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NIGHTWISH Singer FLOOR JANSEN Releases Music Video For 'Fire' Solo Single

Dutch powerhouse singer Floor Jansen has released the official music video for her new solo single, "Fire". The track was made available on Friday (March 25) via ADA, the division of Warner Music Group dedicated to independent label and artist distribution. Jansen is best known as the frontwoman in...

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SLIPKNOT Is 'Turning Up The Dials On Experimentation' On Upcoming Album, Says Drummer JAY WEINBERG

SLIPKNOT drummer Jay Weinberg spoke to Decker of Wisconsin's WZOR (Razor 94.7/104.7) radio station about the musical direction of the band's upcoming follow-up to 2019's "We Are Not Your Kind" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I would say we kind of turned up the dials on experim...

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NIGHTWISH Singer FLOOR JANSEN Releases 'Fire' Solo Single

Dutch powerhouse singer Floor Jansen has just released a new solo single, "Fire", via ADA, the division of Warner Music Group dedicated to independent label and artist distribution. Jansen is best known as the frontwoman in the multi-million selling and internationally successful symphonic metal ban...

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MESHUGGAH Releases New Single 'I Am That Thirst'

Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH have released "I Am That Thirst", the second single from their upcoming ninth studio album, "Immutable". Due on April 1 via Atomic Fire, the follow-up to 2016's "The Violent Sleep Of Reason" was recorded at Sweetspot Studios in Halmstad, Sweden; mixed by...

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I Am The Void

Generally mentioned only as a footnote to the grand history of Scandinavian extreme metal, EUCHARIST released two seriously great albums in the '90s and have scarcely been seen since. 25 years have passed since "Mirrorworlds", an unsung benchmark for blackened, blasphemous melo-death, and band maste...

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EMPEROR's IHSAHN: R&B Superstar THE WEEKND Is 'Darker And More Edgy' Than Most New Extreme Metal Bands

Black metal legend Ihsahn has criticized the current metal scene for its lack of "danger", claiming that R&B superstar The Weeknd is "edgier and more experimental." The EMPEROR frontman, whose real name is Vegard Sverre Tveitan, voiced his opinion on The Weeknd after telling Metal Hammer magazin...

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Watch: MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Performs BLACK SABBATH Covers With San Francisco Bay Area Tribute Band

Rob Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) and Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN) joined the BLACK SABBATH tribute band BACK STABBATH on stage on March 19 at the Elbo Room Jack London in Oakland, California to perform a set of BLACK SABBATH classics. Fan-filmed video of the concert is available below. Back in 2015, Flynn tol...

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NIGHTWISH Singer FLOOR JANSEN Signs Solo Deal With ADA

ADA, the division of Warner Music Group dedicated to independent label and artist distribution, has announced the signing of Dutch powerhouse singer Floor Jansen. Jansen is best known as the frontwoman in the multi-million selling and internationally successful symphonic metal band NIGHTWISH. As par...

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DRAGONFORCE Has 'A Lot Of Music Written' For Next Album

DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li spoke to Finland's Chaoszine about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album. He said: "We've got a lot of music written. We haven't recorded it. So we're actually gonna look for a new record deal at the moment to do it. "We don't do mu...

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CARCASS Announces Spring 2022 U.S. Tour With IMMOLATION And CREEPING DEATH

British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have announced plans for a U.S. headline tour this spring with direct support from IMMOLATION and openers CREEPING DEATH. The tour kicks off on May 12 in Austin, Texas and will culminate on May 27 at Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore, Maryland. Tickets go on sale...

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Dread Reaver

Banished from the frostbitten IMMORTAL nest, Abbath (the man) and ABBATH (the band) have made light work of establishing themselves as a fiercely independent creative force in extreme metal. Although not quite as brashly definitive as the illustrious classics that made the Norwegian so notorious, bo...

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Under Satan's Wrath

Demos and splits have been cherished building blocks for numerous death and black metal bands since the tape trading days of the early eighties and nineties. While the rightfully romanticized tape trading network is now a page from a chapter of metal's past, to new bands the value of these kinds of...

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IAN HILL: 'Thank Goodness ANDY SNEAP Said Yes' To Rejoining JUDAS PRIEST's Touring Lineup

JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill spoke to The Aquarian Weekly about why he and his bandmates reversed their decision to remove guitarist Andy Sneap from their touring lineup. The U-turn came days after PRIEST's original announcement, in which the group said it had planned to resume its "50 Heavy Metal...

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CRADLE OF FILTH Releases Music Video For 'How Many Tears To Nurture A Rose?'

Veteran British extreme metallers CRADLE OF FILTH have released the official music video for the song "How Many Tears To Nurture A Rose?" The clip premiered last night as part of CRADLE OF FILTH's "Infernal Vernal Equinox Deadstream", and now fans all across the globe can also bask in its sublime bl...

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MESHUGGAH's TOMAS HAAKE Always Counts Steps While Walking Up Staircases

In a new interview with Elliott Fullam of Little Punk People, MESHUGGAH's Tomas Haake was asked if he naturally keeps count of everyday tasks since he's a drummer. He responded: "Not really. I do have one weird thing, though. I don't necessarily see the connection with me being a drummer, but maybe...