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SMASHING PUMPKINS' BILLY CORGAN Mourns Death Of Father

SMASHING PUMPKINS mainman Billy Corgan is mourning the death of his father, musician William Corgan Sr. The 74-year-old reportedly suffered a heart attack on Friday (December 17) while in his home. Paramedics arrived to find him dead, before miraculously reviving him for a short time. En route via h...

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JUDAS PRIEST Announces 'Screaming For Vengeance' Graphic Novel

Z2 Comics has announced that JUDAS PRIEST will team with the rapidly growing entertainment brand for an original graphic novel to be released in 2022, in time for the anniversary of the British heavy metal legends' highest-selling album, the indisputable classic "Screaming For Vengeance". Teaming wi...

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COHEED AND CAMBRIA Shares New Track 'Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)'

COHEED AND CAMBRIA has unveiled a new track titled "Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord)". Available today on all streaming platforms, the song finds COHEED AND CAMBRIA channeling their progressive roots and is accompanied by a lyric video streaming now on the band's YouTube channel. COHEED AND CAMBRIA v...

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Origin

Twenty-five years into a creatively glittering career, OMNIUM GATHERUM are still the great unsung heroes of melodic death metal. The last 20 years have been a weird time for the subgenre, not least due to metalcore's plundering of its key tenets, but while many of us are inclined to hide behind the...

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NIKKI SIXX Is Now A Four-Time NEW YORK TIMES Best-Selling Author

MÖTLEY CRÜE and SIXX:A.M. founder Nikki Sixx is now a four-time New York Times best-selling author with his new book, "The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx" entering the coveted list at No. 8 on the Hardcover chart and No. 11 on the Combined Print And Ebook List. "The First 21" joins Sixx's other t...

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Bleed The Future

There are occasional golden moments in the life of an extreme metal fan when new music is so ridiculously brutal and over-the-top that the only fitting response is to burst into hysterical laughter. That is not to say that there is anything lightweight or comical about ARCHSPIRE, as anyone that has...

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MORBID ANGEL's STEVE TUCKER Launches Death Metal 'Supergroup' MALEFIC THRONE

Hells Headbangers has announced the signing of MALEFIC THRONE. The first fruit of this union will be the band's debut EP, "Malefic Throne", which is due in the coming year on CD, 12-inch vinyl and cassette tape formats. The effort will include the track "Deciding The Hierarchy", which can be streame...

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TRIVIUM Shares 'The Phalanx' Video

Orlando, Florida-based metallers TRIVIUM have shared the music video for their new single "The Phalanx". Check it out below. "'The Phalanx' was like an old muscle car sitting in the driveway with no engine," says bassist Paolo Gregoletto about the song's unique evolution and origin story. "It was a...

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METALLICA Plays Surprise Concert At Small San Francisco Club: Video, Photos

METALLICA played a special intimate concert last night (Thursday, September 16) at the 500-capacity The Independent in downtown San Francisco. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Ride The Lightning 03. The Memory Remains 04. Now That We're Dead 05. Holier Than Thou 06. No Leaf Clover...

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SUFFOCATION To Release 'Live In North America' Album In November

New York death metal pioneers SUFFOCATION will release a live album, "Live In North America", on November 12 via Nuclear Blast Records. The official music video for the first single, "Funeral Inception", featuring photographs taken by Jason Carlson, can be seen below. SUFFOCATION created the templat...

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LORDI To Release Seven New Studio Albums In November: 'Lordiversity' Box Set Details Revealed

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release no less than seven new studio albums in the fall. The LPs will mark the first new music from LORDI since the arrival of 2020's "Killection", a fictional compilation album which contained songs that LORDI would have written had the band existed between...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Video Podcast Focusing On First 50 Shows Officially Launched; More Details Revealed

Marc Canter and Jason Porath, the authors of the critically acclaimed book "Reckless Road", have announced the launch of the video podcast "The First 50 Gigs: Guns N' Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction". The introductory episode along with episode one of the first season is available n...

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GUNS N' ROSES: Video Podcast Focusing On First 50 Shows To Launch In August

Marc Canter, who grew up best friends with GUNS N' ROSES members Slash and Axl Rose, will launch a video podcast called "The First 50 Gigs: Guns N' Roses And The Making Of Appetite For Destruction" on Patreon on August 19 at 12 a.m. EST. To coincide with the podcast launch, a week-long "First 50 Gig...

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Who Invented The Devil Horns? AXS TV's 'Music's Greatest Mysteries' Attempts To Get To Bottom Of Decades-Long Debate

An episode of AXS TV's popular investigative documentary series "Music's Greatest Mysteries" focusing on the origin of the so-called "devil horns" will premiere on Wednesday (July 14). A preview is available below. "Music's Greatest Mysteries" presents an immersive journey that puts the spotlight on...

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CLASSLESS ACT To Join MÖTLEY CRÜE And DEF LEPPARD On 2022 Stadium Tour

CLASSLESS ACT, the next-generation rock band from Los Angeles already receiving buzz for its unique style and development story, dropped its debut single, "Give It To Me", via Better Noise Music today. The track was produced and mixed by legendary producer Joe Chicarelli, who has worked with a vast...