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Photo by Eugenia R. Washington/Getty Images New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (8/21)
This week, New Music Friday brings us fresh tunes from Tobe Nwigwe and God’s Hate, as well as Spike and the Gimme Gimme’s.
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Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns Legendary Metal Guitarist Shares Cancer Diagnosis Update: ‘I Felt It Was Going to Kill Me’
Longtime hard rock and metal guitarist Vivian Campbell (DIO, Def Leppard) revealed that his cancer is back after a failed surgery.
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Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage Mastodon Has Recruited a Heavy Metal Godfather for Their New Album Following Brent Hinds’ Death
Mastodon reached out to Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler for a collab on their new album, and he agreed, sending back a killer bass intro.
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Photo courtesy of Netflix A Christian Metal Band Is Suing Netflix Over ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Longtime Christian metal band Demon Hunter is suing Netflix for “trademark infringement” over the ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ franchise.
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Photo by Lindsay Brice/Getty Images Tool and Sushi Lovers, There’s a New Restaurant in Arizona Accepting Reservations That You’re Going to Want to See
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan owns several businesses in the Verde Valley of Arizona, and now he’s adding a sushi restaurant.
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Photo by Bobby Bank/Getty Images Dee Snider Apologizes to Kelly Osbourne After She Told Him to Keep Ozzy’s Name ‘Out of Your F***ing Mouth’
Kelly Osbourne is mad that Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider talked about her father, and now the rock singer is apologizing.
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Photo by Raphael Dias/Getty Images Brent Hinds Featured on New CKY Song, Marking One of the Late Mastodon Guitarist’s First Posthumous Recording
Late Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds passed away in 2025, but now a guitar solo he recorded for a CKY song has been officially released.
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Photo courtesy of Lustmord Lombardo New Music Friday: 5 Songs You Need to Hear This Week (8/14)
This week, New Music Friday brings us fresh tracks from the super-duo Lustmord Lombardo, melodious indie rockers Slow Pulp, and more.
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Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images Sid Wilson Seems to Still Be Introducing Himself as a Member of Slipknot, Despite Reports That He Was Fired
In July 2026, it was reported that Slipknot had fired their longtime DJ, Sid Wilson, but he’s still telling people he’s “from” the band.
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Photo by AJ Johansson Slaughter To Prevail Frontman Alex Terrible Got Into a Trans Visibility Debate Online, and It Ended More Positively Than One Might Expect
Slaughter To Prevail vocalist Alex Terrible is not one to shy away from controversy, but he is also willing to learn from his fans.
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Photo by Medios y Media/Getty Images Corey Taylor Thinks This ‘Overrated’ Slipknot Song Is a Pain in His You-Know-What
Slipknot has a lot of songs in its catalog, and vocalist Corey Taylor doesn’t love all of them as much as he used to.
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Photo by Kevin Nixon/Classic Rock Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images Dave Grohl Once Paid ‘Out of His Own Pocket’ to Try to Save This Legendary Heavy Metal Drummer’s Life
Dave Grohl once tried to help Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin get sober by paying for the legendary musician to go to rehab.
