KISS‘s Gene Simmons says that former members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss just wouldn’t physically be able to handle playing a full show on the band’s current “End Of The Road” tour. Speaking with Finland’s Chaoszine, Gene was asked if Ace and Peter will have any involvement in KISS’s final concert. He responded (as transcribed...
Month: June 2022
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TOMMY LEE Plays First Full Performance With MÖTLEY CRÜE On ‘The Stadium Tour’
Drummer Tommy Lee played his first full performance with MÖTLEY CRÜE for “The Stadium Tour” last night (Tuesday, June 28) at Bank Of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. As most fans are aware, Tommy broke four of his ribs just two weeks prior to “The Stadium Tour” kicking off with DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN...
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LIGHT THE TORCH Unleash The Music Video For ‘Become The Martyr’
LIGHT THE TORCH have premiered the official music video for the song “Become The Martyr“. You can check it out below. Former KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Howard Jones who sings for LIGHT THE TORCH says about the song: “Not all relationships end with friends going separate ways. Sometimes, peace can be found in taking all the...
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BLOODBATH Announces New Album Feat. NAPALM DEATH & GORGUTS Members; Listen To ‘Zombie Inferno’
Swedish death metal supergroup BLOODBATH are back with a crushing new single called “Zombie Inferno“, which sounds exactly how you would think it does. Extremely fucking brutal. Alongside the release of the new single, “Zombie Inferno” also has a new music video directed by Ash Pears which can be seen in all it’s gory loveliness...
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TIKTOK Creator Does METALLICA’s KIRK HAMMET Vs. Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist MARTY FRIEDMAN In Epic Guitar Battle
TikTok user Kyle Norris has created an “epic guitar battle” between METALLICA’s Kirk Hammett and former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman in an impressive new guitar dueling video. In the clip, Norris dresses up as both METALLICA‘s Kirk Hammett as well as Marty Friedman and the “two” pair off on shredding leads to the MÖTLEY CRÜE...
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METALLICA Cancels FRAUENFELD ROCKS Performance Due To COVID-19
METALLICA has had to cancel their headlining appearance at the Frauenfeld Rocks festival in Switzerland tonight (June 29) due to a member of the band’s “family” testing positive for COVID-19. Earlier today, METALLICA released the following statement via their social media: “It is with a very heavy heart that we are announcing that we will...
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Death Metal Choir Covers BRITNEY SPEARS On NBC’s America’s Got Talent And It’s Awesome
Tuesday’s (June 28) edition of the NBC talent show America’s Got Talent featured a cover of Britney Spears‘ 2004 single “Toxic” by a capella death metal choir. The brutal rendition of the pop song was performed by the Dremeka Choir, a Canadian singing group known as one of the only metal choirs in the world....
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Guitarist MARK MORTON On LAMB OF GOD Writing New Music: ‘For Five Of Us To Like Something, It’s Really Difficult’
LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton recently made an appearance on HATEBREED frontman Jamey Jasta‘s “The Jasta Show” and discussed his band’s songwriting process. Mark said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We really don’t have a strategy at all going in. There were a couple of records where we kind of wavered, maybe six [or] eight...
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RONNIE JAMES DIO’s 80th Birthday Will Be Celebrated At West Hollywood’s Rainbow Bar & Grill
Ronnie James Dio would have turned 80 years old on July 10. To celebrate this historic day, the legendary Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California will host “At The Rainbow In The Dark“, a special event for Dio family, friends, and fans, on July 7 from 7 p.m. to 9...
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Ex-SEPULTURA Drummer IGOR CAVALERA Says ‘It Would Be Amazing’ If The Group’s Classic Lineup Reunited
Former SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera says that “it would be amazing” if the group’s classic lineup reunited, yet still insists that he and his brother Max playing together marks the “real reunion” of the legendary band. The original lineup of SEPULTURA fractured back in 1996 when frontman Max Cavalera walked away from the band after...