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Black Dahlia Murder Singer Trevor Scott Strnad Dead At 41

by Paul Cashmere

Black Dahlia Murder have announced the death of lead singer Trevor Scott Strnad at age 41.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Black Dahlia Murder, death metal, metal, Trevor Strnad, USA

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Kirk Hammett Debuts His First Solo Work ‘Portals’

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has released his debut EP ‘Portals’ and dropped a video for the track ‘High Plains Drifter’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Kirk Hammett, metal, Metallica, rock, USA

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James Hetfield of Metallica photo by Ros O'Gorman

Metallica Donate $500000 To Ukraine

by Music-News.com

Metallica has pledged $500,000 to helping Ukrainian refugees.

Tagged as: 000 to helping Ukrainian refugees., 80s, metal, Metallica, Metallica has pledged $500, rock, Ukraine, USA

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Dan Auerbach Has Produced The New Album For Hank Williams Jr

by Paul Cashmere

The next Hank Williams Jr album ‘Rich White Honky Blues’ was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Black Keys, blues, country, Dan Auerbach, Hank Williams Jr, metal, rock, USA

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Skid Row To Tour Australia With New Singer in December

by Paul Cashmere

Skid Row will be back in Australia in December with new singer, former Swedish Idol winner Erik Grönwall.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Reckless Love, Skid Row, USA, Wicked Smile

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Skid Row To Release First Album Since 2006

by Paul Cashmere

Skid Row are back with a brand new album for 2022 which will be their first since 2006.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, metal, rock, Skid Row, USA

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Dave Grohl Foo Fighters at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday 30 January 2018. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Dave Grohl To Release Metal Album By Fictitious Dream Widow This Week

by Music-News.com

Dave Grohl is releasing a metal record as the fictional band Dream Widow.

Tagged as: 90s, Dave Grohl, Dream Widow, Foo Fighters, metal, Studio 666, USA

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Alison Krauss Has Recorded Some Songs With Def Leppard

by Paul Cashmere

Def Leppard’s next album ‘Diamond Star Halos’ has an interesting guest, Bluegrass-Country singer Alison Krauss in on two tracks on the Def Leppard album.

Tagged as: 80s, Alison Krauss, Def Leppard, Diamond Star Halos, metal, Robert Plant, rock, UK

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Billy Sheehan Premieres New Talas To Honour The Late Phil Naro

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Sheehan’s name has been associated with David Lee Roth, Steve Vai and Mr Big. He has had four solo albums as well as his full-time band Talas.

Tagged as: 80s, Billy Sheehan, David Lee Roth, metal, Mr Big, Phil Naro, rock, Steve Vai, Talas, USA

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Royal Blood Premiere New Song ‘Honeybrains’

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Royal Blood Premiere New Song ‘Honeybrains’

Tagged as: 10s, Honeybrians, metal, rock, Royal Blood, UK

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Meat Loaf’s Daughter Pearl Aday And Her Husband Scott Ian of Anthrax Are Motor Sister

by Paul Cashmere

Motor Sister is a serious rock act. It should be, singer Pearl Aday is the daughter of Meat Loaf and wife of Scott Ian of Anthrax. Scott is the band’s guitarist, John Tempesta of White Zombie and The Cult is on drums, Joey Vera of Armoured Saint plays bass and Jim Wilson of Mother Superior is also a singer and guitarist for this band.

Tagged as: 20s, Anthrax, Meat Loaf, metal, Motor Sister, Pearl Aday, Scott Ian, USA

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YUNGBLUD Recruits Ozzy Osbourne For Video

by Music-News.com

YUNGBLUD has seemingly recruited Ozzy Osbourne for his new music video.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, rock, UK, Yungblud

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Sergio Vega Quits Deftones

by Paul Cashmere

Deftones bassist Sergio Vega has quit the band.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Deftones, metal, rock, Sergio Vega, USA

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Iron Maiden Had A Ukraine Date Booked In May And Next Stop Was Moscow

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden were to perform their first ever Ukraine show this May.

Tagged as: 80s, Airbourne, Europe, Iron Maiden, metal, rock, Russia, UK, Ukraine

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14 Acts Added To Download Festival

by Music-News.com

A host of new acts have been added to the bill for this year’s Download Festival.

Tagged as: Banks Arcade, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey, Download Festival, Heriot, Iron Maiden, Kiss, metal, Orbit Culture, Red Fang, SKYND, The Velveteers, UK

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Bring Me The Horizon Have A Plan To Reduce Touring Transmissions

by Music-News.com

Bring Me The Horizon’s 2021 ‘Post Human’ tour achieved 38 per cent less touring emissions.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, Bring Me The Horizon, deathcore, metal, rock, UK

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Slash Suggest More New Guns N’ Roses Music Is on The Way

by Music-News.com

Slash has revealed Guns N’ Roses are aiming to release new songs this summer.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, Slash, USA

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Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor Has Produced The New Reef Album

by Paul Cashmere

Reef will release their second studio album since reforming. A new album ‘Shoot Me Your Ace’ is coming in April and it is produced by Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Andy Taylor, Duran Duran, Jesse Wood, metal, Reef, rock, UK

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Nikki Sixx Labels Pearl Jam “Boring”

by Music-News.com

Nikki Sixx has branded Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, glam, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, Pearl Jam, rock, USA

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The Meat Loaf Album Most Fans Don’t Know About

by Paul Cashmere

One year before the release of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’, Meat Loaf was a featured lead singer on a Ted Nugent album.

Tagged as: 70s, Free For All, Meat Loaf, metal, rock, Ted Nugent, USA

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Foo Fighters Drop New Song Through Fraggle Rock

by Music-News.com

Foo Fighters have released a new song for the revival of children’s classic ‘Fraggle Rock’.

Tagged as: 00s, 90s, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Fraggle Rock, metal, rock, USA

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Iron Maiden To Play Setjutsu In Full Live

by Music-News.com

Iron Maiden are planning to perform ‘Senjutsu’ in full for the “diehard fans”.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, UK

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Budgie Singer Burke Shelley Dead At Age 71

by Paul Cashmere

Burke Shelley, the lead singer for UK rock band Budgie, has died at the age of 71.

Tagged as: 70s, Budgie, Burke Shelley, metal, UK

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New Dates For Uncaged Festival With New Acts

by Paul Cashmere

The Uncaged Festival will now take place across March and April with new additions You Am I, Tex Perkins, The Hard Ons and Shihad.

Tagged as: Australia, live music, metal, music festival, Shihad, Tex Perkins, The Hard-Ons, Uncaged, You Am I

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Unify Forever Music Festival Moves To March

by Noise11.com

The Unify Forever music event has been moved to March 2022.

Tagged as: amity affliction, Australia, live music, metal, Unify Forever

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Judas Priest Are Planning More New Music

by Music-News.com

Judas Priest have no plans to stop making albums. Frontman Rob Halford has insisted recording new music and performing it live is what “sustains” the heavy metal band.

Tagged as: 80s, Judas Priest, metal, UK

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Valerie Bertinelli Reveals Eddie Van Halen’s Last Words

by Paul Cashmere

Valerie Bertinelli has revealed the last words her ex-husband, Eddie Van Halen, said before he died.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Eddie Van Halen, metal, rock, USA, Van Halen

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Northlane Test Positive To Covid Causing Full Tilt Festival Queensland To Be Postponed

by Announcement

The Full Tilt Festival for Queensland has been postponed after the members of the headline band Northlane tested positive to Covid-19.

Tagged as: Full Tilt Festival, metal, music festival, Northlane, Queensland

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Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Photo Ros O'Gorman

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Is Planning A Solo Album

by Music-News.com

Bruce Dickinson plans to finish up his new solo album after his North American spoken-word tour wraps.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, UK

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Ronnie James Dio Doco On The Way

by Music-News.com

The Ronnie James Dio documentary is set to be released this year. It was announced in 2020 that a tell-all documentary about Dio was in the works with Don Argott and Damian Fenton at the helm.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Black Sabbath, Dio, metal, Ronnie James Dio, USA

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