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ANTHRAX's CHARLIE BENANTE Explains How ACCEPT's 'Fast As A Shark' Inspired Him To Play Fast Double Bass

At this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con, ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante once again said that his work with the 1980s hardcore/metal project STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH (S.O.D.) set the template for extreme metal and hardcore blast beats. A type of fast drum beat characteristic of extreme heavy metal style...

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HOLE To Reissue 'Pretty On The Inside', 'Live Through This' And 'Celebrity Skin' Albums On Vinyl

Multi-Grammy Award-nominated iconic rock band HOLE has announced new physical reissues of its influential first three albums — "Pretty On The Inside", "Live Through This" and "Celebrity Skin" — out September 18, 2026 via UMe. These records will be available in multiple configurations, including 1LP...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Surprise Releases New Four-Song EP, 'Statica'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD has surprise released a new four-song EP, "Statica". The effort, which consists of the tracks "Lights", "Statica", "Rejoice" and "Ashes", follows up the band's 2023 album "Life Is But A Dream…" and the standalone single "Magic", which dropped in December as part of Black Ops 7 Seas...

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INSOMNIUM Announces 'Netherworlds' Album, Shares 'Gleam In The Black' Single

Finland's undisputed masters of melancholy INSOMNIUM are unveiling their latest single and video, "Gleam In The Black", offering an even deeper descent into darkness and the shadowy realms beyond. Blending haunting melodies with crushing heaviness, the track captures the essence of the band's signat...

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MINISTRY Announces 'Final' Album 'Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery)', Shares 'Burned Out' Single

Done. Sayonara. Finito. However you want to say it, MINISTRY is coming to an end. But before bidding adieu, creator and music madman Al Jourgensen has a few final things to say about the state of the world, those in charge and how we should all collectively move forward. He gets it all off his chest...

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Cycles In The Infinite Dream

An omnipresent force over the last decade, REZN have always stood measurably apart from the stoner hordes. While many supposedly like-minded bands stick to a simple recipe of warmed-up BLACK SABBATH riffs and superficial nods to the psychedelic realm, the Chicagoans are restless mavericks with an in...

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Watch: How OZZY OSBOURNE's Hometown Marked First Anniversary Of His Death

Trust In Rock, the YouTube channel launched by former MTV's "Headbangers Ball" presenter Vanessa Warwick, and Karlmetalhead have uploaded separate video reports on the number of events which took place on July 22, 2026 in Birmingham, United Kingdom to mark the first anniversary of the death of the r...

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HALESTORM Shares Pro-Shot Video Of Cover Of OZZY OSBOURNE's 'Perry Mason'

To mark the first anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne's passing, HALESTORM has shared a professionally filmed video of the band performing a cover of the Ozzy classic "Perry Mason". In a message accompanying the YouTube release of the video, HALESTORM wrote: "In honor of Ozzy Osbourne day, we'd like to pay...

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MASTODON: We Get To Honor BRENT HINDS By Playing His Songs And Keeping His Music Alive

In a new interview with Germany's Visions magazine, MASTODON members Brann Dailor (drums, vocals) and Bill Kelliher (rhythm guitar, backing vocals) spoke about the band's upcoming first new album in five years and the veteran heavy rock band's first full-length since the departure and death of found...

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FORBIDDEN Announces Self-Titled Album, Shares New Single 'Psyclops'

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers FORBIDDEN will release their new, self-titled album on October 23 via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. The band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's "Omega Wave" album was tracked at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with e...

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TONY IOMMI And SHARON OSBOURNE Pay Tribute To OZZY OSBOURNE On First Anniversary Of His Death

BLACK SABBATH guitarist Tony Iommi and Sharon Osbourne have paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne on the first anniversary of his death. Ozzy died on July 22, 2025, a little over two weeks after BLACK SABBATH's historic "Back To The Beginning" concert at Villa Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Earlier tod...

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New ARCH ENEMY Singer LAUREN HART: Joining The Band Was 'A Dream Come True For Me And The Start Of A New Future'

In an interview with Germany's Metal Hammer magazine, new ARCH ENEMY singer Lauren Hart reflected on the experience of playing her first show with the band, which took place on March 27, 2026 in Beijing, China. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It was a dream come true for me and the s...

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MISERY INDEX Releases First New Single In Four Years, 'Feral Future'

MISERY INDEX, the Baltimore death metal veterans, have released their new single "Feral Future", accompanied by an official lyric video. It is the band's first new music in four years, arriving on the heels of their return to Season Of Mist and ahead of their headline "An Epitaph for Endtimes" Europ...

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TRIVIUM Announces Fall 2026 North American Tour With IN FLAMES, ORBIT CULTURE, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY And FROZEN SOUL

Grammy-nominated heavyweights TRIVIUM — vocalist/guitarist Matthew K. Heafy; guitarist Corey Beaulieu; bassist Paolo Gregoletto; and drummer Alex Rüdinger — have announced their fall 2026 headline tour plans. The trek marks the somewhat unofficial start of TRIVIUM's next era, with new music on the w...

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Destroy Erase Improve: 30th Anniversary Edition / Catch Thirtythree: 20th Anniversary Edition

MESHUGGAH is one of the most important and pivotal bands in the history of heavy music. Full stop. This is simply irrefutable. Following their much more thrash metal informed origins bookmarked by their early recorded work from 1989 through 1991, their 1994 EP "None" signaled a new path for heavy mu...