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Promoters Cancel Australian Tour Of Norwegian Metal Band TAAKE, Whose Frontman Has Been Accused Of Far-Right Sympathies According to The Guardian, Norwegian black metal band TAAKE has had its previously announced tour of Australia canceled by the promoters. The controversial

LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA: 'It Was Really Stressful' Reworking 'Comalies' Songs For 20th Anniversary This past October, Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL released “Comalies XX”, a “deconstructed” and ...

WOLF HOFFMANN Says ACCEPT Has No Plans To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of 'Balls To The Wall' Album In a new interview with Made In Metal, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked if there are any plans for him and his bandmates to celebrate the 40th anniversary of ...

SLIPKNOT Bassist Knew His Distinctive Tattoos Would Reveal His Identity SLIPKNOT bassist Alessandro “Vman” Venturella says that he predicted his identity would be revealed by the media prior to the release of the band’s fifth album, “.5: The Gray ...

MANOWAR Guitarist MICHAEL ANGELO BATIO Addresses 'Controversy' Over JOEY DEMAIO's Bass Playing In the two-and-a-half-minute video below, new MANOWAR guitarist Michael Angelo Batio responds to the controversy about Joey DeMaio’s bass playing technique, as

JIMMY BOWER Dismisses PANTERA/EXHORDER Comparisons: Those Two Bands Were Like 'Night And Day' In a recent interview with the Pod Scum podcast, Jimmy Bower, who has played with PANTERA singer Philip Anselmo in both DOWN and SUPERJOINT (formerly SUPERJOINT RITUAL), ...

MICHAEL WILTON: How QUEENSRŸCHE Weathered Rise Of Grunge In 1990s In a recent interview with Max Davallo of the “Sonic Dorms”music talk show, QUEENSRŸCHE guitarist Michael Wilton spoke about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands ...

CHRIS BRODERICK Explains Why It Was Important For Him To 'Recreate' Classic MEGADETH Solos 'As Closely As Possible' In a new interview with “Coffee With Ola”, the YouTube program hosted by Ola Englund, the Swedish guitarist, record producer ...

Watch Drone Video Of PANTERA's Performance At KNOTFEST BRASIL Drone video of PANTERA’s performance of the song “A New Level” at Knotfest Brasil at Sambódromo Do Anhembi in São Paulo, Brazil can be seen below. The concert was the reformed band’s ...

STEVE PERRY Withdraws Lawsuit Over JOURNEY Song Trademarks Former JOURNEY singer Steve Perry has withdrawn his petition to cancel trademark registrations for 20 of the band’s songs held by guitarist Neal Schon and keyboard player Jonathan Cain. The songs include some ...