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City Burials

KATATONIA were at the forefront of that interesting meeting point between the doom, death and black metal styles that exploded at the beginning of the nineties, and have been delivering their unique dark metal music now for three decades. The Swedes were never purists, though. They morphed from a de...

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Stare Into Death And Be Still

ULCERATE is a force to be reckoned with; a truly intense musical expression, but not in the typical sense. There is a feverish, smoldering death metal attack including the prototypical growling vocals and blasting drum work, but ULCERATE only periodically goes for the jugular, not perpetually, like...

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A Year Without Concerts? Artists And Tour Promoters Prepare For The Worst

Dr. Ezekiel "Zeke" Emanuel, a special adviser to the director general of the World Health Organization, has once again said that he doesn't anticipate it to be safe to return to concerts, sporting events and other mass public gatherings for another 18 months. Researchers insist that things like conc...

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MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI Discuss Debut BPMD Album 'American Made' In Live Chat (Video)

Earlier today (Friday, April 17),BPMD members Mike Portnoy (drums; THE WINERY DOGS, SONS OF APOLLO),Mark Menghi (bass; METAL ALLEGIANCE) and Phil Demmel (guitar; VIO-LENCE, ex-MACHINE HEAD) took part in a live chat via the Napalm Records YouTube channel. You can now watch the question-and-answer s...

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STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET: 'No Matter What, Never Lose Faith Or Stop Believing That God Has A Plan'

Openly Christian hard rockers STRYPER have finished recording their new album, due later in the year via Frontiers Music Srl. At least some of the sessions took place at SpiritHouse Recording Studios in Northampton, Massachusetts. Earlier today (Friday, April 17),STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet took...

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KANSAS Launches Video For 'Throwing Mountains', First Single From New Album 'The Absence Of Presence'

KANSAS, America's legendary progressive rock band, will release its highly anticipated new studio album, "The Absence Of Presence", on June 26 via InsideOut Music. The official music video for the disc's new single, "Throwing Mountains", can be seen below. "'Throwing Mountains' might be one of the h...

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DEFTONES Are Still Mixing New Album

DEFTONES drummer Abe Cunningham has offered an update on the band's follow-up to 2016's "Gore" album, which was recently recorded for a tentative late 2020 release. "We're currently mixing it," he said in an Instagram video earlier today (see below). "Given the current situation, it's been a bit dif...

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HALESTORM's LZZY HALE Pays Tribute To Punk Rock Fashion Icon JIMMY WEBB

HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale paid tribute online to New York punk stylist Jimmy Webb, who died of cancer on Tuesday (April 14) at the age of 62. Webb was best known for his work as a manager/buyer at the punk shop Trash And Vaudeville and as the owner of the rock clothing shop I Need More, dressin...

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PROTEST THE HERO Releases First Single/Video 'The Canary' From Forthcoming 'Palimpsest' Album

Canadian tech-metal punk act PROTEST THE HERO has unveiled the first single, "The Canary", from its upcoming studio album "Palimpsest", due on June 19 via Spinefarm Records. The single, named after Amelia Earhart's bright yellow bi-plane, is inspired by the American aviation pioneer, who was the fir...

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This Year's DOWNLOAD To Become 'Virtual Festival'

According to BBC, U.K.'s Download festival — which was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe — will be transformed into a "virtual festival." The 2020 edition of Download was set to take place on June 12-14 at Castle Donington, with headlining performances by...

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ZAKK WYLDE's Son SABBATH Donates Hair To Children In Need

Zakk Wylde's son Sabbath has donated his hair to Children With Hair Loss. Children With Hair Loss is a nonprofit organization with the goal of providing human hair replacements to children and young adults facing medically related hair loss. According to the organization's web site, children and you...

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MEGADETH-Signed Guitar Raises More Than $6,000 for COVID-19 Response In Indonesia

According to The Jakarta Post, a guitar signed by the four members of MEGADETH was auctioned for Rp 100 million ($6,363) as part of a fundraising campaign for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The guitar, which was owned by music promoter Rajawali Indonesia founder Anas Alimi, was won by MEGA...

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JOURNEY's 'Don't Stop Believin'' Becomes Battle Cry For COVID-19 Patients

JOURNEY's classic song "Don't Stop Believin'" has become a rallying call for patients recovering from COVID-19 at two hospitals in New York and Michigan. The 1981 hit is being played at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan and the New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital during celebrations for pat...

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BPMD Feat. BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI: 'American Made' Album Details Revealed

BPMD — the new heavy metal juggernaut featuring vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (OVERKILL),drummer Mike Portnoy (THE WINERY DOGS, SONS OF APOLLO),bassist Mark Menghi (METAL ALLEGIANCE) and guitarist Phil Demmel (VIO-LENCE, ex-MACHINE HEAD) — will release its debut album, "American Made", on June...

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Mestarin kynsi

While loosely categorized as black metal, there has never been anything straightforward about the sounds generated by Finland's ORANSSI PAZUZU throughout their decade-long existence. Their musical output so far is definitely discordant enough to earn the genre tag, and the vocals — shared by guitari...