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SIGH Shares Music Video For New Single 'Unputenpu' Featuring OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT

Japanese metal pioneers SIGH are back with "Unputenpu", the first single to be taken from their upcoming new studio album "Goh-ka", alongside a stunning new music video created by Costin Chioreanu. Speaking about the new track, SIGH frontman and mastermind Mirai Kawashima said: "Honestly, I have no...

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GEOFF DOWNES And CHRIS BRAIDE Announce Sixth DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION Album 'Trauma'

DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION (DBA),the studio collaboration of Geoff Downes (keyboards) and multi award-winning songwriter Chris Braide (vocals),is set to release its sixth studio album, "Trauma", on September 25 via Cherry Red Records. "Trauma" is a return to the expansive DNA of classic DBA, with l...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD's M. SHADOWS: 'We Don't See A Point Of Ever Being On A' Record 'Label Again'

During an appearance on the latest episode of "Delivering Happiness", the unscripted celebrity-driven series and podcast hosted by actor Nick Turturro for Prince St. Pizza, AVENGED SEVENFOLD singer M. Shadows elaborated on the group's recent announcement that it is now "a fully independent band" aft...

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FILTER Frontman RICHARD PATRICK's A PLACE TO KILL Project Releases 'What Feels Right' Music Video

A PLACE TO KILL, the new side project from platinum-selling FILTER mastermind and film/TV composer Richard Patrick, in collaboration with Jim Louvau, vocalist of THERE IS NO US and a renowned photographer and acclaimed music video director, has released the official music video for the song "What Fe...

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KAMELOT Shares 'Godlike Alchemy' Single From Upcoming 'Dark Asylum' Album

Following the release of the triumphant debut single "Ashen World" — chosen as one of Metal Hammer's best tracks of the week — KAMELOT reveals the second single from their forthcoming masterpiece, "Dark Asylum", out August 28 via Napalm Records. The grandiose "Godlike Alchemy" emerges larger than li...

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SHARON DEN ADEL On WITHIN TEMPTATION's Next Album: 'The Sound Is Gonna Completely Change, Like 100% Difference'

In a recent interview with with Metal Hammer Germany, WITHIN TEMPTATION vocalist Sharon Den Adel spoke about the band's musical evolution in the three decades since the Dutch symphonic metallers' inception. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, I think, of course, things have changed...

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Watch: New NEVERMORE Lineup Kicks Off Summer 2026 European Tour At Bulgaria's HILLS OF ROCK Festival

Fan-filmed video of NEVERMORE's July 26 performance at the 2026 edition of the Hills Of Rock festival in Plovdiv, Bulgaria can be seen below. According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for the concert was as follows: 01. Beyond Within 02. Inside Four Walls 03. My Acid Words 04. Engines Of Hate 05. Born 06...

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SABATON's PÄR SUNDSTRÖM: It Is 'Not Necessary' To Be Fresh 'To Be Successful In Heavy Metal'

In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, SABATON bassist and manager Pär Sundström spoke about the factors that were involved in making the Swedish act one of the most commercially successful European heavy metal bands in recent history. He said  (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET)...

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AARON LEWIS: 'This Country Was Founded On The Beliefs And The Moral Compass That The Bible Provides'

During an appearance on a recent episode of "Pickin' It Out With Andrew Pope", the podcast hosted by singer/songwriter Andrew Pope, STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis, who has transitioned into a successful solo country music career, discussed his belief that the very fabric of society seems to be unravell...

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See Official Trailer For GHOST's '2 Big To Rig' Feature Film

The official trailer for "2 Big To Rig", GHOST's second collaboration with Trafalgar Releasing, can be seen below. "2 Big To Rig" was captured live on 16mm film over the course of GHOST's two sold-out shows at Mexico City's Palacio De Los Deportes. The band's second feature film, it transports the v...

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New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Legends TANK To Release Deluxe Edition Of 'Filth Hounds Of Hades' In August

Through the early 1980s, as the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal exploded across the globe, there was one band guaranteed to blow you out of your boots. Well, actually there were several who could make the same claim, but none of them were TANK. They were described by the U.K. press as MOTÖRHEAD's b...

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Not Your Kingdom

At a time when millions of people are quite content to ignore objective reality, the pursuit of realness has never been more urgent. MADBALL have been telling it like it is for more than three decades, during which frontman Freddie Cricien has grown from an irrepressible upstart into one of the lead...

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS's TAYLOR MOMSEN: 'I Make Music And Write Songs For Me'

In a new interview with the JJO Discover New Music Podcast, THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen spoke about the band's fifth studio album, "Dear God", which was released last month via Fearless Records. Speaking about her mindset while working on material for the LP, Taylor said (as transcr...

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SULLY ERNA: 'Saying That MIKE MANGINI Is Overqualified To Play For GODSMACK Is Just Like Saying That SHANNON LARKIN's Overqualified To Play For The Band'

In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, GODSMACK frontman Sully Erna spoke about the band's current lineup, which consists of Sully, bassist Robbie Merrill, guitarist Sam Koltun and former DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Mangini. Mangini made his live debut with GODSMACK on June 12 at t...

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Announce New Album 'Shapes Of Midnight', Share Title Track

Two years on from the mesmeric "Nell' Ora Blu", their synth-laden soundtrack for an imaginary Giallo movie, orphic Cambridge heavies UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS return with their seventh full-length, "Shapes Of Midnight". To celebrate the announcement, the band have unveiled the title track from th...