 18) at Thee Parkside in San Francisco, California to play the classic EXODUS song "Metal Command". The concert was a benefit event for the 56-year-old musician, who performed live for the first time since undergoing...

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GENE SIMMONS Sells Beverly Hills Mansion For $16 Million

According to TMZ, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has sold his Los Angeles mansion for $16 million. Last fall, Simmons put the Beverly Hills house on the market for $22 million. He later relisted it for $25 million after it never sold and he reportedly invested a lot of money in making improvemen...

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COREY TAYLOR On His COVID-19 Battle: It Was 'The Sickest I've Ever Been In My Life'

Corey Taylor said that his breakthrough case of COVID-19 produced symptoms that made him "the sickest" he had ever been in his life, and he credited the vaccine for keeping him out of the hospital. The 47-year-old SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer, who is fully vaccinated, was forced to call off his ap...

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Infernum In Terra

Miserable times demand a miserable response, and A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH have firmly established themselves as the correct men for the job. With both LIFE OF AGONY and TYPE O NEGATIVE in his creative past, APHND mastermind Sal Abruscato has little to prove at this point, but over the course of a de...