VIDEO: The New Lineup Of RATT Perform Live At The WAUKESHA COUNTY FAIR

VIDEO: The New Lineup Of RATT Perform Live At The WAUKESHA COUNTY FAIR

The latest lineup of RATT took the stage at the Waukesha County Fair at the Waukesha County Expo Center in Waukesha, Wisconsin on July 23.  You can check out footage of that performance below. Guitarist Frankie Lindia made his live debut with RATT on June 24 at the Lakes Jam in Brainerd, Minnesota. He joined RATT for their summer 2021 run of dates following last year’s departure of Chris Sanders. Lindia is a Los Angeles-based guitarist/multi-instrumentalist and music teacher who played with David Lee Roth on the VAN HALEN singer’s 2020 tour. Singer Stephen Pearcy and bassist Juan Croucier are...

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HATEBREED Unleash Two New Beers Under Their ‘Breed Brew’ Banner

After the enormous success of their “Live For This Lager”, HATEBREED have once again teamed up with Witchdoctor Brewing Company and Half Time Beverage to unleash two refreshing new beers for their legion of diehard fans — just in time for the high heat of summer. “Who is stoked to get their summertime, post-COVID party on?!,” says drummer Matt Byrne. “Live music and touring are beginning to come back strong and what better way to celebrate than with the release of a new Breed Brew? HATEBREED have once again partnered with Southington, Connecticut’s Witchdoctor Brewing and Poughkeepsie, New York’s Half...

PANTERA: PHILIP ANSELMO Says VINNIE PAUL Was ‘The Best Drummer I’ve Ever Played With’

PANTERA: PHILIP ANSELMO Says VINNIE PAUL Was ‘The Best Drummer I’ve Ever Played With’

Revolver magazine recently spoke with onetime PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo and got him to pick his five favorite songs from the band. Phil’s answers were “Becoming”, “Primal Concrete Sledge”, “Slaughtered”, “I’ll Cast A Shadow” and “By Demons Be Driven”. Discussing the song “Becoming”, Anselmo said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “That was me and [guitarist] Dimebag [Darrell Abbott], for sure. It might have been all of us. But still, Dime had the riff, but when Vince [drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott] came up with the drum beat, that’s when I… I mean, what do you say to that? I was, like, ‘Yes....

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The Ultimate Guide To HEAVY METAL: The 13 Most Influential Bands Of All Time

HEAVY METAL (or simply METAL) is a genre of rock music that arose in the late 1960s and early 1970s mostly throughout the United Kingdom and United States . It's roots lay within blues, classical music and rock and it is generally characterized by a massive sound of distortion, extended guitar solos, driving drum beats, vigorous vocals and an emphasis on loudness. Heavy metal itself has spawned numerous subgenres which generally can be identified through changing, or omitting one of the these attributes.

DAVE MUSTAINE Reveals Title Of New MEGADETH Album; Gives Sample Of Title Track

DAVE MUSTAINE Reveals Title Of New MEGADETH Album; Gives Sample Of Title Track

Dave Mustaine has confirmed that the new MEGADETH album will be titled “The Sick, The Dying And The Dead”. The MEGADETH frontman touched on the name of the new record while filming a new video message for a fan on Cameo. Addressing the fan from the studio where the new MEGADETH album is being mixed, Mustaine says: “If you listen real closely, you can hear in the background… There’s the Pro Tools rig with the new album, doing a rough mix. And you’re getting to hear a little bit of it in the background… This is the beginning of the...

ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER Says He Went Through ‘Two Months Of Hell’ After Being Arrested

ICED EARTH’s JON SCHAFFER Says He Went Through ‘Two Months Of Hell’ After Being Arrested

ICED EARTH guitarist Jon Schaffer says that he went through “two months of hell” after he was incarcerated for his involvement in the Capitol riots that went down back on January 6th of this year. Earlier today (Friday, July 23), The Indianapolis Star published an account based on Marion County Jail incident reports which reveal that Schaffer was kept in “Administrative Segregation” after he was arrested due to his high-profile status. According to a spokesperson for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Schaffer was never taken out of administrative segregation, however his lawyer claims that he was targeted with death threats...

NONPOINT Announce More Summer/Fall 2021 Tour Dates

NONPOINT Announce More Summer/Fall 2021 Tour Dates

NONPOINT have announced a run of tour dates for this coming September and October. Commented singer Elias Soriano: “We’re coming out of the pandemic swinging! The bands and the shows will leave fans talking for weeks.. Production is new, show is brand new, deep cuts from our catalog and our most ruthless setlist ever. ‘It’s About To Explode, Part 1’ is the swing of the bat and first contact.” NONPOINT have toured with such major acts as DISTURBED, PAPA ROACH, MUDVAYNE and SEVENDUST, just to name a few. They have also been featured on the bill for iconic festivals like...

GEMINI SYNDROME Announce New Album ‘3rd Degree – The Raising’; Listen To ‘Abandoned’

GEMINI SYNDROME Announce New Album ‘3rd Degree – The Raising’; Listen To ‘Abandoned’

GEMINI SYNDROME will release their new studio album, “3rd Degree – The Raising”, on October 15 via Century Media. Special pre-order album configurations (limited edition vinyl, deluxe CD sets, etc) along with special merchandise bundles are available now via the band’s official web site, www.GeminiSyndrome.com. In celebration of this announcement, a brand new digital single, “Abandoned”, taken from the forthcoming album has been released today to all major digital retailers and streaming services. “3rd Degree – The Raising” is the long-awaited, mind-bending final chapter of GEMINI SYNDROME’s debut trilogy of albums; the first being 2013’s “Lux”, and the second being...

DEE SNIDER Announces Live Streaming Concert Event

DEE SNIDER Announces Live Streaming Concert Event

TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider recently announced his triumphant fifth full-length solo album, “Leave A Scar”, which arrives July 30 via Napalm Records. To commemorate the LP’s release, Snider has announced a streaming event for his fans on Thursday, July 29. The concert stream features a very special concert from Snider performing live at Stereo Garden in Patchogue, New York on June 11. All ticket buyers will gain access to the concert stream, as well as on-demand access to any and all content from the event for a 30-day period. Tickets for the stream are available now at www.metaldepartment.tv. Snider...

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Share 1997 Live Concert And Previously Unreleased Video For “And So I Know”

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Share 1997 Live Concert And Previously Unreleased Video For “And So I Know”

Yesterday, (June 22nd) STONE TEMPLE PILOTS streamed a March 14th, 1997 live performance at Club la Vela in Panama City Beach, FL for ‘MTV Spring Break‘. In addition to that, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS also dropped a previously unreleased music video for their “Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop” track “And So I Know“, which can be seen below. The video features unseen footage from the recording sessions for that album which took place at a ranch house in the Santa Ynez valley of California. All that and more are now available on the newly released deluxe 25th anniversary edition...