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Watch: GENE SIMMONS Kicks Off Summer 2024 European Solo Tour At Finland's KUOPIOROCK Festival

Gene Simmons and his solo band kicked off their summer 2024 European tour on Saturday, July 27 at the Kuopiorock festival in Kuopio, Finland. Fan-filmed video of the entire performance can be seen below. Featured songs: 00:00 Are You Ready 05:15 I Love it Loud (KISS cover) 12:53 Ace Of Spades (MOTÖR...

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VOIVOD Gets Standing Ovation At World Premiere Of 'We Are Connected' Documentary: Video, Photos

VOIVOD's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", received its world premiere last night (Monday, July 29) at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Video and photos of VOIVOD's appearance at the event can be seen below (video courtesy of The Metal Voice)...

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AREJAY HALE Hopes To Release Next HALESTORM Album In 2025

During an appearance on the latest episode of The VORTX Podcast with host Ethan Jackson, HALESTORM drummer Arejay Hale was asked when fans can expect to hear new music from the band. Arejay responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm hoping next year… We always say the same thing. It's, lik...

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VOIVOD's Official Documentary To Receive World Premiere At Montreal's FANTASIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

VOIVOD's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", will receive its world premiere tonight (Monday, July 29) at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Quebec. Canada. "We Are Connected" dives deep into the 40-plus-year legacy of one of the most original and influential me...

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Watch: TED NUGENT Performs At 2024 York State Fair

Fan-filmed video of Ted Nugent's July 28 performance at the York State Fair on the Bobcat Of York Grandstand Stage in York, Pennsylvania can be seen below. In 2023, the now-75-year-old outspoken conservative rocker completed his "Adios Mofo '23" farewell tour. The trek saw him backed by his most rec...

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Watch: Ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist JASON HOOK Performs 'Burn MF' With His New Band FLAT BLACK

Fan-filmed video of FLAT BLACK, the band formed by ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook, performing the FFDP song "Burn MF" live on July 26 at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, Maine can be seen below. FLAT BLACK's debut album, "Dark Side Of The Brain", was released on July 19 via Fea...

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ALL THAT REMAINS Singer PHIL LABONTE: 'Without KORN, I Don't Think You'd Get Deathcore Bands That You Have Today'

During an appearance on the latest episode of the Joshua Toomey Interviews podcast, ALL THAT REMAINS frontman Phil Labonte discussed KORN's unmistakable influence on the metal scene, particularly how the latter band's 1994 debut album introduced important staples of the nu-metal subgenre that have r...

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Watch: BUTCHER BABIES Play First Concert Since Singer CARLA HARVEY's Exit

Fan-filmed video of BUTCHER BABIES's July 27 performance at the Stonehenge festival in Steenwijk, The Netherlands can be seen below. The gig marked the band's first live appearance since the official departure of BUTCHER BABIES' co-founding co-vocalist Carla Harvey. The band announced Harvey's exit...

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Watch: JERRY CANTRELL Performs New Single 'Vilified' Live For First Time

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell performed his new solo single, "Vilified", live for the first time on Friday (July 26) at the opening concert of his tour with BUSH and CANDLEBOX at Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, Oregon. Jerry's setlist for the show was as follows: 01. Brighten 02. Vilif...

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JOE SATRIANI Prepared For 'Best Of All Worlds' Tour By Watching Videos Of Other Guitarists Playing EDDIE VAN HALEN's Parts

During an appearance on Thursday's (July 25) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Joe Satriani spoke about his participation in Sammy Hagar's summer 2024 tour, which kicked off on July 13 at the 20,000-capacity iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida. For "The Bes...

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ALICE IN CHAINS' JERRY CANTRELL Announces 'I Want Blood' Solo Album, Shares 'Vilified' Single

ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell will release a new solo album, "I Want Blood", on October 18 via Double J Music. "This record is a serious piece of work. It's a motherfucker," Cantrell says of the collection. "It's hard, no doubt, and completely unlike 'Brighten'. And that's what you want,...

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TESTAMENT's CHUCK BILLY Says Seeing KISS In 1970s Changed His Life

On a recent episode of the "Talk Louder" podcast, hosted by veteran music journalist "Metal Dave" Glessner and lifelong hard rock/metal vocalist Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS),TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy was asked what album or concert or TV appearance had such a big impression on him that it go...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's ANDY JAMES: 'I Do My Job, I Turn Up' And I'm Not 'An A**hole'

British musician Andy James, who joined FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in 2020 as the replacement for the band's longtime guitarist Jason Hook, spoke about how he landed the gig during a recent chat with Andertons Music Co. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "A couple of years prior to this happ...

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JOHN BUSH Has Some 'Newer Ideas' About How He Can Celebrate His Era Of ANTHRAX On Tour

In a brand new interview with Eonmusic, former ANTHRAX and current ARMORED SAINT frontman John Bush was once again asked whether he is still open to the idea of embarking on a special tour — either with the current ANTHRAX band or with a specially chosen set of musician friends — during which he wou...

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Category 7

If you want metal, CATEGORY 7 have got it. As much as it often pays to avoid using the word 'supergroup', this meeting of veteran minds can hardly be described in any other way. Formed by certified guitar legends Phil Demmel (KERRY KING / ex-MACHINE HEAD) and Mike Orlando (SONIC UNIVERSE / ex-ADRENA...