Swedish band Chronus have revealed a teaser video for their song "Mountains Of Madness”. The song is the first track of the band's new album Idols, which will be released on April 24th in Europe and on May 8th in North America. The band has drafted a track by track...
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On June 2nd, Insight Editions will publish The Decade That Rocked: The Photography Of Mark "Weissguy" Weiss.This 378 page (including three 6-page gatefolds) hardcover book measures 9.2 x 12.8 inches and weighs 1.7 pounds. Written by Richard Bienstock, The Decade That Rocked includes a foreword..…
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TheRighttoRock.com has issued their latest podcast interview (episode #72), featuring Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance. He discusses the band's latest album, Change The World, the first single "The Death Of Me", as well as what can be expected for the rest of the record. Lesperance also talks…
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The clip below is the second chapter of Mesa/Boogie's’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. It features founder and president Randall Smith sharing his perspective on the impact of his landmark discovery, the cascading high gain pre-amp and the contribution the Mark I became to guitar amplification. Thr…
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Guitar.com caught up with guitar legend Joe Satriani to discuss his new album, Shapeshifting. An excerpt from the interview is available below.Q: When you look at how your playing has changed over your career, how do you feel you’ve evolved?Satriani: "I love to move on and, after...
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Guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) and his wife Candice Night, the founders of Blackmore's Night, have posted video of themselves performing the Joan Baez classic "Diamonds & Rust" (1975), which was made famous in metal circles by Judas Priest only two years later when their cove…
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Avantasia mastermind / Edguy frontman Tobias Sammet has checked in with the following update:"Friends, Some of you have been wondering about Edguy recently, and what I am up to next, when a new Avantasia album is due, etc. Well, who knows what’s gonna happen exactly these days and forthcoming…
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 Swedish band Chronus have revealed a teaser video for their song "Mountains of Madness"The song is the first track of the band's new album which will be released on April 24 in Europe and on May 8 in the United States .Watch now the teaser for 'Mountains of Madness' HERE“Chronus is a br…
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 The Lille label Great Dane records announces the signing of Shrapnel Storm, a Finnish old-school Death Metal group in the tradition of Bolt Thrower, Hail Of Bullets, Memoriam.The new album will be released in 2020. An extract entitled "Forsaken Pride" is already available.Forsaken pride |…
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 Arising Empire was recently very proud to announce the signing of FINAL STAIR.Today the band from Berlin, Germany released their full live session shot in their rehearsel room together with a big statement about the current situation and how it effects the life of every artist.Watch the f…
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 The German album charts just received a fresh update, and we are happy to announce that THE PROPHECY 23's new album "Fresh Metal" debuted at #67!It's the first charts entry for the fresh metal outfit.  Get your copy and listen to the album here » THE PROPHECY 23 - Fresh Metal…
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 The German Prog-Power Metal Band ANCIENT CURSE, has signed a worldwide deal with PURE STEEL RECORDS.The band from Bremen, which founded 1985, released five Demos, one EP and two albums. After a long break, they come back this year with their new album "The New Prophecy". The album will be…
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 Reaper Entertainment proudly announces the signing of the legendary death metal tank MEMORIAM.With three brutal death metal albums in the last three years, the band, consisting of Karl Willetts (ex-BOLT THROWER), Frank Healy (ex-BENEDICTION), Scott Fairfax (AS THE WORLD DIES, ex-BENEDICTI…
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Nergal’s darkened blues project ME AND THAT MAN has just released the eagerly awaited new album, New Man, New Songs, Same Shit, Vol.1. In celebration, the album will be streamed in its entirety over on the Napalm Records YouTube Channel tonight at 8pm CET, with Nergal participating in the live cha…
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 True Norwegian Outlaw Country!Eight years after their debut album, DEATHBARREL return to earth with a brand new EP, made while trying to stay out of prison (but failing)."Rebuke Revoke" will be released on May 22nd 2020 via Soulseller Records. It was engineered, recorded & mixed by Hans O…
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Al Jourgensen sporting a distinctive studio look.Continue reading…
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Shine on warrior!Continue reading…
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The Lamb of God singer is open to political aspirations.Continue reading…
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The family members set a good example.Continue reading…
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The original report from Bild was inaccurate.Continue reading…
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A settlement happened before reaching court judgment.Continue reading…
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Rest in peace, Michelle Mustaine.Continue reading…
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It's an apt title, for the heavy, yet tempo-shifting track.Continue reading…
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At this point there is probably no need to give any background as the Sepultura story is well known by now, from humble beginnings in Brazil they became one the biggest bands in metal by the early nineties before an acrimonious split came to pass and they subsequently embarked on the second phase of…
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One of the pioneers of death-doom and now a household name in goth-doom circles, each My Dying Bride release is met with much anticipation. The Ghost of Orion sees My Dying Bride return with a full-length studio album for the first time since 2015’s Feel The Misery, offering a rare glimmer of hope…
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Caligula’s Horse, Australia’s leading contemporary progressive metal ensemble have announced the release of their forthcoming fifth studio release ‘Rise Radiant’ on May 22nd through Inside Out Music. Produced by the group’s Sam Vallen, and mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend Projec…
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Honest Crooks, the brutal metal four-piece based out of Canberra have announced their new single ‘No Rest’ which is currently available to stream on Youtube, Spotify, Bandcamp and all other leading streaming services. Click here to start streaming. The band have also inked a deal with EVP Record…
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Those wanting to get their metal fix this weekend after the announcement of Download Festival’s cancellation are in luck. Ne Obliviscaris, who were planned to be a part of the Download Festival in Melbourne and Sydney have locked in an intimate show at the Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood on Friday, 2…
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News of the Coronavirus outbreak is sweeping the entire planet as I mosey over to the Worker’s Club this night. I’m thinking it may possibly affect the attendance at what is a very special night for Tim and Rachel, but it doesn’t turn out to be the case. By the time they hit the stage, […]
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This is rumour control. Here are the facts. At 9:30 am on Friday, 13th March 2020, organisers of the Download Festival Australia regrettably announced the cancellation of the festival in Melbourne and Sydney, including all subsequent sideshows. The promotional team behind the festival announced this…
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It can’t be easy releasing a death-doom / goth-doom album in the same year that My Dying Bride are also releasing a studio album, let alone a mere 5 weeks to the day before MDB’s latest release. Fortunately, Deathwhite has done a few things on Grave Image that begin to establish their musical id…
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Join guest writer Svennerick and I as we take a look at Finnish Death metal that takes us on a variety of topics across the Death metal spectrum.
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Xtreem Music announced the “10 Inches of Deathcult” series which will provide long time death metal listeners with a chance to obtain rare and long out of print demos from classic 80s and 90s extreme metal acts on ten inch vinyl, with its first release, “Perpetual Damnation” from Dutch death…
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Blasphamagoatchrist return from exile after the hilarious debacle concerning their previous effort Tyrannic Empire. This time round the band drift away from stereotypical War metal to a combination of the genre’s early influences. The constant barrage of riffless noise and trash can assault that t…
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Century Media Records has announced its intention to re-issue all three full length records from Swedish death metal veterans
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As most of the West hunkers down in fear of Chinese lung AIDS, online providers are conjuring up things to keep us all occupied, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York which will be streaming live performances of Richard Wagner operas this week each night at 7:30 PM EST. If you missed Tristan…
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We have all seen his logos: Christophe Szpajdel illustrated the branding for much of classic black metal and rose to prominence as the genre exploded in the late 1990s. Heavy Music Artwork honors him in part of its book series on hard rock and heavy metal artwork with Archaic Modernism: The Art of C…
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Master’s Paul Speckmann is known for taking an idea and squeezing everything he can from it through repetition and then utilizing the most direct route to return to that idea. Though this mentality would fail many bands because the riffs didn’t have the necessary urgency and creativity to work.…
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In the midst of the coronavirus devastating Italy, melodic Sardinian black metal act Infamous recently released a new track entitled “Forza e Onore” on a split with Ordo Sanguis Noctis entitled Strength and Honour/ Consecration of Mossy Sanctuary. With “Forza e Onore” mastermind S.A. explore…
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Usually when musicians attempt writing novels the results are more dire than Daniel O’Donnell doing a duet with Cliff Richard! In the words of...The post J.B. Morrison – A Godawful Small Affair b/w Harvey King Unboxes His Family appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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Neil Innes’ Sad and unexpected death in December 2019 left the world bereft of a truly original musical and comic talent. Neil was well...The post Neil Innes – How Sweet To Be An Idiot, Expanded Edition appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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A very good value for money package from Cherrt Red of two classic Jefferson Airplane albums. ‘Long John Silver’ is as inspired by religion...The post Jefferson Airplane – Long John Silver / Thirty Seconds Over Winterland appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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Cast in the same mould as Montrose, Van Halen, Quite Riot, Aerosmith, and so forth, Ratt were part of what is now called Hair...The post Ratt – The Atlantic Years 1984-1990 appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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It’s fair to say Cherry Red are doing a grand job on curating and preserving Ken Hensley’s legacy, and Tales Of Live Fire &...The post Ken Hensley – Tales of Live Fire & Other Mysteries appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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Japanese duo Blacklab’s new album is a gigantic leap forward from previously released music. The sheer plate-shattering density of their riffs is still there,...The post Blacklab – Abyss appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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The Monochrome Set are one of the great bands you’ve never heard of, but in a just world (which this certainly isn’t!) you would...The post The Monochrome Set – Little Noises 1990-1995 appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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After a span of sixteen years spent examining a series of high-concept creative endeavors (American Idiot started the trend in 2004 which catapulted the...The post Green Day – Father of All Motherfuckers LP appeared first on Hellbound.ca.
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In which our cooped-up birdbrain is beaking stoked a trio of new releases. The post For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Testament, WVRM and WOORMS appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Oskar Blues might be on to something with this mid-coast IPA that marries the hoppy dankness of a West Coast IPA with the haziness and extreme drinkability of a New England IPA.The post No Corporate Beer Reviews: Can-O-Bliss Double IPA appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Welcome to our first installment of Five for Friday! In these posts, you'll find five new releases help to navigate each week's output of extreme music.The post Five For Friday: March 27, 2020 appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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This week Demo:listen encounters unprecedented hostility from a French black metal duo calling themselves Kriegsgraben.The post Demo:listen: Kriegsgraben appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 30 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from heavy cinema grind heroes Graf Orlock.The post Graf Orlock to Release X-ray Picture Disc of New Material Via the Decibel Flexi Series! appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Watch a live video collaboration between instrumental post-metallers Town Portal and stateside heavies Kowloon Walled City. Filmed last summer, it is released today to raise money for Small Pond Recording.The post Watch: Town Portal & Kowloon Walled City live collaboration appeared first on Decibel…
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You know the "Angel of Death." Now meet the "Angel of Assassination." The post Track Premiere: WVRM – ‘Angel of Assassination’ appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Minneapolis noise rock weirdos, New Primals premiere their new video at Decibel!The post Video Premiere: New Primals Flash and Bang with “Coma Fiend” appeared first on Decibel Magazine.
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Jon Bon Jovi says his son has recovered after battling a "mild" form of coronavirus. Continue reading…
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His family asks the singer-songwriter's fans to send their love and support. Continue reading…
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The rocker reportedly died due to coronavirus.Continue reading…
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Coronavirus restrictions give rise to estimated smallest retail week since LP format began.Continue reading…
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Artists entertain from home while David Byrne, Robbie Robertson and Ozzy Osbourne react to coronavirus pandemic.Continue reading…
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Guitarist had reportedly exhibited coronavirus symptoms but no cause of death has been announced.Continue reading…
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The sequel was plagued by drama and panned by critics, yet still earned a massive box office return. Continue reading…
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UCR spoke with the singer of the band that featured Brian May and Roger Taylor before they became famous. Continue reading…
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It's hit us like a right hook. It's hit everyone like a right hook. Coronavirus. The nightmare that we all have to deal with now. That's why we wanted to give a gift to you the fans - that's right - all of our material from 2019 is currently "pay what you want" on our Bandcamp!​​​​​​​…
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Good evening.  You’re watching The Ripple Effect News and World Report for this, the 29thday of March 2020.  I’m Penfold and tonight we feature reporting on what is shaping up to be the greatest mystery/spectacle of this or any century.  I speak of course of the ever evolving situation surro…
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This week we’ve got a few singles, a few Eps and a few full-blown albums. Take a dive into Bandcamp Bonanza 109. Hell that’s my catch line on all my social pages. Buck09 (109), get it. Ya, I’m also a big dork if you couldn’t tell. SLOW PHASE – SLOW PHASESLOW PHASE by SLOW PHASESlow Phase h…
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(L-R): Turner Midzain – Guitar/Vocals, Kevin Nelson – Drums,  Mike Badmington – Bass/VocalsPhoto Credit: Trevor HatterCalgary’s riff wizards Woodhawk were supposed to hit the road this week for their cross Canada tour from March 26th to May 23rd in support of their latest album "Violent Nat…
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Release numero 6 in Joe's exciting and kind of ground breaking EP-series, Obsequious Leer, differs from the other recordings up to this point. Well, they all differ from each other but they all have a death and thrash metal vibe to them. This time around Joe goes for a combination of 70s and early…
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On Thorns I Lay –ThrenosStefanos –Vocals, Chris –Guitar, Antony-Keyboards, Stelios-Drums, Akis-Guitar, Jim-BassThe Song Of Sirens eerie guitar chords death metal growls and heavy pounding rhythms. Ouranio Deos crunchy riffs pounding drums thundering bass and dark demonic vocals. Cosmic Silenc…
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Discography1. Forming The Void                           EP (2014)2. Skyward                                            Full-length (2015)3. Relic                                          …
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Welcome to the 5th Annual Magical AMA!  I’m your host for today’s festivities, and I’ll be the one responding to your inquiries.  So without further ado, let’s get this show on the road!  First question please!What is your name?My name is impossible to pronounce, let alone type, so you c…
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