METAL SINGERS PUT NEW TWIST ON ‘TRANSFORMERS’ SOUNDTRACK
Six years after the country was consumed with the death of JR Ewing on the TV drama “Dallas” in 1980, another character’s demise was rattling a different fanbase: Optimus Prime, the altruistic leader ...
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VENOM CELEBRATES ‘DANGEROUS’ NEW ALBUM; LISTENING PARTY SET FOR BROOKLYN
Venom, heralded as the founders of black metal and a crucial influence on countless other sub-genres, are pushing the edges of their own rather extreme parameters on their 16th album, "Into Oblivion,"...
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DEICIDE’S DECADES OF BLASPHEMY SHOCK THE BAND ITSELF
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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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