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VENOM To Release 'Sons Of Satan' Collection Of Early Demo Recordings
VENOM formed in 1979 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, VENOM's first two albums — "Welcome To Hell" (1981) and "Black Metal" (1982) — are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. VENOM's second album...July 8, 2020
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666
The official consensus on black metal's evolution tends to focus on the contributions of VENOM, BATHORY and then, perhaps most definitively, MAYHEM. And rightly so, of course. But there are always missing links lurking in metal's obsidian shadows, and Norway's 666 are definitely worth a lot more tha...July 2, 2020
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VENOM: 'Black Metal' ReAction Figure Now Available From Super7
Super7 has officially announced a ReAction figure of the demon from the cover of VENOM's "Black Metal" album. The company said in a statement: "Super7 is honored to add heavy metal pioneers VENOM to our 3.75" ReAction Figures music collection! The 'Black Metal' demon comes on a cardback that commemo...June 17, 2020
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Fields Of Blood
Four decades, countless tours and several metric hell-tons of thunderous music later, GRAVE DIGGER are still an unquestionable benchmark for German heavy metal. There has always been something gloriously pure and unpretentious about the Gladbeck veterans, their dogged persistence is arguably as inte...June 1, 2020
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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL And Original VENOM Guitarist MANTAS Team Up For Quarantine Cover Of 'Satanachist'
Founding VENOM guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn recently teamed up with BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski to perform a quarantine version of the VENOM classic "Satanachist". Check out the clip below. Nergal shared the video on his Instagram page, writing in an accompanying message: "That came out s...May 24, 2020
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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Is Working On 'Very Heavy,' 'Very Technical' And 'Pretty Brutal' New Album
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck spoke to Rock Sound about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2018's "Gravity" album. He said (see video below): "We've never had this much [material] at this stage pre-recording. There are seven [songs], I think, which are...May 18, 2020
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VICTORY RECORDS Founder TONY BRUMMEL Launches MISSION TWO ENTERTAINMENT
After a historic 30-year run with close to 16 million albums sold and numerous platinum and gold albums and singles, the team behind Victory Records has launched Mission Two Entertainment. "Same job, different name, bigger mission," promises CEO/founder Tony Brummel. "I started Victory Records in 19...April 18, 2020
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Sex With Dead Body
No. Redeeming. Features. Don't say I didn't warn you. SHITFUCKER make it easy for us, really. Firstly, they're called SHITFUCKER. That should eliminate the faint-hearted and anyone that doesn't instinctively want to hear music made by the kind of people that would call their band SHITFUCKER. So that...April 15, 2020
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RICK ASTLEY Models Personalized MOTÖRHEAD T-Shirt
To kick off the year in which MOTÖRHEAD's seminal "Ace Of Spades" album turns forty, the Every Playlist Louder Than Everyone Else site was launched in January. This interactive web site enables fans to curate their own, personalized Spotify playlist of ear drum perforating Motörsongs and pitch them...April 2, 2020
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Solar Spectre
With a respectful nod to GUSTAV HOLST, "Solar Spectre" is the kind of interplanetary journey most fans of extreme metal can get behind. OMEGA INFINITY are a shadowy entity plucked from the ether by NE OBLIVISCARIS frontman Xenoyr and Tentakel P. , drummer and founding member of German art metallers...March 30, 2020
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Of Truth And Sacrifice
When you consider how resolutely HEAVEN SHALL BURN have stuck to their brutal metalcore guns over the years, approaching the German band's extravagant, double-album return could easily fill you with a sense of trepidation. As much as veteran bands have earned the right to be as indulgent and adventu...March 17, 2020
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Saturnalia
Sometimes it's best to lay your cards on the table: this is less a straightforward review than a shameless attempt to get more people to listen to this incredible band. Italian metal hasn't always the best of reputations, but the country has been producing a veritable shit-ton of great stuff in rece...March 17, 2020
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VENOM INC. Begins Recording New Album
VENOM INC., the band featuring original VENOM guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn (guitar) and ex-VENOM bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan, has entered the studio to record its new album. The follow-up to 2017's "Avé" will once again be released on Nuclear Blast Records. The recording is being do...March 13, 2020
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FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE's North American Tour Postponed Over Coronavirus Concerns
In an unfortunate turn of events, Italian orchestral-death metal giants FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have been forced to postpone their North American tour due to travel restrictions implemented in response to the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19). What was to be one of metal's most anticipated spring tou...March 11, 2020
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Monarchy Of Shadows
TOMBS is a unique musical beast that forges black metal, sludge and post metal. The New Yorkers, led by ringleader Mike Hill, are a force to be reckoned with due to their songs' melodious and atmospheric passages, memorably delivered with sheer, brute force. A lot has changed within TOMBS' ranks sin...February 25, 2020
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