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CANDLEBOX has released a riveting new rendition of Buffalo Springfield‘s 1960s iconic protest anthem “For What It’s Worth”. According to frontman Kevin Martin, this is the first in a series of protest cover songs that the band will release over the next few months, with a possible EP scheduled for the near future. The track was recorded individually at each member’s home and mixed by CANDLEBOX guitarist Island Styles. In addition to the CANDLEBOX lineup, the song also features special guests Sean “Memphis” Hennesy on acoustic guitar and BJ Kerwin (THE LAST YEAR) on drums. CANDLEBOX unveiled its version of “For What It’s Worth” with an emotional video that depicts scenes from united “Black Lives Matter” protests from ac...

In a new interview with Australia’s Blunt, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee was asked what he thinks the future for the entertainment industry will be post-pandemic. He said: “I think about this. Like a lot of people say, ‘Well, what are you going to do when everything’s back to normal?’ And I use that term lightly. Just imagine, okay. Let’s say we’re all cool. And everything’s a fucking go and it’s cool to pack a stadium full of people. When people ask me what I want to do, that’s what I want to do. I want to be sitting behind my fucking drums in a stadium with fucking 60,000 people going fucking apeshit because they can again. That, to me, that is priceless. You can’t buy that. You can’t fucking rent it. You can’t...

Just a few days before DOKKEN played two “socially distanced” concerts last weekend in Virginia and Arkansas, Don Dokken spoke to Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio about how he is dealing with the coronavirus crisis and what the touring circuit might look like post-pandemic. He said (hear audio below): “This was gonna be one of our biggest years of touring. We were gonna be on tour from February through October — like, 30 or 40 shows — and COVID came, and it’s all over. It affected us financially, obviously, and it affected us being locked in the house. But we are doing two shows this week — we’re playing Virginia and Arkansas. We’re doing two outdoor shows, and so we’ll see how it goes. They’re gonna do social distancing, and they’re ch...

RATING: 8.5/10 There was a time, not so long ago, when the U.S. trad and power metal scenes seemed terminally unable to compete with their European counterparts. Or at least that’s what we tell ourselves shortly before the shaming revelation that JUDICATOR are poised to release their fifth studio album. Doubtless there are plenty of diehards in America and elsewhere who knew all about this band long ago. It’s probably just me. I’m hanging my head in shame as I write this. The good news, of course, is that “Let There Be Nothing” is an absolutely staggering feat of epic power metal extravagance. If the band’s previous records are even half as good as this, my shame will be complete, but my music collection will be enhanced. You take the rough with the smoo...