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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER On Replacing BRENT HINDS: 'It's Not Gonna Be An Easy Task'

In a new interview with Radical Metal, MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke about how he and his bandmates are going about their search for a replacement for their longtime axeman Brent Hinds. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yeah, we haven't really decided how we're gonna go about t...

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Helldorado

As concepts go, SPIRITWORLD's is rock solid. "Helldorado" is the Las Vegas crew's third album, and the most potent demonstration yet of their unique blend of brutish thrash and sun-scorched Americana. Two previous albums laid down the template, and while it was definitely the case that creative mast...

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The Return Of Magik

That distant rumbling you can hear is the sound of an abominable colossus rising from the grave. RWAKE have been conspicuous by their absence since 2011. Their last album, "Rest", was a mercilessly bleak affair, full of suicidal thoughts and references to the end of things. Like everything else the...

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BILL KELLIHER: What MASTODON Is Looking For In Replacement For BRENT HINDS

In a new interview with Guitar World magazine, MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher spoke about what he and his bandmates are looking for in a replacement for their longtime axeman Brent Hinds. "Someone who is easy to get along with, and who really has a desire to play — and can play well," he said. "Ob...

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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER On Split With BRENT HINDS: 'It Was A Hard Decision We All Had To Make'

MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher says that last week's surprise departure of guitarist Brent Hinds was "a hard decision we all had to make." Since 2000, Hinds had served as lead guitarist and vocalist for MASTODON, alongside bassist/singer Troy Sanders, drummer Brann Dailor, and Kelliher. MASTODON's...

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Guitarist BEN ELLER On Performing With MASTODON At 'Tool Live In The Sand': It Was 'A True Honor'

YouTuber and session musician Ben Eller has commented on his appearance with Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON at their concert on Sunday, March 9 at "Tool Live In The Sand", a destination festival which was held at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Royalton Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Repub...

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MASTODON Recruits YouTuber BEN ELLER For 'Tool Live In The Sand' Festival Performance

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON recruited YouTuber and session musician Ben Eller to step in for founding guitarist Brent Hinds for their concert on Sunday, March 9 at "Tool Live In The Sand", a destination festival which was held at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Royalton Resort in Punta C...

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MASTODON Parts Ways With Guitarist BRENT HINDS

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have parted ways with longtime guitarist Brent Hinds. Brent's exit from MASTODON was announced via a social media post earlier today. MASTODON wrote: "Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years together, MASTODON and Brent Hinds have mutually decided to part w...

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Hymns In Dissonance

When it first emerged, deathcore seemed like a fairly simple deal. Death metal plus hardcore equals knucklehead brutality. But as the years have passed, the genre's sharpest blades have carved themselves a deeper, more interesting niche. WHITECHAPEL have been ahead of the game for most of their near...

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Black Noise

Jason Köhnen is one of the great eccentrics of experimental heavy music. Over the last few decades, he has released an absurd amount of music under various shadowy and unhinged guises, ranging from the mind-bending, surrealist jazz of THE MOUNT FUJI DOOMJAZZ CORPORATION and THE KILIMANJARO DARKJAZZ...

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TRIUMPH's RIK EMMETT Says He Was Recently Hospitalized With Food Poisoning

TRIUMPH's Rik Emmett has revealed that he was recently hospitalized with a nasty case of food poisoning. On Thursday (February 6),the 71-year-old Canadian musician took to his Facebook to write: "For today's Show and Tell - I can cross off 'Ambulance Ride to Emergency' from my bucket list. "Who kne...

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METAL CHURCH Singer MARC LOPES Has 'No Idea' What Is Going On With The Band: 'I Haven't Heard From Anybody In A Long Time'

In a new interview with The Metal Voice, METAL CHURCH singer Marc Lopes was asked about the band's current status, a year after METAL CHURCH canceled its previously announced 2024 tour dates due to "an ongoing back issue" suffered by guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBE...

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Bone Collector

1980 was a massive year for heavy metal. The list of classic albums released within those 12 short months is absurd. "Heaven And Hell", "British Steel", "Ace Of Spades", "Blizzard Of Ozz" and "Iron Maiden". Oh, and "Back In Black". And "Animal Magnetism". And… well, you get the general idea. Shrewd...

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MASTODON's Next Album Will Be 'All Over The Place' Musically

In a new interview with U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine, MASTODON drummer-vocalist Brann Dailor spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to the "Hushed And Grim" album, which came out in 2021. He said: "[The songs are] all over the place. I hear some punk rock in there, bu...

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Dweller

There is nothing quite like the sound of a grim dystopian future arriving unexpectedly and burning your house down. HAUNTED HORSES have seen the future and it's fucking horrible. "Dweller" is a bruising and occasionally exhausting attempt to make some sense of it. Mired in the post-industrial grind...