In a new interview with Collider, Lars Ulrich was asked whom he would like to see play him in a hypothetical METALLICA biopic. He laughed and said: "Yeah, well, they'd need a five-foot-seven, small, balding… I mean, we sort of joke about this all the time. We used to have kind ...

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Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp will celebrate Labor Day with a "Labor Day Open House Party!" starting at 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. EDT today (Monday, September 7). Just sign up for your free ticket and you will receive a Zoom link to the event one hour before the class ...

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In a brand new interview with "The Hardcore Humanism With Dr. Mike" podcast, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe offered his perspective on the well-known downside of social media, which is the addiction it creates. "This is one thing that worries me for the younger generation, who are raised with these ...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's North American tour with PAPA ROACH, I PREVAIL and ICE NINE KILLS has officially been canceled. The trek was originally set to take place this past spring before being rescheduled for the fall due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. Earlier today, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH released the ...

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KISS frontman Gene Simmons has praised Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and his biotech startup Neuralink, saying it "will help millions of people." On Friday (August 28), Musk unveiled a pig called Gertrude with a coin-sized computer chip in her brain to demonstrate his ambitious plans to create a working brain-to-machine interface. "It's kind ...

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The second instalment of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's greatest-hits collection, "A Decade Of Destruction - Volume 2", is now available for pre-order on CD, orange double vinyl, plus pre-release exclusive purple double vinyl and pre-release exclusive white double vinyl from Better Noise Music. "A Decade Of Destruction - Volume 2" includes four previously unreleased tracks: ...

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DED has shared the brand new song "Parasite". It serves as another taste of what's to come on the band's upcoming sophomore effort, the details of which will be revealed soon. "This is a straight-up DED track," says frontman Joe Cotela. "I think this will be a live fan favorite in the future once concerts ...

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DEF LEPPARD vocalist Joe Elliott, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody are among the musicians who are featured on the new version of the SIXX:A.M. song "Maybe It's Time". The track is the cornerstone of an industry-wide initiative to draw attention to the opioid ...

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James Hetfield's METALLICA bandmates have opened up to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about what it was like seeing him re-enter a treatment program to work on his recovery from alcohol addiction. The METALLICA frontman went back to rehab last September, forcing the postponement of the band's tour of Australia and New ...

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DEF LEPPARD vocalist Joe Elliott, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody are among the musicians who are featured on the new version of the SIXX:A.M. song "Maybe It's Time", to be released on Friday (August 21) as part of the Artists For Recovery project. ...

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Geezer Butler (BLACK SABBATH), Biff Byford (SAXON), Gilby Clarke (GUNS N' ROSES), David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Frank Bello (ANTHRAX), Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), Stephen Perkins (JANE'S ADDICTION) and Andrew Freeman (LAST IN LINE) are among the rockers who have reacted on social media to the passing of iconic bass player Pete Way. The founder of UFO, WAYSTED ...

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Las Vegas-based metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are currently on the set of new horror movie "The Retaliators", filming their parts and recording a music video for the film soundtrack. In other news, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is celebrating yet another achievement in its career by winning the prestigious "Best Live Act" award at tonight's ...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has released an official lyric video for "This Is War", a song from the band's latest album, "F8". "F8" was released in February. The follow-up to 2018's "And Justice For None" capped a turbulent period for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH in which singer Ivan Moody finally got sober after a near-fatal ...

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CONQUER DIVIDE, the all-female metal band formerly signed to Artery, has returned with a brand new video and song, "Chemicals". The group said in a statement: "We know everyone's been dying to hear what we've been up to, and the short answer is that we had just taken a bit of a break to focus ...

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"And Justice For None" (2018), the seventh studio album from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH, was officially certified gold on July 31 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for sales in excess of half a million copies. The RIAA developed its gold and platinum awards program in 1958 to honor ...

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JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford has finished recording the audiobook version of his autobiography, "Confess". "Confess" will arrive on September 29 via Hachette Books. Pre-orders are now available at Amazon. On Wednesday (August 5), Halford shared a photo of him in a recording booth, and he captioned it: "'Confess audio book ...

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JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell and his wife Etty Farrell talked to METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich as part of Lollapalooza's Lolla2020, a free four-night broadcast event which took place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival, Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how he ...

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"Saigon Metalhood", an hour-long documentary which follows three generations of Vietnamese metalheads through the origins of heavy metal in Vietnam to the current struggles of today's scene, is now available for streaming on Amazon and Vimeo. Grizzled Saigonese rock legend Trung Thanh Sago got his start as a teen shredding for U.S. soldiers in the ...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's 2015 album, "Got Your Six", has been certified silver in the United Kingdom for equivalent sales of 60,000 units. The platinum, gold and silver certifications awarded by the British Phonographic Industry in recognition of sales milestones have included audio streaming data since June 2015, with 1,000 streams ...

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JANE'S ADDICTION played two songs during Lollapalooza's Lolla2020 livestream, a free four-night broadcast event taking place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival. On Saturday night, singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Chris Chaney reunited for their first public appearance in three years to perform "I Would For You" ...

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Bionic Buzz spoke to JANE'S ADDICTION and PORNO FOR PYROS drummer Stephen Perkins about how he ended up playing additional percussion on the song "Know Your Enemy" from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE's classic self-titled debut album in 1992. He said: "Tom Morello [RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist] had a band called ...

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TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy spoke to Australia's Riff Crew about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. He said (hear audio below): "We're trying to salvage the dates that we had had booked for this year to support the [latest TESTAMENT] ...

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Better Noise Films has released the first trailer to Bridget Smith's feature film "Sno Babies". The film, produced by Allen Kovac, Mike Walsh and Michael Lombardi, stars Katie Kelly ("Game Of Silence"), Paola Andino ("Queen Of The South"), Michael Lombardi ("Rescue Me"), Evangeline Young ("The Good Wife") and Joanne Baron ("This Is Us"). "Sno Babies" ...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Charlie "The Engine" Engen says that he has seen a "crazy change" in singer Ivan Moody since he was named the replacement for FIVE FINGER's original drummer, Jeremy Spencer, in the fall of 2018. Moody became sober in March 2018 after publicly struggling with alcohol addiction and nearly dying at ...

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Joe Satriani has released an animated video for "Yesterday's Yesterday", a song off his latest album, "Shapeshifting". The clip was directed by Joe's son, ZZ Satriani, who also shot and directed the last video from "Shapeshifting", "Nineteen Eighty", in addition to filming, editing, directing and producing the critically acclaimed Satriani documentary film "Beyond The Supernova". ...

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KORN has released a cover of THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND classic "The Devil Went Down To Georgia", featuring a guest appearance by rapper YelaWolf, exclusively via Bandcamp. All proceeds from the track will be donated to Awakening Youth, a nonprofit organization devoted to young people faced with the loss of a parent due to divorce, ...

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Lollapalooza will commemorate this year's festival weekend with Lolla2020, a free four-night broadcast event taking place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival, Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2. The broadcast will air exclusively live on YouTube beginning at 5 p.m. CT each night, with the full schedule to be revealed on Wednesday, ...

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Post Hill Press, whose product is distributed by Simon & Schuster, will release "Total F*cking Godhead - The Biography Of Chris Cornell", the first comprehensive biography of iconic singer-songwriter Chris Cornell, on July 28. With input from those who knew and worked with him — together with his own words — "Total F*cking Godhead" recounts ...

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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH recently launched a new video series, "Guitar Zero: Legends Of The Fail", in which singer Ivan Moody embarks on a journey to learn to play guitar. The ninth and final episode can be seen below. The video description reads as follows: "Ivan's wish to learn to play guitar has led him ...

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