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KING DIAMOND guitarist Andy La Rocque spoke to Thomas S. Orwat, Jr. of Rock Interview Series about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s long-awaited new album. Titled “The Institute”, KING DIAMOND’s first studio LP in 16 years is tentatively due in 2023 via Metal Blade. It will be…

SAINT ASONIA, the band featuring former THREE DAYS GRACE frontman Adam Gontier and STAIND guitarist/founding member Mike Mushok, will release its second EP of 2022, “Extrovert”, on November 18 via Spinefarm.
The official visualizer for the new EP’s first single, “Wolf”, can be seen below.
“Wolf” is…

According to Worcester News, BLACK SABBATH’s Tony Iommi has become a patron at a wildlife rescue center.
The legendary 74-year-old guitarist will start working with Vale Wildlife Hospital, near Tewkesbury, United Kingdom, for sick, injured and orphaned wild mammals and birds. The hospital provides f…

ANTHRAX singer Joey Belladonna will relaunch his JOURNEY tribute band called BEYOND FRONTIERS (formerly JOEY BELLADONNA’S BEYOND THE BAND and JOURNEY BEYOND) with three East Coast shows in December. The dates are as follows:
Dec. 28 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Dec. 29 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance…

The Punch Brother and MacArthur Genius talks about why he chose the mandolin and how it relates to Roger Federer.Click here to subscribeChris Thile on CollaborationIt’s all this stuff we’re talking about. It’s seeing someone, hearing them, and feeling them care so much, and delight in the care that they see around them. Delighting in their own care and feeling that double bounce off the trampoline of your mutual care. You know, getting each other riled up and conversations like we’ve had together or like when we got to play, what is it called? Is it “Dean Town”? When we got to do that together at Town Hall on the radio show you felt that crackling energy. It double bounces you.Wong Notes is presented by DistroKid.Use this link for 30% off your first year.Sometimes you come to the table, you meet someone, and you leave the table feeling about the same as you came to the table feeling. And sometimes you come to the table, meet someone, and you feel changed. You leave the table feeling like more. And that’s what I’m looking for; to be around those people that help me transcend myself. I mean, I’m just this guy and, and without other people I’m gonna just be this guy forever. There’s only so much you can improve yourself with just yourself there.It’s being around other people that makes you better, that makes you more. And I don’t just mean like a better player, a better musician, I mean a better person. A better inhabitant of whatever all of this is. And so, that’s what I’m looking for. The first time Brad [Mehldau, pianist] and I played together, there’s that sense. I love Brad. I love his music with all of my heart. But I’ve had experiences getting in a room with someone whose music I absolutely adore and not feeling changed by the act of being together and making music together. It’s sort of like one plus one can equal one, sometimes, and sometimes one plus one equals two. And that can, that can be really fun. And of course, you love that. But sometimes one plus one equals three, where you both are just leave the table feeling like I’m more now and I’m more when I go to the table with other people who aren’t this person. So, I gotta make sure that I get back to the table with that person often.

Albuquerque, New Mexico’s mayor Tim Keller donned a SOULFLY long-sleeve t-shirt when he cast his ballot earlier this week in the U.S. 2022 midterm election.
On Wednesday (October 26), SOULFLY shared a photo of Keller at an early voting site in Albuquerque, and included the following message: “Albuqu…

In a new interview with Heavy Music, MEGADETH’s Brazilian-born guitarist Kiko Loureiro spoke about his increased number of songwriting credits on the band’s latest album, “The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!”, compared to the first MEGADETH album he appeared on, 2016’s “Dystopia”. He said: “In the be…

According to Variety, MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist Mick Mars will no longer tour with the band, although he will continue as a member.
A statement from Mick’s representative reads as follows: “Mick Mars, co-founder and lead guitarist of the heavy metal band MÖTLEY CRÜE for the past 41 years, has announced…

ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo has confirmed to The Aquarian Weekly that he and his bandmates are “already writing a new album. [We’re] working on it as we speak,” he said.
“Writing is one of those things I like being under pressure to do it. Right now we’re going at it slowly, going back and forth. We…