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  • DEICIDE’S DECADES OF BLASPHEMY SHOCK THE BAND ITSELF
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    DEICIDE’S DECADES OF BLASPHEMY SHOCK THE BAND ITSELF

    Sep 8, 2024 0

    With song titles like "Death to Jesus" and a frontman with a penchant for burning an inverted cross on his forehead, the most shocking thing that death metal pioneers Deicide have done, according to d...

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  • BARONESS ON AVOIDING REPETITION, AIRBNB RECORDING AND ACCESSIBLE PROG
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    BARONESS ON AVOIDING REPETITION, AIRBNB RECORDING AND ACCESSIBLE PROG

    Jun 27, 2024 0

    Whether sequestering themselves in an Airbnb to make an album or dropping down to smaller venues to play shows with the setlists curated by the audience, Baroness, six albums into its career, is not g...

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  • ULI JON ROTH ON THREE-HOUR, MULTIMEDIA LIVE SHOW, HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND A GIFT FROM KIRK HAMMETT
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    ULI JON ROTH ON THREE-HOUR, MULTIMEDIA LIVE SHOW, HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND A GIFT FROM KIRK HAMMETT

    Apr 8, 2024 0

    Uli Jon Roth, the German-born guitarist noted for inventing his own guitar, an early-career run with the Scorpions and a style that has influenced the likes of Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Yngwie Mal...

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  • ANTHRAX AND BLACK LABEL SOCIETY BRING METAL MAYHEM TO BETHLEHEM
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    ANTHRAX AND BLACK LABEL SOCIETY BRING METAL MAYHEM TO BETHLEHEM

    Mar 3, 2023 0

    Photos by Keith Perks Anthrax, one of the Big Four bands of thrash metal, and co-headliner Black Label Society, the band fronted by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde, reprised their summer ...

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  • WILKES-BARRE IS HELL-BENT FOR HALFORD AS JUDAS PRIEST CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF METAL
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    WILKES-BARRE IS HELL-BENT FOR HALFORD AS JUDAS PRIEST CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF METAL

    Oct 26, 2022 0

    Review and photos by Keith Perks Judas Priest embarked on its North American 50 Heavy Metal Years tour earlier this month and made a stop at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Oct. 19. ...

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  • JUDAS PRIEST’S RICHIE FAULKNER RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE PUT ON THE LEATHER AND STUDS
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    JUDAS PRIEST’S RICHIE FAULKNER RECALLS THE FIRST TIME HE PUT ON THE LEATHER AND STUDS

    Oct 11, 2022 0

    Judas Priest is celebrating 50 years of groundbreaking heavy metal, and a key player in that celebration wasn't even born when the band began. British guitarist Richie Faulkner, 42, has been with the ...

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  • JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
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    JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL

    Oct 6, 2022 0

    John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...

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  • JAY LUKE DEBUTS NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO, ‘YOU’LL NEVER BEAT THE ADDICTION’
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    JAY LUKE DEBUTS NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO, ‘YOU’LL NEVER BEAT THE ADDICTION’

    Aug 19, 2022 0

    Scranton hard rock and heavy metal artist Jay Luke has released his new single, "You'll Never Beat the Addiction," as well as its music video. The song is a driving, energetic track reminiscent of Bri...

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  • MAX CAVALERA ON THE LEGACY OF SEPULTURA AND THE RETURN BENEATH ARISE TOUR
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    MAX CAVALERA ON THE LEGACY OF SEPULTURA AND THE RETURN BENEATH ARISE TOUR

    May 26, 2022 0

    Brazilian death metal pioneers Sepultura changed the course of the genre with the albums "Beneath the Remains" in 1989 and "Arise" in 1991. Now, more than 25 years after frontman Max Cavalera left the...

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  • JUDAS PRIEST WOWS THE FAITHFUL WITH 50 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL
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    JUDAS PRIEST WOWS THE FAITHFUL WITH 50 YEARS OF HEAVY METAL

    Apr 12, 2022 0

    Photos and review by Andy Jillson Judas Priest and the Metal God himself, Rob Halford, fired up fans with a set of classic heavy metal songs in Oxon Hill, Maryland, last week. The "50 Years of Meta...

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ALBUMS:  MATT MORGIS

ALBUMS: MATT MORGIS

Dec 31, 2013
WOOTEN BROTHERS TAKE FAMILY AFFAIR TO KESWICK

WOOTEN BROTHERS TAKE FAMILY AFFAIR TO KESWICK

Dec 11, 2013
H81R’S MICHAEL LESTER’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR

H81R’S MICHAEL LESTER’S FAVORITE CONCERTS OF THE YEAR

Dec 27, 2017
NEW PHILADELPHIA VENUE:  BOOT & SADDLE

NEW PHILADELPHIA VENUE: BOOT & SADDLE

Aug 29, 2013
THOSE CLEVER FOXES SHARE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF THREE NEPA SHOWS THIS WEEK

THOSE CLEVER FOXES SHARE NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF THREE NEPA SHOWS THIS WEEK

Jun 14, 2022
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO:  STILL A PUNK AT HEART

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO: STILL A PUNK AT HEART

Apr 14, 2014
‘BOXTROLLS’ IS A DARK, TWISTED DELIGHT

‘BOXTROLLS’ IS A DARK, TWISTED DELIGHT

Oct 10, 2014

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POWER METAL PIONEERS HELLOWEEN FLYING HIGH WITH ‘GIANTS & MONSTERS’
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POWER METAL PIONEERS HELLOWEEN FLYING HIGH WITH ‘GIANTS & MONSTERS’

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BILLY IDOL AND JOAN JETT DELIVER HIT-HEAVY SHOW AT MANN CENTER
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BILLY IDOL AND JOAN JETT DELIVER HIT-HEAVY SHOW AT MANN CENTER

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VERNON REID TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM, OZZY’S LAST SHOW AND THE LANDSCAPE OF BLACK ROCK MUSICIANS
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VERNON REID TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM, OZZY’S LAST SHOW AND THE LANDSCAPE OF BLACK ROCK MUSICIANS

Sep 23, 2025

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