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DAVE MUSTAINE On Recording His Version Of METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning': 'When You Do A Song From Somebody, You've Gotta Do It As Good Or Better'

During an appearance on the December 5 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Dave Mustaine spoke about his decision to include his version of "Ride The Lightning", the title track of METALLICA's 1984 album for which he got a co-writing credit following his 1983 departure from the ba...

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Ash Eclipses Flesh

As much as it brings metalheads of a certain disposition immense and lasting joy, the death metal scene's ongoing expansion does have its drawbacks. There are only so many hours in the day that can be reasonably spent exploring the thousands of bands currently out there making a horrible racket, and...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE CROWN And THE HALO EFFECT To Perform At Charity Concert Honoring AT THE GATES' TOMAS LINDBERG

November 14 marked the 30th anniversary of the iconic, globally influential and genre-defining masterpiece that is AT THE GATES' "Slaughter Of The Soul". Sadly, the voice behind the timeless classic did not make it to see the anniversary, as AT THE GATES frontman Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg passed away f...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY's MIKAEL STANNE On AT THE GATES' TOMAS LINDBERG: 'He's Always Been An Incredibly Important Part Of The Swedish Metal Scene'

In a new interview with Luisina Reynoso of Argentina's Cuero Y Metal, DARK TRANQUILLITY and THE HALO EFECT frontman Mikael Stanne spoke about the recent passing of AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg. Asked what Lindberg meant to the metal scene in Gothenburg, Sweden, Stanne said (as transc...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Decision To Record His Version Of METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning' For Upcoming MEGADETH Album

Dave Mustaine has confirmed to Rolling Stone magazine that the final MEGADETH album, simply titled "Megadeth", will include his version of "Ride The Lightning", the title track of METALLICA's 1984 album for which he got a co-writing credit following his 1983 departure from the band. "It wasn't reall...

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You Are Safe From God Here

For the longest time, THE ACACIA STRAIN were the absolute best at what they did. Ostensibly part of deathcore's early evolution, these Massachusetts marauders stood measurably apart from the rest of the nascent scene, dropping albums like 2006's seminal "The Dead Walk" and its monstrous follow-up "C...

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Chama

Everybody loves Max Cavalera. For those who didn't get the memo, the Brazilian's contribution to the metal world over the last 40 years has been vast and far-reaching. From his days in SEPULTURA to his relentless metal mission with SOULFLY and an assortment of other noisy bastards, he has consistent...

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Watch: DARK TRANQUILLITY Covers AT THE GATES' 'Blinded By Fear' In Gothenburg In Honor Of TOMAS 'TOMPA' LINDBERG

Swedish metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY paid tribute to late AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg by playing the AT THE GATES classic "Blinded By Fear" during their October 18 concert at Filmstudion in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video of the performance can be seen below. In a recent intervi...

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DARK TRANQUILLITY's MIKAEL STANNE On AT THE GATES' TOMAS LINDBERG: 'Without Him, There Would Be No Gothenburg Death Metal Scene'

In a new interview with Chile's PowerOfMetal.cl, DARK TRANQUILLITY and THE HALO EFECT frontman Mikael Stanne spoke about the recent passing of AT THE GATES vocalist Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg. Asked what Lindberg meant to the metal scene in Gothenburg, Sweden, Stanne said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH...

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Collapse Of Pattern, Reverence Of Dust

If you have ever felt your sanity and lust for life being slowly clawed away by the rough edges of the world's stultifying insanity, CULT BURIAL may have an album to sell you. A record that focuses on notions of erosion — "…of structures, of certainty, of meaning" — the UK band's third album is horr...

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Trapped

Summer is here and the time is right for fistfights on the dancefloor. Diehard brutes from Edinburgh, Scotland, HAMMER get straight to the point. Purposefully filling the gaps between metal subgenres, the songs take large servings of death metal, both brutal and melodic, and nails them to a muscular...

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Death Etiquette

Going righteously berserk at the exact point where thrash and death metal meet, ATOMIC WITCH are the living embodiment of face-ripping metal insanity. The band's debut album "Crypt of Sleepless Malice" snuck out in 2022, causing mild ripples of positive disgust among those in the know. Three years o...

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Celebrate 40 Years Of GWAR With 'Live From The Hellmouth' Streaming Exclusively On VEEPS

This year marks the 40th anniversary of your alien overlords in GWAR, pioneers of shock rock who have redefined live performance with their over-the-top theatrics, grotesque costumes, and unapologetic depravity. What better way to celebrate four decades of intergalactic filth, fury, and fluid than b...

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Former MUSHROOMHEAD Vocalist WAYLON REAVIS's A KILLER'S CONFESSION Announces 'Victim 2' Album

Hot off the heels of the "Machines Vs Monsters" tour with STATIC-X, GWAR and DOPE, A KILLER'S CONFESSION, the band led by former MUSHROOMHEAD vocalist Waylon Reavis, released the third single, "Facts", from its new upcoming album "Victim 2", due out September 19 via MNRK Heavy. To kick off the relea...

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Hesitating Lights

There are definitely too few hours in a day to fully appreciate all the great things that are happening in underground metal, but we can always try. FLOATING are a duo from Uppsala, Sweden, with a sound that brings together the dark, post-punk clangor of FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM and their dusty ilk, w...