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The S**t Ov God

Emboldened by the white-hot charisma of their leader, BEHEMOTH have steadily become the world's favorite Satanic metal band. And no, GHOST don't count. It was almost inevitable that Nergal and his comrades would get to this point. Since the release of the 2004's transformational "Demigod", BEHEMOTH...

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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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GHOST Becomes First Hard Rock Band In Four Years To Land No. 1 Album In U.S.

According to Billboard.com, GHOST's new studio album, "Skeletá", has landed at position No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 86,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the LP's first week of release. 89% of that figure (77,000) consisted of traditional album sales, with vinyl purc...

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12021: Post-Electric Apocalypse

Subgenres come and go, but thunderous, psychedelic doom is eternal. SKYJOGGERS hail from Tampere, Finland, which may not seem the most likely breeding ground for records like this, but the Scandinavians do tend to be great at just about everything, and "12021: Post-Electric Apocalypse" is an absolut...

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GHOST Shares Music Video For 'Peacefield'

Swedish occult metallers GHOST have shared the official music video for "Peacefield", the third track to be released from their sixth album, "Skeletá". Check it out below. "Peacefield" follows the previously released singles "Lachryma" and "Satanized", the latter of which was dubbed a "catchy goth-r...

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Übercode Œuvre

Strap your brains in, folks. This going to be a mind-fuck for the ages. Germany's premier exponents of virtuoso jazz metal have been making astonishing records for a long time. From the ultra-progressive madness of early albums like 2008's "Starke Stucke", through to mutant metal monoliths like "Bre...

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WEDNESDAY 13 Teams Up With FASTER PUSSYCAT's TAIME DOWNE On New Song 'No Apologies'

Slaying audiences across North America on his "There's No Such Thing As Monsters" tour celebrating 20 years of "Transylvania 90210", Wednesday 13 has just unleashed the biggest surprise in his bag of tricks — brand-new single "No Apologies" featuring FASTER PUSSYCAT's Taime Downe. The track appears...

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WEDNESDAY 13 On MURDERDOLLS' Enduring Popularity: 'I Don't Think We've Got To The Level That We're Gonna Get To Yet'

In a new interview with The Heavy Metal Sitdown, Wednesday 13 spoke about the enduring popularity of his former band, the revered glam punk icons MURDERDOLLS. When the interviewer suggested that the MURDERDOLLS never became as "big" as they should have been, Wednesday 13 said (as transcribed by BLAB...

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Mid Death Crisis

Still voluntarily lost in the depths of a persona he first adopted at least 30 years ago, WEDNESDAY 13 knows exactly who he is. Pitch-black humor remains one of his most effective weapons, but in keeping with the darker, heavier spirit of his last few albums, "Mid Death Crisis" is also no laughing m...

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GHOST Shares New Song 'Peacefield' From Upcoming 'Skeletá' Album

Swedish occult metallers GHOST have shared "Peacefield", the third track to be released from their upcoming sixth album, "Skeletá". Check it out below. "Peacefield" follows the previously released singles "Lachryma" and "Satanized", the latter of which was dubbed a "catchy goth-rock epic" by Vice an...

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Necro

As much as we should continue to celebrate the depth and diversity of the current death metal scene, there is still nothing quite like being smashed in the face by a band like LIK. Over three previous albums, the Stockholm quartet have stabbed and sliced themselves into glorious infamy, with a sound...

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Ex-SLIPKNOT Drummer JAY WEINBERG Opens Up About His Hip And Femur Surgery: 'I'm Glad I Did It'

During an appearance on a recent episode of the Make It Perfect podcast, former SLIPKNOT and current SUICIDAL TENDENCIES drummer Jay Weinberg spoke about the outpatient procedure he underwent in November 2023 to repair the torn labrum of his left hip and shave down a misshapen part of his femur. The...

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WE CAME AS ROMANS Release New Single 'Bad Luck'

Beloved metalcore torchbearers WE CAME AS ROMANS are back with a searing new single, "Bad Luck". The track marks the band's first release of 2025 and kicks off a bold new chapter following their critically acclaimed 2022 album "Darkbloom". Fueled by thunderous grooves, anthemic hooks, and raw reflec...

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Watch: VIXEN Performs At Cannery Casino Hotel In Las Vegas

Video of VIXEN's April 12 performance at Cannery Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada can be seen below (courtesy of Tom deBlonk). In a September 2024 interview with Waste Some Time With Jason Green, new VIXEN singer Rosa Laricchiuta, who joined the band in June 2024 as the replacement for Lorraine Lew...

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Biographyte

Will there be a moment in the evolution of death metal when the genre becomes too fast, too technical, and far more like brutal automatons competing in an Olympic event than anything resembling rock 'n' roll? The jury is out on that one, but CYTOTOXIN are cheerfully testing the boundaries of avowedl...