The Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Update

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You are debating quality of albums, I was referring to band lineup status.

Either way, other bands moved forward without their original lead guitarist and/or lead singer. Deep Purple, Monstrose, Van Halen, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden weren't cover bands when they recorded with replacements. They arguably got better. The argument that QR's songwriting nosedived without DeGarmo is undermined by the fact he was still in the band when they started recording crap.

I forgot about Q2K. Yep, sucked.

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The new Fair Warning album Sundancer is due out May 24th in Germany, May 27th in Europe and May 28th in North America via SPV/Steamhammer.

Here's the cover art:

[Artycool8or]

Here's the cover art:

I have high hopes for this one.

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Here's an interview with Alice Cooper guitarist Orianthi.

Here's an interview with Def Leppard guitarist Phil Collen.

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AFM Records will release the new U.D.O. CD Steelhammer on May 24th. Guitarist Igor Gianola has left the band and been replaced by Kasperi Heikkinen.

Here's the tracklisting:

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Timekeeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Stay True
13. When Love Becomes A Lie
14. Book Of Faith.

Bonus track on ltd. Digipak: Shadows Come Alive

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Joe Bonamassa is "pretty much done with Black Country Communion":

"Asked about the current status of BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, Bonamassa tells PremierGuitar.com: "As far as I'm concerned, my involvement is pretty much done, and I'll tell you why: Originally, I did it for the same reasons I did the stuff with Beth Hart and ROCK CANDY FUNK PARTY — it was an excuse to play a different kind of music that I don't get to play normally.

"The first two records were a blast — the band is fantastic when the Ritalin kicks in, the ADD goes away, and everyone's focused. It's a devastatingly good rock band of the early-1970s type, and Glenn is a fantastic singer — just one of the best ever. So I did it and did a nine-week tour in 2011 that really, by the end of it, wasn't fun for me. It wasn't because I didn't like the cats in the band, but it was just too much — too much involved in getting people from place to place and getting the band onstage. Everybody seemed to be very tense, and it made my crew very tense, and it's not the way I like to tour. I run a family — I have 21 people who go on the road with me all the time, and if you asked them who was the cause of the least of their problems, they would say me. Unless there was no Diet Coke — then it's a huge [expletive] problem, and either I'm going to the supermarket or somebody else is. [laughs]

"But it just wasn't fun for me anymore. All the stuff that Glenn says in the media, essentially pinning it on me — that I was the reason for the band's lack of touring and the band's lack of future. It became rapidly not fun at all. It would be dishonest of me to get onstage and pretend like I'm having fun to please the band. I'm just not the guitar player for that band, but, unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any out-of-work guitar players in L.A. that they can get. There are so many guys that can fill that role and I would be the first guy to queue up and buy a ticket. So that's my story with it. I'm happily not involved anymore, but I'm happy with the legacy that I left with that band and happy with the records we made. It was a great three years for me."

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The new Suicidal Tendencies album 13 is due out March 26th.

Here's the track listing:

01. Shake It Out
02. Smash It!
03. This Ain't A Celebration
04. God Only Knows Who I Am
05. Make Your Stand
06. Who's Afraid?
07. Show Some Love...Tear It Down
08. Cyco Style
09. Slam City
10. Till My Last Breath
11. Living The Fight
12. Life... (Can't Live With It, Can't Live Without It)
13. This World

Video for "Cyco Style"

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The new Black Sabbath CD will be called 13. Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk is laying down the drum tracks for the album.

The album will be out June 11th. It will be out in the US via Vertigo/Universal.

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The new Airbourne CD Black Dog Barking is due out May 21st via Roadrunner Records.

Here's the artwork:

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The reunited Metal Church is in the studio recording an album tentatively due in late summer / early fall via guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof's Body of Work Recordings.

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Ex-Europe guitarist Kee Marcello will have a new solo album called Judas Kiss out on April 5th.

01. Zombie
02. Dog Eat Dog
03. Starless Sky
04. I'm Stoned
05. Dead End Highway
06. Judas Kiss
07. And Forever More (duet with Akane Liv)
08. Coming Home
09. Get On Top
10. The Harder They Come
11. Dead Give Away
12. Love Will Tear Us Apart
13. Metal Box

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AFM Records will release the new U.D.O. CD Steelhammer on May 24th. Guitarist Igor Gianola has left the band and been replaced by Kasperi Heikkinen.
Here's the tracklisting:

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Timekeeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Stay True
13. When Love Becomes A Lie
14. Book Of Faith.

Bonus track on ltd. Digipak: Shadows Come Alive

Here's the updated track listings for the various editions of the album:

Standard CD

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Time Keeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Stay True
13. When Love Becomes A Lie
14. Book Of Faith

Digipack

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Time Keeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Shadows Come Alive (bonus track)
13. Stay True Stay You
14. When Love Becomes A Lie
15. Book Of Faith

Japanese version

01. Steelhammer
02. A Cry Of A Nation
03. Metal Machine
04. Basta Ya
05. Heavy Rain
06. Devil's Bite
07. Death Ride
08. King Of Mean
09. Time Keeper
10. Never Cross My Way
11. Take My Medicine
12. Stay True Stay You
13. When Love Becomes A Lie
14. Book Of Faith
15. Dust And Rust (bonus track)

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The new Seven Witches album will feature new vocalist Anthony Cross. The album, due out later in the year via Entertainment One / Frostbyte Media, will be called The Rebirth.

After over 20 different vocalist submissions, Cross was chosen to bring a different dimension to the already well-known WITCHES sound. In recent years, he spent time singing for bands like LIVESAY, SHADOW IMAGE, FISCHEL'S BEAST, ATTACKER, and most recently, the IRON MAIDEN tribute act SANCTUARY. Rounding out the new lineup is the massive rhythm team of Ronnie Parkes (SLIPPERY WHEN WET, FARCRY) on bass and Johnny Kelly (TYPE O NEGATIVE, DANZIG, SEVENTH VOID, A PALE HORSE NAMED DEATH) on drums.

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Kingdom Come's new album Outlier is due out April 29th in Europe and May 7th in the US via SPV/Steamhammer.

Here's the track listing:

God Does Not Sing Our Song
Running High Distortion
Rough Ride Ralleye
Let The Silence Talk
Holy Curtain
The Trap Is Alive
Skip The Cover And Feel
Don`t Want You To Wait
Such A Shame
When Colors Break The Grey

[DonC]

How in the name of Led Zeppelin has Kingdom Come lasted since the 1980s? This is their 13th studio album.