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SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER On 'Machine Messiah' Album: 'It Feels Like It's Opening A New Cycle Of Our Career'

Casper of Silver Tiger Media recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA guitarist Andreas Kisser. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if SEPULTURA's latest album, 2017's "Machine Messiah", has been a "game changer" for the band, Kisser responded: "Most definitely. It's an album that it f...
January 23, 2018
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OBSCURA Completes Work On 'Diluvium' Album

German technical death metal masters OBSCURA have completed their fifth full-length album, "Diluvium", for a summer 2018 release via Relapse Records. The disc was recorded with longtime producer V. Santura (TRIPTYKON, PESTILENCE) at Woodshed Studios in Landshut, Germany. Some special contributors w...
January 16, 2018
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SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER On DERRICK GREEN: 'We Didn't Want To Have A MAX CAVALERA Clone'

Dubai-based podcaster and host Basel Anabtawi interviewed SEPULTURA lead guitarist and main songwriter Andreas Kisser hours before the band's December 13 concert in Dubai at the Hard Rock Cafe. You can now watch the chat below. Asked what SEPULTURA was looking for when it was time to replace Max Cav...
December 18, 2017
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DERRICK GREEN Doesn't Know If SEPULTURA Will Experiment More With Clean Vocals On Future Albums

Metal Wani's Jake Patton recently conducted an interview with SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked if he thinks SEPULTURA will experiment more with clean singing on the band's follow-up to this year's "Machine Messiah" album, Derrick said: "I don't know. It's...
December 11, 2017
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SEPULTURA To Tour Europe With OBSCURA, GOATWHORE, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY

In early 2018, Brazilian/American thrash metal legends SEPULTURA will head out on a lengthy and extensive European headline tour in support of their highly acclaimed album "Machine Messiah". Be prepared for a full ninety minutes of pure SEPULTURA, with a setlist featuring new hits as well as some ti...
October 19, 2017
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OBSCURA Begins Recording Fifth Album

Technical death metal masters OBSCURA have entered the studio to record their yet-to-be titled fifth full-length album. The record is the final of a running four-album concept cycle that began with "Cosmogenesis" in 2009. The band is recording the album with longtime producer V. Santura (TRIPTYKON,...
October 3, 2017
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...Of the Dark Light

SUFFOCATION broke ground with its absolutely gargantuan early material. A progenitor of technical death metal, the group's competition has become as stiff as a corpse in the years since then. Bands as varied as CRYPTOPSY, OBSCURA and NECROPHAGIST have pushed the envelope in their own respective ways...
June 30, 2017
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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Praises EERIE VON's 'Misery Obscura' Photo Book

METALLICA's Kirk "Von" Hammett has stepped out in advance of the November release of Eerie Von's forthcoming MISFITS / SAMHAIN / DANZIG photo book, "Misery Obscura: The Photography Of Eerie Von (1981–2009)", to sing the book's praises: "'Misery Obscura' has an amazing fly-on-the-wall feel that is me...
September 14, 2016
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Scientific Research Vessel Named After SOUNDGARDEN

According to The Pulse Of Radio, a scientific research vessel that will monitor water quality in Washington state's Puget Sound has been given the name SoundGuardian in honor of local Seattle musical legends SOUNDGARDEN. Drummer Matt Cameron commented: "We've won Grammys and a few awards through the...
July 4, 2016
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OBSCURA: 'Ten Sepiroth' Video Released

The official video for the song "Ten Sepiroth" from progressive metal masters OBSCURA can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Akróasis" (Greek for "hearing" or "listening"),which was released on February 5 via Relapse Records. The album was made available in CD, 2xLP a...
June 20, 2016
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Akroasis

It's been five years since German death-prog quartet OBSCURA dropped its well-toasted "Omnivium" album. Since then, Steffen Kummerer and Linus Klausenitzer watched guitarist Christian Muenzner and drummer Hannes Grossmann leave the band as Rafael Trujillo (no relation to fellow bassist Robert) and S...
May 19, 2016
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OBSCURA: New Song 'Ode To The Sun' Available For Streaming

"Ode To The Sun", a brand new song from progressive metal masters OBSCURA, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Akróasis" (Greek for "hearing" or "listening"),which will be released February 5 via Relapse Records. The album will be available in CD, 2xLP and as a dig...
January 29, 2016
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OBSCURA: New Song 'The Monist' Available For Streaming

"The Monist", a brand new song from progressive metal masters OBSCURA, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "Akróasis" (Greek for "hearing" or "listening"),which will be released February 5, 2016 via Relapse Records. The album will be available in CD, 2xLP and as a d...
January 15, 2016
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Former OBSCURA Guitarist Joins Forces With Ex-ELEGY Singer In ETERNITY'S END

ETERNITY'S END is a neoclassical power/progressive metal band founded by guitarist Christian Muenzner (ALKALOID, ex-OBSCURA, ex-NECROPHAGIST) in 2014. Muenzner comments: "After finalizing my second instrumental solo album, 'Beyond The Wall Of Sleep', in spring 2014, I finally wanted to realize a dre...
January 14, 2016
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TESTAMENT, Ex-JUDAS PRIEST, SCORPIONS, NIGHTWISH Members Perform At Israel's TITANS OF METAL Despite BDS Boycott

More than 20 international metal and hard rock artists performed at Israel's first-ever edition of Titans Of Metal festival, which took place on December 17 at Tel Aviv's Theatron Club. The show was held despite the activities of the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,...
December 18, 2015