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In a new interview with Brazil's 89 A Rádio Rock, Wolfgang Van Halen spoke about the recently released third album from his MAMMOTH (formerly MAMMOTH WVH) project, "The End". The musician, who plays all the instruments and sings all the vocals on the MAMMOTH recordings, said about the LP, which, lik...

The quest to become the most intense band has been around for ages, whether we are speaking of metal, punk, hardcore, electronic noise or everything in between and beyond. BLACK SABBATH was overwhelming in its day. Those Birmingham beasts had the intention to scare and push the envelope, an impulse...

Rikki Rockett has thrown shade at Pete Evick, who is best known as Bret Michaels's music director and guitar player of the last 21 years, after Pete suggested that Bret is "the one carrying the torch" for POISON while the multi-platinum rock act is not actively touring. Earlier this week, Anthony Br...

In a new interview with Neeka Rogers of Metal Nation, Jeffrey Hatrix, also known as Jeffrey Nothing (born Jeffrey Lewis Hetrick), formerly the haunting voice and co-founder behind Cleveland's pioneering alterna-metal and industrial collective MUSHROOMHEAD, spoke about his ongoing battle with cancer....

Former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal has released the official music video for the song "Moonshine Hootenanny". The track is taken from his latest instrumental album, "Bumblefoot ...Returns!", which came out in January 2025. Thirty years after his debut solo instrumental album, Bumbl...

IRON MAIDEN, BRING ME THE HORIZON, LIMP BIZKIT and THE OFFSPRING will headline the 2026 installment of Hellfest, set to take place June 18-21, 2026 in Clisson, France. Hellfest is an annual open-air festival and one of the biggest metal festivals in all of Europe. After canceling the 2020 and 2021 i...

In a new interview with Altars Of Metal, POWER TRIP guitarist Blake Ibanez spoke about the Texas thrashers' return to the live stage and decision to begin work on their first new music since the tragic passing of frontman Riley Gale. POWER TRIP's longtime friend and collaborator Seth Gilmore has ste...

In the video below, SLAYER guitarist Kerry King dives into his decades-long admiration of pinball and how his technical skills as a musician helped him excel across Stern machines. Kerry says (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): " I'm sure I was in my teens when I used to go to little miniature gol...

In an interview with Toilet Ov Hell, MUDVAYNE frontman Chad Gray was asked about the possibility of the band releasing a full-length album after recently issuing its first two new singles in 16 years, "Hurt People Hurt People" and "Sticks And Stones". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I...