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Les Américains d'ASPHALT VALENTINE (Rock'n'Roll / Hard Rock) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Twisted Road, le 28 Février prochain via HighVolMusic.

Les Anglais de SHAFT OF STEEL (Melodic Hard Rock/AOR) sortiront leur premier album, intitulé Steel Heartbeat, le 28 Février prochain via AOR Heaven

Les Finlandais de VELVET OCEAN (Alternative Metal) sortiront leur premier album, intitulé Purposes And Promises, le 7 Février prochain via Helsinki Records.

Les Néerlandais de DELAIN (Symphonic Metal) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Apocalypse & Chill, le 7 Février prochain via Napalm Records.

Les Canadiens de BLACKGUARD (Epic Metal) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Storm, le 3 Janvier en autoproduction.

Les Finlandais de NIGHTWISH viennent de publier un clip live pour le titre "Slaying The Dreamer" extrait de leur nouveau CD/Blu-ray live, Decades: Live In Buenos Aires, sorti le 6 Décembre dernier via Nuclear Blast.

Les Allemands de MYSTIC PROPHECY (Power Metal) viennent de publier un clip pour le titre "Dracula" extrait de leur nouvel album, Metal Division, à paraître le 10 Janvier prochain via ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records.

Les Suédois d'HAMMERFALL (Heavy Metal) viennent de publier un clip pour le titre "Second To One" extrait de l'album Dominion sorti le 16 Août 2019 via Napalm Records. A noter la participation vocale de Noora Louhimo (BATTLE BEAST) sur ce titre

Les Américains de HAUNT (Heavy Metal) ont mis en streaming intégral leur troisième album, Mind Freeze, à paraître le 10 Janvier prochain via Shadow Kingdom Records.

LIV KRISTINE (ex-LEAVES' EYES, ex-THEATRE OF TRAGEDY) a récemment publié un nouveau single intitulé "Skylight". Ce titre a été écrit en compagnie de Tommy Olsson (THEATRE OF TRAGEDY).

DAVID REECE (SAINTED SINNERS, ex-ACCEPT, ex-BONFIRE) sortira son quatrième album solo, intitulé Cacophony Of Souls, le 13 Mars prochain via El Puerto Records.

OZZY OSBOURNE vient de publier un clip illustrant le titre "Straight To Hell", second single extrait de son nouvel album, Ordinary Man, à paraître en 2020 via Epic Records

Les Belges de TERRIFIANT (Heavy Metal) sortiront leur premier album, intitulé Terrifiant, le 21 Février prochain via Gates Of Hell Records.

Les Allemands de RE-MACHINED (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal) sortiront leur premier album, intitulé Wheels of Time, le 21 Février prochain via Pride & Joy Music.

Les Norvégiens de KVELERTAK (Black 'N Roll) viennent de publier un clip pour le titre "Crack Of Doom" extrait de leur nouvel album, Splid, à paraître le 14 Février prochain via Rise Records. A noter la présence de Troy Sanders de MASTODON sur ce titre.

Les Anglais de SACRILEGE (NWOBHM) viennent de publier un clip illustrant le morceau-titre de leur nouvel album, The Court Of The Insane, sorti le 2 Août 2019 via Pure Steel Records.

JANI ADMITS IT … Industry Sources corroborate Bobbie Brown’s claim Jani Lane was Raped!

Metal Sludge — In a recent barrage of news clips, Bobbie Brown is claiming her ex-husband the late Warrant singer Jani Lane was drugged and raped.

Jani_Lane_Bobbie_Brown_3The Cherry Pie Girl talked with Fox News and opened up about her life in many ways but it was the revelation about her late ex-husband that has stunned music fans.

Brown is on the record claiming Lane had confided in her, that he was drugged and raped by a famous Heavy Metal Rock Star.

Fox News: You describe there was no #MeToo movement during the time when Jani could have used it the most.

Brown: “At the moment that he admitted [he was drugged and raped by a member of a famous heavy metal band and their manager], it was devastating to hear. He admitted this to me before his death. It was traumatizing to watch him reveal those things and how much it had affected his life up to that point. When we were married I had no clue. This occurred when he was just starting out on the Strip. So when I’m hearing all of this with him, I’m crying with him. I was going, “We have to do something, we have to say something.” He was like, “No! No!” It was a humiliation for a man to be in that position.”

“It’s so emasculating and humiliating. It would have been humiliating for him. So we couldn’t say anything. Instead he lived with this anger inside. He felt like he couldn’t say anything because he was a man. He was raised to be a man, not to cry. It was all mind-f–king. I could see how it would have been devastating and humiliating for him to speak up. I got his perspective from it, but at the same time, I felt so hopeless for him, knowing that he felt he couldn’t say anything. And wouldn’t. That affected him greatly his whole life. It was part of the reason he drank. It’s sad really.” added Brown.

This story is now going viral in the Hard Rock and Hairband community.

The Heavy Metal website Metal Sucks have run this story with the caption BREAKIN” THE LAW as their headline for the article.

One can make assumptions, and guess who Brown is referring to all day long, but there are many who have suggested it’s all false, and that the Cherry Pie Girl is just trying to get press for her latest book “Cherry On Top” Rare Bird Books 2019.

Oddly, Brown first wrote about this incident involving Lane in her debut book “Dirty Rocker Boys” released in 2013 by Simon & Schuster.

With that said, a tipster has now come forward and confirmed the recent Bobbie Brown story to Metal Sludge that this did in fact happen to Jani Lane.

The tipster who wishes to remain anonymous works in the industry and resides in Tennessee wrote the following to Metal Sludge: “Hey buddy I hope your having a good start to 2020. Would you consider removing the Jani post? This is a very touchy subject that has a much greater story attached to it. I love the site and have always been a stalker and really never contributed. I understand the whole Sludge thing is to be relentless but would you consider it please? I’d be happy to fill you in on a call but not in print.”

The Tennessee Tipster continues: “This actually happened and was very traumatic for him. He shared it with me one thanksgiving at my house.”

Metal Sludge inquired to the tipster as to how they came to learn about this, how they knew Lane and what their position was in all of this.

“I was going to sign him to a >redacted< deal and get him connected to my music row friends. I wanted to try to help as it seemed people were only interested in taking advantage of him. I always thought he had a lot more going on than his peers in the writing dept. This was probably 06-07 he was playing solo acoustic on some tour with a few other singers. He had one of his twist offs in FL and almost drowned. He left the tour and ended up in a really seedy part of Nashville. He showed up at a club in really bad shape and a friend called me to let me know. I finally tracked him down at Bekka’s…etc (After a few traumatic days later I had to put him on a plane as I realized I wasn’t capable of handling someone in this stage of his disease).” the tipster tells Metal Sludge

Jani_Lane_Bobbie_Brown_4The Tennessee Tipster also adds: “It’s a really long dramatic story that I’ve only told a few close friends but I believe I have a insight to his last few days that probably only a few have. Out of respect for his Sister who was one of the only ones who always had his back I would never want to disrespect him or his legacy. His disease spiraled to a place I had never seen before. Your basically a stranger to me but when I saw that thread it made me sad that Bobbie is willing to dig that deep to sale a book. I’m sure the other side is he put her through hell…”

Metal Sludge have now reached out to a second industry source who is very close to the subjects in these articles, and they have also confirmed this to be true, but have declined to openly go on the record, name names or go into further details.

“I feel this may have happened to others, and it’s a shame.” says our second source.

Traditional Rock website like Blabbermouth and Classic Rock among many others have all run this story.

And as shocking as this claim is, it’s now hitting more mainstream outlets as well with features on Fox News and People.

DOMM a écrit:

OZZY OSBOURNE vient de publier un clip illustrant le titre "Straight To Hell", second single extrait de son nouvel album, Ordinary Man, à paraître en 2020 via Epic Records

Ozzy travaille sur une nouvelle chanson avec Elton John...

https://byzegut.com/actualites/ozzy-et-elton/

Les Suédois de WOLF (Heavy Metal) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Feeding The Machine, le 13 Mars prochain via Century Media Records.

Les Allemands de CREMATORY (Gothic Metal) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Unbroken, le 6 Mars prochain via Napalm Records.

Les Suisses de SHAKRA (Hard Rock) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Mad World, le 28 Février p
rochain via AFM Records.

Les Espagnols de NightFear (Heavy Metal) viennent de dévoiler un nouvel extrait de leur troisième album, Apocalypse, à paraître le 5 Février prochain via Fighter Records. Il s'agit du titre "The Stranger"

Les Allemands de WOLFPAKK viennent de publier un clip pour le titre "Lone Ranger" extrait de leur nouvel album, Nature Strikes Back, à paraître le 24 Janvier 2020 via Massacre Records.

Tracklist Nature Strikes Back (2020) :

01. Nature Strikes Back (feat. Michael Sweet, Jean-Marc Viller, Mikkey Dee) / 02. The Legend (feat. Yannis Papadopoulos, Joey Tafolla, Jean-Marc Viller, Anders Johansson, Karl Johannson) / 03. Beyond This Side (feat. Carl Sentance, Nino Laurenne, Jean-Marc Viller, Gereon Homann) / 04. Land Of Wolves (feat. Mats Levén, Bruce Kulick, Jean-Marc Viller, Peter Knorn, André Hilgers) / 05. Under Surveillance (feat. Perry Mccarty, Corvin Bahn, Jean-Marc Viller, Gereon Homann) / 06. Restore Your Soul (feat. Oliver Fehr, Vinnie Moore, Jean-Marc Viller, Gereon Homann) / 07. Lone Ranger (feat. Michael Bormann, Thom Blunier, Jean-Marc Viller, Anders La Rönnblom, Mark Cross) / 08. One Day (feat. Fernando Garcia, Craig Goldy, Jean-Marc Viller, Uwe Köhler, Markus Kullmann) / 09. Revolution (feat. Frank Beck, Jeff Waters, Jean-Marc Viller, Gereon Homann) / 10. A Mystery (feat. Jasmin Schmid, Ronnie Romero, Jean-Marc Viller, Tom Graber, Gereon Homann) / 11. Lovers Roulette (feat. Nick Holleman, Jean-Marc Viller, Gereon Homann)

Les Suissesses de BURNING WITCHES (Heavy Metal) sortiront leur nouvel album, intitulé Dance With The Devil, le 6 Mars prochain via Nuclear Blast.

ALLEN / OLZON - avec Russel Allen (Symphony X) et Anette Olzon (The Dark Element, ex-Nightwish) - sortira son premier album, intitulé Worlds Apart, le 6 Mars prochain via Frontiers Music Srl.

ALMANAC - avec Victor Smolski (ex-Rage) - sortira son troisième album, intitulé Rush Of Death, le 6 Mars prochain via Nuclear Blast.