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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HELLYEAH has just filmed a video for its cover of Phil Collins's "I Don't Care Anymore" with director 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 Paul Abbott's brother ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of HELLYEAH's July 3 performance at House Of Blues in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina during "The Hellpop Tour" with IN THIS MOMENT can be seen below. HELLYEAH's fifth album, "Unden!able", debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 21,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 9. "Unden!able" ...
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During a recent interview with the KBAT 99.9 radio station in Odessa, Texas, former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott spoke about the possibility of one day retirining from playing music. He said (see video below): "I'm a big kid. I've never been married. I don't have any kids myself. I'm married to ...
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HELLYEAH's fifth album, "Unden!able", debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 21,000 equivalent album units in the week ending June 9. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). In ...
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IN THIS MOMENT guitarist Chris Howorth is "determined to continue writing and performing" with his band despite the fact that he has been diagnosed with "acute arthritis" in his neck and shoulders. Howorth's diagnosis comes less than two months after IN THIS MOMENT was forced to cancel its European tour due to what was described ...
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Former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott was interviewed last month on the Banana 101.5 radio station in Flint, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about his long-awaited cookbook, the drummer said: "[I'm] nearly done with it. I'm getting more and more of it done as [the HELLYEAH 'We're All ...
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HELLYEAH's cover of the 1982 Phil Collins hit "I Don't Care Anymore" is featured on the band's new album, "Unden!able". The song includes a guitar track from late PANTERA guitarist — and HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott's brother — "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which the siblings first recorded 14 years ago. HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray told ...
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When Ryan Martinie and Bon Lozaga first met in Los Angeles and started talking about getting together to create some music, they didn't know what to expect. Now as SOFTEN THE GLARE, their music is evolving and constantly changing, bringing in elements from both their worlds and others. Currently their music is headed in an ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of HELLYEAH's May 29 performance at the River City Rockfest in San Antonio, Texas can be seen below. HELLYEAH's "We're All In This Together" tour with ESCAPE THE FATE, NEW YEARS DAY and FROM ASHES TO NEW ends on June 5 in Las Vegas. HELLYEAH will then venture out on the "Hell ...
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HELLYEAH's fifth album, "Unden!able", is available for streaming in its entirety below. The CD is being released today (Friday, 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 Vinnie Paul and bassist Kyle Sanders — has recorded together ...
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HELLYEAH's new album, "Unden!able", arrives on June 3. In addition to current single "Human", the set features a cover of Phil Collins's "I Don't Care Anymore". The song features a guitar track from late PANTERA guitarist and HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott's brother "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, which Vinnie and Dimebag first recorded 14 years ago. ...
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HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray explained in a new interview with Billboard why his previous band MUDVAYNE broke up after five studio albums together. Gray revealed: "I still love and talk to those guys, but it's like being in a relationship and all the sudden things just start to fall apart. MUDVAYNE was just ...
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Following a 2015 sellout, Louder Than Life returns to Champions Park near downtown Louisville October 1-2, 2016 for the third annual destination festival celebrating the region's culture and cuisine, and featuring award-winning bourbons and spirits, Gourmet Man Food, craft beer and some of the biggest names in rock music. SLIPKNOT and AVENGED SEVENFOLD top a ...
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Finland's Kaaos TV recently conducted an interview with HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why so many new rock bands are having a difficult time selling records in the digital age: Tom: "Well, people don't ...
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HELLYEAH has released a five-minute video featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the first week of band's "We're All In This Together" tour with ESCAPE THE FATE, NEW YEARS DAY and FROM ASHES TO NEW. Check out the clip below. "We're All In This Together" ends on June 5 in Las Vegas. HELLYEAH will then venture out ...
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Hales and Baker of the Columbus, Ohio radio station 99.7 The Blitz conducted an interview with HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray at this year's Rock On The Range festival, which was held May 20-22 in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about HELLYEAH's forthcoming fifth album, "Unden!able", Chad said: "It's very us. ...
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HELLYEAH's forthcoming fifth album, "Unden!able", will feature a cover version of the song "I Don't Care Anymore", which was written, performed, and produced by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, having originally appeared on his second solo LP, "Hello, I Must Be Going!" (1982). According to HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell, his band's version of the track will ...
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"Startariot", a brand new song from HELLYEAH, can be streamed using the Spotify widget below. The track is taken from the band's fifth album, "Unden!able", which will be 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, ...
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Louder Noise has uploade a new episode of "Vinnie Paul's True Metal Stories" in which former PANTERA and current HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott talks about how a chance meeting with Rob Halford in the early 1990s led to PANTERA touring Europe with JUDAS PRIEST. The clip, which was animated and directed by ...
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AVENGED SEVENFOLD and ALICE IN CHAINS top a lineup of over 35 bands for the first-ever Houston Open Air — fueled by Monster Energy — held Saturday, September 24 and Sunday, September 25, 2016 at NRG Park in Houston. The biggest rock experience in Texas — produced by Danny Wimmer Presents — will also feature ...
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