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Watch: KING DIAMOND Debuts Two New Songs At 2024 North American Tour Kick-Off

KING DIAMOND kicked off its long-awaited North American headlining tour last night (Tuesday, October 15) at Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The "Saint Lucifer's Hospital 1920" trek will run through December 6 in Dallas, Texas. Support is coming from OVERKILL and NIGHT DEMON. Additi...

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III

Those who love the straight-ahead, anthemic rock sounds of bands such as NICKELBACK and SHINEDOWN have a new hard rock band to try in BLACK OAK COUNTY. The Danish group makes rollicking, in-your-face hard rock with lots of melody and catchy hooks, so it's radio-ready, much like the aforementioned ba...

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GOJIRA Kept Its Olympics Performance A Secret For Eight Months

GOJIRA drummer Mario Duplantier has commented on the band's performance at this year's Olympic Games opening ceremony. This past July, GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of "Ah! Ça Ira", a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of behea...

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From The Ashes Of Deceit

There are times when too much confidence can make you look a bit silly. Nobody expects a press release to be free of hyperbole, but the blurb that accompanies ARIES DESCENDANT's debut album makes several claims that were only ever going to fall flat on their faces. This collaboration between melodic...

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JERRY CANTRELL Announces Early 2025 North American Tour With FILTER

Jerry Cantrell's new album, "I Want Blood", arrives this Friday, October 18, and to celebrate its arrival, the iconic ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist/vocalist has announced a North American tour of the same name. The trek kicks off on January 31 in Niagara Falls and makes its way across the country, concl...

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METAL ALLEGIANCE To Be Joined By MARTY FRIEDMAN, CHUCK BILLY, ANDREAS KISSER, GARY HOLT At 2025 Anaheim Concert

On January 23, 2025, METAL ALLEGIANCE will perform at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California. METAL ALLEGIANCE began as a celebration of heavy metal, powered by the almost tribal bond shared between the extreme music community's most revered trailblazers, armed with a list of contributors onstage...

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PARKWAY DRIVE Announces Fall 2025 20th-Anniversary European Tour

Australia's metal giants PARKWAY DRIVE are hitting the road for an epic 20th-anniversary European arena tour in October and November 2025. The tour will take over arenas across the continent, showcasing PARKWAY DRIVE's new and most ambitious stage production to date. Known for their legendary high-e...

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Reunited BIOHAZARD Signs With Record Label Imprint BLKIIBLK; New Album Due In 2025

Frontiers Label Group has announced the launch of its new imprint, BLKIIBLK, dedicated to pushing the boundaries of heavy music, along with the signing of legendary and groundbreaking metal/hardcore band BIOHAZARD as its first act. BIOHAZARD is set to release a highly anticipated new album in 2025,...

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MONSTER MAGNET Cancels Remainder Of Fall 2024 35th-Anniversary Tour Due To DAVE WYNDORF's Health

MONSTER MAGNET was forced to cut its fall 2024 35th-anniversary European tour short due to illness of band leader Dave Wyndorf. On Monday, the 67-year-old musician, who has battled a number of health issues over the years, released the following statement: "It is with regret that I have to announce...

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MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On IAN ANDERSON's Guest Appearance On New OPETH Album: 'It's Amazing That He's On Our Record'

In a new interview with Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt discussed the band's upcoming album, "The Last Will And Testament", which will arrive on November 22 via Reigning Phoenix Music/Moderbolaget. On the record, Åkerfeldt rolls out the...

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Watch: SEBASTIAN BACH Performs in Seattle During 'Child Within The Man' Fall 2024 Tour

Fan-filmed video of Sebastian Bach's October 6 performance at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington can be seen below. The setlist for the show was as follows: 01. What Do I Got To Lose? 02. Slave To The Grind (SKID ROW song) 03. Here I Am (SKID ROW song) 04. Big Guns (SKID ROW song) 05. Sweet Little Si...

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Watch: DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN Joins NOTHING MORE On Stage At AFTERSHOCK Festival

DISTURBED's David Draiman joined NOTHING MORE on stage on Sunday (October 13) at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California to perform the track "Angel Song". Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. The studio version of "Angel Song", featuring Draiman, was included on NOTHING M...

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NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN Announces September 2025 'Music And Spoken Word' Tour Of The Netherlands

NIGHTWISH singer Floor Jansen will embark on a 10-date solo tor of her original home country, the Netherlands, in September 2025. The 43-year-old Dutch-born vocalist, who resides in Sweden with her husband, SABATON drummer Hannes Van Dahl, shared the news of the upcoming trek in a social media post...

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CANDLEMASS To Release 'Black Star' EP In May 2025

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS are in the studio working on a four-song "jubilee EP" called "Black Star". The EP will contain two new songs plus two covers and will be released in the spring of 2025, when the band celebrates "40 years of heavy doom deliverance". CANDLEMASS's Jan Lind just fin...

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SOPHIE LLOYD Drops Video For 'Won't You Come' Featuring MARISA RODRIGUEZ

British guitar sensation Sophie Lloyd has dropped a music video for "Won't You Come", a collaboration with MARISA AND THE MOTHS frontwoman Marisa Rodriguez. Taken from last year's debut full-length album "Imposter Syndrome", "Won't You Come" is part of a collection that sees Lloyd teaming up with so...