Legendary punk rock band MISFITS has canceled its previously announced New Year’s Eve concert at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Earlier today, MISFITS issued the following statement via social media: “It is with regret, that due to an unexpected personal matter, the MISFITS are unabl…

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE recorded a cover version of “My Friend Of Misery” for Kerrang! magazine’s “Metallica The Black Album: Covered” compilation a decade ago. Asked in a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program “Wired In The Empire”, which other METALLICA song he would li…

FIRSTBORNE, the band featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Chris Adler and MEGADETH bassist James LoMenzo, has just released another new single, “Intercontinental Champions”. As was the case with “Bad Things” and “One Of A Kind”, which were made available in September, and “Dead Rats”, which came ou…

WITHIN TEMPTATION’s Sharon Den Adel spoke to Rock Sound about the lyrical inspiration for the band’s recent single “Don’t Pray For Me”. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I wrote an essay a year back about, for International Women’s Day, for one of the metal magazines here in the U.K. A…

NONPOINT drummer Robb Rivera has weighed in on the news that PANTERA’s surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) will unite with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) for a world tour under the PANTERA banner.
Anselmo and…

JOURNEY keyboardist Jonathan Cain has fired back at guitarist Neal Schon over allegations that Cain is blocking access to “critical” financial records.
Schon filed a lawsuit against Cain last month in California state court, alleging that Cain set up an American Express card without telling Schon an…

TWISTED SISTER’s classic lineup of Dee Snider, Jay Jay French, Eddie Ojeda, Mark Mendoza and late drummer A.J Pero will be inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame at the sixth annual charity gala, set to take place January 26, 2023, at The Canyon club in Agoura Hills, California.
Metal Hall Of Fame pre…

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