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AMON AMARTH's JOHAN HEGG: 'If I Don't Have The Connection With The Audience, I Feel That I Failed As A Frontman'

Ben of Australia's "The Moshpit Backstage" podcast recently conducted an interview with frontman Johan Hegg of Swedish death metal veterans AMON AMARTH. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he prepares for an AMON AMARTH live show:...

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WENDY DIO On RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram: 'The People That Have Seen It Think It's Real'

Wendy Dio has confirmed that "some changes" are being made to the Ronnie James Dio hologram before the launch of the next leg of the "Dio Returns" world tour. The legendary heavy metal singer died in 2010 at the age of 67 from stomach cancer. His hologram was created by a company called Eyeillusion...

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Swedish Death Metal Band VOMITORY Is Back

Swedish death metallers VOMITORY have reformed and will make their official comeback next year. The band says in a statement: "For 24 years, Swedish death metal legends VOMITORY laid waste to stages all over the world and released eight successful albums before laying down their arms in 2013. In 201...

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THE SKULL Feat. Former TROUBLE Members: 'The Endless Road Turns Dark' Album Due In The Fall

THE SKULL, the band featuring vocalist Eric Wagner and bassist Ron Holzner, formerly of metal legends TROUBLE, has completed work on its sophomore album. Titled "The Endless Road Turns Dark", the LP was recorded in Chicago's Decade Music Studios with engineer Sanford Parker (YOB, TOMBS) and builds o...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Drummer: 'We Never Go Through The Motions' When Writing New Music

Bloodstock TV recently conducted an interview with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz of death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about heavy metal's enduring popularity, Paul said: "Metal is a crazy thing, that's for sure. When you're into metal, it's not like being i...

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AMON AMARTH Is 'Halfway' Through Writing 'Amazing' New Album

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH are "halfway through writing" material for their next album. The follow-up to 2016's "Jomsviking" will mark the band's recording debut with drummer Jocke Wallgren, who joined AMON AMARTH two years ago. Speaking to Australia's Heavy magazine on Saturday (March 24),...

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WATAIN Frontman On Black Metal's Battle With ANTIFA: 'The Devil Always Wins. It's An Old Lesson Learned'

The Jimmy Cabbs 5150 Interview Series conducted an interview with frontman Erik Danielsson of Swedish black metallers WATAIN prior to the band's March 17 concert at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, California. You can watch the entire chat in two parts below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by B...

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ACT OF DEFIANCE's CHRIS BRODERICK On 'Old Scars, New Wounds' Album: 'You Can Hear Our Individuality In Different Songs'

"Robb's MetalWorks" recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE guitarist Chris Broderick. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the more collaborative songwriting process on ACT OF DEFIANCE's sophomore album, "Old Scars, New Wounds", compared to that...

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New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Singer Won't Use Megaphone In Live Show

New STONE TEMPLE PILOTS vocalist Jeff Gutt said in an interview with Detroit News that one of late STP singer Scott Weiland's signature stage props — a megaphone — will not find its way into Gutt's act. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Gutt explained that the megaphone was "sacred" with Weiland, add...

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Video Premiere: ANGRA's 'Insania'

The official video for the song "Insania" from Brazilian/Italian metallers ANGRA can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's ninth studio album, "Ømni", which was released on February 16 via earMUSIC. 2018 marks the beginning of yet another era in ANGRA's history. At age 26, the band shows...

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Makers Of RONNIE JAMES DIO Hologram Are Going Back To The 'Drawing Board' Before Resuming 'Dio Returns' World Tour

The company behind the hologram of Ronnie James Dio is going back to the "drawing board" as it prepares to launch the next leg of the "Dio Returns" world tour. The legendary heavy metal singer died in 2010 at the age of 67 from stomach cancer. His hologram was created by a company called Eyeillusion...

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SKINLESS To Release 'Savagery' Album In May

U.S. death metal veterans SKINLESS return with their pulverizing sixth studio offering, fittingly titled "Savagery". Recorded by Tom Case at Doomsday Bunker Studio in New York and by Dave Otero (PRIMITIVE MAN, CATTLE DECAPITATION, CEPHALIC CARNAGE) at Flatline Audio in Colorado, "Savagery" embodies...

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Video Premiere: PRIMORDIAL's 'Exile Amongst The Ruins'

"Exile Amongst The Ruins", the new video from Irish pagan metallers PRIMORDIAL, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's upcoming album, which will be released on March 30 through Metal Blade Records. The band teamed with producer Ola Ersfjord, who worked on PRIMORDIAL's 2016 liv...

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Finding Joseph I: The H.R. from Bad Brains Documentary

Shaman. Spiritual anarchist. Punk royal. Rastafarian. Activist. These are tags affixed to Paul "H.R." Hudson, perhaps the greatest punk rock vocalist the genre has ever or will ever see. H.R. is one of music history's most beloved front men, a perfectly balanced amalgam of reggae-splashed aggression...

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Trident Wolf Eclipse

Ironically enough, and quite contrary to the darkness they surely wish to portray, the spotlight upon Sweden's WATAIN has shined quite brightly in terms of fanfare. The unit's notoriously vile live performances and consistently impressive and singular take on Scandinavian black metal over the last c...