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AC/DC's 'Back In Black' Certified 26 Times Platinum In U.S. On July 8, 2024, AC/DC’s 1980 breakthrough album “Back In Black” was certified by the Recording Industry Association Of America for U.S. shipments of 26 million copies. “Back ...

ARMORED SAINT Takes You Behind The Scenes Of Band's Cover Of 'One Chain (Don't Make No Prison)' ARMORED SAINT has released a “behind-the-scenes” video for its cover version of “One Chain (Don’t Make No Prison)”. The classic ...

SEPULTURA, EMPEROR, CANDLEMASS And FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Among Confirmed Bands For 2025 '70000 Tons Of Metal' Cruise The wait is over. The organizers of the 70000 Tons Of Metal festival have announced the public-sales date for the original, the world’s biggest ...

Savage In the world of rock, there’s certainly room for a downhome flavor, and  Tim Montana offers that perfect mix of hard rock with a dash of country flavor. Montana’s brand of raw, dirty hard rock has taken him everywhere from performances on “The Late ...

METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD Loans Six Vintage Cars To Nebraska Museum Six vehicles from the private collection of METALLICA’s James Hetfield are being displayed at the American Automobile Experience in Kearney, Nebraska. The cars were transported from the Peterson ...

FORBIDDEN Parts Ways With Guitarist STEVE SMYTH, Recruits VOIVOD's DANIEL MONGRAIN Reactivated San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans FORBIDDEN have parted ways with guitarist Steve Smyth. Stepping in for Smyth as his temporary replacement for FORBIDDEN’s ...

MARTY FRIEDMAN Hasn't Listened To MEGADETH's 'Risk' Album Since It Was Recorded Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has once again said that he and his then-bandmates did “the best” they could while making the “Risk” album, ...

NIGHTWISH Releases Seventh 'Yesterwynde' Making-Of Episode Symphonic metal veterans NIGHTWISH have released the seventh part of a documentary about the making of the band’s upcoming album, “Yesterwynde”, due on September 20, 2024 via Nuclear ...

ERIC MARTIN Really Got To Know PAUL GILBERT During Songwriting Sessions For MR. BIG's 'Ten' Album In a new interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, MR. BIG singer Eric Martin spoke about the band’s upcoming tenth studio album, ...

YES Keyboard Legend RICK WAKEMAN Announces 'Final One Man' Fall 2024 Solo Tour The ultimate keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman CBE will embark on a tour of the U.S. with a series of solo piano concerts for the last time in 2024. Rick, who has become almost as well known ...