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DOWN played the first of two Louisiana "pop-up" shows last night (Thursday, June 20) at Southport Hall in New Orleans. Fan-filmed video of the concert is available below. The band's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm: 01. Lysergik Funeral Procession 02. Hail The Leaf 03. Lifer 04. The S...

In a new interview Belgium's Graspop Metal Meeting, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory was asked if he and his bandmates are working on the follow-up to their 2022 album "AfterLife". He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "We are working. So there's definitely a new record...

KITTIE has released the official music video for the title track of the band's long-awaited new studio album, "Fire". KITTIE's first LP in over 13 years was made available on June 21 via Sumerian Records. KITTIE vocalist/guitarist Morgan Lander comments: "We've gone from 0 to 100 within the last few...

GHOST has released a new song called "The Future Is A Foreign Land". The Swedish band took to social media to reveal the "newly uncovered 1969-era" track, which is featured on the soundtrack to GHOST's debut film, "Rite Here Rite Now". According to GHOST, "The Future Is A Foreign Land" was penned by...

In a new interview with Metal Remains, former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz was asked why he wasn't involved in last year's re-recordings of the band's first two releases, 1985's "Bestial Devastation" EP and 1986's "Morbid Visions" LP, which were made available by CAVALERA, the project...

Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has weighed in on the never-ending debate about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. Speaking to the X5 Podcast, he said in part (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):...

In a new interview with Canada's The Metal Voice, former IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno, who has been performing in a wheelchair as a result of serious health problems for most of the past decade, discussed the progress of his treatment, nearly two years after he underwent major knee surgery in C...

NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen has shared the very first episode of her new YouTube series "Coffee, Questions & Answers". According to Floor, "Coffee, Questions & Answers" is a heartfelt and intimate series where she and her viewers "share a cup, life's highs and lows, and the simple joy of c...

According to Variety, Sony Music is in the process of acquiring the music catalog of the rock band QUEEN for £1 billion (around $1.27 billion). The deal reportedly covers QUEEN's songs and all related intellectual property — including the rights to logos, music videos, merchandise, publishing and ot...