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Talviyö
Nearly 20 years on from the release of their now-revered debut album "Ecliptica", SONATA ARCTICA are a permanent fixture in power metal's upper tier, both in terms of popularity and critical acclaim. Getting jaded metal hacks to say nice things about yet another big, shiny power metal record is neve...September 4, 2019
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DARK TRANQUILLITY's NIKLAS SUNDIN Signs With ARGONAUTA RECORDS
Italian record company Argonauta Records has announced the signing of MITOCHONDRIAL SUN, the solo project of DARK TRANQUILLITY's Niklas Sundin. MITOCHONDRIAL SUN's debut album will be released in early 2020. Niklas is best known as a founding member and guitarist of DARK TRANQUILLITY, the Swedish me...September 3, 2019
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PHIL RIND On Departure Of Founding SACRED REICH Member JASON RAINEY: 'It's A Real Heartbreaking Thing'
Michael Francisco of Sonic Perspectives recently conducted an interview with frontman Phil Rind of veteran Arizona thrashers SACRED REICH. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why founding member and longtime guitarist Jason Rainey depa...September 2, 2019
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METALLICA Donates $1.65 Million To Local Charities During Summer 2019 European Leg Of 'WorldWired' Tour
METALLICA has donated more than 1.5 million euros (approximately $1.65 million) to various local charities during the band's just-completed summer 2019 European leg of the "WorldWired" tour. The donations were made over the course of 25 shows through the band's non-profit foundation All Within My Ha...September 1, 2019
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THOMAS GABRIEL FISCHER Hopes To Release New TRIPTYKON Studio Album In 2020
Metalshop TV conducted an interview with TRIUMPH OF DEATH frontman Thomas Gabriel Fischer (also of TRIPTYKON, formerly of CELTIC FROST) and bassist Mia Wallace prior to the band's appearance at this year's Brutal Assault festival in Jaromer, Czech Republic. You can watch the entire chat below. A few...September 1, 2019
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Vespertina Synaxis - A Prayer For Union And Emptiness
Such is the never-ending appeal of mythology in metal, we can only hope that CULTED haven't ruined their peculiar chemistry during the five years since towering second album "Oblique to all Paths" by actually meeting each other. Despite or perhaps because vocalist and ambient wizard Daniel Jansson r...August 31, 2019
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Damned In Endless Night
The metal underground is in such absurdly rude health at the moment that it's often hard to decide which brutal sub-strain to pay closest attention to. 2019 has been an exceptional year for death metal. But digging deeper reveals that there seems to be a significant resurgence in the dark art of slo...August 31, 2019
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Reborn To Kill
This has plainly been a vintage year for brutal death metal already, but the genre is still more than able to sustain a fresh kick in the pants. PATHOLOGY have been a steady and reliable presence in the scene for a long time now, but it's debatable whether the San Diego crew have yet released an alb...August 31, 2019
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Mother of Red Light
Oh my coagulating Christ, this is nasty. A six-man project from Chicago, METH. have two low-key releases under their belt, but "Mother of Red Light" will be most people's first taste of this band's newly birthed sonic world, and it's one that is likely to linger in the back of the throat, like some...August 31, 2019
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The Hand Of Violence
Extreme metal is a lot like sports, in many ways: the endless contests to decide who wields the nastiest riffs, the sickest beatdowns, the fastest blasts or the most absurdly guttural or otherwise otherworldly vocals. Not that most credible acts are purposefully getting involved in a virtuoso pissin...August 31, 2019
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IRON MAIDEN Bassist Plays Soccer Against FC EDMONTON Ahead Of Friday's Concert (Video)
According to the Edmonton Journal, members of IRON MAIDEN and their crew took part in a game Thursday against the Canadian professional soccer club FC Edmonton based in Edmonton, Alberta. The British heavy metal band was in town to perform at Rogers Place Friday and the group's management decided to...August 30, 2019
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ALICE IN CHAINS' WILLIAM DUVALL Announces Solo Acoustic Tour
ALICE IN CHAINS vocalist/guitarist William DuVall will embark on a solo tour in October. He will be promoting his debut solo album, "One Alone", which will be released on October 4 via DVL Recordings. DuVall announced the dates via his social media earlier today. He wrote: "ATLANTA!! D.C.!! NEW YORK...August 30, 2019
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TOM G. WARRIOR On Celebrating HELLHAMMER With TRIUMPH OF DEATH: 'I Really Wanted To Do This Before The End Of My Days'
Thomas Gabriel Fischer (a.k.a. Tom G. Warrior; CELTIC FROST, TRIPTYKON, HELLHAMMER) recently spoke with the "Fantasm" podcast. The full conversation can be streamed below (interview starts at 3:10 mark). A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On HELLHAMMER: Thomas: "We formed th...August 30, 2019
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SEBASTIAN BACH Kicks Off 'Skid Row' 30th-Anniversary Tour (Video)
Sebastian Bach kicked off a tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of SKID ROW's self-titled debut album Thursday night (August 29) at the Cannery Ballroom in Nashville, Tennessee. Bach opened the 15-song set with "Tornado" — the LP's final track — and "Forever" before the singer performed the rest o...August 30, 2019
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THE DARKNESS: Making Of 'Rock And Roll Deserves To Die' Video
Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video for the song "Rock And Roll Deserves To Die" from British rockers THE DARKNESS can be seen below. The clip was created by the music and video production company Sitcom Soldiers. The song is taken from the band's band's upcoming album "Easter Is...August 30, 2019
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