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  • Former KISS Guitarist Vinnie Vincent Announces Limited Edition CD Single “Ride The Serpent”

    Former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent has announced a new limited edition CD single titled “Ride The Serpent.” Pre-orders can be found HERE.

    Vincent shared more information on the release:

    “‘JUDGMENT DAY GUITARMAGEDDON’ IS FINISHED.

    It’s been a long time in the making. I am very proud of this work and hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

    If fan support is there, 2026 / 2027 will see all the VINNIE VINCENT INVASION/VINNIE VINCENT music released.

    THE ALBUM WILL BE OFFERED AS “COLLECTOR SINGLES” ONLY, meaning one title per disc and WILL BE RELEASED IN PRESSINGS OF 1000 CDS PER SONG. 500 UNITS US and 500 UNITS INTERNATIONAL (PER SONG)

    GIVEN THERE ARE SO MANY NUMBER ONE LEAD OFF TRACKS FROM ‘JUDGMENT DAY GUITARMAGEDDON’, IT WAS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO PICK ONE, HOWEVER I ULTIMATELY CHOSE “RIDE THE SERPENT.” A nearly 8 minute, intense guitar powerdrive featuring VINNIE VINCENT on guitars and bass, ROBERT FLEISCHMAN vocals and KEARY JORDAN on drums. This collection single is the first of the VINNIE VINCENT INVASION MASTER SERIES releases to launch ‘GUITARMAGEDDON.’
    MADE 2B PLAYED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME

    If you love VINNIE VINCENT INVASION (1); “BOYZ ARE GONNA ROCK”, “SHOOT U FULL OF LOVE”, ” NO SUBSTITUTE”, “ANIMAL”, ” TWISTED”, “DO U WANNA MAKE LOVE”, “I WANNA BE YOUR VICTIM”, “BACK ON THE STREETS”, ” BABY-O”, “INVASION”, “EUPHORIA”, “WILD CHILD”, “GET THE LED OUT”, and “FULL SHREDD,” the VINNIE VINCENT INVASION MASTER SERIES recordings are for YOU!

    This master recording of “RIDE THE SERPENT” has never been heard or video teazed before.
    YOU. WILL. B. THE. FIRST.

    Each release will be a LIMITED EDITION unique collection piece of 500 CD’s DOMESTIC and 500 CD’S INTERNATIONAL. A TOTAL OF 1000 CD’s WORLDWIDE.

    EACH RELEASE will be personally autographed and numbered 1/1000 by VINNIE VINCENT. Once and (If) all 1000 pieces are purchased through PayPal, they will simultaneously bulk ship.

    If we do not reach the threshold of 1000 by February 28, 2026, credit card purchases will be refunded through PAYPAL.

    Simultaneous shipping protects against premature pirating. Credit card/ PayPal purchases are protected.

    “RIDE THE SERPENT”
    written and produced by VINNIE VINCENT
    COLLECTOR EDITION CD SINGLE
    PRICE $200
    $25 shipping, US ONLY

    $200 per disc INTERNATIONAL
    plus $100 shipping.
    Expect up to a 4 week customs delay in delivery.

    1. Payment is thru PAYPAL.
    2. Your card will be charged at the point of purchase.
    3. Your payment is protected by PayPal policy.
    4. Bulk shipping will be made simultaneously once 1000 orders are placed.
    5. NO REFUNDS, NO RETURNS upon receipt of RIDE THE SERPENT CD DISC.
    6. If we fail to reach 1000 orders by February 28 2026, your purchase will be refunded thru PayPal.
    7. If fan support is there and we reach 1000 orders of RIDE THE SERPENT, WE WILL incrementally release one song per disc in reasonable time intervals. There are many special releases ready for the fans who have been waiting patiently.

    The songs scheduled for release:

    1. “INVINCIBLE” (Master Series)
    2. “HEAVY METAL POONTANG” (Master Series)
    3. “COCKTEAZER” (Master Series)
    4. “ROCKS ON FIRE” (Master Series Version 1)
    5. “ROCKS ON FIRE” (Master Series Version 2)
    6. “YOUNGBLOOD” (Master Series)
    7. “SHOCKER” (Master Series Version 1)
    8. “SHOCKER” (Master Series Version 2)
    9. “BRAINSAW” (Master Series)
    10. “EUPHORIA” (Master Series)
    11. “FULL SHREDD” (Master Series)
    12. “GET THE LED OUT” (Master Series)
    13. “WILD CHILD” (Master Series)
    14. “THE RESURRECTION” (The Master Series)
    15. “TRUTH” (Master Series)
    16. “NUKE IT” (Master Series)
    17. “VINNIE VINCENT ARCHIVES” (Master Series)
    18. ALL THE VINNIE VINCENT POWER BALLADS (Master Series)
    and more ……

    VINNIE VINCENT”

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  • Butcher Babies Announce New Headlining Dates

    Butcher Babies have booked some headlining shows with Eva Under Fire and Blackwater Drowning. These concerts will take place around Butcher Babies and Eva Under Fire’s tour with Jeris Johnson. Here’s the dates:

    With Eva Under Fire and Blackwater Drowning:

    02/23 Greenville, SC – Radio Room
    02/24 Wilmington, NC – Reggies
    02/25 Virginia Beach, VA – Scandals Live

    With Eva Under Fire:

    03/02 Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
    03/08 Iowa City, IA – Wildwood Saloon

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  • Suicidal Tendencies, Pallbearer, Etc. Added To 2026 Milwaukee Metal Fest

    Suicidal Tendencies, Pallbearer, Macabre, Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre, and Cyco Miko have been added to next year’s Milwaukee Metal Fest. As previously reported, that event will take place at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, WI on June 5-7. A pre-party is also set for June 4.

    Here’s the updated lineup:

    June 5:

    Acid Bath
    Obituary
    Agalloch (retrospective set)
    Iron Reagan
    Pallbearer
    Hirax
    Nunslaughter
    Master
    Weekend Nachos
    Morta Skuld
    Polkadot Cadaver
    Dusk
    Jeffrey Nothing
    Thanatotic Desire
    Eyes Of The Living
    Misery

    June 6:

    Killswitch Engage
    Suicidal Tendencies
    Power Trip
    Agalloch (“Ashes Against The Grain” Set)
    After The Burial
    NAILS
    Havok
    Prong
    Internal Bleeding
    Macabre
    Belushi Speed Ball
    Sworn Enemy
    Casket Robbery
    Human Artifacts
    Brick by Brick
    Threnody
    Striking 13

    June 7:

    Ministry
    All Shall Perish
    Integrity
    UADA
    Cyco Miko
    Deadguy
    Incite
    Dead By Wednesday
    Texas Toast Chainsaw Massacre
    Trip To The Morgue
    Dark Horse Prophet

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  • Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan Explains Why He Re-Recorded “The Age Of Quarrel”

    During a Q&A session at Generation Records in New York, Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan explained why he re-recorded the band’s 1986 album “The Age Of Quarrel.” According to him, he was just going to re-record several tracks for his “Wired For Chaos” documentary, but ended up doing the whole thing for the 40th anniversary.

    Flanagan said the following:

    “That’s why you’ll see in a lot of films, you’ll hear re-recordings of songs. And you’ll be, like, ‘Why did they do that shit?’ … And more often than not, it’s because it was too fucking complicated to get the rights or too expensive. So we wound up in a situation. Obviously most people here don’t know and don’t care, so I’m not gonna bore you with the history of the CRO-MAGS madness and legal drama over the first two albums, which we’ve never still gotten paid for. But the one thing I will say is this: we did have the opportunity to get the shit back, and it just would’ve required me and some of the other bandmembers coming to the table and saying, ‘Yo, guys, let’s get this shit back and just do something with it and all get paid.’ And the other guys were just too — I don’t know, man. They wouldn’t come to the table and have that conversation. So, more or less because of that, I was left with no choice but re-recording some of the songs.”

    He also added:

    “I wound up going in, and ’cause I was having such a good time and the session was going so well, I said, ‘Fuck it.’ The 40-year anniversary of the album’s coming out next year, so I tracked the whole fucking album. So y’all be able to hear that next year. And I gotta say it sounds kind of like ‘Age Of Quarrel’ meets [CRO-MAGS’ second album, 1989’s] ‘Best Wishes’ in the sense that it’s played like ‘Age Of Quarrel’, but it’s got me on vocals, so it just has a deeper voice, let’s just say.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

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  • Halestorm Confirm 2026 Live Shows

    Halestorm have confirmed their first set of live shows for 2026. Here’s the dates:

    01/30 Miami, FL – Shiprocked
    02/06 Lincoln, CA – Thunder Valley Casino
    03/02 Palm Springs, CA – Plaza Theatre (Lzzy Hale only)
    03/27 Santiago, Chile – Teatro Coliseo
    04/01 Porto Alegre, Brazil – RS Jockey Club (feat. Guns N’ Roses)
    04/04 São Paulo, Brazil – Monsters Of Rock (feat. Guns N’ Roses)
    05/15 Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
    06/10-14 Donnigton, UK – Download Festival

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  • Watch Refused Close Out Their Final Show With “New Noise”

    On December 21, Refused played their final live show at Väven in Umeå, Sweden. You can see fan-filmed footage of the closing track, “New Noise,” below. Dennis Lyxzén had the following to say about the concert:

    “The weekend is over and it’s been overwhelming to say the least. I need a couple of days to process everything and I will post more on the matter. But for now: thanks to everyone that came to the shows, or watch the live stream or just made all of this possible. I love you all. Refused is dead. Long live Refused.”

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  • Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible Is Planning To Launch A New Bare-Knuckle Fighting And Metal Festival

    Slaughter To Prevail’s Alex Terrible has revealed that he is preparing to launch a new festival featuring metal music and bare-knuckle fighting. The vocalist is working on the venture with Danny Wimmer Presents and the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Notably, a July 17 date was teased.

    Terrible said the following:

    “As you might know guys, I got myself into this adventure called bare-knuckle fighting and December 27, my friend Kratos [Kalinin] will fight in the serious f*cking promotion called Top Dog in Russia against the serious fighter. But Kratos will win no matter what. And because of him I started to do this f*cking bare-knuckle sh*t. And next year with DWP, with BKFC, we’re gonna open this f*cking promotion called Blood 4 Blood and these guys will get involved in this f8cking event with bands playing f*cking heavy metal music and fighters do f8cking bare-knuckle fighting.

    That’s f*cking crazy. And I will get Kratos into this card. And I will get myself into this card. And I’m gonna f*cking play with Slaughter To Prevail in the same f*cking night. Is it crazy? It is crazy. And I’m f*cking crazy guy. Let’s f*cking go Kratos. You will win.”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Wargasm To Stream London Show

    Wargasm’s September 28 show in London, UK will be available to stream online this Friday (December 26). Fans can check that out via Lounges.

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  • Love Is Noise To Record New Album In Early 2026

    Love Is Noise are planning to record a new album early next year. Further details are still pending.

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  • Campaign Launched To Help American Head Charge’s Cameron Heacock Recover From Drug Addiction

    Holiday Kirk (The Nu Metal Agenda) has launched “The Something Beautiful Project” to assist American Head Charge vocalist Cameron Heacock amid his battle with drug addiction and homelessness. Fans can donate HERE.

    Kirk said the following in part:

    “I’m 33 years old and live in Los Angeles, California. I am the founder of The Nu Metal Agenda and run the @numetal_moment suite of social media accounts.

    ‘The War of Art’ by American Head Charge is my favorite album of all time.

    I’ve written on my admiration for this album at length but in short I believe it to be the strongest metal record of the 2000s and one of the greatest albums ever made.

    After several years off the grid their lead singer, Cameron Heacock, has resurfaced in Los Angeles. He is homeless and addicted to fentanyl.

    American Head Charge are as legendary for their bad luck as they are their music. A debut album dropped right before 9/11, a band dropped from their label not long after, two of their members have died, many more have left. It almost seems right that their singer would have fallen on such hard times. Maybe this is the way it is meant to be?

    No.

    Absolutely not. This is not how their story ends. We are going to find Cameron and offer to help him in any way we possibly can. We are going to put a happy ending on a sad story…”

    He has since confirmed that Heacock has been found:

    “We found him. While we work together to put together an organized treatment plan I am offering you the chance to contribute a small dollar donation while I buy Cam anything he needs for survival purposes. You can help us out by donating at this link, everything raised will be spent exclusively on Cam. I don’t have any way of guarenteeing you that but dammit you have to trust me. This is not something I would ever lie about, every penny that comes to me through that link will go to Cam.”

    [via The PRP]

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