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Several more IRON MAIDEN titles will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment in May. On May 14, Zee Productions will release “Brave New World”, “Dance Of Death”, “A Matter Of Life And Death”, “The Final Frontier” and “Stranger In A Strange Land” as 500-piece jigsaws on its Rock Saws imprint. All 500-piece puzzles come in a vinyl-box-set-sized box, perfect to fit alongside a vinyl record collection. Next month, Zee Productions will release “The Trooper”, “No Prayer For The Dying”, “Fear Of The Dark”, “The X Factor”, “Virtual XI” and “The Book Of Souls” as 500-piece jigsaws. “The Trooper” is also available as a 1000-piece jigsaw. Previously released IRON MAI...

Former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal has reflected on the experience of playing on the band’s much-maligned 2008 album “Chinese Democracy”. Thal joined GUNS N’ ROSES in 2006 and appeared on “Chinese Democracy”, an effort which contained music that had been written before he came into the group. The disc took 13 years to make and was only a modest seller, moving just around half a million copies. Thal looked back on the making of “Chinese Democracy” during an August 2020 interview with Rob’s School Of Music. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s a historic album by a historic band, and I’m grateful that I was given the opportunity to contribute to it and be part of it. ...

In a new interview with Kerrang! Radio, LINKIN PARK‘s Mike Shinoda spoke about how the band’s multi-platinum-selling debut, “Hybrid Theory” helped break down the boundaries between music styles by combining different sounds within one album. “It’s part of the mission statement of LINKIN PARK,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “We were called HYBRID THEORY — the band was called HYBRID THEORY before [the first LINKIN PARK] album [was released]. And we played a role in it. None of us would try and claim that we broke all the boundaries between genres, but we played a role in breaking boundaries between genres. “It’s funny, ’cause I think some of the new generation don’t even know the way things were before ba...

SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman Corey Taylor has spoken out against “cancel culture,” saying “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Cancel culture is the idea that someone, usually a celebrity or a public figure, whose ideas or comments are considered offensive should be boycotted. These people are ostracized and shunned by former friends, followers and supporters alike, leading to declines in any careers and fanbase the individual may have at any given time. Addressing the cancel culture issue in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Taylor said in part: “No one can handle anything anymore, which means no one can handle real talk anymore, which means everyone just wants to cancel shit, with no room for improvement. There are several pe...