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August 25, 2021
BLACK PHANTOM: LINE-UP CHANGE AND 3 NEW MOVIE SONGS RECORDING

It is with great regret that Black Phantom announce the departure from the group of Luca Belbruno, guitarist and one of the founding bandmembers since 2014.

In the meantime, the studio activities of Black Phantom did not stop: 3 new unreleased songs for the soundtracks of American independent horror movies got recorded and delivered in July to their respective production companies.

August 25, 2021
TYGERS OF PAN TANG - INTRODUCE NEW BASS PLAYER

After a rigorous audition process, Tygers Of Pan Tang are pleased to introduce their new permanent bass player - Huw Holding (ex-Blitzkrieg, ex-Avenger).

Huw commented: "It is such a great honour to play for a band that I stood and worshipped as a kid, all those years back... But most importantly the Tygers aren't a band resting on their laurels and an incredibly

August 25, 2021
IMMORTAL GUARDIAN – “CANDLELIGHT” VIDEO STREAMING

The extreme progressive/power metal group Immortal Guardian have unveiled a music video for “Candlelight”, the latest single from their concept album Psychosomatic. The clip which was produced by Brett Rivera and features former Cirque Du Soleil performer Olga Pikhienko and world-renown dancer Danny Davalos was filmed at the location at the Valley of Fire outside Las Vegas

August 24, 2021
BLACKTHORNE - HARD ROCK SUPERGROUP FEATURING GRAHAM BONNET, BOB KULICK, FRANKIE BANALI, JIMMY WALDO, CHUCK WRIGHT TO REISSUE SOLE ALBUM ON VINYL

When you combine former members of bands such as KISS, Rainbow, Quiet Riot, and Alcatrazz you get the hard rock supergroup, Blackthorne.

In 1993, Bob Kulick (fuitar), Graham Bonnet (vocals), Frankie Banali (drums), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards), and Chuck Wright (bass) released their legendary debut and sole Blackthorne album, Afterlife.

August 23, 2021
ROCKIN' ALL OVER RADIO SHOW 23/8/21 PLAYLIST

1. Europe - Stormwind (4:31)
2. Pretty Maids - Queen Of Dreams (4:43)
3. Scorpions - Blackout (3:48)
4. Michael Schenker Group - Red Sky (5:04)
5. Alcatrazz - Jet to Jet (4:27)
6. Mama's Boys - Don't Tell Mama (4:22)
7. Thin Lizzy - Angel of Death (6:18)
8. Uli Jon Roth - Icebreaker (2:41)
9. Gary Moore - Murder In The Skies (7:17)
10. Y&T - Forever (5:47)
11. Lion - Never Surrender (3:33)

August 23, 2021
GLORYHAMMER - PART WAYS WITH LEAD SINGER

Yesterday, British power metallers of Gloryhammer unveiled via their social medias that their lead singer, Thomas Laszlo Winkler, is out of the band. More can be read below.

The band's statement reads as follows: "We regret to announce that Thomas Winkler is no longer a member of Gloryhammer. All upcoming shows (including the UK Tour with Alestorm) will continue as planned, with a new vocalist. For the Eternal Glory of Dundee."

August 23, 2021
SAXON'S NEW ALBUM IS FINISHED: 'IT'S HEAVY AND MELODIC', SAYS BIFF BYFORD

British heavy metal legends SAXON have officially completed work on their new LP for a February 4, 2022 release. Speaking to Neil Jones from TotalRock at this year's Bloodstock Open Air festival, singer Biff Byford said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The SAXON album is finished. Andy Sneap finished mixing it a couple of weeks ago. I signed it off.

August 23, 2021
ERIC WAGNER (EX-TROUBLE, THE SKULL) HAS DIED AFTER BEING HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID PNEUMONIA

Eric Wagner, singer for doom band THE SKULL and originally of TROUBLE, has passed away just days after he was hospitalized with COVID pneumonia.

Eric‘s son Luke has shared news of his death in the comments of THE SKULL‘s original post where they said that Wagner was hospitalized.

Eric Wagner is best known as the frontman of the doom metal band

August 22, 2021
WATCH KISS PERFORM IN ATLANTIC CITY

Fan-filmed video footage of KISS's August 21 performance at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey can be seen below.

KISS kicked off the summer 2021 leg of its "End Of The Road" farewell tour on August 18 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The concert marked the band's first full-length live appearance in front of an audience since March 2020.

KISS's farewell trek was launched in January 2019 and was originally scheduled to conclude on July

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