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POWERRAGE Feat. Former EXCITER Guitarist JOHN RICCI Joins High Roller Records
John Ricci, the former guitarist, founding member, and main songwriter for Exciter, recently announced the formation of a powerful new band, Powerrage. The band have announced their signing to High Roller Records. The debut album is due out sometime in…
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SLAYER – Repentless To Receive Reissue On Transparent Yellow Vinyl
Nuclear Blast Records is reissuing Slayer’s final album, 2015’s Repentless on Transparent Yellow Vinyl. The vinyl ships on January 31, 2025. Preorder here. Repentless was BraveWords #1 album of 2015. The album peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 an…
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Ozzy Sang at Rock Hall Rehearsal After One Singer Didn’t Show Up
Black Sabbath legend may have been closer to performing than we realized. Continue reading…
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VULTURES VENGEANCE To Release Dust Age In February; “Those Who Sold The World” Lyric Video Streaming
Vultures Vengeance are an upcoming epic metal band in the tradition of Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road and Brocas Helm. They formed in Rome in 2009 and after one demo and two EPs released their first full-length record The Knightlore in 2019. The album rece…
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AVANTASIA – “The Moorlands At Twilight” Features MICHAEL KISKE, “A Rampant Speed Metal Anthem,” Says TOBIAS SAMMET
Avantasia mastermind Tobias Sammet has checked-in with a statement about “The Moorlands At Twilight” from the upcoming Here Be Dragons album. The song features one of the usual suspects in Helloween’s Michael Kiske. Sammet writes: “Track by Track: ‘Th…
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IRON MAIDEN’s ADRIAN SMITH Remembers Meeting DAVE MURRAY – “We Were The Only Kids In Our Neighborhood With Long Hair”
Iron Maiden guitarist was interviewed by Alexander Milas for issue #126 of the Iron Maiden Fan Club Magazine to talk about the upcoming album from Smith and guitarist Richie Kotzen with Smith/Kotzen’s Black Light/White Noise. An excerpt of the intervi…
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Les Claypool Apologizes After Hoaxers Distrupt Primus’ Drummer Search
Les Claypool has issued an apology on Instagram to potential Primus drummers after pranksters pretending to represent the band caused confusion. In his statement, Claypool wrote, “As we begin to wrap up the process of scouring the over 5,000 applications, we’ve received and we begin to schedule the auditions for later in January, we unfortunately…
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DARK ANGEL To Debut First New Music In More Than Three Decades During Los Angeles Concert
Reunited California thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL will play new music for the first time since 1991 during their January 29, 2025 concert at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California. This past July, DARK ANGEL officially entered the studio t…
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BIOHAZARD’s BILLY GRAZIADEI Recalls Having To Put METALLICA’s LARS ULRICH ‘In Check’
In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program “Wired In The Empire”, BIOHAZARD guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei recounted a “funny story” involving METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.N…
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DARK ANGEL To Debut New Music At Hometown Show In January
Thrash vets Dark Angel will debut new music for the first time since 1991 in their hometown of Los Angeles at the Whisky A Go Go on January 29, 2025. Buy tickets at Ticketweb. Dark Angel last issued new music in 1991 with the release of their Time Do…