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Watch: SLAYER Performs At 2025 LOUDER THAN LIFE Festival

SLAYER performed last night (Thursday, September 18) at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky. The show marked the reunited thrash metal pioneers' fourth full concert of 2025, following the band's appearances the 35,000-capacity Blackweir Fields in Cardiff, U.K., London, U.K.'s 45,00...

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KITTIE Releases Music Video For 'Do You Think I'm A Whore? XXV' From 'Spit XXV' EP

On Friday, September 19, Canadian heavy music pioneers KITTIE will release "Spit XXV" EP, a four-track effort celebrating the 25th anniversary of their gold-certified debut album. The collection features freshly updated and re-recorded versions of four of the albums biggest tracks, "Brackish", "Char...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Is Close To Signing Publishing Deal For His Autobiography

In a new interview with Scott Itter of Dr. Music, legendary ACCEPT frontman Udo Dirkschneider was asked if he has thought about writing his autobiography. Udo responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, I was working already for years on this. But then I stopped. And then now I can say ye...

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DEF LEPPARD's VIVIAN CAMPBELL Reflects On His 12-Year Cancer Battle: 'I'm Not Afraid To Die'

In a new interview with the Fueled With Chris Cyr podcast, DEF LEPPARD guitarist Vivian Campbell was asked how being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2013 had changed his perspective on life and his approach to living it. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I can tell you it mad...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Shares New Single 'I Can't Stand Waiting' From Upcoming 'Don't Sell Your Soul' Album

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's new studio album, titled "Don't Sell Your Soul", will be released on October 3 via earMUSIC. The official lyric video for the LP's second single, "I Can't Stand Waiting", can be seen below. Schenker and his band performed the "Don't Sell Your Soul" title track live for the f...

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PEPPER KEENAN Teaches You How To Play CORROSION OF CONFORMITY And DOWN Riffs

From the swampy heaviness of CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to the Southern sludge of DOWN, Pepper Keenan has shaped some of the most iconic riffs in heavy rock. In the latest episode of Gibson TV's "Riff Lords", Pepper breaks down the songs, tunings, and tones that defined CORROSION OF CONFORMITY records...

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Watch: ANETTE OLZON Kicks Off Brazilian Tour Celebrating Her NIGHTWISH Era

Former NIGHTWISH singer Anette Olzon is celebrating the two albums she recorded with the band — "Dark Passion Play" (2007) and "Imaginaerum" (2011) — on a special tour of Brazil this month. The trek marks the first time Anette is performing live, as a solo artist, the iconic songs from her era of NI...

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Slime Of The Times

Mat McNerney is a tricky man to pin down. Best known for his current bands GRAVE PLEASURES and HEXVESSEL, but also formerly with CODE, DØDHEIMSGARD and many more, the Finland-based Brit has become one of the underground's most intriguing figures. Largely based in the worlds of black metal and post-p...

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OF MICE & MEN Releases New Single 'Troubled Water'

OF MICE & MEN has released a new single, "Troubled Water", taken from the band's upcoming ninth album, "Another Miracle", due out on November 14 via Century Media Records. The new album finds OF MICE & MEN at their most personal and most expansive, crafted entirely in-house — written, produc...

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Major Arcana

They operate under cover of darkness, forever on the fringes, assailed by the icy wind that blows through their Chicago home. NOVEMBERS DOOM are not exactly obscure, and nor are they a purely underground concern, but Paul Kuhr's masters of melancholic, progressive death metal have always been dedica...

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WOLFGANG VAN HALEN On OZZY OSBOURNE: 'He Was More Than The Music'

In a new interview with Ethan Jackson of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station Lazer 103.3, Wolfgang Van Halen — son of legendary VAN HALEN guitarist Eddie Van Halen — spoke about iconic BLACK SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne who died in July at the age of 76. Asked what Ozzy's impact was on Wolfgang's car...

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THE HALO EFFECT Releases Cover Of W.A.S.P.'s 'I Wanna Be Somebody', Announces 'We Are Shadows' EP

THE HALO EFFECT, the project featuring five former members of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES — Jesper Strömblad (guitar),Daniel Svensson (drums),Peter Iwers (bass),Niclas Engelin (guitar) and Mikael Stanne (vocals) — has released a cover of W.A.S.P.'s 1984 anthem "I Wanna Be Somebody". The trac...

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BLACK STONE CHERRY Announces 'Celebrate' EP, Shares 'Neon Eyes' Single

Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY will release a brand-new EP, "Celebrate", digitally on March 6, 2026 via Mascot Records. The official music video for the EP's first single, "Neon Eyes", can be seen below. BLACK STONE CHERRY are a band in the truest sense of the term. Hard rockers of enormous hea...

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IRON MAIDEN Announces Spring/Summer 2026 'Run For Your Lives' European Tour Dates

British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN have announced the first dates of a very busy schedule for 2026, starting with a summer return to Europe to predominantly play festivals and also stadiums in countries and regions not visited in 2025. The subsequent month will see the start of visits to many o...

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SEVENDUST's CLINT LOWERY: 'I Love God And I Want To Write Some Meaningful And Heavy Music'

SEVENDUST guitarist Clint Lowery, who revealed in early 2025 that he had just completed his first tour as a "saved Christian", has released a new video message in which he addressed questions about how his faith will affect the lyrical direction of the band's upcoming studio album. In the one-and-a-...