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Professionally filmed video footage of NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen performing the band’s classic song “Ever Dream” at her September 3 solo concert at AFAS Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands can be seen below. This track was the opening song of the show that had been crowdfunded by her fans. All of Floor‘s solo gigs were sold out and the Amsterdam gig marked the end of her Dutch tour after being postponed three times. This past summer, Floor said during an appearance on the “Breaking Absolutes With Peter Orullian” podcast that she has been working on a solo album since shortly before the beginning of the pandemic. “And it really kickstarted my own creativity that I haven’t really been able to use over the years,” she said. “It’...

KORN guitarist Brian “Head” Welch spoke to the “Talk Toomey” podcast about what it has been like for him and his bandmates to tour the U.S. this past summer while the pandemic was still in full swing. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s crazy, because it’s a serious thing. I know people — young people I even know — that have died from COVID. So it’s a serious issue. But you’ve gotta live, man. We’ve gotta get this world… We can’t let our country crumble. So we got out there. And our fans needed us. People need live music; they need that inspiration. And so we just were, like, ‘Let’s go out there and do it, and no matter what comes against us, we’ll keep going.’ And I’m, like, ...

TWISTED SISTER singer Dee Snider says that he is “pro-choice” on the issue of abortion, and believes that we should let the women have a choice in what they want to do with their bodies. Snider voiced his views on the hot-button topic while responding to STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet, who blasted a group of abortion rights activists for swallowing abortion pills near the U.S. Supreme Court Building to protest to a court challenge that could reverse Roe vs. Wade. On Thursday (December 2), Sweet, who has fronted the openly Christian rock band STRYPER for nearly four decades, shared a video of protesters allegedly taking mifepristone ahead of the nation’s highest court hearing arguments over a case involving a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. None of the ...

GUNS N’ ROSES has released the official lyric video for its new song “Hard Skool”. Written by singer Axl Rose and co-produced by Rose and Caram Costanzo, the track, which had the working title “Jackie Chan”, was originally recorded during GN’R‘s “Chinese Democracy” era but was eventually omitted from that album. Short clips of the song were later posted online and a full version was leaked in August 2019. More recently, the partially reunited classic lineup of GUNS N’ ROSES rehearsed the track during soundcheck at several concerts on the band’s summer 2021 tour. Rumors of the new song’s imminent release began to circulate in early September after a fan was reportedly told about it by Rose when they met backstage at a r...

MARIANAS TRENCH frontman Josh Ramsay has just released his new solo effort, “Lady Mine”, featuring a guest appearance by Chad Kroeger of NICKELBACK). A bold, in-your-face throwback anthem that boasts blazing guitars, soaring vocals and a full horn section, it is the first single off Ramsay‘s forthcoming debut solo album, titled “The Josh Ramsay Show”, set for release early next year. No stranger to bold collaborations, Ramsay has worked with marquee names throughout his multifaceted career, including writing and performing credits with Carly Rae Jepsen, NICKELBACK, and 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER, to name a few. In true Ramsay style, fans can expect a music offering that is nothing less than spectacular with plenty of familiar faces featured on the new album. These in...