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KATATONIA To Release 'City Burials' Album In April

KATATONIA, the Swedish purveyors of dark progressive rock/metal, will release their new album, "City Burials", on April 24 via Peaceville Records. The disc's first single, "Lacquer", can be streamed below. Guitarist Anders Nyström commented: "In days and nights of black and silver, the dead-end king...

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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Added To BOSTON CALLING Festival

Adding to the excitement of its previously announced headliners, FOO FIGHTERS and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, Boston Calling rolls out news today that recently reunited rock icons RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE will also headline its 2020 festival in what will be the band's only scheduled performance in the Ne...

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ANNIHILATOR Releases 'Armed To The Teeth' Music Video

"Armed To The Teeth", the new video from Canadian thrash metal veterans ANNIHILATOR, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Ballistic, Sadistic", due on January 24, 2020 via Silver Lining Music. Founding guitarist, vocalist, producer and principal songwriter Jeff Wate...

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Demon Solar Totem

Anything or anyone that encourages people to listen to more interesting forms of heavy music has got to be a good thing. That seems to be the theory that motivates Mat McNerney — also known as Kvohst – whose presence on THE DEATHTRIP's second album makes perfect sense and will doubtless, and quite r...

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GARY HOLT: I Am 'Forever Honored To Have Been A Part Of' SLAYER

Gary Holt says that he is "forever honored to have been a part of" SLAYER. The guitarist, who is also a member of San Francisco Bay Area thrash icons EXODUS, has been the touring axeman for SLAYER since January 2011 when Jeff Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating dise...

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HAMMERFALL Guitarist Says He Tried Writing Songs Outside His Comfort Zone For 'Dominion' Album

Guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL spoke with "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience", a program on Montclair State University's student radio station WMSC 90.3, prior to the band's November 2 concert at PlayStation Theater in New York, New York. You can listen to the entire chat via...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says He Played His First Show With SLAYER After Only 'Two Songs Of Rehearsals At Soundcheck'

Guillaume from Thomann's Guitars & Basses recently conducted an interview with former MACHINE HEAD and current VIO-LENCE and guitarist Phil Demmel. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the current status of VIO-LENCE: Phil: "In January,...

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SHARON OSBOURNE Says Doing 'The Osbournes' Reality Show 'Paid Off For OZZY'

Ozzy Osbourne's wife says that she has no regrets about the MTV reality show "The Osbournes", which followed the lives of the BLACK SABBATH singer and his family. The "fly-on-the-wall" TV series, which became the highest rated original program in MTV's history, started in 2002 and ended in 2005. The...

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JINJER Releases Music Video For New Single 'On The Top'

"On The Top", the new video from Ukrainian modern metal frontrunners JINJER, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Macro", which will be released on October 25 via Napalm Records. Punishing riffs, aggressively blended vocals and astonishingly deep lyrics make "Macro" JINJE...

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LACUNA COIL's CRISTINA SCABBIA Says New 'Black Anima' Album Is 'Deep, Intense And Melancholic'

Vocalist Cristina Scabbia of Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL recently spoke with "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience", a program on Montclair State University's student radio station WMSC 90.3. You can listen to the entire chat via the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BL...

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NIKKI SIXX Says There Was No 'Camaraderie Backstage' During MÖTLEY CRÜE's Final Tour

Nikki Sixx says that he "didn't feel" a "camaraderie" backstage during MÖTLEY CRÜE's farewell tour. In 2015, MÖTLEY CRÜE completed "The Final Tour", closing the book on the band's iconic career after performing a total of 164 shows in 72 markets, grossing over $100 million. To cement the sense of fi...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER Says He 'Experienced Enough Fame' After Playing With UFO And SCORPIONS

Michael Francesco of Sonic Perspectives recently conducted an interview with German guitar legend Michael Schenker. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he decided to follow up 2018's "Resurrection" so quickly with this year's "Reve...

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STATUS QUO: Listen To Audio Samples Of Entire 'Backbone' Album

On September 6, STATUS QUO will release "Backbone" through earMUSIC/Edel; the band's 33rd studio album – the LP will be their 33rd 33rpm! Audio samples of all the tracks that are set to appear on the disc can be streamed below. Some doubters said "Backbone" was a record that could not be made, but t...

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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...

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RICKY WARWICK Says BLACK STAR RIDERS Is 'Really Firing On All Cylinders' On New Album

BLACK STAR RIDERS vocalist Ricky Warwick recently spoke with "The Metal Teddy Bear Experience", a program on Montclair State University's student radio station WMSC 90.3. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On BLACK STAR RIDERS' su...