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Wrapped In Mist

Forged in the moonlit forests of Sweden, HELGA are a big, invigorating blast of fresh air. Although the music on "Wrapped in Mist" displays a kinship with everything from WARDRUNA and NYTT LAND to ELUVEITE and MYRKUR, there is something quietly unique about this record. A great number of disparate s...

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PHILIP ANSELMO On PANTERA's Return: 'I Know For A Damn Fact VINNIE PAUL And DIMEBAG Would Want Us To Do This'

Philip Anselmo has made his first public comments about PANTERA's return to the live stage. The reformed band — featuring PANTERA's surviving members Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass),along with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) — ar...

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SAMMY HAGAR Says DAVID LEE ROTH 'Is Not Invited' To Take Part In Entire 'Best Of All Worlds' Tour: 'No F***ing Way'

Sammy Hagar says that there is "no fucking way" David Lee Roth will take part in all of his upcoming summer 2024 tour with bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham that will focus largely on the music of VAN HALEN. During an appearance on the November 14 episode of "T...

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Managed Decline

It begins with a warm wave of mournful brass, suggesting that UNDERDARK may have mellowed over the two years since their first album, "Our Bodies Burned Bright On Re-Entry". The slow, sad riff that slithers in at the start of real opener "Managed Decline" puts everything squarely back in the post-bl...

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Destination Dystopia

Stalwarts of the melodic death metal scene since the mid-'90s, BURDEN OF GRIEF are still rolling at full pelt. Five years after the well-received "Eye Of The Storm", the Germans exhibit no great desire to mix things up and reinvent themselves. Instead, they continue to make music that echoes and exp...

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THE TROOPS OF DOOM Feat. Ex-SEPULTURA Guitarist JAIRO 'TORMENTOR' GUEDZ: Second Album On The Way

After a busy period of numerous shows in South America, promoting "Antichrist Reborn" (2022),THE TROOPS OF DOOM, the Brazilian band featuring former SEPULTURA guitarist Jairo "Tormentor" Guedz, took a break for a great reason: the preparation for the highly anticipated second full-length album of t...

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DAVID LEE ROTH Is 'Ready' To Take Part In SAMMY HAGAR's 'Best Of All Worlds' Tour: 'Let's Do This'

David Lee Roth says that he is "ready" to take part in Sammy Hagar's upcoming summer 2024 tour with bassist Michael Anthony, guitarist Joe Satriani and drummer Jason Bonham that will focus largely on the music of VAN HALEN. Support on "The Best Of All Worlds" trek will come from LOVERBOY. During an...

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A Journey For The Damned

Dark things are afoot in the UK. Purveyors of a vicious and unholy strain of blackened death metal, MASTER'S CALL hail from Wolverhampton, which is only a few lines of ants away from the birthplace of heavy metal itself. Arriving seemingly from nowhere, these glowering lords of leather and steel hav...

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Watch: RUSH's ALEX LIFESON Joins TOOL Onstage In Toronto

RUSH guitarist Alex Lifeson joined TOOL on stage last night (Monday, November 20) at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena to play the "10,000 Days" track "Jambi". According to the RUSH fan site Rush Is A Band, Lifeson and TOOL led into the song with a little snippet of RUSH's "A Passage To Bangkok", then inse...

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CHRISTOFER JOHNSSON Talks About THERION 'Giving The Fans What They Wanted' With 'Leviathan' Albums

By David E. Gehlke THERION founder, mastermind, songwriter and guitarist Christofer Johnsson has never been one to skirt philosophical topics when chatting about his band. Johnsson certainly has the perspective, having conceptualized and codified symphonic metal in the mid-1990s, well before it beca...

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ROBERT PLANT On LED ZEPPELIN's Decision To Disband Following JOHN BONHAM's Death: 'It Was Right For Me'

In a new interview with the Irish Examiner about the recent vinyl re-release of LED ZEPPELIN's "Led Zeppelin IV" album, Robert Plant weighed in on rumors that Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones wanted to carry on with the band more than four decades ago, even if it meant continuing without the singer. P...

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POP EVIL's LEIGH KAKATY: The Pre-Show Meet-And-Greets With Fans 'Really Affect Us These Days'

In a new interview with Ronni Hunter of the 99.7 The Blitz radio station, POP EVIL frontman Leigh Kakaty spoke about how some of the band's recent experiences will serve as an inspiration for the group's upcoming music. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I think the [pre-show] meet-and-g...

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Obsidian Refractions

CRUCIAMENTUM is one of death metal's most revered, underground, post-2000 bands for "those in the know." Eight years since its proper debut full-length, "Charnel Passages", CRUCIAMENTUM return with what is sure to be one of the year's best death metal albums, its sophomore effort, "Obsidian Refracti...

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PANTERA's PHILIP ANSELMO Offers Advice On How To Cope With 'Post-Halloween Blues'

The YouTube channel of Housecore Records, the record label launched in 2001 by PANTERA frontman Philip Anselmo, has uploaded a video of Anselmo giving "a little advice on how to cope with post-Halloween blues." But Housecore cautions: "It may involve pigs, pumpkins, and an unruly amount of Halloween...

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SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER: 'I Don't Understand Why People Are So Afraid To Talk About Dying'

In a new interview with Sense Music Media, SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser, whose wife Patricia Perissinoto Kisser passed away in July 2022 after a battle with colon cancer, was asked what the experience of losing his longtime partner taught him about life. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBER...