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The great Stevie Nicks has returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live to sing her 1983 single Stand Back. The Fleetwood Mac star was last on the show in late 2024, when she performed her protest anthem The Lighthouse.

Nicks, who was introduced on the show by guest host, country musician rapper Jelly Roll, performed Stand Back just days ahead of her appearance at the Olivia Rodrigo-curated Daisy Chain Fields event at Great Park in Irvine, California, this Saturday.

Stand Back, which appeared on Nicks’ Wild Heart album, originally featured the late Prince on synthesisers, who guested on the track after Nicks revealed it was derived from his own Little Red Corvette.

“I actually wrote the lyric on my wedding day, Nicks told Classic Rock. “Me and my husband [Kim Anderson] were driving up to San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara on our honeymoon when Little Red Corvette came on the radio, and I started humming a new melody to it.

“My husband said, ‘That’s great!’ Then we pulled over to buy a portable cassette player to record my idea. Kim actually knew Prince because he worked at Warner Brothers, but I was able to get Prince’s number myself. I am Stevie Nicks, after all.”

Artists performing alongside Nicks at Daisy Chain Fields include Bikini Kill, Die Spitz, Doechii, KATSEYE, Garbage, Chappell Roan, The Breeders and more.

Nicks has also paid tribute to the late Dolly Parton, describing the week she spent in Nashville contributing to Parton’s Rockstar album as the “best week ever.”

“A week with Dolly was like a master class for me,” says Nicks. “I tried to be a sponge – and learn everything I could learn from her – in a very few days. Learning from her was easy because she was a really good teacher. I think she saw me as a really good student; I just tried to listen.

“She said she could become a rock star – and I watched her do it.”

This allows vocalist Zach Williams to spend time with his mother during the final stage of her life

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Time To Kill Records is proud to announce the signing of WHIPLASH, welcoming one of American thrash metal’s most enduring underground forces to its roster. Led by true underground warrior Tony Portaro, the New Jersey veterans have spent more than four decades keeping the raw spirit of thrash metal alive, inspiring generations of musicians and fans who still believe in the power of riffs, sweat and genuine passion.

The partnership will see WHIPLASH release their new album, ROAR, on November 27th, 2026. Recorded at Studio Mozart and Concrete Island Studio, produced by Tony Portaro and mixed by Jamie King Audio, the album delivers ten explosive tracks that capture the raw energy of the band’s live performances while reflecting Portaro‘s continued evolution as a songwriter and musician.

Songs such as “Sonic Asylum”, “Bullet Train” and “Who Stole My Whiskey” hit with full-force precision: this is thrash crafted for the mosh pit, not the algorithm. ROAR offers exactly what one should expect from WHIPLASH: real metal built around riffs, songs and attitude, with no interest in unnecessary embellishment or whatever fashionable nonsense happens to be circulating outside the pit.

The album was initially made available in a strictly limited form during WHIPLASH‘s European “Campaign for Musical Destruction Tour” with Napalm Death. A small number of CD promos were distributed independently during the tour under the original title THRASHQUAKE.

The album now receives its official worldwide release through Time To Kill Records, with a new title, brand-new artwork by legendary illustrator Ed Repka, and a global campaign befitting its status.

Tony Portaro comments:

“THRASHQUAKE was the original title, and we made a limited number of copies available independently while we were touring earlier this year. As things developed and we started looking at the bigger picture for the worldwide release, ROAR just felt like a stronger title and a better representation of the album as a whole.

Partnering with Time To Kill Records gives us the opportunity to take this record far beyond that initial tour release and give it the international campaign and worldwide distribution it deserves. With the new title, the new Ed Repka artwork and TTK behind the official release, ROAR represents the definitive version of this album and the beginning of its real worldwide campaign.”

For Time To Kill Records, bringing WHIPLASH into the fold is a genuine pleasure: few bands embody the idea of uncompromising underground metal quite like Portaro’s long-running institution.

Track-list:

1. Thrashquake
2. Bullet Train
3. Can’t Take Back a Bullet
4. Sword Meet Skull
5. Who Stole My Whiskey
6. When the Deadman Calls
7. Red Tape Riot
8. Mother’s Kill Club
9. Sonic Asylum
10. Graveyard of Good and Evil

Current touring lineup:

Tony Portaro | vocals, guitar
William Winton | bass
Mitch Hull | drums

Formed in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1984, WHIPLASH quickly established themselves as one of the defining forces of the 1980s East Coast thrash metal scene. Led by guitarist and vocalist Tony Portaro, their combination of melodic speed metal, vicious riffs and raw energy produced the cult classic Power and Pain (1985), released through Roadrunner’s Road Racer imprint.

Followed by Ticket to Mayhem (1987) and Insult to Injury (1989), the band’s early records helped establish a distinctive identity within a New York scene dominated by punk and hardcore. After further releases, lineup changes and a period of inactivity, WHIPLASH returned with Thrashback (1998) before a long hiatus.

The band re-emerged with Unborn Again in 2009, reconnecting with both old-school devotees and a new generation of thrash fans. Through every incarnation, Tony Portaro has remained the band’s constant driving force, preserving the power-trio spirit at the heart of WHIPLASH.

In 2026, that uncompromising approach continues with ROAR, the band’s eighth studio album and their new worldwide release through Time To Kill Records.

Thrash ’til death.

WHIPLASH:

https://www.instagram.com/whiplash_thrash/

https://www.facebook.com/WhiplashThrash/

https://www.officialwhiplash.com/

Time To Kill Records:

https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/timetokillrecords/

https://www.facebook.com/timetokillrecords/

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The talent contest at this year’s Miss World pageant, held at Khanh Hoa Children’s Cultural Palace in Nha Trang, Vietnam, has been enlivened by a crushing performance from Ignacia Fernández, the Chilean contestant who went viral late last year after sharing her death metal vocal skills during the Miss World Chile pageant in Santiago.

Fernández, who has fronted the Chilean progressive melodic death metal band Decessus since 2020, sang the band’s The Hollow Descent – released as a single last year – during the contest.

Unfortunately, the judges failed to reward Hernandez for her efforts, and England’s Grace Richardson, Guadeloupe’s Annaëlle Ibo and the Philippines’ Asia Rose Simpson filled the medal positions.

“Getting to bring metal to the Miss World stage and share a part of who I am through music was an incredible experience,” says Hernandez. “Every contestant who took part in the talent competition was extraordinary and unique. The level of talent was truly incredible, and I want to congratulate England on winning first place!

“Thank you to everyone, the organisation, and my fellow sisters here at MW who cheered me on and made this moment so special.”

Decessus have released five singles – Deliverance, Dying Hope Blossoms, My War Of Pain, The Hollow Descent and Dark Flames – and made their UK debut at this year’s Download Festival.

“Igancia exudes a quiet confidence that screams star quality,” wrote Metal Hammer’s man on the spot. “Holding herself with precise, careful movements that bring to mind the likes of Gaahl or Maynard James Keenan, where rabid energy isn’t what makes them so captivating.

“She might have been crowned Miss World Chile, but we could be seeing a future death metal queen. Closing out on the apocalyptic Deliverance, we’d like to think this won’t be the last time we see Decessus on these shores.”

The Miss World 2026 pageant will come to a climax on September 5, with the current title holder, Thailand’s Suchata Chuangsri, crowning the victor.

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New album ‘Be Not Afraid’ drops October 23

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Nickelback are back with another rocking song, “Leave Me Behind.”

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Naarm/Melbourne based Metalcore outfit Vault Hill have just unleashed their incredibly  powerful new single and video called ‘The Pain We Keep Alive’, which premiered  exclusively via HEAVY Mag.   The single is taken from their forthcoming seven-track EP, due for release in September.  Inspired by vocalist Morgan’s experiences living and working in the Northern Territory, the  […]

As a kid growing up I didn’t like Dolly Parton. She and her musical partner, Porter Waggoner, represented everything I hated about country music at the time. They were well-coifed, fancily dressed, polished, with heavily produced records. Absolutely nothing of value to a teenage boy. Fast forward a few years and she’d shed Porter and, […]