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SCORPIONS' 60th-Anniversary Hometown Show To Be Recorded For Upcoming Live Album

Throughout their phenomenal career, the SCORPIONS have played in countless stadiums around the world. To mark their 60th anniversary, the band will, for the first time, perform at the stadium in their hometown of Hanover, where it all began. The show is set for July 5, 2025, at the Hanover Stadium A...

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JANNE WIRMAN: Upcoming CHILDREN OF BODOM Book 'Tells The Whole Brutally Honest Story Of The Band'

In a new interview with Ed Hackimer of This Day In Metal, CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne Wirman spoke about the band's upcoming official book, which will be published in August via the London, U.K.-based publisher Rocket 88. The book tells the story of the Finnish melodic death metal pioneers a...

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SEVEN.

New York duo DEADLANDS poured their anxieties and worries into their latest EP, "SEVEN." , and that's a good thing. The EP plays like a cathartic soundtrack, blending the brashness of metalcore with the lo-fi energy of alternative rock. DEADLANDS' story started back in 2022, when Kasey Karlsen unas...

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VENOM INC.'s TONY DOLAN Rules Out Another Reunion With MANTAS And ABADDON: 'I'm Much Happier Not Being Oppressed By Them'

In a new interview with Soundterror, VENOM INC. bassist/vocalist Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan spoke about the circumstances that led to Jeff "Mantas" Dunn's announcement last December that the guitarist was officially out of the band. Tony said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):  "Mantas, he'd had...

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AARON STAINTHORPE: Performing Live With MY DYING BRIDE Was 'Mentally Draining'

In an interview with the Brutally Delicious podcast, Aaron Stainthorpe of MY DYING BRIDE spoke about his new band HIGH PARASITE, which released its debut album, "Forever We Burn", last September via Candlelight/Spinefarm. Produced by Gregor Mackintosh of PARADISE LOST, the LP — with Stainthorpe and...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's Eighth Studio Album Will Be 'Super Heavy' But 'Really Interesting And Fresh'

At last weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, guitarist Michael "Padge" Paget of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE spoke to Neil Jones of TotalRock about the band's decision to cut its "The Poisoned Ascendancy" tour with TRIVIUM short in order to focus...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Has 'About 12 Demos' For Next Studio Album

At this past weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, bassist Jamie Mathias of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE was asked by Mike James Rock Show how the "creative process" is "going so far" for the follow-up to the band's latest, self-titled album, whic...

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MATT TUCK Says BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Will Resume Work On Band's Eighth Studio Album In August

At this weekend's Download festival at Leicestershire, United Kingdom's Donington Park, Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, who have spent the first half of 2025 celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, "The Poison", on tours of Europe and North America, spoke to Jame...

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CHTHONIC Frontman FREDDY LIM Appointed Taiwan's Ambassador To Finland

Freddy Lim, vocalist of the renowned Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC, has been appointed Taiwan's next ambassador to Finland. CHTHONIC has a long-standing connection with Finland, having signed with Finnish label Spinefarm/Universal and released several internationally distributed albums, including "M...

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Taiwanese Metallers CHTHONIC Release Live EP 'Megaportal 2425'

Taiwan's metal masters CHTHONIC have released a new live EP, "Megaportal 2425", including five select songs from the band's appearances at 2024 and 2025 Megaport Festivals. There has been a consistent theme in CHTHONIC's performances at Megaport Festival over the past two years — breaking the bounda...

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SLEEP TOKEN's 'Even In Arcadia' Tops U.S. Album Chart, Arrives With Biggest Streaming Week Ever For Hard Rock LP

According to Billboard, SLEEP TOKEN's fourth full-length studio effort, "Even In Arcadia", has landed at position No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 127,000 equivalent album units. This figure represents the biggest week by units for any rock album in nearly a year, and the bi...

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Taiwanese Metal Band CHTHONIC Returns With New Single 'Endless Aeons'

Taiwanese metal band CHTHONIC has returned with a new single, "Endless Aeons". The Taiwanese title of "Endless Aeons" is a Buddhist term describing the gathering of many people to chant Buddhist sutras. "Endless Aeons" also features bassist Doris Yeh singing in the traditional Taiwanese enka style....

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JASON NEWSTED Praises His Former Band METALLICA: 'They Bring It All Every Time' They Play Live

Ex-METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted, who will play a two-night benefit concert inside the Everson Museum Of Art's iconic Hosmer Auditorium in Syracuse, New York, in July, spoke to Jeff Kulikowsky of 9 WSYR-TV in Syracuse about his former band, who performed in the city's JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday...

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Official CHILDREN OF BODOM Book To Arrive In August: 'It Tells The Band's Full History In Our Own Words'

The official CHILDREN OF BODOM book will be published in August via the London, U.K.-based publisher Rocket 88. The book tells the story of the Finnish melodic death metal pioneers as an oral history in which bassist Henkka Seppälä, keyboardist Janne Wirman, drummer Jaska Raatikainen and early guita...

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BLACK VEIL BRIDES To Headline WE MISSED OURSELVES FEST; BEARTOOTH, UNDEROATH, SILVERSTEIN, Others Also To Appear

Get ready, Mexico City — BLACK VEIL BRIDES have been officially announced as the headliners of We Missed Ourselves Fest, a brand-new destination festival making its debut on October 25, 2025, at the legendary Velódromo Olímpico. Curated for the misfits, the outcasts, and the faithful, We Missed Ours...