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Former CHILDREN OF BODOM Members To Launch Bar And Band Museum

Three former members of CHILDREN OF BODOM — Jaska Raatikainen (drums),Henri "Henkka T. Blacksmith" Seppälä (bass) and Janne Wirman (keyboards) — have announced plans to open their own bar and a band museum. In addition to serving as an "unholy concoction of a hard rock café and a dive bar," Bodom B...

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Watch: GEOFF TATE Performs QUEENSRŸCHE's Entire 'Promised Land' Album At Belfast Concert

According to Eonmusic, a visibly emotional Geoff Tate performed QUEENSRŸCHE's "Promised Land" album in its entirety for the first time ever on Sunday night (August 28) in Belfast. While appearing at the intimate Limelight 2 venue in the Northern Ireland city, Tate broke down a number of times during...

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KINGDOM COME Recruits Drummer BLAS ELIAS While JAMES KOTTAK Is 'Recovering And Getting His Health Together'

According to Metal Sludge, KINGDOM COME has recruited Blas Elias (SLAUGHTER) to play drums for the band while James Kottak is "recovering and getting his health together." KINGDOM COME singer Keith St. John, who joined the band in 2018 as the replacement for original frontman Lenny Wolf, announced B...

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Watch Video Of ALEXI LAIHO's Newly Installed Gravestone

A short video of CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho's newly installed large gravestone can be seen below. The monument, the bottom of which features a line from the CHILDREN OF BODOM song "Kissing The Shadows" ("So together in peace we shall be"),was unveiled earlier this month at the Malmi Cem...

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KINGDOM COME's JAMES KOTTAK Says He Won't Join His Bandmates At Their Texas Shows: 'Don't Waste Your Time'

KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak says that he won't play with his bandmates at their upcoming concerts in Texas. In the early hours of Sunday morning (August 21),Kottak took to his Twitter to write: "I will not be at the Kingdom Come Plano or San Antonio shows so don't waste your time thanks jams...

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Nearly Two Years After His Death, ALEXI LAIHO Finally Gets A Gravestone

Nearly two years after his death, CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho finally got a gravestone. The one-and-a-half-meter-by-50-centimeter monument was unveiled earlier this month at the Malmi Cemetery, a large cemetery located in the Malmi district in Helsinki, Finland, where the 41-year-old musi...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman On Importance Of Small Music Venues: 'If You Kill That, Then You Kill The Future Of Rock And Roll'

Guitarist and vocalist Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE was interviewed by Janne Innanfors of the Rock Klassiker radio station when his band supported IRON MAIDEN on July 22 at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. One of the topics they discussed was that the fact that the pandemi...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's ZOLTAN BATHORY On 'AfterLife': 'This Is The Most Diverse Album That We've Ever Done'

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory spoke to Finland's Janne Vuorela about the band's mindset while working on its upcoming album, "AfterLife", which is due on August 19. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's our ninth record, so at this point everybody knows how we sound...

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DEMON HUNTER Shares New Song 'Silence The World' Featuring EVERGREY's TOM S. ENGLUND

DEMON HUNTER follows last month's "Freedom Is Dead" with a brand-new song, "Silence The World", featuring Tom S. Englund. Both tracks will appear on the band's 11th album, "Exile", due on September 9 via DEMON HUNTER's newly established label, Weapons MFG. "Mental health is all anyone wants to talk...

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MAX CAVALERA Looks Back On The Launch Of SOULFLY: 'There Was A Lot Of Pressure To Be Good'

By David E. Gehlke SOULFLY has a new studio album, "Totem", queued up and ready for release this August. But first, the Max Cavalera-led outfit is taking a brief detour back to their early days via "The Soul Remains Insane", a boxset that includes a 40-page book of photos and liner notes, the band's...

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Watch: MÖTLEY CRÜE's TOMMY LEE Throws Ribs Into The Crowd During Washington, D.C. Concert

MÖTLEY CRÜE's Tommy Lee threw ribs and beer into the crowd during last night's (Wednesday, June 22) "The Stadium Tour" concert at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. As was the case at the previous three shows of "The Stadium Tour", Lee once again defied doctor's orders — despite sustaining four brok...

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JAMES KOTTAK Denies Alcohol Played A Part In KINGDOM COME's Disastrous SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Performance

KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has denied that alcohol played a role in the band's disastrous performance at a Swedish festival earlier in the month. KINGDOM COME's June 10 appearance at Sweden Rock Festival was described by the popular Swedish site Rocknytt as the event's "biggest fuckup." Write...

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JAMES KOTTAK Is In The Throes Of 'Addiction', Says His Friend ROBBIE CRANE

Veteran bassist Robbie Crane has expressed his concern about the well-being of KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak whose band was widely lambasted for a disastrous performance at a Swedish festival over the weekend. KINGDOM COME's June 10 appearance at Sweden Rock Festival was described by the popular...

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KINGDOM COME Blasted For 'S**t' Performance At SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL: The Event's 'Biggest F***up'

KINGDOM COME has been blasted for its disastrous performance at the Sweden Rock Festival in Sölvesborg, Sweden, with one reviewer calling it the event's "biggest fuckup." KINGDOM COME's current lineup consists of drummer James Kottak alongside guitarists Danny Stag and Rick Steier, bassist Johnny B....

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DEMON HUNTER Announces 'Exile' Album Details, Shares 'Freedom Is Dead' Music Video

DEMON HUNTER will release a new studio album, "Exile", on September 9. The official Darren Craig-directed music video for the LP's first single, "Freedom Is Dead", can be seen below. "Exile" is the first-ever concept album by the 20-year metal veterans. Set in the aftermath of civilized society's co...