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Swiss All-Female Heavy Metal Band BURNING WITCHES Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST

Swiss all-girl heavy metal outfit BURNING WITCHES has inked a deal with Nuclear Blast. BURNING WITCHES' self-titled debut album was released last year. The disc was recorded at the Little Creek Studios in Switzerland with producers V.O. Pulver and Schmier (DESTRUCTION). Commented guitar player Roman...

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SABATON Frontman: 'If We Can Make Somebody Laugh And Crack A Smile, Then All Good'

In a brand new interview with California Rock News, vocalist Joakim Brodén of Swedish metallers SABATON was asked about his band's knack for injecting humor into its live performances. "It came slowly over time," he admitted. "You look at SABATON these days. The camo pants, the image with military...

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CHRIS REIFERT's VIOLATION WOUND To Release 'With Man In Charge' Album In April

VIOLATION WOUND, the punk rock/metal band formed by Chris Reifert (DEATH, ABSCESS, AUTOPSY) on guitar and vocals, will release its new album, "With Man In Charge", on April 27 via Peaceville Records. VIOLATION WOUND was born in a beer- and whiskey-soaked basement in June of 2013, driven to create 10...

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NIGHTWISH: First Trailer For 'Decades' Compilation

Tuomas Holopainen's three-track demo earned him his first record deal with his freshly founded band NIGHTWISH back in 1996. 20 years later — with over 2,000 shows played and more than eight million records sold — NIGHTWISH is the biggest European symphonic metal band. Reason enough for Nuclear Blast...

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AMORPHIS And DARK TRANQUILLITY To Tour North America With MOONSPELL, OMNIUM GATHERUM

Melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS will return to North America with a co-headlining trek with DARK TRANQUILLITY this September/October. Joining them are Portugal's premier gothic-metallic-force MOONSPELL, and Finnish melo-death contingent OMNIUM GATHERUM. AMORPHIS will be touring in suppor...

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MINISTRY's Lineup For North American Tour To Include JOEY JORDISON, BURTON C. BELL

MINISTRY's provocateur-in-chief Al Jourgensen has assembled an ultra-cool number of all-star guest musicians for the band's 2018 North American tour that kicks off March 22 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California. The tour is in support of the band's upcoming album, "AmeriKKKant", set for a Ma...

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PEPPER KEENAN On Returning To CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: 'I Felt Like The C.O.C. Chapter Of My Life Wasn't Over'

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan was interviewed on the January 12-14 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On the group's new alb...

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Choosing Mental Illness As A Virtue

Phil Anselmo probably doesn't have much time for Netflix. He has his hands full with SUPERJOINT, SCOUR, a new project called EN MINOR and more. What matters most is that it isn't simply a matter of quantity. All of his projects' new albums are great, and he doesn't appear to be holding back in 2018....

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Phil Anselmo is no stranger to black metal. He's been an uber fan for decades. While fronting his most well-known band, PANTERA, he was championing black metal bands by wearing their shirts and namedropping them in interviews and amid his onstage banter. He ventured into that dark art form on a deep...

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OVERKILL Frontman On 'The Grinding Wheel': 'It Still Has The Feeling That It's A Five-Knuckle Punch'

Australia's Heavy magazine recently conducted an interview with frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he feels about the band's latest studio album, "The Gri...

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ROB CAVESTANY Recalls 1990 DEATH ANGEL Bus Accident: 'It Ended Our Band Right There'

DEATH ANGEL guitarist Rob Cavestany says the band's 1990 tour bus accident in Arizona "ended our band right there." The crash, which occurred while DEATH ANGEL was touring in support of their major label debut, "Act III", had the biggest effect on then-drummer Andy Galeon, who was seriously hurt wit...

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MAX CAVALERA Says New SOULFLY Album Has 'That Classic 'Chaos A.D.' Feeling' To It

SOULFLY is putting the finishing touches on its new album for a tentative summer release via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2015's "Archangel" is being recorded with producer Josh Wilbur, who has previously worked with LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA and ALL THAT REMAINS, among others. Although Max has said in...

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NIGHTWISH's TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN Has Written Six Songs For Band's Next Album; 2020 Release Date Expected

Tuomas Holopainen says that he has written six new songs for NIGHTWISH's next studio album, marking the first material he has composed for the band in four years. After NIGHTWISH completed a world tour in support of its latest album, 2015's "Endless Forms Most Beautiful", the band announced that it...

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NERVOSA Recording Third Album

Brazilian all-female thrash group NERVOSA has entered Family Mob Studio in São Paulo to record its third full-length album, due later in the year via Napalm. Fernanda Lira (vocal and bass),Prika Amaral (guitar and backing vocals) and Luana Dametto (drums) are collaborating with Argentinian producer...

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OVERKILL Is Working On New Music

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have returned to the studio to resume work on demos for their upcoming album. According to a post on the band's Facebook page, at least four new songs are in varying stages of completion at this point, with more to come. In a brand new interview with Australia's...