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METALLICA's Lyrics Are Focus Of New Book From College Philosophy Professor

ECW Press has set an April 19 release date for the book "The Meaning Of Metallica: Ride The Lyrics". Join William Irwin, a philosophy professor, literary critic and heavy metal scholar who teaches at King's College in Pennsylvania, as he traces the lyrical development of the "thinking man's" metal b...

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Life Of Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON To Be Celebrated With Virtual Event On What Would Have Been His 60th Birthday

The life of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton will be celebrated with "Cliff Burton Day" on what would have been his 60th birthday, February 10, at YouTube.com/GOMEZGRIP. A special live stream is scheduled for that day at 7 p.m. PST. The event will be emceed by Nicholas Gomez, with guests includin...

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Ex-TROUBLE Singer ERIC WAGNER: Lyric Video For Title Track Of Posthumous Solo Album Now Available

The official lyric video for "In The Lonely Light Of Mourning", the title track from former TROUBLE singer Eric Wagner's posthumous solo album, can be seen below. The song features a guest solo from PLACE OF SKULLS/ex-PENTAGRAM guitarist Victor Griffin. "The title track is lyrically foreboding music...

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AGNOSTIC FRONT's ROGER MIRET Opens Up About His Cancer Battle: 'I Was Not In A Good Place'

AGNOSTIC FRONT vocalist Roger Miret, who revealed last September that his cancer was in remission, offered an update on his health during a new appearance on the "Smokin Word" podcast, hosted by Hoya Roc from MADBALL. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I'm good now. But I was in a place...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On His Cancer Battle: 'I'm Still In Remission'

JUDAS PRIEST's Rob Halford says that his cancer is still in remission, two years after he was first diagnosed with the disease. On World Cancer Day, which is observed every year across the globe on February 4 to raise awareness about the deadly disease and its symptoms, the 70-year-old singer took t...

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Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON: ReAction Figure From Super7 Coming Next Week

Super7 will release a ReAction figure of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton on Thursday, February 10. Cliff was asked to join METALLICA in 1982 after the band saw him perform with his group at the time, TRAUMA. The bassist was not willing to move to Los Angeles, where METALLICA was based, so they d...

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Where Myth Becomes Memory

A consistently enlightened force for creative good in the UK's populous heavy music scene, ROLO TOMASSI have made a virtue of ignoring what everyone else is doing and following a singular path. Ostensibly borne of the hardcore scene, the Sheffield quintet embraced a liberated, come-one-come-all musi...

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MACHINE HEAD Completes Work On 'Colossal' New Album

MACHINE HEAD bassist Jared MacEachern has confirmed to Primordial Radio that the band has completed work on its new full-length album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Mixing and mastering is done. It is ready." According to MacEachern, "there is a frontrunner" for the title of the new...

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KORN, DISTURBED, BREAKING BENJAMIN And EVANESCENCE To Headline This Year's INKCARCERATION MUSIC & TATTOO FESTIVAL

After debuting a massive revamp of the festival grounds in 2021, Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival aims to make the 2022 edition the biggest one yet. Over the weekend of July 15-17, music fans will converge for three days of nonstop music, tattooing, haunted attractions, and more, all held...

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Late EXODUS Singer PAUL BALOFF Gets His Own ReAction Figure From Super7

Super7 has released a new Paul Baloff ReAction figure in honor of the late EXODUS frontman who passed away 20 years ago, on February 2, 2002. Official figure description: "This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Paul Baloff's death. Baloff personified the violent energy of the early San Francisco Ba...

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LIFE OF AGONY Cancels U.S. Shows After Two Members Test Positive For COVID-19

LIFE OF AGONY has canceled the remaining shows on its tour of the U.S. Northeast tour after singer Mina Caputo and drummer Veronica Bellino tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The concerts in Poughkeepsie, New York (February 2); Brooklyn, New York (Februar...

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Official RONNIE JAMES DIO Documentary 'Dio: Dreamers Never Die' To Receive World Premiere At This Year's SXSW Film Festival

"Dio: Dreamers Never Die", the career-spanning documentary on the life and times of the legendary rock icon Ronnie James Dio, will receive its world premiere at this year's SXSW Film Festival. This year, SXSW will take place in person in Austin, Texas from March 11 to March 20, with select films ava...

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JIZZY PEARL Has 'Mixed Feelings' About RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'If People Wanna Go See It, Then That's Okay'

QUIET RIOT singer Jizzy Pearl, whose JIZZY PEARL'S LOVE/HATE band opened for the "Dio Returns" tour in 2019, was asked in a new interview with the "Cobras & Fire" podcast for his take on the Ronnie James Dio hologram. "Dio Returns" featured a holographic image of the legendary metal singer perfo...

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TOBIAS FORGE Talks About Advantages Of Being GHOST's Leader And Primary Songwriter

In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, GHOST leader Tobias Forge was asked what the benefit is to being the primary songwriter in the band. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The good thing about that is since I don't play one role in a band wh...

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CLIFF BURTON Was 'So Nervous' When GEDDY LEE Came To See METALLICA Perform

As part of METALLICA's 40th-anniversary celebrations, the band's longtime photographer Ross Halfin was the subject of a 90-minute question-and-answer session with Steffan Chirazi, the editor of METALLICA's fan-club magazine So What!, on December 18, 2021 at Elk's Lodge in San Francisco, California....