KIX Recruits Drummer MATT STARR While JIMMY CHALFANT Is Continuing His Recovery
KIX has recruited Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG, BLACK SWAN) to play drums for the band while Jimmy “Chocolate” Chalfant continues his recovery after collapsing onstage less than three months ago.
On November 18, Chalfant apparently suffered a heart attack during KIX’s concert at the Tally Ho The…
Video Premiere: Voidscape – “Grief Eclipse”
The view from the new Voidscape video is dull and bleak, but the melodic death metal is smokin’.
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Ex-MOTÖRHEAD Drummer MIKKEY DEE Blasts Singers Who Lip Sync, But Says Backing Tracks Are 'Okay' When Used 'Properly'
Former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee says that he is “absolutely” against singers who lip sync during their concerts.
In recent years, more and more artists have been given a pass for relying on pre-recorded tracks, drum triggers and other assorted technology that makes concerts…
HEAVY MUSIC HISTORY: Mommy’s Little Monster – Social Distortion
It’s apt that the story of California punk is quite so frantic. If the UK-inspired glam rock era of Hollywood had begun to succumb to entropy by the mid-to-late 1970s,…
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The Modern Age Slavery announce new album ‘1901 | The First Mother’
THE MODERN AGE SLAVERY have announced a new album! Titled 1901 | The First Mother, the upcoming album from the Italian death metal band is the follow-up to 2017’s Stygian, and is scheduled…
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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Admits He Has 'Difficulty Getting Up In A Certain Pitch Now' With His Vocals
In a new interview with Australia’s Heavy, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine was asked how he compensates on stage for the fact that maybe he can’t do some of the things that he could four decades ago. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, I don’t really know what I cannot do that I…
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Tribulation announce new EP ‘Hamartia’
TRIBULATION have announced a new EP! Titled Hamartia, the upcoming EP from the Swedish heavy metal band is the follow-up to 2021’s Where The Gloom Becomes Sound, and is scheduled to be released…
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Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist JEFF YOUNG Explains Why He 'Passed On' Auditioning For DAVID LEE ROTH's Band In 1990
Former MEGADETH guitarist Jeff Young has told Canada’s The Metal Voice in a new interview that he “passed on” auditioning for David Lee Roth’s solo band in 1990, not long after exiting the Dave Mustaine-fronted outfit. “Jason Becker got the [gig], which I’m glad, because that gave him a chance to do…
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From cowboy licks to all-star speaker-smashing remixes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks
Treat your ears to some scintillating six-string action courtesy of Robert Smith’s take on Noel Gallagher, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Eric Bibb, Svalbard, Thunderpussy, The Lathums, Cafuné, Skating Polly, Rose City Band and more
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