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In a new interview with Oran O'Beirne of Fistful Of Metal magazine, EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt spoke about the possibility of the band one day calling it quits, similar to the way MEGADETH recently announced its farewell tour. "Well, I don't wanna die on stage," he said laughing. "I've spent a lot o...

In a new interview with LifeMinute editor-in-chief Joann Butler, guitarist Kim Thayil discussed the album he and the other surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN are working on featuring previously unreleased recordings they made with late frontman Chris Cornell before his 2017 death. Thayil, drummer Matt...

DEF LEPPARD has shared professionally filmed video of the band's cover of DEPECHE MODE's "Personal Jesus", filmed during the group's third Las Vegas residency, "Def Leppard Live At Caesars Palace: The Las Vegas Residency", which was held this past February. The 12-show run followed sold-out residenc...

During a May 22 livestream on his YouTube channel, Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack addressed some of the negative feedback he and the rest of the Osbourne family have received to the recently announced Ozzy A.I. avatar, which is coming to life through a partnership between Hyperreal, the digital human tech...

During METALLICA's May 22 concert at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany, METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo performed a cover of "Schwarz-Weiß Wie Schnee" (English-language translation: "Black And White As Snow"), TANKARD's version of the anthem of the German football...

Dirty rock n' roll is alive and kicking, and BLACKLIST UNION has lit the fuse by releasing its blistering new version of "Jackson",, the iconic duet popularized by Johnny Cash and June Carter, featuring none other than rock icon Lorraine Lewis of FEMME FATALE. The track is already being hailed as a...

For more than four decades, Donnie Vie has remained one of rock music's most distinctive melodic voices — a songwriter capable of balancing emotional honesty with towering hooks and timeless power-pop craftsmanship. On Friday, May 22, Vie released the digital single "Beautiful Things", a radiant and...

Acclaimed Eastern European emotional metalcore band DRAG ME OUT, led by Denis "Stoff" Shaforostov, the charismatic frontman and former singer for MAKE ME FAMOUS and ASKING ALEXANDRIA, has released a brand new single, "Can't Keep On Running Away", via Life Or Death. DRAG ME OUT continues to carve its...

Former SKID ROW singer Erik Grönwall has released the official music video for "Who's The Winner", a powerful track from his latest solo album, "Bad Bones", which came out on May 22. After years of fronting some of rock's most iconic acts, Erik returns with his first fully original solo LP. Known wo...

Swiss modern metal outfit ILLUMISHADE, featuring ELUVEITIE vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf, has released a new single, "Paralyzed". A dark, pulsating testament to the group's originality, the song plants its undeniable hook immediately before a crushing, whammy-ridden riff takes you...

Norwegian metallers EINHERJER have shared the second single, "Dei Så Ser", from their upcoming tenth studio album, "Lifeblood", that due on June 19. The song is a powerful ballad in Norwegian that reflects a Norse way of thinking, where life and death are part of the same cycle. Nothing truly disapp...

Danish metal band RAUNCHY has released the official lyric video for its latest single, Frameworker". The track is taken from RAUNCHY's long-awaited new album "Prisoner", due later this year via Mighty Music. The group first studio LP in 12 years was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Jacob H...

DED — Joe Cotela (vocals); Alex Adamcik (guitar); Kyle Koelsch (bass); and Matt Reinhard (drums) — will release a deluxe version of its September 2025-released album "Resent" on July 3 via UNFD. "Resent: Deluxe Edition" will feature previously unreleased tracks and demos, adding 11 new tracks to the...

Los Angeles blackened melodeath metallers THROWN INTO EXILE have released a new single, "Behind The Veil", marking their official BLKIIBLK debut. The new track — which premiered Wednesday on Matt Heafy's "Chaos Hour" on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal — showcases the addition of THROWN INTO EXILE's new sing...

Fresh off the announcement of their forthcoming LP, the iconic alternative rock band SLEEPING WITH SIRENS has released their new single "Paralyzed" with an accompanying visualizer. The band's eighth studio record, "An Ending In Itself", will be out on June 12 with Rise Records. "'Paralyzed' is one o...

Jon Schaffer, the founder, chief songwriter, and driving force behind iconic heavy metal acts ICED EARTH, DEMONS & WIZARDS, SONS OF LIBERTY, JON SCHAFFER'S PURGATORY and the SCHAFFER/BARLOW project, has released the official DazVideos-created music video for "Full Spectrum Dominance" from his re...

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have released a cinematic music video for "As Seen In The Unseen", the latest single from their new album, "Grand Serpent Rising", which arrives today (Friday, May 22) via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden with acclaimed producer F...

Alternative rock band VIOLET BREED, a collaboration between Brian Wheat, the founder and bassist of the multi-platinum selling band TESLA, and Alex Gonzato, an emerging singer/songwriter from the U.K., has released its fifth single, "Sing". An electrifying rock anthem with music and lyrics written b...

Albert Bouchard is best known as a founding member of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT. The band's original lineup sold millions of albums for Columbia Records, with such classic songs as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and the No. 1 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart "Burning For You". Bouchard contributed to s...

THE WARNING, the trio of sisters from Monterrey, Mexico, has released a new single, "Ego", out now via Lava/Republic Records. Sung entirely in Spanish, the track arrives alongside an equally intense official music video that made its broadcast premier on MTV Live, mtvU and on the Paramount Times Squ...