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Rolling Stones Cancel Upcoming US And Canada Tour Dates

The Rolling Stones have had to announce the postponement of their upcoming US / Canada tour dates. In a statement the rock legends say: “We apologise for any inconvenience this causes those who have...

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MusicIP Mixer: Playlist Generator Extraordinaire

I listen to a lot of music. Specifically, I spend a lot of time listening to metal. How I listen to it depends on where I am. Under normal home-listening circumstances, I generally prefer to listen to...

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Riki Rachtman Reveals All In "Cathouse Hollywood" Podcast

With even dirtier stories than MÖTLEY CRÜE's "The Dirt", the new "Cathouse Hollywood" podcast, hosted by Riki Rachtman, presents all true first-hand accounts of never-before-told stories about some of...

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Charity 'Sunshine' Tillemann-Dick: Opera singer with transplanted lungs dies

[....] Tillemann-Dick was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2004, forcing her to undergo two emergency lung transplants needed to save her life. Despite her illness Tillemann-Dick pursued a...

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Black Metal Barbie

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Trailer Released For Mötley Crüe Movie 'The Dirt'

Netflix has released the first trailer for the upcoming Mötley Crüe Movie The Dirt, which is based on the band's 2001 tell-all autobiography The Dirt: Confessions Of The World's Most Notorious Rock...

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The Origins of Judas Priest

Pretty good little read, if you're interested in Judas Priest. Original JUDAS PRIEST singer Al Atkins spoke to MusicRealms about how the first version of the band came together 50 years ago. Click to...

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Prince of Darkness Hospitalized Again In Latest Health Scare

Prince of Darkness Hospitalized Again In Latest Health Scare The Elder Statesman of Metal has been hospitalized again in another of a series of recent health scares. Ozzy Osbourne went back to the...

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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Battles Throat Cancer

Dave Mustaine has been diagnosed with throat cancer. The Megadeth frontman revealed his diagnosis on Twitter Monday. “I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer,” tweeted the 57-year-old. “It’s clearly...

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Tony Hall, Promoter of Sabbath's First Record Deal, Dies At 91

Tony Hall, the pioneering British music executive, columnist, record producer and radio DJ, who was instrumental in getting Black Sabbath signed to their first record deal with Phonogram’s Vertigo...

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Juggalo Makeup Found To Defeat Facial Recognition Technology

There are plenty of people who have fears about facial recognition, even though it recently helped authorities identify the Capital Gazette shooting suspect. The technology can be inaccurate, and...

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Mosh-Pit Oral During Behemoth's Set At Roskilde Festival

Behemoth frontman Nergal posted Snapchat video of a fan getting oral from his better half, also presumably a fan, in the pit during Saturday Night's set at the Roskilde Festival. Nergal added "But in...

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Billy Ray Cyrus: I’m shocked ‘Old Town Road’ is a runaway hit

Twenty-seven years after Billy Ray Cyrus scored a crossover hit with “Achy Breaky Heart,” the country star has lassoed another smash success as a featured vocalist on rapper Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road...

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B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitar going up for auction

I've always loved the blues and listened to BB and Freddie King (also very talented) at the same time I was discovering the psychedelic music of the 60's-70's. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Her name was...

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Album of the Year: Midyear Check-In

It's a bit over halfway through the year, so I thought I'd take a quick look at the frontrunners in the perennial race for Album of the Year. So far, the Top 5 is a battle between death metal (2...

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Old Man Metal Rates: "Bang! You're Dead" Edition

Legion of the Damned - Slaves of the Shadow Realm (2019) 4 out of 5 stars. Primarily mid- and up-tempo thrash riffing, with the neck-snapping riff and tempo changes you expect from good thrash, played...

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Old Man Metal Rates: "Watch The World Burn" Edition

Lowest Creature - Sacrilegious Pain (2019) 4/5 stars. Lowest Creature play a straightforward style of metal that sees compelling mid-tempo thrash and crossover riffs bolted together into uncomplicated...

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Ginger Baker: Legendary Cream drummer dies aged 80

[....] A co-founder of Cream, he also played with Blind Faith, Hawkwind and Fela Kuti in a long and varied career. His style combined the lyricism of jazz with the crude power of rock. One critic said...

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Old Man Metal Rates: "Burn It All!" Edition

Possessor - Gravelands (2019) 4/5 stars. Gravelands is the fourth LP from London's Possessor: six tracks of ace stoner/sludge bookended by an intro and an atmospheric reprise whose common aural...

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Morbid's Top 10 Albums of 2019

Because no one asked, here are my top 10 albums of 2019, in no particular order: PORT NOIR - NEW ROUTINE SPOTLIGHTS - LOVE & DECAY INTER ARMA - SULPHUR ENGLISH POLANKSI - MOSQUITO SILVERTOMB - EDGE...

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Old Man Metal's "Top Ten Metal Albums of 2019" List

Looking beyond the fact that 2019 was another great year for metal— I will never get tired of saying that— what is even more heartening to me is the fact that four of my Top Ten Metal Albums of 2019...

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Neil Peart, Requiescat in Pace

I'll just leave this here. RIP

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Old Man Metal Rates: "Excruciating Decay" Edition

Cerebral Rot - Odious Descent into Decay (2019) 4/5 stars. First full-length slab of filthy, Autopsy-bred death metal from Seattle's Cerebral Rot. Composed of mostly mid-length tracks, with three...

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Old Man Metal Rates: "Jesus Built My Wuhan" Edition

Cruel Fate - A Quaternary of Decrepit Night Mares (2019) 4/5 stars. Great straightforward debut from Canada's Cruel Fate. Nothing fancy; eight tracks of mostly short-to-midlength riff-heavy...

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Ozzy Osbourne reveals Parkinson's disease diagnosis

The Black Sabbath singer, 71, told US TV show Good Morning America he has a "mild form" and found out about it after suffering a fall last February. Wife Sharon said: "It's not a death sentence but it...

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Old Man Metal Rates: "All Out Of Candy" Edition

Maat - As We Create the Hope From Above (2014) 4/5 stars. Maat play excellent Egyptian-themed death metal, largely in the vein of Nile: multi-tempo, very demanding technical death metal riffing...

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Country Group Dixie Chicks Changes Name to "The Chicks"

Across the band's social media pages, the women now go by The Chicks. On Thursday morning, their official Twitter handle was been changed from @dixiechicks to @thechicks. The group made up of Natalie...

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The sad ballad of Warrel Dane

I was listening to 'the seven tongues of god' by nevermore, my favorite band ever, and the last line of the song said 'to see the light is the purest form of reward' and i just started bawling my cute...

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Country Rocker and Fiddler Charlie Daniels Dies at Age 83

WASHINGTON — Country music firebrand and fiddler Charlie Daniels who had a hit with ‘Devil Went Down to Georgia’ has died at age 83. A statement from his publicist said the Country Music Hall of Famer...

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Lady Antebellum Changes Name in Support of Black Lives Matter Movement

Lady Antebellum says it needs that name no more. The country-pop trio — which won Record and Song of the Year Grammys for the 2009 smash “Need You Now” — have renounced the name that fans have known...

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The Musician's Thread

Whether it has strings, a reed, a mouthpiece, or you play it by hitting it with a stick, this is the place to talk about it. --Al

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8yr Girl goes Viral with a Hilarious Original Song Called 'I Wonder What's...

An eight-year-old girl has become an online star after her original song 'I Wonder What's Inside Your Butthole' went viral — with one fan hailing her a 'musical prodigy.' Lisa Rieffel-Dunn, 45, from...

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Madonna Claims She "Has Antibodies" and Is Going to "Breathe in the COVID-19...

Madonna has said she plans to "breathe in the COVID-19 air" after claiming she has coronavirus antibodies. The 61-year-old made the statement in a video on her Instagram account on which she has been...

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Was Judas Priest Drummer Dave Holland Really Guilty?

On a blustery Friday in January 2004, former Judas Priest drummer Dave Holland was convicted of attempted rape and indecent assault at Northampton Crown Court, over his protestations of innocence. He...

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Spotify Favorite New Tracks For Aug 14th, 2020

I'm just creating a thread every Friday to coincide with my Spotify Release Radar, and picking a handful of new songs I dig each week. Feel free to share your own. Indie-popish guitar band I have grown...

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African Bush Viper Named In Honor Of Metallica Frontman James Hetfield

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has received the ultimate honour: a new species of venomous snake has been named after him. Atheris hetfieldi was discovered by a team of metal-loving scientists led...

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Woke 2020 ACM Awards Gives Entertainer of the Year to a Man/Woman Tie

The Academy of Country Music Awards left fans stunned when, for the first time in its history, the evening ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year. While...

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Drummer Lee Kerslake Has Died

Lee Kerslake recording Ozzy Osbourne's "Blizzard of Ozz" album at Ridge Farm Studio in 1980. (CNN)Lee Kerslake, drummer for Ozzy Osbourne and rock band Uriah Heep, has died, according to statements...

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Jim Weatherly, ‘Midnight Train to Georgia’ songwriter, dead at 77

Jim Weatherly, the country singer-songwriter known for a number of hits, including “Midnight Train to Georgia” died Wednesday. He was 77. His family said he died of natural causes, according to music...

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Nike sues over Lil Nas X 'Satan Shoes' with human blood in soles

Not sure if any of you have heard about this mess. The infamous music video:

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A metal band made up of cats has dropped its first single for charity

Weirder things have happened in the past 12 months, let's be real. Which is why, when we learned about Cattera - a metal band made up of cats - we didn't really flinch. Why shouldn't this be a thing?...

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Childish Gambino Sued for Allegedly Ripping off "This Is America"

A rapper named Kidd Wes is suing Childish Gambino for millions over the 2018 hit “This Is America.” But Wes exclusively tells Page Six “it’s not about the money.” Wes claims in court documents filed...

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'Lords of Chaos:' The Backstory

Rebellion is a refusal to accept the mores of one's society, and an embracing of an alternate value set that is diametrically opposed to those rejected conventions. Accordingly, rebellion indirectly...

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Metal Church Singer Mike Howe Dies at 55

Hard rock vocalist Mike Howe, who served two stints in Seattle thrashers Metal Church in the late 1980s and again in the 2000s, has died at age 55. The long-running band announced the news in a...

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Joey Jordison, 1975 – 2021: founding Slipknot member who held the key to the...

When Slipknot roared out of Des Moines, Iowa with their self-titled debut some 22 years ago, they were greeted by one of two responses. One was a guttural disgust: this was a band that huffed the...

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Song of the Day

Post a song for the day. :five: Just one. Then return the next day etc. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts&feature=av2e"]YouTube- The Cranberries - Zombie[/ame]

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When Eternity Ends, the debut full-length of Chaos Temple

Since I have received some feedback that a few of you want to listen to my music, this is the thread I am creating to promote it. On August 11, 2021, I officially released When Eternity Ends by Chaos...

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Old Friend of Mine Just Went Big Time and Released Her First Album! Meet...

This is so cool! I knew her from back in the day when she was in local bands. She literally hopped a freight train out of town and spent years busking around the country. She ended up in Nashville and...

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Metallica gifts $100,000 grant to Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ

Very nice of the lads! Rock legend Metallica gifts Pima Community College $100K grant Rock legend Metallica has chosen Pima Community College to receive a grant of $100,000. kvoa.com

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