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TAIPEI HOUSTON, the new band featuring Myles and Layne Ulrich, sons of METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich, was interviewed by Nudge of the WEBN radio station at this year’s Louder Than Life festival, which is being held September 22-25 at the Highland Festival Grounds at the Kentucky Exposition Center in…

Lead vocalist Gord Kirchin of the Canadian cult metal band PILEDRIVER has died after a battle with cancer. He was 60 years old.
Just two weeks ago, Kirchin took to his social media to say that he had completed the “last round of chemo” following his diagnosis. At the time, he wrote that “it’s been a…

GODSMACK will release a brand new single, “Surrender”, on Wednesday, September 28. A teaser for the track is available below.
This past April, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna told the 101.1 WJRR radio station that band’s new studio album was “finished; we’re done recording it. You should probably be he…

In a new interview with the “White Line Fever” podcast, ex-JUDAS PRIEST singer Tim “Ripper” Owens addressed his recent headline-grabbing comment that he never got a call from his former bandmates about them finally getting inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Asked if he ever thinks about w…

You could WIN a Set of James Hetfield Pickups from EMG! Enter here before October 7, 2022.JH Set Brushed ChromeThe JH Set consists of the JH-N (neck) and the JH-B (bridge). Both were patterned after the pickups James had used for 30 years, but the end result was a completely different animal. The JH-N has individual ceramic poles and bobbins that feature a larger core and are taller than the 60. This produces more attack, higher output, and fuller low end in the neck position. The JH-B uses the same type of core but has steel pole pieces, unlike the 81 that uses bar magnets. This produces the familiar tight attack with less inductance for a cleaner low end.EMG JH “HET” SET

VENDED, the band fronted by Griffin Taylor, the son of SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor, has released the official music video for its latest single, “Ded To Me”. The performance footage in the clip was filmed during VENDED’s summer 2022 tour.
VENDED previously stated about the track: “Th…

Wendy Dio says that Vivian Campbell’s financial demands weren’t the only reason he was fired from the DIO band.
Ronnie James Dio, Vivian, drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain collaborated on the first three DIO albums — 1983’s “Holy Diver”, 1984’s “The Last In Line” and 1985’s “Sacred Heart”…

With the possible exception of SLAYER, nobody in the ’80s thrash scene ripped as hard or with as much psychotic aggression as Canada’s RAZOR. Perennially underrated, their back catalogue is full of overlooked gems, with the seminal viciousness of 1985’s “Evil Invaders”, and 1990’s unstoppable “Shotg…

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS have released a short teaser for a new song inspired by legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen.
A 57-second clip of “Eddie” was uploaded to RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS’ Twitter account, with RHCP frontman Anthony Kiedis delivering lines that are a clear reference to the late VAN HALEN a…