Search results for 'impending doom'
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Word Of Sin
Operating under the somewhat questionable banner of 'progressive doom metal', THE ABBEY are vastly more intriguing than that description would suggest. The shadowy Finnish crew, led by frontman / guitarist Jesse Heikkinen, are also going to be compared to GHOST a lot. These two things may be related...February 14, 2023
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TYPE O NEGATIVE Releases 'Love You To Death' Video
On March 13, 2007, American gothic metal band TYPE O NEGATIVE released its seventh and final studio album, "Dead Again". This year marks the 16th anniversary of the record that came out three years before the passing of bassist/vocalist Peter Steele. Last fall, the "Dead Again" 3LP reissue was made...February 14, 2023
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ZAKK WYLDE Teams Up With POSITIVE GRID For Signature Smart Guitar Practice Amp
Positive Grid, in collaboration with Zakk Wylde and Wylde Audio, presents the Spark MINI Zakk Wylde Edition smart guitar practice amp. Limited to 100 units, each Spark MINI O' Doom is hand-signed and numbered by Zakk Wylde — the legendary OZZY OSBOURNE guitarist, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY founder and curr...February 14, 2023
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DIEHUMANE Feat. Former EXODUS Guitarist RICK HUNOLT And Ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer SAL ABRUSCATO: 'Shell Shock' Single Released
DIEHUMANE, the new "avant garde alt-metal" band featuring Rick Hunolt (EXODUS) on guitar, Garret West on lead vocals, Sal Abruscato (TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY) on drums, Joshua Vargas on rhythm guitar, bass, piano, programming and Greg Hilligiest Jr. on keyboards, samples, additional guitar, wi...February 10, 2023
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Dark Waters
Almost exactly three years on from the release of their last studio album "Apocalypse & Chill", DELAIN are a band reborn. When two thirds of the band jumped ship in 2021, vocalist Charlotte Wessels included, a less robust vision would probably have shattered in response. Fortunately, founder and...February 8, 2023
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Revelations of the Sacred Skull
Bands playing hopscotch across genres has been the norm for years. But intuitively enough, musical amalgams that have an impact are the ones that are built by musicians who have genuine passion for the disparate sounds and styles in question. For Montreal's LUGER, various ingredients including doom,...February 4, 2023
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Tales Of Demonic Possession
For a brief moment back there, CLOUDS TASTE SATANIC were musically earthbound. The NYC quartet's last release, "Cloud Covered", was a collection of covers, including a particularly inspired reading of CHICAGO's "If You Leave Me Now". Lockdown fever will do that, even to such dedicated space cadets....February 2, 2023
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FALL OUT BOY Announces Summer 2023 U.S. Tour With BRING ME THE HORIZON
Grammy Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band FALL OUT BOY is set to hit the road this summer with their 2023 headline tour "So Much For (Tour) Dust". The 25-plus-date North American trek will kick off with a show of epic proportions at Chicago's famed Wrigley Field on June 21 before c...January 31, 2023
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Raised On Heavy Radio
Having sung with Ritchie Blackmore 's RAINBOW to great acclaim and, more recently, taken on the frontman role with MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP, Ronnie Romero could reasonably claim to have little to prove at this point. Fortunately, the Chilean has a voracious appetite for doing what he does best. A sequ...January 25, 2023
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DIEHUMANE Feat. Former EXODUS Guitarist RICK HUNOLT And Ex-TYPE O NEGATIVE Drummer SAL ABRUSCATO: 'Oblivion' Single Released
DIEHUMANE, the new "avant garde alt-metal" band featuring Rick Hunolt (EXODUS) on guitar, Garret West on lead vocals, Sal Abruscato (TYPE O NEGATIVE, LIFE OF AGONY) on drums, Joshua Vargas on rhythm guitar, bass, piano, programming and Greg Hilligiest Jr. on keyboards, samples, additional guitar, wi...January 13, 2023
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CATTLE DECAPITATION To Release 'Terrasite' Album In May
Long-running San Diego, California deathgrind outfit CATTLE DECAPITATION will release its tenth studio album, "Terrasite", on May 12 via Metal Blade Records. The follow-up to 2019's "Death Atlas" was once again produced by Dave Otero (ALLEGAEON, KHEMMIS, ARCHSPIRE),with artwork by longtime collabor...January 10, 2023
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The Coral Tombs
After creating extraordinary funeral doom concept albums based on sea-based writings by Herman Melville (debut "The Call of the Wretched Sea" and its follow-up "The Divinity of Oceans), Edgar Allen Poe ("The Giant") and William Hope Hodgson (2015's "The Boats of 'Glen Carrig'"), it was p...January 10, 2023
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Kingmaker
By this point, it should be obvious that old-school heavy metal will never die. Despite what certain media outlets would prefer us to believe, there will always be bands emulating the '80s glory days. Because for all the myriad subgenres and offshoots that heavy music has served up over the decades,...January 10, 2023
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DAVID ELLEFSON's THE LUCID Drops Another New Song, 'Risk Machine'
THE LUCID, the four-piece hard rock band featuring bassist David Ellefson (ex-MEGADETH),vocalist Vinnie Dombroski (SPONGE),guitarist Drew Fortier and drummer Mike Heller (RAVEN, FEAR FACTORY),has released another new song called "Risk Machine". It is the third single from THE LUCID's upcoming EP,...January 10, 2023
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KATATONIA Shares Music Video For New Single 'Birds'
Swedish melancholic metallers KATATONIA will release a new studio album, "Sky Void of Stars", on January 20 via Napalm Records. The official music video for the LP's third single, "Birds", can be seen below. The quick and energetic sound of this brand new track once again shows off KATATONIA's explo...January 4, 2023