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Ormskrik
This has clearly been a superb year for thrash metal, but the majority of great works have come from the polished and modern end of the heads-down spectrum. Much as their fellow countrymen OBLITERATION have become a benchmark for the rejuvenation of real death metal values, so Norway's ORMSKRIK look...June 7, 2020
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Listen To ALAIN JOHANNES's New Single 'Free'
"Free", the new single from Alain Johannes, co-creator of the highly influential '90s alternative rock band ELEVEN as well as a key contributor on releases from QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, THEM CROOKED VULTURES and Chris Cornell, can be heard below. The track is taken from Johannes's third solo album,...June 3, 2020
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EXTREME's NUNO BETTENCOURT: 'I Pray We Can Stop Hurting One Another'
EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has commented on the unrest that has broken out across the country in response to the death of George Floyd. Although protests were largely peaceful as demonstrators marched in the streets from Los Angeles to New York, demonstrators in Atlanta set a police car abla...May 31, 2020
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EMMURE Announces 'Hindsight' Album, Unveils 'Uncontrollable Descent' Video
Heralded as "the most polarizing metal band since LIMP BIZKIT" by Revolver magazine, EMMURE has always let the music do the talking, and it doesn't plan on stopping. Today the band has announced that it will release a new studio album, "Hindsight", digitally on June 26 via Sharptone Records. Physica...May 29, 2020
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BEHEMOTH Releases Official Live Video For 'A Forest' Feat. SHINING's NIKLAS KVARFORTH
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release a new EP, "A Forest", on May 29 via Metal Blade. The EP's title track is a cover of THE CURE classic, and it features a guest appearance by SHINING frontman Niklas Kvarforth. The "A Forest" EP also includes a live version of the title track as well as t...May 28, 2020
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IRON MAIDEN's ADRIAN SMITH Announces Fishing Memoir 'Monsters Of River & Rock'
Adrian Smith, the legendary lead guitarist of IRON MAIDEN, is well known in the community as a fisherman, and a former cover star of coarse-fishing bible the Angler's Mail (biggest chub of the season, August 2009). In his first, very personal, riverside memoir, "Monsters Of River & Rock", Smith...May 28, 2020
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ANTHRAX Has Six Or Seven Songs Written For Next Album
Charlie Benante says that ANTHRAX has written six or seven songs for its next studio album. The follow-up to 2016's "For All Kings" will be ANTHRAX's third full-length release since the 2010 return of singer Joey Belladonna, who came back into the fold for the "Big Four" shows with METALLICA, SLAYER...May 27, 2020
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LAMB OF GOD's 'State Of Unrest' European Tour With KREATOR Won't Happen Before 2021
LAMB OF GOD's previously postponed "State Of Unrest" European tour with KREATOR and POWER TRIP will not take place before 2021. The trek, which had to be rescheduled in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, was originally slated to kick off on March 27 in Stockholm, Sweden and conclude on...May 27, 2020
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OBSCURA Rejoined By Guitarist CHRISTIAN MÜNZNER
After a six-year break, guitarist Christian Münzner has rejoined German progressive death metallers OBSCURA as a permanent member. Münzner, known for his virtuoso guitar playing in extreme metal, joined OBSCURA in 2008 and recorded the band's critically acclaimed full-length albums "Cosmogenesis" (2...May 27, 2020
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Today Marks 10th Anniversary Of SLIPKNOT Bassist PAUL GRAY's Death
Today marks the tenth anniversary of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray's tragic death. Gray passed away on May 24, 2010 from an accidental overdose of drugs, leaving behind his wife Brenna and daughter October, who was born the following August. Paul was just 38 years old at the time of his passing. Five y...May 24, 2020
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Strike.Smother.Dehumanize
Six albums into an avowedly spotlight-shunning career, REVENGE have earned themselves a formidable reputation. Admittedly, it's a reputation for making records that sound like all the hatred in the world, condensed down to an unstoppable tornado of harrowing, blackened noise. But that still counts....May 19, 2020
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TRIPTYKON Releases 'Rex Irae' Video From 'Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)' CD + DVD
Swiss avant-garde extreme metal band TRIPTYKON has just released "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" on May 15 via Prowling Death Records/Century Media Records. "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" marks the bombastic conclusion of a project over 30 years in the making: The legendary CELTIC FROST/TRIPTY...May 15, 2020
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BEHEMOTH Covers THE CURE's 'A Forest' On New EP
Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH will release a new EP, "A Forest", on May 29 via Metal Blade. The EP's title track is a cover of THE CURE classic, and it features a guest appearance by SHINING frontman Niklas Kvarforth. The "A Forest" EP also includes a live version of the title track as well as t...May 14, 2020
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EXTREME, DREAM THEATER, ALICE COOPER Members Featured On Cover Of 'Let It Be' To Benefit MusiCares Relief Fund
With the support of the MusiCares Foundation, the team behind "Soundcheck Live" is bringing together 68 of the brightest stars in the music world to deliver a stirring performance of "Let It Be" for a good cause. The performance will feature Avril Lavigne, Nuno Bettencourt, Orianthi, Phil X, Gary Ch...May 13, 2020
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OBSCURA Recruits Drummer DAVID DIEPOLD
Austrian virtuoso drummer David Diepold (BENIGHTED, HATE, BELPHEGOR, GIVE EM BLOOD, COGNIZANCE),known for his highly technical signature playing in extreme metal, has joined the German progressive death metallers OBSCURA as a permanent member. He collaborated internationally with several groups as...May 13, 2020
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