Heavy Metal

• Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Bassist LOUICHE MAYORGA Sues For Unpaid Royalties

  09-12-2016 15:57 via blabbermouth.net
  
  According to TMZ, former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES bassist Louiche Mayorga has sued Lisa Fancher — founder of Frontier Records — for not regularly paying him his royalties for ST's self-titled album featuring the band's classic song "Institutionalized".Mayorga claims that he has to repeatedly ask Fancher for his money until she finally sends him a check for an "arbitrary amount." He says these checks never come with an earnings statement, so he has no way to check if he's getting his right
  
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• MARTY FRIEDMAN Discusses 'Definitive' New Solo Album, 'Drama': 'I Wanted To Do Something Where You Feel Uplifted'

  16-04-2024 20:17 via blabbermouth.net
  
  By David E. Gehlke
  Marty Friedman recently finished writing his autobiography. For those who have charted the guitar player's career from his halcyon days as part of the Shrapnel Records stable through his stint during MEGADETH's most successful period to an even greater (and more successful) leap t...
  
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• HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, THURSDAY, SAOSIN And ANBERLIN To Join Forces For Summer 2024 '20 Years Of Tears' Tour

  16-04-2024 19:51 via blabbermouth.net
  
  The "20 Years Of Tears" tour, a once-in-a-lifetime 56-date, U.S. trek featuring varying lineups surrounding core co-headliners HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, THURSDAY, SAOSIN and ANBERLIN, kicks off this June before wrapping up in mid-September.
  JT Woodruff, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS vocalist and the architect behind t...
  
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• CLUTCH And RIVAL SONS Announce 'The Two Headed Beast' North American Tour

  16-04-2024 19:30 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Hard-working road hounds CLUTCH have been proving themselves on stage night after night for more than three decades — vocalist Neil Fallon declaring "If you're gonna do it, do it live on stage, or don't do it at all" in their 2013 track "Earth Rocker". It's an ethos the band still cleave to today.
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• UNDEROATH Announces 'They're Only Chasing Safety' 20th-Anniversary Tour

  16-04-2024 18:38 via blabbermouth.net
  
  To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their influential studio album "They're Only Chasing Safety", UNDEROATH has announced "20th Anniversary Tour", hitting Europe and U.S. this summer and fall. The band will perform the album in its entirety, followed by a unique fan-voted set every night.
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• CHEVELLE Announces Summer 2024 Headline Tour

  16-04-2024 18:06 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Multi-platinum rock band CHEVELLE will be heading back out on the road this summer.
  In addition to appearances at Inkcarceration and Rock Fest, the band will embark on a headline run that kicks off July 21 in Omaha and runs through August 10 in Madison. TIGERCUB will serve as support. All dates are...
  
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• IN THIS MOMENT And ICE NINE KILLS Announce September/October 2024 North American Tour

  16-04-2024 17:52 via blabbermouth.net
  
  After their wildly successful co-headlining run last year, ICE NINE KILLS and IN THIS MOMENT have announced the "Kiss Of Death Tour Part 2". The two bands will join forces once again to bring their spectacular and highly acclaimed live shows together this summer in 21 cities across the country. Very...
  
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• EXTREME Announces September 2024 North American Tour With LIVING COLOUR; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

  16-04-2024 17:05 via blabbermouth.net
  
  With a busy year of touring already in the works, multi-platinum hard rock group EXTREME has announced the addition of 15 new dates for a month-long September run of their global "Thicker Than Blood" tour. After wrapping several highly anticipated, sold-out shows for their spring 2024 dates, the ban...
  
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• 'The Osbournes' TV Show To Get Official Re-Release With New Content

  16-04-2024 16:39 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Ozzy Osbourne's MTV reality show "The Osbournes", which followed the lives of the BLACK SABBATH singer and his family, will get an official re-release through the recently launched Osbourne Media House.
  Ozzy's son Jack announced the "The Osbournes" re-release during the latest episode of "The Osbour...
  
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• JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'I Miss GLENN TIPTON Terribly When We Play Live'

  16-04-2024 16:08 via blabbermouth.net
  
  JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford says that he misses "terribly" the band's guitarist Glenn Tipton who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 10 years ago — after being stricken by the condition at least half a decade earlier.
  Tipton has been rejoining PRIEST on stage at select shows during the band's...
  
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• Watch: BRUCE DICKINSON Officially Kicks Off 2024 Solo Tour In Santa Ana, California

  16-04-2024 15:43 via blabbermouth.net
  
  After playing two warm-up shows at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California over the weekend, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson officially kicked off his first solo tour in more than 20 years on Monday, April 15 at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California.
  As was the case with the two Whi...
  
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• 2024 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Inductees To Be Revealed Live On 'American Idol'

  16-04-2024 15:12 via blabbermouth.net
  
  According to Billboard, the announcement of this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees will be made Sunday night (April 21) on "American Idol". The announcement will be delivered by host Ryan Seacrest and "Idol" judge Lionel Richie, who himself is a member of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
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• DEMON Announces New Album 'Invincible', Shares 'Face The Master' Single

  16-04-2024 14:48 via blabbermouth.net
  
  On its 45th anniversary as a band, iconic British heavy metal outfit DEMON has announced the release of a new studio album, "Invincible", due on May 17 via Frontiers Music Srl.
  Considered one of the leading bands of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), DEMON has also unveiled the first sing...
  
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• THE CULT Announces '8424' 40th-Anniversary European Tour

  16-04-2024 14:25 via blabbermouth.net
  
  THE CULT has announced the "8424" European tour celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. The trek will see the Ian Astbury-fronted outfit perform songs spanning its 11-album discography.
  THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy said: "Following up from the great energy of DEATH CULT '8323' shows, I'm looking...
  
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• ALICE COOPER Adds 12 U.S. Shows To Summer 2024 Tour

  16-04-2024 03:50 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Icon, pioneer, and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Alice Cooper has added 12 new shows to his summer 2024 tour.
  Pre-sale tickets and VIP packages will be available on Tuesday, April 16 at 10 a.m. local time with code SICKTHINGS.Tickets to the general public go on sale on Friday, April 19.
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• Watch GODSMACK's Entire 'Vibez Tour' Concert In Indio

  16-04-2024 01:21 via blabbermouth.net
  
  The Live Rock Music Concerts YouTube channel has uploaded video of GODSMACK's entire April 12 "Vibez Tour" concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Special Events Center in Indio, California. Check it out below.
  "Vibez Tour" sees frontman Sully Erna and his bandmates deliver a series of intimat...
  
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• DETHKLOK's BRENDON SMALL: What I Love About METALLICA

  16-04-2024 00:42 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire", Brendon Small, co-creator of "Metalocalypse", the hit animated series on Adult Swim featuring the fictitious metal band DETHKLOK, was asked which METALLICA album he thinks is better, "Ride The Lightnin...
  
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• ALL THAT REMAINS Completes Recording New Album

  15-04-2024 22:09 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Massachusetts metallers ALL THAT REMAINS have completed the recording process for their long-awaited follow-up to 2018's "Victim Of The New Disease" album.
  Earlier today (Monday, April 15), ALL THAT REMAINS vocalist Phil Labonte took to his account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to wr...
  
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• BRUCE DICKINSON On Playing Small Venues Like Whisky A Go Go: 'It's What It's All About'

  15-04-2024 21:44 via blabbermouth.net
  
  On April 9, IRON MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson spoke to KTLA 5's Doug Kolk about his first solo tour in 20 years. "The Mandrake Project" trek officially kicks off tonight (Monday, April 15) at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. Dickinson also played two back-to-back warm-up shows at the Whi...
  
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• Watch: SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classics At Rainbow Bar & Grill 52nd-Anniversary Party

  15-04-2024 21:42 via blabbermouth.net
  Former SKID ROW frontman Sebastian Bach headlined the Rainbow Bar & Grill 52nd-anniversary party on Sunday, April 14 in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filmed video of his performance can be seen below.
  In April 1972, Mario Maglieri, along with Whisky co-founder Elmer Valentine, Lou Adler and ot...
  
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• AGNOSTIC FRONT's Founding Guitarist VINNIE STIGMA To Release Autobiography In September

  15-04-2024 21:12 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Permuted Press has set a September 10, 2024 release date for "The Most Interesting Man In The World", the autobiography of Vinnie Stigma, the founding member and guitarist of the legendary New York hardcore band AGNOSTIC FRONT.
  In "The Most Interesting Man In The World", the godfather of New York Ci...
  
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• GENE SIMMONS: 'The Avatars Are The Future Of KISS'

  15-04-2024 20:37 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Henrique Inglez de Souza of Brazil's Rockast, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons spoke about the band's recent decision to sell its music catalogue, brand name and likeness to Pophouse, the company behind ABBA's hologram concerts. A biopic, an avatar show, and a KISS-themed e...
  
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• Replica

  15-04-2024 20:12 via blabbermouth.net
  
  DAYSEEKER are champions of the progressive metalcore sound, and lately the band's music has found an even bigger audience, thanks to high-profile tours with popular metalcore bands, such as BAD OMENS and PIERCE THE VEIL. Now, DAYSEEKER are out with a new studio album, "Replica", and it shows their d...
  
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• RUDOLF SCHENKER Explains Why SCORPIONS Decided Against Retiring After 2010 'Farewell' Tour

  15-04-2024 19:57 via blabbermouth.net
  
  During an April 12 appearance on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker confirmed that there was no more talk of retirement within the band, as there was back in 2010 with what was purported to be a final album and a farewell tour that never quite took hold....
  
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• Why TESLA Fans Shouldn't Hold Their Breath For A New Studio Album

  15-04-2024 19:19 via blabbermouth.net
  
  While appearing on the April 12 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", TESLA bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon spoke about the band's new song "It's All About Love" which they have been performing during TESLA's just-completed Las Vegas residency (see video below). Brian...
  
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• RANDY BLYTHE Says 'It's Pretty Cool' KERRY KING's First Solo Tour Will Be As Support Act For LAMB OF GOD

  15-04-2024 18:52 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe spoke about his band's upcoming summer 2024 co-headlining tour with MASTODON. Support on the trek will come from SLAYER guitarist Kerry King's new solo group, which features in its ranks g...
  
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• Tarantula Heart

  15-04-2024 18:38 via blabbermouth.net
  
  What you can always expect from the mighty MELVINS is the unexpected. Running four decades strong and boasting over 30 albums, the MELVINS have been responsible for some of the undergournd's most unique sounds, merging heavy metal, punk, doom, and rock, while influencing everyone from NIRVANA to EYE...
  
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• VINNY APPICE Reflects On His Brief Stint As VERIZON Employee: 'I'm Definitely A Computer Nerd'

  15-04-2024 18:13 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with "The Double Stop With Brian Sword" podcast, legendary drummer Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO, HEAVEN & HELL, LAST IN LINE) reflected on the time in the late 1990s when he briefly worked for the American telecommunications conglomerate Verizon. He said (as transcribed by...
  
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• Watch: TED NUGENT Returns To Live Stage In Buda, Texas

  15-04-2024 17:14 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Ted Nugent played the first of his recently announced "Speakezy Rockouts" live shows on Saturday, April 13 at Buck's Backyard in Buda, Texas. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below.
  In 2023, the 75-year-old outspoken conservative rocker completed his "Adios Mofo '23" farewell tour. The tr...
  
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• NEIL FALLON Hopes Next CLUTCH Album Will Arrive In Late 2025

  15-04-2024 16:47 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with TotalRock's "Hobo On The Radio" show, vocalist Neil Fallon of Maryland rock veterans CLUTCHwas asked if he and his bandmates are working on new music at the moment. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We are writing new material. I am definitely the slowest...
  
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