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Tag: Classic Metal

Alice Cooper Signed To earMUSIC – New Album Set for Summer

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earMUSIC has just announced a new signing, and it goes without saying that this one is a true legend – Alice Cooper will release his first studio album in six years this summer. Paranormal was recorded with long-time Cooper collaborator Bob Ezrin, features special guests from U2, ZZ Top and Deep Purple, and includes a special mini-album of three new songs written and recorded with the original Alice Cooper band members. July 28th marks the release date in all physical and digital formats. There’s no shortage of touring in sight for the near future either, as Alice Cooper has already […]

Third Annual Ride For Ronnie: Motorcycle Ride, Concert, All-Star Jam & More

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Ride For Ronnie is in its third year as the charity Motorcycle Rally and concert aims to beat their $50,000 record of money raised to benefit the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund on May 7th. As the Ride For Ronnie gets closer, more and more events are revealed for the day, and the latest is an All-Star Jam led by Guns N’ Roses’ Steven Adler. Los Encinos Park marks the spot for an afternoon after-ride concert featuring the drummer alongside Mike Devin (Whitesnake), Lita Ford, Robert Sarzo (Hurricane), Alex Grossi (Quiet Riot), Patrick Stone (Budderside) and […]

Overkill Brings in Jason “Sticks” Bittner as New Drummer

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New Jersey’s very own legendary thrashers Overkill have just announced a lineup change. Jason “Sticks” Bittner, best known for his work with Shadows Fall and Flotsam and Jetsam, will be taking his place behind the kit and into the history books of Overkill while he joins the band as their new drummer. On the member switch, frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth says, “We wholeheartedly would like to thank Eddy “The Mexicutioner” Garcia for holding down the ship and keeping the momentum up for the band over this past year plus. Eddy has and always will be part of the Overkill machine. Jason is a […]

Megadeth and Meshuggah to Launch North American Tour

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Megadeth, Meshuggah, TesseracT and Lillake – that’s the lineup most of North America will be getting in June and July when the tour takes off from NY and finishes up in PA while hitting Canada a few times along the way. Some are festival dates, some are at popular venues and a few feature just Megadeth and Meshuggah alone. Tickets are already on sale – the full tour date listing can be seen in the above poster and found at Meshuggah’s official website: https://www.meshuggah.net/tour.

A Look Into Megadeth Boot Camp

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Megadeth recently released a video via social media giving a wrap-up of the weekend experience held early last month known as the “Megadeth Boot Camp”. The Boot Camp took place March 10-13 in Fallbrook, CA at frontman Dave Mustaine’s private estate and offered a variety of experiences for fans that included not only meet and greets, performances, and guitar, drum, and bass clinics from the band themselves, but the chance to test their metal chops by recording their own vocals over “Symphony of Destruction” in Mustaine’s own home studio. Beer, wine, and coffee (by Ellefson Coffee Co., bassist Dave Ellefson’s […]

Slayer + Lamb of God + Behemoth = One Monstrous Tour

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Slayer, Lamb of God, and Behemoth…what a tour for those who like it heavy, and this might just be one of the heaviest. Six full weeks across North America gives plenty of opportunities to get yourself into this pit – if you dare. Here’s a full listing of tour dates: JULY 12 Sanford Center, Bemidji, MN 13 Rock Fest 2017, Cadott, WI (Slayer and Lamb of God on this bill) 15 Rock USA 2017, Ford Festival Park, Oshkosh, WI (Slayer and Lamb of God on this bill) 16 Chicago Open Air Festival, Toyota Park, Chicago, IL (Slayer, Lamb of God […]

Rex Brown Solo Album On The Way

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You probably know him from Pantera, but maybe you know him from Down, or Kill Devil Hill – whatever the case may be, one thing for sure is you’ll be hearing something brand new from Rex Brown this year. He’s inked a deal with eOne and has already revealed plans for a debut solo EP. Full details are still yet to come, but what we do know is that it will be the first time we’ll see Rex Brown as both the lead vocalist and guitarist in a band, and tracks have already been laid down. He tracked lead vocals, […]

Obituary Streaming New Self-Titled Album

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  Death Metal legends Obituary have a lot going on between the release of their new album, a music video to go along with it, and the start of a tour. Relapse Records is the label through which their self-titled 10th studio album has been unleashed, and the entire thing is available to be streamed on Obituary’s Bandcamp page which can be found here, as well as on all streaming services. The page also includes links to lyric and music videos for several tracks off the album.  The latest video to hit the internet from Obituary is an animated one, called […]

Metallica Brings WorldWired to the UK and Europe

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The release of Hardwired…To Self-Destruct has seen a whirlwind of tour dates from Metallica in support of the album. A North American tour spanning the Spring and Summer has already been announced, and now as of today, the band has revealed that they’re embarking on a European Arena Tour starting in September. Metallica has already done some dates across the world to support Hardwired…and promised Europe they’d be back later this year. That promise is being kept, and then some, since this huge tour will even continue on into 2018. Norway’s Kvelertak holds the support slot for WorldWired.  Tickets are on […]

Original Y&T Guitarist Joey Alves Passes Away

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Y&T’s rhythm guitarist from the classic lineup, Joey Alves, has sadly passed away at the age of 63. Joey played in the band from 1974 until 1989, throughout eight studio albums including the band’s debut. The official announcement came from Y&T frontman and sole surviving original member Dave Meniketti, who posted the following on his Facebook page: “It’s with great sadness that I write this today. Y&T’s original rhythm guitarist, Joey Alves, passed away at 7:10 this morning at the age of 63. He suffered from ulcerative colitis and other complications that led to his passing. Joey was one of […]

Late Night with Nicko McBrain 

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Sounds like a dream come true for Iron Maiden fans, but it’s only partially true. Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain will indeed be on a late night show, but not one of his own. Late Night with Seth Meyers’ The 8G Band often recruits guest performers from various genres of music to sit in with the house band, and Metal certainly hasn’t been overlooked (for once). Dave Lombardo from Slayer, Danny Carey from Tool, and Brann Dailor from Mastodon are just a few of the names that have brought their sticks to the stage and drummed with The 8G house band, […]

L.A. Metal Summit to Bring the Sunset Strip to Tokyo

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Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, Tokyo, Japan will be the site of a groundbreaking event – the L.A. Metal Summit in Tokyo. Boasting headliners that include a former Mötley Crüe member and a reunited Ratt, the show will make for the first-ever festival focused entirely on the Hard Rock and Metal of the 80’s to take place in Japan. The current lineup for this spring festival is as follows: May 13: Vince Neil, Tom Keifer, L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat May 14: Ratt, Sebastian Bach, Slaughter, Enuff Z’Nuff Faster Pussycat shared the above picture on social media that appears to […]

Airbourne Pays Tribute to Motörhead in New Video

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Australian Hard Rockers Airbourne have got a message to deliver while they’re Breakin’ Outta Hell on their latest studio album. The Spinefarm Records release includes a new track by the name of “It’s All For Rock N’ Roll”, and it’s all about Lemmy. The band has made it known that they forged a friendship with Lemmy through many occasions of sharing the stage with Motörhead. Lemmy made a cameo in Airbourne’s 2007 video for the track “Runnin’ Wild”, and it looks like they’ve included a bit of that footage in this new music video for the Motörhead tribute track. Airbourne frontman […]

Concert Review: L.A. Guns at M15

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The M15 in Corona, CA set the stage for one of the earliest 2017 stops along the L.A. Guns’ Phil Lewis and Tracii Guns Reloaded Reunion Tour – makes for a mouthful, but the long title is just to clear up which lineup audiences will be getting, considering there have been multiple versions of the band in the past. No longer should any questions remain as to who’s who in L.A. Guns. From stage to studio and everywhere in between, the current lineup of Phil Lewis (vocals), Tracii Guns (guitar), Michael Grant (guitar), Johnny Martin (bass), and Shane Fitzgibbon (drums) […]

Concert Review: Randy Rhoads Remembered

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BashFest 2017, a yearly event coinciding with NAMM, a time when the cream of the crop comes to town in terms of musicians and you just never know who you might spot. A short distance away from all the Anaheim NAMM goings-on, Santa Ana’s historic (and maybe a little haunted, depending on who you ask) Yost Theater was the setting for this year’s festivities. Randy Rhoads Remembered was the focus on January 19th, bringing in Hard Rock and Metal musicians from around the country to pay tribute to a legendary guitarist whose music has had a significant impact on so […]