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Idag

Sweden's exceptional psych doom rock gem WITCHCRAFT, not to be confused with that country's black metal band of the same name, have returned after a five-year silence with a powerful album that simply can't be denied. The ensemble's last effort in 2020 was interestingly titled "Black Metal" without...

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Watch: MICHAEL DENNER Performs MERCYFUL FATE Classics With Members Of ARTILLERY At Denmark's NORDIC NOISE Festival

ARDENNERY, the band featuring former MERCYFUL FATE guitarist Michael Denner alongside members of ARTILLERY, performed iconic tracks from the first three MERCYFUL FATE releases — "Don't Break The Oath", "Melissa" and the group's debut EP — on May 9 at the Nordic Noise 2025 festival at Kometen in Hvid...

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Watch: OPETH, RAINBOW, KING DIAMOND Members And Others Pay Tribute To RONNIE JAMES DIO At Stockholm Memorial Concert

Jørn Lande (MASTERPLAN),Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW),Doogie White (RAINBOW),Fredrik Åkesson (OPETH),Pontus Egberg (KING DIAMOND),Guernica Mancini (THE GEMS, THUNDERMOTHER),Per Wiberg (OPETH) and Mia Karlsson (CRUCIFIED BARBARA) are among the more than 20 musicians who took part in the 2025 edition...

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GHOST And OPETH's FREDRIK ÅKESSON To Honor QUEEN At This Year's POLAR MUSIC PRIZE Ceremony

GHOST will be joined by OPETH guitarist Fredrik Åkesson for a performance at this year's Polar Music Prize. The ceremony — which will honor the legendary rock band QUEEN, American jazz great Herbie Hancock and Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan — will be held on Tuesday, May 27, at...

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SABATON Shares Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'Templars' Music Video

Swedish metallers SABATON have shared behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the official music video for their latest single, "Templars". The cinematic clip, which was released in April, was filmed at two massive historical fortresses in Serbia (Belgrade Fortress within Kalemegdan Park and Sm...

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SABATON's Eleventh Studio Album Was Completed Before Label Switch, Says JOAKIM BRODÉN

In a new interview with Mexico's Summa Inferno, SABATON's frontman, co-founder and principal songwriter Joakim Brodén spoke about the band's latest single, "Templars", which marks SABATON's debut release under the group's new record label, Better Noise. The song tells the tale of the rise and fall o...

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Watch: New PRIMAL FEAR Lineup Performs Live For First Time

PRIMAL FEAR's new lineup made its live debut Friday (May 9) at the 2025 edition of the Rock In Rautheim festival in Braunschweig, Germany. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. Joining Mat Sinner (bass, vocals) and Ralf Scheepers (vocals) in PRIMAL FEAR's current lineup are the band's l...

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TONY IOMMI On Success Of BLACK SABBATH Ballet: 'It Doesn't Come Any More Unpredictable Than This'

After wowing audiences and critics alike with a sold-out premiere in 2023, Birmingham Royal Ballet's hit production of "Black Sabbath - The Ballet" will commence a U.K. tour in autumn 2025. Hot on the heels of BLACK SABBATH's farewell gig at Villa Park in their hometown of Birmingham this summer, "B...

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CANDLEMASS Shares Music Video For Cover Of BLACK SABBATH's 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'

To celebrate 40 years of doom metal mastery and the release of their brand new four-track EP "Black Star", Swedish epic doom metal pioneers CANDLEMASS have unveiled a cover of BLACK SABBATH's legendary hymn "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". The title track of the classic 1973 SABBATH album was reworked by C...

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ORBIT CULTURE Shares New Single 'The Tales Of War'

Swedish metallers ORBIT CULTURE have released a new single, "The Tales Of War". The song's accompanying music video, which finds the band braving a raging storm, was directed by Riivata Visuals and can be seen below. ORBIT CULTURE comments: "'The Tales Of War' marks the beginning of a new chapter fo...

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KATATONIA Shares New Single 'Temporal' From Upcoming 'Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State' Album

Swedish masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA have unveiled the second new single from their upcoming album, "Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State", due out June 6 via Napalm Records. "Temporal" balances fragility and strength, its intense verses culminating in a soaring, emotionally charge...

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Black Star

Doom metal isn't generally known for brevity, but in these busy times, a quick, four-track update from the Swedish kings of the genre makes perfect sense. Three years on from the release of "Sweet Evil Sun", CANDLEMASS are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a little flurry of new material, and...

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IRON MAIDEN's BRUCE DICKINSON Shares Advice For Young Artists: 'One Of The Most Important Things Is Self-Belief'

Prior to IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson taking part in the Musicians Institute's MI Conversation Series on April 21 in Hollywood, California, the Musicians Institute YouTube channel got to hang with him in the green room and ask him some questions before he hit the stage. Regarding what advice h...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE's JOHN 5 Shares 'One-Take' Guitar Playthrough Video For 'Dogs Of War'

MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 has shared a "one-take" guitar playthrough video for the band's song "Dogs Of War". Check it out below. John 5 wrote in a caption accompanying the YouTube release of the playthrough video: "OK kids here's a little 'Dogs Of War'. There are a few diminished chords, add9 ch...

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Watch: TESTAMENT Celebrates 35th Anniversary Of 'Practice What You Preach' Album At 'An Evening With…' Tour Kick-Off

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT kicked off their "An Evening With Testament" tour Wednesday night (April 30) at Rialto Theater in Tucson, Arizona. The trek celebrates the 35th anniversary of TESTAMENT's third album, "Practice What You Preach", which achieved near-gold status in the United...