Former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott celebrated his 53rd birthday on stage during the latter band's concert this past Saturday, March 11 at the Samsung Hall in Duebendorf (Zurich), Switzerland. Prior to launching into the song "Startariot", HELLYEAH was joined on stage by three members of the headlining band KORN — bassist ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of HELLYEAH's March 7 performance at Brewster Street Icehouse in Corpus Christi, Texas can be seen below. HELLYEAH's fifth album, "Unden!able", was released on June 3, 2016 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort marks the first time HELLYEAH's current lineup — vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Tom Maxwell and Christian Brady, drummer Vinnie ...
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SEETHER has announced the fifth annual Rise Above Fest, with some exciting new developments. Due to popular demand, the multi-stage music festival has expanded to two days for the first time in its history. Rise Above Fest, which supports suicide prevention and mental illness, is the largest suicide awareness music event in the world and ...
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Atlantic recording group IN THIS MOMENT has announced plans for a major North American tour. The "Half God Half Devil" tour begins Friday, April 7 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Eagles Ballroom and then continues through mid-May. The Los Angeles-based hard rock band will be joined throughout the trek by MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, AVATAR and GEMINI SYNDROME. ...
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IN FLAMES guitarist Björn Gelotte says that bassist Peter Iwers left the band at the end of last year because he was "done" with the touring lifestyle. Iwers issued a statement in November saying that he was exiting IN FLAMES "to pursue other endeavors." He has since been replaced by Håkan Skoger who made his ...
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The official video for the song "Love Falls" from HELLYEAH can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Unden!able", which was released on June 3, 2016 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort marks the first time HELLYEAH's current lineup — vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Tom Maxwell and Christian Brady, drummer ...
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The second annual Chicago Open Air will bring together an all-star lineup of rock's top artists on Friday, July 14, Saturday, July 15 and Sunday, July 16 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, just outside Chicago. The three-day music, craft beer and Gourmet Man Food festival will feature over 40 performances, including legendary rock artists ...
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Russian "rock goddess" Moscow is on a mission to take over the world of rock. With musical influences ranging from MÖTLEY CRÜE to ASKING ALEXANDRIA, Moscow strongly believes that it's time to reflect on the legacy of rock icons and integrate a post-hardcore twist to their sound. Quickly making a name for herself on the ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of VIMIC's December 30 performance at the Aztec Theater in San Antonio, Texas as the support act for HELLYEAH can be seen below. VIMIC is the new band featuring former SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison alongside singer Kalen Chase Musmecci, who has toured with KORN as a backing vocalist and percussionist, and Joey's ...
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Philip Anselmo says that he doesn't have anything in common with Vinnie Paul Abbott at all, explaining that "anything out of that dude's mouth seems sour." Vinnie Paul made headlines in October when he said that it was "sad" to see Anselmo doing "a lot of things" that have tarnished PANTERA's image in the fifteen ...
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Bob Coburn, the influential DJ and longtime host of the syndicated radio program "Rockline", passed away earlier today after a battle with stage four lung cancer. He was 68 years old. KLOS program director Keith Cunningham told All Access: "The outpouring of support has been jaw dropping. The radio and music industries lost ...
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Mischievous Mel of Rockwell Unscene recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray prior to the band's December 9 show at the Belasco theater in Los Angeles as the support act for IN FLAMES. You can watch the full chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's current tour with ...
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Rockstar Interviews recently spoke to HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and bassist Kyle Sanders. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the wide acceptance of Pro Tools recording software, with the vast majority of music being recorded digitally onto computer hard drives, Vinnie Paul said: "I would give anything if it went back ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Love Falls" from HELLYEAH can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Unden!able", which was released on June 3 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort marks the first time HELLYEAH's current lineup — vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Tom Maxwell and Christian Brady, drummer ...
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Mexico's AlterEgoMedia.TV recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On what he's listening to at the moment: Vinnie: "I just heard the new METALLICA track ['Hardwired'], and it's slammin', man — it ...
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Legendary musicians — including Jerry Cantrell (ALICE IN CHAINS), Vinnie Paul Abbott (PANTERA, HELLYEAH) and THE CIRCLE's Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson — as well as boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya joined forces with Sammy Hagar at his mecca in Mexico, the Cabo Wabo Cantina, to rock night three of his annual ...
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Meltdown of the WRIF radio station in Detroit, Michigan recently conducted an interview with former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. Speaking about the impact GUNS N' ROSES' classic debut album, "Appetite For Destruction" had on him at the time of ...
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HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott spoke to Lithium Magazine about the band's cover of Phil Collins's "I Don't Care Anymore". The song is taken from HELLYEAH's new album, "Unden!able", which arrived on June 3. "I Don't Care Anymore" features a guitar track from late PANTERA guitarist and Vinnie Paul's brother "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, ...
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Vinnie Paul Abbott says that "it's sad" to see Philip Anselmo doing "a lot of things" that have tarnished PANTERA's image in the fifteen years since the band's split. The former PANTERA drummer's comments came during an interview he and his HELLYEAH bandmates gave to R7 before the latter group's September 7 performance at the ...
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On September 6, Gastão Moreira of Brazil's Kazagastão (KZG) conducted an interview with HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and singer Chad Gray. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On working with producer Kevin Churko on the last two HELLYEAH albums: Vinnie: "It was time to have ...
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American metal favorites HELLYEAH and Swedish metal visionaries IN FLAMES have announced their 2016 co-headline "Forged In Fire" tour of North America, kicking off November 12 in Orlando, Florida. Spanning 28 cities across the USA and Canada, the heavy metal tour of the fall will be supported by new bands FROM ASHES TO NEW and ...
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During an interview with Rolling Stone about the upcoming "A Vulgar Display Of Pantera" photo book, former PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown were asked to comment on a photo of the band's stage display from the 2001 "Reinventing The Steel" tour that relied heavily on Confederate flag imagery. Said Anselmo: ...
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Launched today is a new comedy short featuring MASTODON's Troy Sanders and HELLYEAH's Kyle Sanders set in an alternate future. Years after losing to his brother, Kyle, in the final of the 2016 Orange Amplifier Classic competition, Troy is now a broken man. Sitting on a squalid sofa, he binges on junk food watching himself ...
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The official lyric video for "Startariot", a new song from HELLYEAH, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Unden!able", which was released on June 3 via Eleven Seven Music. The effort marks the first time HELLYEAH's current lineup — vocalist Chad Gray, guitarists Tom Maxwell and Christian Brady, drummer ...
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HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray says that people constantly calling for a PANTERA reunion are "assholes" for seemingly forgetting that Vinnie Paul Abbott "watched his brother get tragically murdered in front of him." Speaking about the inspiration for the title of HELLYEAH's new album, "Unden!able", Gray told Revolver magazine: "As an artist — or ...
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During a brand new interview with HardDrive Radio, Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE) was once again asked about the possibility of a hypothetical PANTERA reunion with him filling in for the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on guitar. "I'm truly honored that the fellows would want me to honor Dime," he said. "People, when ...
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"L.Y.L.A.B.", the new video from AUDIOTOPSY, the band featuring guitarist Greg Tribbett (MUDVAYNE, HELLYEAH), drummer Matt McDonough (MUDVAYNE), vocalist Billy Keeton (SKRAPE), can be seen below. The song is taken from AUDIOTOPSY's debut album, "Natural Causes", which was released on October 2, 2015 via Napalm. The CD was produced by the AUDIOTOPSY bandmembers at The ...
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HELLYEAH video for its cover of Phil Collins's "I Don't Care Anymore" can be seen below. The clip was directed by William "Wombat Fire" Felch. The song is taken from HELLYEAH's new album, "Unden!able", which arrived on June 3. "I Don't Care Anymore" features a guitar track from late PANTERA guitarist and HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie ...
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METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett's KHDK Electronics has unveiled its latest guitar pedal, the Scuzz Box, an innovative fuzz pedal. Available for pre-order through select dealers, the Scuzz Box is KHDK's geranium-voiced fuzz pedal, designed as a unique, truly musical fuzz. The Scuzz Box was named by Hammett himself due to the dirty, skuzzy vibe it ...
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Philip Anselmo has once again commented on the possibility of a hypothetical PANTERA reunion with Zakk Wylde filling in for the late "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott on guitar. During a question-and-answer session on June 26 at the Diamond Pub Concert Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, the former PANTERA and current DOWN singer was asked if he thought ...
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