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Palace For The Insane

It is probably due to British thrash metal's failure to ever produce a world-beating band that SHRAPNEL have yet to truly register on the global radar. In terms of quality, you may find it hard to fault anything the band have released to date: both 2014's "The Virus Conspires" and 2017's "Raised On...

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AUTOGRAPH To Release 'Souls On Fire' Single

Classic rockers AUTOGRAPH will release their new single, "Souls On Fire", on Friday, May 15 on Bandcamp (all other digital outlets 5/29) via EMP Label Group. Proceeds from the single, featuring artwork by Melody Myers (ELLEFSON, ALTITUDES AND ATTITUDE, ESCAPE THE FATE),will go to Trinity Health Of...

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Hear MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON's Cover Of POST MALONE's 'Over Now'

ELLEFSON, the solo band of Grammy-winning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, has just released its cover of the Post Malone track "Over Now". The track will appear on ELLEFSON's as-yet-untitled debut album, tentatively due in October. ELLEFSON's version of "Over Now" was produced by Ellefson, vocalist...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Is Recording Vocals For Next Album

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine spent at least part of Wednesday (May 6) recording vocals for the band's 16th studio album. The latest sessions are taking place at Dave's home studio, where Mustaine recently set up a makeshift vocal booth. Yesterday, MEGADETH's social media was updated with a photo of Dave...

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POISON's RIKKI ROCKETT Is Still Waiting To Hear From LIVE NATION About Fate Of 'The Stadium Tour'

POISON drummer Rikki Rockett says that he is waiting to hear from concert promoter Live Nation about a possible postponement of the band's "The Stadium Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. Most concerts and festivals have been canceled or rescheduled due to the co...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'Getting Creative' With His Home Studio While In Quarantine

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine has apparently been using some of the coronavirus downtime to build a makeshift vocal booth for his home studio. On Tuesday (May 5),Dave's 28-year-old son Justis shared a photo of his father standing in front of a recording console at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, and he...

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MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON To Release Cover Of POST MALONE's 'Over Now'

ELLEFSON, the solo band of Grammy-winning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, will release its cover of the Post Malone track "Over Now" exclusively through Bandcamp on May 9 and via all other digital outlets on May 15. The track will appear on ELLEFSON's as-yet-untitled debut album, tentatively due in...

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The Reckoning Dawn

You could get lost in "The Reckoning Dawn", such is its immaculate, overpowering hugeness. This is WINTERFYLLETH's seventh studio album (assuming you include 2018's acoustic set "The Hallowing of Heirdom" — and you should, because it's brilliant) and it feels big, grand, important; as if the band ha...

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HANK SHERMANN Has Written 'Six Or Seven' New Songs For MERCYFUL FATE's Next Album

Guitarist Hank Shermann of influential Danish metallers MERCYFUL FATE has confirmed that he is working on the first new music from the band in more than two decades. Last August, it was announced that MERCYFUL FATE would reunite for an unspecified number of concerts throughout Europe and North Ameri...

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MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD And POISON Are 'Weighing All Options' Regarding 'The Stadium Tour'

MÖTLEY CRÜE, DEF LEPPARD, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS have issued an official statement regarding the status of their previously announced "The Stadium Tour". Most concerts and festivals have been canceled or rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe. Show...

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TRIVIUM Guitarist Is 'Hopeful' MEGADETH + LAMB OF GOD Tour Will Still Happen This Summer

TRIVIUM guitarist Corey Beaulieu says that his band's previously announced North American tour with MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and IN FLAMES is "up in the air" at the moment. The 55-date trek is currently scheduled to be split into two legs. The first leg of the tour kicks off June 12 at Jiffy Lube Live...

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METAL CHURCH To Begin Work On New Studio Album This Summer

METAL CHURCH will begin work on a new studio album this summer. The follow-up to 2018's "Damned If You Do" will likely arrive in 2021 via Rat Pak Records. Asked in a new interview with Metal Wani if there are plans for METAL CHURCH to hold any online events in support of the recently released "From...

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Weapons of Tomorrow

This has already been a superb year for thrash. New albums from heavyweights like TESTAMENT, SEPULTURA and ANNIHILATOR and furious new wavers like HAVOK, SHRAPNEL, HOLYCIDE and SCHIZOPHRENIA have all confirmed that this peculiarly resilient subgenre is as vital and vibrant as it has ever been. What...

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TRIVIUM Bassist Is 'Resigned To The Fact' That MEGADETH + LAMB OF GOD Tour Will Get Postponed

TRIVIUM bassist Paolo Gregoletto says that he is "resigned to the fact" that his band's previously announced North American tour with MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD and IN FLAMES will be postponed. The 55-date trek is currently scheduled to be split into two legs. The first leg of the tour kicks off June 12...

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RAMMSTEIN Is 'Working On A Solution' For Previously Announced Tour Dates

German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have released a statement about the fate of their previously announced spring/summer tour. The band's European trek was scheduled to kick off May 25 and run through August 4, with a U.S. tour to follow from August 20 through September 27. As most European concer...