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Slayer: One more leg

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Amon Amarth, Canibal Corpse, Heavy Metal, Lamb of God, Music News, Repentless, Slayer 10 of December, 2018

Montreal fans of Slayer, if you want to catch the band on a leg of its final world tour, you might want to hit the road to Ottawa. The band has just announced another leg of its final world tour. The latest run of dates will kick off May 2, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ, with the band

Grammys offer a nod to Hard Rock

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Grammys, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music News 07 of December, 2018

If the Grammys are your thing, or you gave up on them long ago because of their refusal to acknowledge the music you like – if that music was Hard Rock or Heavy Metal – you might be surprised to read some of the nominees for the 2019 Grammys. In the "Best Metal Performance" category, nominees include, Between

Megadeth’s follow-up to Dystopia on its way

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Megacruise, Megadeth, Music News, New Music 05 of December, 2018

Megadeth fans should pencil in Spring 2019 when the window will open for a follow-up to their last album, 2016's ‘Dystopia.’ During a radio interview last week, lead vocalist Dave Mustaine said, “We're just assembling all the pieces right now. Kiko [Loureiro, guitar] and Dirk [Verbeuren, drums] have started the recording and we're now in the

Priest to unite with Heep in 2019

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Firepower, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Living the Dream, Music News, Uriah Heep 03 of December, 2018

Judas Priest’s double-threat billing with Deep Purple made the shows among the most in-demand in 2018. Now for 2019, Priest are teaming up with another all-time classic band, Uriah Heep. Uriah Heep are touring to support its latest album, ‘Living the Dream,' and the opportunity to open for Priest, should be a major push for

Rockville ready to rock again

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Judas Priest, Music News, Papa Roach, Shinedown, Tool, Welcome to Rockville 03 of December, 2018

“Florida’s Biggest Rock Experience” – Welcome to Rockville, broke records in 2018 with its multi-day festival format. Now the event organizers are taking things up a notch with the lineup of acts announced for 2019 The ninth annual edition will take place in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday, May 3, Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 at Metropolitan Park. Among

Raise a glass to Motorhead

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Brand for Fans, Heavy Metal, Lemmy, Motorhead, Music News 28 of November, 2018

Just in time for celebrating in the holiday season, December 1 will see the release of Motörhead Rum. Many music artists have gone down the road of distributing their own brew. In the case of Motörhead, as you can imagine, the band had a hand in making sure that everything was to their specifications.

Ozzy and Tony, not a working relationship

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Black Sabbath, Heavy Metal, Music News, Ozzy, Tony Iommi 26 of November, 2018

Apparently the Black Sabbath final tour was not all roses and good times. The band's frontman, Ozzy Osbourne, has spoken about how things didn’t go so well, and the difficult time he had on the tour. He specifically suggested that he and guitarist Tony Iommi had their issues working together. Osbourne’s interview was

Vinnie Paul’s last effort with Hellyeah

by Marvin Matthews in Rock n Roll News Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, HELLYEAH, Music News, Vinnie Paul Abbott 22 of November, 2018

Vinnie Paul Abbott, drummer of Hellyeah, passed away in June. His passing affected the music community far and wide, but his musical mark is still beating. Helllyeah has confirmed that it will release its new album in 2019, the band's final effort with Abbott. The band made the announcement via the group’s Facebook page: “"Happy

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