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Ukraine Metal Band Jinjer To Tour Australia With Canada’s Kittie

by Paul Cashmere

Ukrainian metal band Jinjer will return to Australia in February 2025. Canada’s Kittie are coming too.

Tagged as: 10s, Canada, Jinjer, Kittie, metal, Ukraine

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Metallica Confirm Australia and New Zealand Tour for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica have confirmed Australia and New Zealand will be part of the M72 World Tour in 2025. This will be the band’s seventh Australian tour.

Tagged as: 80s, metal, Metallica, rock, USA

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Ratt ‘Out Of The Cellar’ To Get 40th Anniversary Edition

by Paul Cashmere

Ratt’s 1984 debut album ‘Out of the Cellar’ will have a 40th anniversary release with an extra track added.

Tagged as: 80s, glam, metal, Out of the Cellar, Ratt, USA

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Iron Maiden Announce Run For Your Lives 50th Anniversary Tour for 2025

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden will have an all-new tour for 2025.The ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour will mark the 50th anniversary of when founding member and principal songwriter bass player Steve Harris formed the band in London in 1975.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Run for your Lives, UK

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System of a Down Drummer John Dolmayan Announces Comic Book Series

by Paul Cashmere

John Dolmayan of System of a Down has a comic book series on the way.

Tagged as: 90s, comic, Dead Samurai, John Dolmayan, metal, System Of A Down, USA

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Voice of Baceprot To Play Australia For The First Time Next Month

by Paul Cashmere

Indonesia’s number one metal band Voice of Baceprot (VoB) will play their first ever Australian dates next month in October 2024.

Tagged as: 20s, Indonesia, metal, VoB, Voice of Baceprot

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Linkin Park Play First Show With New Singer Emily Armstrong

by Paul Cashmere

Linkin Park have played their first show with new singer Emily Armstrong at the Forum in Los Angeles.

Tagged as: 00s, Emily Armstrong, Linkin Park, metal, rock, USA

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Mastodon and Lamb Of God Release Collaborative Single ‘Floods of Triton’

by Paul Cashmere

Mastodon and Lamb of God have combined for the collaboration track ‘Floods of Triton’. The new song was recorded at Mastodon’s own West End Sound in Atlanta and was produced by Mastodon and Tyler Bates, highly regarded in his own right for his scores for Guardians of The Galaxy, John Wick and MaXXXine.

Tagged as: 00s, Good Things, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, metal, USA

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Iron Maiden Take Fans On A Roller Coaster Of The Future and The Past In Melbourne #REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Iron Maiden have returned to Australia for the first time since 2016. Considering it has been 44 years since the first album ‘Iron Maiden’ in 1980, the Australian tours have been few and far between.

Tagged as: 80s, Australian Tour, Future Past, Iron Maiden, metal, TEG Dainty, UK

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Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath, Noise11, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Tony Iommi To Release Glenn Hughes Collaborations

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Iommi has expanded his two Glenn Hughes collaborations to be released October 4 and on vinyl for the first time.

Tagged as: 90s, Black Sabbath, Glenn Hughes, metal, Tony Iommi, UK

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Rob Halford of Judas Priest at Power Trip 2023 photo by Richard Gilkerson

Judas Priest To Reissue Debut Album With 21st Century Sound

by Music-News.com

Judas Priest are re-releasing their debut album ‘Rocka Rolla’.

Tagged as: 70s, Judas Priest, metal, Rocka Rolla, UK

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Michael Schenker Shares ‘Only You Can Rock Me’ With Joey Tempest and Roger Glover

by Paul Cashmere

Michael Schenker has previewed another track from the upcoming ‘My Life with UFO’. ‘Only You Can Rock Me’ features vocals by Joey Tempest of Europe and bass from Deep Purple’s Roger Glover.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Germany, metal, Michael Schenker, My Life With UFO, UFO

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The Cult Add Third Sydney Show

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult has exceeded expectations with a third Sydney show added to the Australian itinerary.

Tagged as: 80s, 8424, Australian Tour, metal, TEG Live, The Cult, UK

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AC/DC Back In Back Awarded 27th Platinum Award

by Paul Cashmere

AC/DC ‘Back In Black’ is officially now the third biggest selling album of all-time in the USA.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, AC/DC, Australia, Back In Back, metal, rock

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Coal Chamber Postpone 2024 Tour To 2025 After Dez Fafara Health Scare

by Paul Cashmere

The Coal Chamber 2024 North American tour has been postponed until 2025 after singer Dez Fafara suffered a health scare during the week.

Tagged as: 90s, Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara, metal, USA

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Jack Russell of Great White Dies At Age 63

by Paul Cashmere

Great White lead singer Jack Russell has died from Lewy body dementia and multiple system atrophy.at age 63.

Tagged as: 80s, Great White, Jack Russell, metal, rock, USA

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Marilyn Manson Performs First Concert Since 2019

by Paul Cashmere

Marilyn Manson has started his first tour since the accusations of domestic violence and commenced his first tour since North American Autumn Tour 2019 concluded in Phoenix, Arizona on 9 November 2019.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, Marilyn Manson, metal, rock, USA

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The Dead Daisies Premiere Very AC/DC Sounding ‘I’m Gonna Ride’

by Paul Cashmere

The Dead Daisies are channelling AC/DC with their new song ‘I’m Gonna Ride’.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Australia, David Lowy, I'm Gonna Ride, Light Em Up, metal, rock, The Dead Daisies

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Ozzy Osbourne Apologises For Criticising Britney Spears

by Music-News.com

Ozzy Osbourne has apologised to Britney Spears for mocking her dance style.

Tagged as: 00s, 70s, Black Sabbath, Britney Spears, metal, Ozzy Osbourne, pop, rock, UK, USA

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Josh Todd of Buckcherry Is Looking Forward To The Match With Rose Tattoo In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Josh Todd of Buckcherry is up for the challenge of the Australian tour with Rose Tattoo but says he was a later-comer to discovering The Tatts.

Tagged as: 90s, Buckcherry, Josh Todd, metal, rock, Rose Tattoo, USA

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Simon McBride Did Not “Audition” for Deep Purple

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple skipped the formalities of an audience when they brought in Simon McBride to replace Steve Morse on lead guitar.

Tagged as: 1, 60s, 70s, 80s, Deep Purple, heavy, metal, rock, Simon McBride, UK

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Slash Reveals His 25-Year Old Step-Daughter Has Passed Away

by Music-News.com

Slash is mourning the death of his 25-year-old stepdaughter Lucy-Bleu Knight.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Guns n Roses, metal, rock, Slash, USA

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Metallica’s James Hetfield Will Play A Sheriff in ‘The Thicket’

by Paul Cashmere

Metallica’s James Hetfield has been confirmed to play the sheriff in the upcoming film ‘The Thicket’.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, James Hetfield, metal, Metallica, rock, The Thicket, USA

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Nikki Sixx Has A Say About New Motley Crue Music

by Music-News.com

Nikki Sixx has hit back at critics who poured scorn on Motley Crue’s new music.

Tagged as: 80s, Dogs of War, glam, John 5, metal, Motley Crue, Nikki Sixx, rock, USA

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The Cult Get a Venue Upgrade In Melbourne And A New Show For Sydney

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult have been upgraded from The Form to MC Arena in Melbourne and have a sell-out show at Sydney’s Opera House as well as a new Sydney show at the Enmore Theatre.

Tagged as: 90s, metal, rock, The Cult, UK

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Deep Purple Sounding Like Classic Deep Purple on ‘Lazy Sod’

by Paul Cashmere

Deep Purple have released another preview of the ‘=1’ album and ‘Lazy Sod’ sounds like classic Deep Purple.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Deep Purple, Lazy Sod, metal, rock, UK

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The Cult Mark 40th Anniversary with ‘8424’ Australian Dates For November

by Paul Cashmere

The Cult will return to Australia for the first time in eight years in November as part of the ‘8424’ world tour, marking the 40th anniversary of the band.

Tagged as: 80s, 8424, Australian Tour, metal, TEG Live, The Cult, UK

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Megadeth Working On Next Record

by Music-News.com

Megadeth are “actively working” on their next studio album.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Megadeth, metal, rock, USA

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John Brewster Recorded All His Guitar Parts for ‘Ninety Nine’ Album In Hotel Rooms

by Paul Cashmere

The Angels cofounder and rhythm guitarist John Brewster had a close call when a heart attack put him out of action when The Angels started recording their new album ‘Ninety Nine’. John had to make up his parts later in hotel rooms while on tour on Red Hot Summer with Cheap Trick earlier this year.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, John Brewster, metal, Nick Norton, Ninety Nine, rock, Sam Brewster, The Angels

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Indonesia’s Voice of Baceprot (VoB) Are Ones To Watch At Glastonbury This Weekend

by Paul Cashmere

Glastonbury has its usual mix of old, new, borrowed and blues lined up for this weekend and the new one to watch will be Indonesia’s Voice of Baceprot (aka VoB).

Tagged as: 20s, Indonesia, metal, VoB, Voice of Baceprot

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