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Legendary German rockers SCORPIONS have recruited ALICE COOPER bassist Chuck Garric to play bass for them for five-show residency at PH Live at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. Garric is filling in for longtime SCORPIONS bassist Paweł Mąciwoda, who is unable to make the shows due to an unspeci...

According to Billboard, SLIPKNOT is close to completing a deal to sell its music catalog for approximately $120 million. The deal between members of the long-running metal band and HarbourView Equity Partners includes the rights to SLIPKNOT's publishing and recording masters royalties. It reportedly...

Scott Rockenfield, five-time-Grammy-nominated composer, musician, and original former member/drummer of the legendary rock band QUEENSRŸCHE, has announced the release of his long-awaited solo album. This genre-defying project, years in the making, will feature an impressive roster of guest artists a...

It has become apparent over the last 20 years that Tomas Holopainen is not in the business of simply making music. Particularly in recent times, NIGHTWISH albums have become experiences: colossal works of artistic and philosophical intricacy, with grand themes and a maximalist approach to illuminati...

WHITESNAKE will release "Forevermore: Revisited, Remixed And Remastered" on September 26 via Rhino. "Forevermore" is WHITESNAKE's eleventh studio album, originally released in 2011. The five-disc deluxe box set includes a remixed version of the album with bonus tracks, demos, live and alternate take...

By David E. Gehlke The brainchild of former DRAGONFORCE and now current KREATOR bassist Frédéric Leclercq, the death/thrash hybrid SINSAENUM was initially conceived in 1998, a few years before Leclercq would become a globetrotting musician. His travels brought him into contact with then-SLIPKNOT dru...

In a new interview with Paul Salfen of AMFM Magazine, QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Todd La Torre spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2022's "Digital Noise Alliance" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We're writing the next album now. And so we'...

With the benefit of hindsight, a lot more fuss should have been made about INCITE over the years. Formed in Phoenix, Arizona, just over 20 years ago, Richie Cavalera's crew have been a persistent, uncompromising presence, with a growing catalogue of brutal, high-octane records and a formidable reput...

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist and founder Zoltan Bathory has put his castle-inspired mansion in Las Vegas on the market for $28 million. Bathory bought the three-story, 12,720-square-foot home, which is located about 8 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip,...