JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner has slammed the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame after the band's latest snub, saying the institution "holds no credibility" for him. The British heavy metal legends were on the ballot for Rock Hall induction this year, but failed to receive enough votes to make the class of 2020. Having ...
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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame has officially announced this year's inductees: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, DEPECHE MODE, NINE INCH NAILS, The Notorious B.I.G., T. REX and Whitney Houston will all join the class of 2020. They will be inducted on May 2 at a ceremony at Cleveland's Public Hall. NINE INCH NAILS, whose influential ...
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U.K.'s Zee Productions will release the classic GHOST album covers as 500-piece jigsaws. "Opus Eponymous", "Infestissumam", "Meliora" and "Prequelle" will be made available on March 13. All puzzles come in a vinyl-box-set-sized box, perfect to fit alongside your vinyl collection. Last April, Zee Productions launched a new range of rock and metal jigsaw puzzles, Rock ...
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DAVE MATTHEWS BAND won the fan vote for this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction class, clinching the top spot with just over 1 million votes. Rounding out what encompasses the "fan vote" are Pat Benatar, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS, SOUNDGARDEN and JUDAS PRIEST. Fans were able to cast their vote at the museum ...
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BODY COUNT, the metal band fronted by hip-hop legend, actor and director Ice-T, will release its new album, "Carnivore", on March 6 via Century Media. Ice-T and his gang are as angry as ever on their seventh studio album, which coincides with their 30th anniversary as a band. "Carnivore", BODY COUNT's second album for Century ...
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Norwegian heavy metal musician Anders Odden is preparing to undergo surgery for colon cancer. The procedure, which is scheduled for next Monday (January 6), is expected to remove the malignant tumors and any nearby lymph nodes. Odden, the co-founder and guitarist of the death metal band CADAVER and the bass player for the legendary black ...
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On Saturday, December 28 — the fourth anniversary of the passing of MÖTÖRHEAD bassist and vocalist Lemmy — METALLICA shared footage of Lemmy performing the MÖTÖRHEAD classic "Too Late Too Late" with METALLICA at a September 2009 concert in Nashville, Tennessee. METALLICA wrote in an accompanying caption: "We miss you, Lemmy..." METALLICA's song "Murder One", ...
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HELLYEAH singer Chad Gray spoke to KISW's "Metal Shop" about the band's decision to continue touring after playing its first concert with STONE SOUR drummer Roy Mayorga, who stepped in as the replacement for the late Vinnie Paul Abbott. "We did the one show [in May] — that's all we talked about doing after Vinnie ...
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Metalheads are well catered for these days. If you want to listen to bright and shiny modern stuff, there's plenty of that available, and, if you want to pretend that the '90s never happened, you can do that too. AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR are firmly in the latter camp, of course: naming yourself after an early SLAYER ...
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Australia's Triple T recently conducted an interview with frontman Kirk Windstein of veteran New Orleans sludge metallers CROWBAR. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his recent activities: Kirk: "I recorded a solo album which is coming out — it's like 'mellow CROWBAR,' I call it. ...
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Chicago Review Press has set an April 7, 2020 release date for the "Double Talkin' Jive: True Rock 'N' Roll Stories From The Drummer Of Guns N' Roses, The Cult, And Velvet Revolver" book from Matt Sorum. The official book description reads as follows: "Cocaine smuggling, shoot-outs, and never-ending decadent parties: Matt Sorum's 'Double Talkin' ...
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On February 21, 2020, legendary SAXON frontman Biff Byford will step into the spotlight with his first-ever solo album, "School Of Hard Knocks". You can now watch the official music video for the disc's title track below. The English North is everything you saw in "Game Of Thrones" and more. It is the true heart ...
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Swiss hard rock legends KROKUS will headline the Tierra Sagrada 2020 festival, set to take place Saturday, September 19, 2020 at Sunken Garden Theater in San Antonio, Texas. Also scheduled to appear are DOKKEN and STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, along with LITA FORD, RIOT V, STARZ, DANGEROUS TOYS and local up-and-comers JESSIKILL.
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Los Angeles punk band BAD RELIGION and Chicago cult rock heroes ALKALINE TRIO have announced a North American co-headlining tour. The trek will kick off on March 26 in Los Angeles, California and wrap on April 19 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tickets will go on sale Friday, December 13 at 12 p.m. local time. "This tour ...
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Legendary rocker Alice Cooper, whose HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES supergroup has paid tribute to Lemmy and MOTÖRHEAD by performing "Ace Of Spades", was asked by Kerrang! magazine what his personal tribute to Lemmy would be. He responded: "If he were alive, Lemmy would certainly be a Vampire. He'd probably be our bass player. ...
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Swiss hard rock legends KROKUS have announced the details of their last-ever concerts in USA and Canada. The 13-date trek will kick off at Canton Hall in Dallas, Texas on September 18, 2020 and will conclude at Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California on October 10, 2020. "It's not over till it's over," ...
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Legendary Swedish D-beat stalwarts WOLFBRIGADE — the artists formerly known as WOLFPACK — have been hacking away at the chopping block for nearly a quarter century now, aside from a couple of periods of hiatus. Much like many long-running acts, the Swedes have undergone several lineup changes. But WOLFBRIGADE has gelled around a consistent vision ...
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SAXON frontman Biff Byford will embark on his first-ever solo tour in April 2020. The 10-date trek will kick off on April 17 at Gateshead Sage 2 and will include shows in Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Bath, Liverpool, Aberdare, Milton Keynes, London and Brighton. The performaces will be split into two halves, with the first half ...
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SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs has confirmed to New Zealand's "The Metal Bar" that the band is putting the finishing touches on the songwriting process for a new studio album. The upcoming disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release since 2017's "Born To Touch Your Feelings - Best Of Rock Ballads", which was ...
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Ayesha King, wife of SLAYER guitarist Kerry King, says that there is "not a chance in hell" that the thrash metal icons will reunite for more shows following the completion of their farewell tour. Ayesha made her comments in response to fan inquiries on Instagram about a possible SLAYER comeback, one day after the band ...
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Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak has a message for immigrants and refugees hoping to resettle in the U.S.: "fix your shithole country first" before placing an undue toll on American taxpayers. It's unclear what prompted the musician to lash out, but his comments came in a series of tweets touting America's ...
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Former SCORPIONS and current KINGDOM COME drummer James Kottak says that blacks in American ads and commercials are way overrepresented relative to their population share. Late Tuesday night (November 26), Kottak took to his Twitter to write: "OK so the percentage of black Americans in the US is about 13% so why are they represented ...
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Singer Zoltán "Zoli" Téglás has announced his departure from the melodic hardcore band IGNITE. Zoli states: "I want to start by thanking all of the fans of IGNITE for the last 25 years. I want to thank all of those who let me into their lives through the songs I sang and the music we ...
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Danko Jones — the guitarist/vocalist of the Canadian hard rock trio DANKO JONES — recently spoke with Loud TV. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the band's current trajectory: Danko: "Feedback [for] the last two albums has been pretty good, pretty ...
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K.K. Downing says that it would be a "big thing" for JUDAS PRIEST to finally be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame at next year's ceremony. Having been eligible for induction since 1999, JUDAS PRIEST was on the ballot for last year's class of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but ...
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German metal queen Doro Pesch was presented with the "Angel Of Rock" award at the Hard Rock Hell festival in Great Yarmouth, U.K. on Saturday, The winner was decided in a fan vote for the best female rock singer in the world, and an incredible 77.8% of all participants voted for Doro. The award was ...
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Video footage of PUDDLE OF MUDD performing an acoustic version of the song "Blurry" live at SiriusXM studios can be seen below. PUDDLE OF MUDD's new album, "Welcome To Galvania", was released in September via Pavement Entertainment. It marks the band's first full-length collection of new material since "Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of ...
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Legendary guitarist and record producer Bob Kulick has gone public with his dispute with his brother, former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick. On Friday, Bob made a public post on his personal Facebook page as as well as on his Instagram accusing his brother of contributory "copyright infringement" over the sale of "Kulick Brothers" merchandise items, ...
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