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Ulrich recently revealed the writing process for the long-awaited project began in 2013. Last month, Trujillo said he was excited by the songwriting they had completed to date, adding:

"We're just blueprinting everything right now. There are a lot of ideas, a lot of song bodies. You've got to go through the process. I'm really happy with what's happening instrumentally. So let's see how that journey continues."

The band's next project follows 2014's Once More 'Round The Sun, which earned a Grammy nomination in the Best Metal Performance category for the track High Road and will compete alongside tunes by Anthrax, Motorhead, Slipknot and Tenacious D at the February 8 event.

Holt tells SiriusXM: "Implode is a great song. I really love it. It's a lot a fun to play. But compared to the other stuff Kerry King has written, it's nothing - doesn't even touch it."

Steven Tyler and co closed Download 2014 on June 15 with a 19-song performance. It followed headline sets from Avenged Sevenfold and Linkin Park.

Tyler broke the news about the DVD project with a tweet from the studio three weeks after the event, saying on July 5: "Dun & dunner. Almost done mixing doningtonfestival. Record breaking 4 days w/ john shipp"

Osborne had performed a number of live shows with Naz during 2014, but some concerts were cancelled at the end of the year after he contracted a throat infection. Last week they announced their winter UK tour had also been postponed, with bandleader Pete Agnew reporting: "Although Linton is showing a slight improvement, his voice is in no condition to perform satisfactorily at this time."

Now Osborne says via Facebook: "I am no longer a member of Nazareth. It didn't work out, for me, or for the band. I'd like to thank Pete, Jimmy Murrison and Lee Agnew for the opportunity. I'd also like to thank Dan for his support and encouragement. Most of all, I'd like to thank the fans - you guys are something else, and because of you it has all been worthwhile."

The shock announcement came at 6pm on Friday via the festival's official website, Facebook and Twitter accounts. It reads: "Team Sonisphere reluctantly confirm that Sonisphere will not take place in the UK in 2015.

"We've been working hard to get a lineup that we felt was good enough, but also on a weekend which would avoid other events that we know rock fans would want to support.

The album will be the singer's second with the band, after 2013's self-titled effort. La Torre tells Metal Nation (via Blabbermouth): "We're still in the demo thing. We've got 15-plus songs that, most of them, are all there. We're doing pre-production right now.

"I'm hopeful that we can start tracking next month. I was hoping we would be tracking by right now, but we're just not gonna rush. Our label, Century Media, they're awesome. Nobody's up our ass.

Soilwork's Bjorn 'Speed' Strid says: "There could not have been a better time than now, with 10 albums out and a very varied back catalogue to choose from. Our lineup now is 50% original members and 50% fresh blood, which makes it all more interesting."

"The new members have brought so much to our sound. They've continued to inspire us to write exciting music and they've also brought a new energy on stage. Now is definitely the time to see us - trust me."

"Those of you who have watched Charlie play, his bass drum work is phenomenal. He hits hard. He gets in the ring, he fights," Ward says. "I can appreciate when he talks about, 'Don't use up all your gas in the first song.' You've gotta take your time, you've gotta breath. He likes to pace himself.

More musical chairs followed, with one-time Pentagram guitarist Matt Goldsborough added last year as the group recorded and released their debut, For Those Which Are Asleep, in November.

Olson tweeted to fans: "I loved jamming with @TroubleTheSkull, but it's time to depart and wish the band all the best! Looking forward to my next chapter."

Hewitt oversees the Genesis fanzine, The Waiting Room, and has written several books on the group, including Opening The Musical Box - A Genesis Chronicle, Genesis Revisited and Sketches Of Hackett.

With forewords by Phil Collins and Steve Hackett, A Selection of Shows details decades of rare recordings that document Genesis in concert following Peter Gabriel's departure in 1975 - from the 1976 Trick Of The Tail Tour through to the 2007 reunion.

One song, called The Devil's Footprint, recounts a tale form the 1600s while another track, Tax Till You Drop, looks at evil of another kind. Byford tells the Metal Hammer Magazine Show on TeamRock Radio: "We have lots of ideas and I've been in the studio with Andy Sneap a couple of times going through the song ideas and melodies and putting titles to the songs. So we have started the next album. We'll be doing that at Andy's place this time and letting him have more control over the album.

"I'm looking at stories. One of the songs is called The Devil's Footprint which is about the time they woke up - I don't know what year it was, probably 1600s - and there was hoof prints over all the houses. They followed it for miles in the snow. I've written a song about that.

And to help with the packaging and layout of the new versions, the band are asking fans to get in touch if they have any photos, flyers, gig tickets or other merchandise from the 1988 to 1996 era of the group.

The band say: "King's X will be releasing a series of reissues in 2015 on CD and on vinyl. The band and Metal Blade Records are putting together packaging and track listings at this very moment, and the band would like to ask fans for a favour.

The Polish outfit have completed composing the material and they'll begin recording work in March. Frontman Mariusz Duda says: "Our sixth album, six words in the title, sixty minutes of music - and we won't be playing hard rock any more.

"There will be many more melodies dressed in completely different shades. We're evolving as a band; we want to keep recording different albums that are simply great to listen to. The new one will be like a deep breath of fresh air."

Lightning Bolt inspired a generation of bands with their improvisational style and their live shows, which see them play on the venue floor surrounded by the audience.

Fantasy Empire is the band's first release using hi-fi studio equipment and it will be available in 2LP, CD and in digital formats. On the new songs, Thrill Jockey Records say: "Fantasy Empire is ferocious, consuming, and is a more accurate translation of their live experience. It also shows Lightning Bolt embracing new ways to make their music even stranger.

Guitarist Jeffrey Lohrber says: "The collection of songs on this record is the most dense and diverse that I've written for Enabler. At times it is the band at it's heaviest and most destructive moments and at times is the most melodic and heartfelt it's ever been.

They'll play London's Electric Ballroom on June 18 and the Manchester Academy 2 on June 20. Caruana tells Rock Sound: "For the people who care in the UK this is a long time coming and we're taking it very seriously.

"We're going out there with a lot of songs and we made a very conscious decision to not do festivals right away and to make sure we rewarded people for their patience and make sure we play a long set in a club away from the light of day.

Witchfest was due to take place on farmland in the North West Province town of Hartbeespoort from April 2-6. But it's been moved to Lanseria, midway between Pretoria and Johannesburg.

Organisers blame the Hartbeespoort "Christian community" for the late switch, but vow the event will go ahead and have promised to help fans who have already booked travel and accommodation for the original venue.

The guitar icon is joined on the 11-song work by keyboardist Guy Fletcher, fiddle player John McCusker, whistler and flautist Mike McGoldrick, bassist Glenn Worf and drummer Ian Thomas. Guests include Wailin' Jennys vocalist Ruth Moody, saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock and accordionist Phil Cunningham.

Knopfler says: "The album title arrived out of me trying to find my way over the decades. Out of me tracking time - looking at people, places and things from my past, and out of the process of tracking, as in recording tracks in the studio."

Co-produced by Knopfler and Fletcher, the follow-up to 2012's Privateering was recorded at British Grove Studios in London. It will be available on CD, double vinyl and deluxe CD with four bonus tracks. The four-disc box set version includes the album on CD and vinyl, bonus CD, short film directed by Henrik Hansen, interview, art print and six photographs.

"Jettblack have always done things their own way," says singer/guitarist Will Stapleton. "There has never been a conscious effort to write in a certain style or pander to a certain trend or fashion. We've always had this attitude as we feel it is the only way to write something that will stand the test of time.

"This new album Disguises is a full on reflection of that. It's about never hiding behind something you aren't. It may feel a little more serious and mature, but I think sometimes people forget we've been on a musical journey for 17 years as musicians, so we're always evolving.

Nicks tells Rolling Stone: "All of us were drug addicts. But there was a point where I was the worst drug addict. I was a girl, I was fragile and I was doing a lot of coke. I had that hole in my nose - so it was dangerous."

And Petty reveals he desperately tried to get her to stop as he was so worried about her health. He adds: "I did all I could to talk her into getting some help and getting right. I was very worried about her to the point that if the phone did ring and they said, 'Stevie died,' I wouldn't have been surprised."

The 12-track follow-up to 2013's This River is based on the theme of "finding happiness where you are in your life." It's described as a continuation of "the deep, soulful blend of blues, rock, folk, funk, gospel, gritty R&B and personal, Southern-inspired narratives that have become synonymous with JJ Grey & Mofro."

It Bites, Arena and Frost* man Mitchell recently said: "I'd long thought about doing an album where I could have total control from start to finish with the music, lyrics, production, and choosing who I wanted to contribute - expanding from the idea of just a solo album.

They've performed only a handful of shows in the past few years as members work on outside projects, including LaBar's 2014 solo debut One For The Road and frontman Tom Kiefer's 2013 first title The Way Life Goes the previous year.

LaBar tells BigMusicGeek.com: "The last time we had a label behind us was back in 2000 - and those are the demos that turned into Tom's solo record. I don't think anybody is signing.

"We could make a record ourselves and present it to a label, but it's probably not going to happen. We could do all kinds of records on our own."

He continues: "I would love to record as Cinderella again. I imagine some labels would dig it and try to sign us, but I just don't know. That's a very tough question. I don't know how that would work."

Full of riffs, growls and a massive dollop of stoner rock - Queen Reefer is taken from the upcoming full-length Omniscient via Blindsight Records. Omniscient is out 26th January on Blindsight Records with a vinyl release to follow on Secret Law records.