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WE CAME AS ROMANS Announce 'All Is Beautiful... Because We're Doomed' Album, Share 'Culture Wound' Single

Michigan metalcore titans WE CAME AS ROMANS will release their new album, "All Is Beautiful... Because We're Doomed", on Friday, August 22 via Sharptone Records. The announcement arrives alongside the release of the album's third single, "Culture Wound", and its accompanying official music video. Fo...

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THE SWORD Extends 'Warp Riders 15th Anniversary Tour' Across U.S.

Reactivated Texan heavy rockers THE SWORD have extended their "Warp Riders 15th Anniversary Tour", adding a new leg that sees the trek now span the U.S. "This is probably the only chance people will have to see us perform the entire album, so don't miss out!" says THE SWORD frontman John D. Cronise...

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FEUERSCHWANZ Recruits DORO PESCH For 'Valhalla' Single And Music Video

German folk metallers FEUERSCHWANZ have teamed up with German metal queen Doro Pesch to deliver the glorious Viking anthem of the year with their galvanizing new collaborative single "Valhalla". With thunderous riffs, boisterous energy and united vocal power, the song is a triumphant march through N...

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GREEN CARNATION Announces 'A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia' Album

Norway's GREEN CARNATION know all about starting over and working hard to achieve their shared goals, while overcoming adversity. Due on September 5 via Season Of Mist, "A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia" is GREEN CARNATION's latest album, the first in a trilogy that is sure to please l...

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Spiral Crypts

DISEMBODIMENT's "Mutated Chaos" EP was one of 2021's death metal highlights: a filthy, five-song belch of grotesquery from the mean streets of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Four years on, the band have finally delivered a debut album, and it is absolutely fucking foul. At a time when there is no shortage of k...

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Hollywood Mortician

Genre-bending isn't for everyone, but it's become Nathan James's identity. The budding goth-metal artist is building a name for himself in the modern rock world, and he has the streaming numbers and radio support to prove it. Even if you haven't heard of James, there's a chance you've seen him perfo...

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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...

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Founding MONSTER MAGNET Drummer TIM CRONIN Dies After Battle With ALS

Tim Cronin, founding member of stoner rock pioneers MONSTER MAGNET, has died at the age of 63. Bob Pantella of MONSTER MAGNET and THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX confirmed Tim's passing, writing in a social media post: "Words cannot express how great this guy was… You had to know him. Rest in peace Tim." It was...

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K.K. DOWNING Was 'Nervous' For His 'Back To The Beginning' Performance: This Was 'The Most Important Show In Metal Ever'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K. Downing, who performed PRIEST's "Breaking The Law" and BLACK SABBATH's "Snowblind" at last Saturday's (July 5) "Back To The Beginning" event at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom, alongside Billy Corgan (THE SMASHING PUMPKINS) on vocals, Tom Morello (RAGE AGA...

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QUEENSRŸCHE And ACCEPT Announce Fall 2025 U.S. Tour

Progressive metal legends QUEENSRŸCHE will hit the road this fall on the "Volume And Vengeance Tour" alongside special guests ACCEPT. The trek will kick off on November 7 in Denver, Colorado at Summit and will conclude on December 20 in Temecula, California at Pechanga Theater Casino. Ticket pre-sal...

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CARCASS Announces September/October 2025 North American Tour

British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS will embark on a North American tour in September. Support on select dates will come from BRUJERIA, NECROT, HEDONIST, SPIRITWORLD, NAILS and MONGREL. Tour dates: With BRUJERIA and SPIRITWORLD: Sep. 16 - Birmingham, AL - Workplay Sep. 17 - Asheville, NC - Eulogy...

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Unofficial DIO Book 'The Unholy Scriptures' Coming In August

Schiffer Publishing has set an August 28 release date for "Dio: The Unholy Scriptures - The Complete Unofficial Chronicle Of Ronnie James Dio's Solo Canon" from Martin Popoff. In "Dio: The Unholy Scriptures", embark on an electrifying journey through the tumultuous yet triumphant saga of one of heav...

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Watch: SPIRITBOX Performs 'Soft Spine' On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

SPIRITBOX made its late-night television debut on last night's (Monday, July 7) episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The twice-Grammy-nominated band, celebrated for pushing the boundaries of modern heavy music, performed "Soft Spine", a track from its sophomore album "Tsunami Sea", out now via Pale Chord...

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LOVE WHAT YOU CAN WHILE YOU STILL GOT SOMETHING LEFT TO LOVE

As the metalcore genre evolves, more and more bands are beginning to push the boundaries of what the genre means and sounds like. Pretty much anything with breakdowns and intense passages that make way for moshing could fall into the metalcore category, but the genre has so much more to offer than j...

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Never Die

Eventually, most people arrive at the point where they can't listen to skull-crushing, brutal death metal or coruscating, nihilistic sludge all the time. The occasional break is permissible. Matt Jencik has made a quiet but telling name for himself via such underground legends as math rock mavens DO...