Federal prosecutors and Jon Schaffer’s attorneys have asked a judge to set a sentencing date for the ICED EARTH guitarist in connection with his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot.
In a joint status report filed Tuesday (June 6) in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., the government a…

In a new interview with Cassius Morris, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2021’s “Too Mean To Die” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Actually, I’m sitting here every day working on songs, believe it or not. An…

Hear Portland tech death grinders Vulnere wreck some serious enamel on new single “Toothed Lines.”
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Wolfgang Van Halen says that he was “nervous as hell” performing his late father’s songs at last year’s Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts. The son of Eddie Van Halen played three VAN HALEN songs — “On Fire”, “Hot For Teacher” and “Panama” — over the course of two concerts in September alongside Dave G…

CANDLEBOX will release its final studio album, “The Long Goodbye”, on August 25. The LP was produced by Don Miggs and will be made available via Round Hill Records.
“The Long Goodbye” was officially announced two days ahead of the launch of CANDLEBOX’s 30th-anniversary celebration and farewell tour….

STEELHEART frontman Miljenko Matijević has been forced to postpone some of the band’s previously announced tour dates due to complications from a recent surgery. Following the surgery, doctors discovered he has Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), a heart condition in which a hole exists between the left an…