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OZZY OSBOURNE Designs 'Ban Trophy Hunting' T-Shirt To Ensure 'A Future Free Of These Sick Maniacs' An exclusive t-shirt designed by Ozzy Osbourne is on sale to support the campaign to ban trophy hunting. Speaking out this week to launch the t-shirt, the ...

METAL BLADE RECORDS CEO BRIAN SLAGEL Hosts '100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal' Podcast Pantheon Media and Metal Blade Records, two pioneering forces in music and media, have joined forces to create “100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal”, a new podcast ...

NICKELBACK To Co-Headline Texas's CATTLE COUNTRY FESTIVAL The Cattle Country Festival, happening April 10-12, 2025 in Gonzales, Texas, just announced diamond-certified rock band NICKELBACK as a headliner with support from Gretchen Wilson to round out the 2025 festival ...

JOE LYNN TURNER Collaborates With Russian Singer ANDREY KNYAZEV Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE) has collaborated with another legend, Russian punk rocker Andrey Knyazev and his band KNYAZZ (КНЯZZ). Joe Lynn Turner and Andrey Knyazev met in

Japanese Supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS Shares New Song 'Mastery', Announces Departure Of Guitarist MIYAVI On November 17, 2024, the music video of the new song “Mastery” by rock supergroup THE LAST ROCKSTARS, led by Yoshiki, was released on the Melodee ...

SPIRITBOX Announces New Album 'Tsunami Sea' Two-time Grammy-nominated progressive heavy metal band SPIRITBOX is gearing up for its next chapter with the announcement of its sophomore album, “Tsunami Sea”, set for release on March 7, 2025 via Pale Chord ...

Reunited SNOT Recruits Mystery New Singer, Announces First 2025 Dates The reunited SNOT has announced three club shows in January and February 2025, leading up to the band’s appearance at the Welcome To Rockville festival in May 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. In ...

HAMMERFALL's JOACIM CANS: CHUCK SCHULDINER Was 'Living Proof That You Shouldn't Judge People By What Other People Say' In a new interview with Jaimunji, vocalist Joacim Cans of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL reflected on his band’s 1998 U.S. tour as ...

MAYHEM Has 20 Song Skeletons For Next Studio Album In a new interview with the “Everblack” podcast, bassist Jørn “Necrobutcher” Stubberud of Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM was asked if fans can expect new music from him and his bandmates in 2025. He

ERIK MARTENSSON On ECLIPSE's 'Megalomanium' Albums: 'There Was Nothing Off Limits' By Clay Marshall When the Swedish melodic hard rock quartet ECLIPSE released its 2023 album “Megalomanium”, few noticed an Easter egg in the cover artwork,