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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2026 Is Officially Sold Out

The Wacken Open Air 2026 is official sold out. All 85,000 tickets for the 35th edition of the festival taking place from July 29 to August 1 have been sold. "We're delighted to celebrate this anniversary with such a huge crowd," says Wacken Open Air founder and promoter Thomas Jensen. "Preparations...

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TORANAGA UK Signs With FIREFLASH RECORDS, Announces European Tour Supporting ONSLAUGHT

Hailing from Bradford in West Yorkshire, TORANAGA wrote a chapter in metal history with their first two studio albums, "Bastard Ballads" (1988) and "God's Gift" (1990),achieving cult status within the metal scene. Although they remained underdogs, TORANAGA can be mentioned alongside their compatrio...

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Ex-CRADLE OF FILTH Keyboardist LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT Embraces Her Love Of Nu Metal On 'Harrowing'

By David E. Gehlke Best known for her seven-year stint with U.K. extreme metal veterans CRADLE OF FILTH, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Schoolcraft is an open proponent of nu metal. While the unflinching and unbowed true metal denizens found endless joy in the subgenre's mid-2000s demise, th...

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DESMOND CHILD Releases His Version Of 'I Was Made For Lovin' You', Song He Wrote With KISS, From 'Live Concert Album'

Desmond Child, Grammy Award-winning producer and one of music's most accomplished hitmakers, has announced "Desmond Child Rocks The Parthenon - The Live Concert Album", documenting the once-in-a-lifetime concert staged at Athens, Greece's historic Odeon of Herodes Atticus in June 2022, due out July...

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HALESTORM's JOE HOTTINGER On 'Secret' To Making His Romantic Relationship With LZZY HALE Work: 'We're Very Good Communicators'

In a new interview with Gear4music Guitars, HALESTORM guitarist Joe Hottinger addressed singer Lzzy Hale's recent comments publicly acknowledging the two musicians' ongoing over-two-decades-long romantic relationship. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Most people [already] knew [about i...

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IMMINENCE Signs With SUMERIAN RECORDS, Releases New Single 'The Sword That Never Bends'

Known for their signature blend of atmospheric heaviness and classical violin, Swedish metallers IMMINENCE begin a major new chapter with their signing to Sumerian Records and the release of their new single, "The Sword That Never Bends". Following the global breakthrough success of IMMINENCE's late...

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THE DARKNESS Releases Theme Song For New 'Masters Of The Universe Movie'

British rockers THE DARKNESS have released "Masters Of The Universe", the theme tune to this year's long-awaited He-Man movie "Masters Of The Universe", which premiered earlier this week at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. The track was written by written by THE DARKNESS frontman Ju...

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MOVEMENTS Announce New Album 'Happier Now'

Southern California's post-hardcore stalwarts MOVEMENTS will release their fourth full-length album, "Happier Now", on September 4 via Fearless Records. Today, the band fires off not one but two new tracks with "Dissolve Me" and "Back In My Ways". MOVEMENTS have earned their reputation in the post-h...

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TOM MORELLO Unites With Writer/Producer MARC GUGGENHEIM And Artist SZYMON KUDRAŃSKI For 'Leviathan Freedom'

Grammy-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter, and activist Tom Morello of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, AUDIOSLAVE and PROPHETS OF RAGE is returning to comics for "Leviathan Freedom", an all-new sci-fi epic inspired by the true story of American icon Robert Smalls. Morello first made his comics debut wi...

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SLAYER: See Unboxing Video For Special 40th-Anniversary Reissue Of 'Hell Awaits'

SLAYER's iconic second studio album, "Hell Awaits", will receive a 40th-anniversary-edition reissue via Metal Blade Records on May 15. An unboxing video for the three-LP vinyl box set can be seen below. Formed in 1981, SLAYER assaulted the world with a new hybrid of metal and punk — heavier, faster,...

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Savage Imperial Death March

"Savage Imperial Death March" is an impressive collaboration between two of extreme music's most groundbreaking bands that are vastly different acts stylistically. THE MELVINS were defining doom and sludge decades ago in Washington, while also laying the groundwork for grunge and alternative rock, s...

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Angus Mc Six And The All-Seeing Astral Eye

You have to be pretty smart to be this ludicrous. ANGUS MCSIX were born shortly after Thomas Winkler was sacked from the (recently disgraced) GLORYHAMMER. Joining forces with ORDEN OGAN's Sebastian Levermann, Winkler swiftly embarked on a new project, with a head full of preposterous tales, and a mu...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN On His Connection To VAN HALEN: 'I Think It's Always Gonna Be A Thing That Gets Brought Up'

In a new interview with Stephanie R. Myers of Songfacts, Wolfgang Van Halen — son of legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen and former VAN HALEN bassist — spoke about his decision to carve out his own path as the frontman of his MAMMOTH (formerly MAMMOTH WVH) project, which released its third...

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DON DOKKEN On Touring With METALLICA In 1988: 'They Kicked Our Butts. They Crushed Us.'

In a new three-part video interview with former Geffen A&R executive Tom Zutaut, Don Dokken once again reflected on DOKKEN's participation in the 1988 "Monsters Of Rock" U.S. stadium tour, also featuring VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, METALLICA and KINGDOM COME. The trek kicked off in East Troy, Wisconsi...

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TOMMY ALDRIDGE Says He 'Wasn't Invited' To Play At OZZY OSBOURNE's Final Concert: 'I'm Not Gonna Crash Someone Else's Party'

Legendary heavy rock drummer Tommy Aldridge has explained why he wasn't part of Ozzy Osbourne and BLACK SABBATH's final show, "Back To The Beginning", which took place last July in Birmingham, United Kingdom. In a newly released audio clip, which was made available via Aldridge's official YouTube ch...