Nuclear Blast Records has signed HOKKA, a new Finnish rock supergroup featuring former Blind Channel frontman Joel Hokka, The Rasmus founding guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, and rising drummer Jimi Aslak. The band makes their official musical debut with a video for their...
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Tool announce first American dates since 2012
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Tool drummer Danny Carey was in distress over losing his “very intelligent” brindle Boxer Levi, as anyone who has a dog would be. Whether Tool fans could sympathize or not (see Facebook comments) and realize that the magical man behind the kit is actually...Follow Us
Nuclear Blast Records signs Finnish rock supergroup HOKKA
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