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Watch: AMON AMARTH Performs 'The Allfather Awakens' Songs Live For First Time At Intimate German Record-Release Concert

Swedish death metallers AMON AMARTH played a special record-release show for their new album, "The Allfather Awakens", Tuesday night (October 6) at the 500-capacity Zeche Carl in Essen, Germany. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below. According to Setlist.fm, AMON AMARTH's setlist was as...

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BOKASSA Announces New Album 'Anomalies', Shares 'Cop Out' Single

Norwegian stoner-punk rockers BOKASSA return with a bang on ferocious new single "Cop Out", a no-nonsense barnburner set to please fans of the band's heavier side. Watch the "Cop Out" music video below. "Cop Out" sees the power trio firing on all cylinders, leaning into their metallic hardcore roots...

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BIG WRECK Celebrates Classic 'The Pleasure And The Greed' Album With New 25th-Anniversary Edition

The iconic and influential multi-platinum rock band BIG WRECK has re-upped its essential second full-length album, "The Pleasure And The Greed", with a special new 25th-anniversary edition, out November 6 on all DSPs. Additionally, the band has unveiled the first-ever vinyl pressing of "The Pleasure...

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DEATH ANGEL's Founding Bassist DENNIS PEPA Is Battling Stage Four Cancer

Dennis Pepa, the founding bassist of the long-running San Francisco Bay Area metal band DEATH ANGEL, is batting stage 4 duodenal cancer, a rare and generally aggressive malignancy of the small intestine. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Dennis cover the financial costs associated with h...

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JOHN 5 On MÖTLEY CRÜE's 'The Return Of Carnival Of Sins' Tour: 'It Was Incredible. Everybody Had So Much Fun.'

During an appearance on the October 5 episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", MÖTLEY CRÜE guitarist John 5 spoke about the band's recently completed "The Return Of Carnival Of Sins" tour, which celebrated the 20th anniversary of the band's groundbreaking 2005-2006 "Carnival Of Sins" r...

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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Says There Has Been No Talk Of Her Making New Music With THE GATHERING

In a recent interview with Hakos Pervanidis of the Metal Hammer Greece TV program TV War, Anneke Van Giersbergen spoke about the ongoing reunion shows from her former band THE GATHERING to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Dutch rockers' "Mandylion" album. Regarding whether she and her longtime...

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W.A.S.P.'s BLACKIE LAWLESS On A.I.-Powered Music Creation: 'It's Not Gonna Affect Me'

During a VIP question-and-answer session before W.A.S.P.'s September 20 concert at the House Of Blues in Houston, Texas, W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes ba...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE: 'I Didn't Know We Were Gonna Have A New Band Logo Until I Saw The 'Into Oblivion' Album Artwork'

In a new interview with Brooksy & JD of the weekday breakfast show on Australia's Rebel FM, LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe was asked if he has a specific regimen that he has to follow in order to make sure he can sing at his peak ability night after night. He responded (as transcribed by BLAB...

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GIRLSCHOOL To Release 'Tokyo Breakdown' Recording Of January 1982 Concert

On January 21, 1982, New Wave Of British Heavy Metal paragons GIRLSCHOOL played Tokyo — the first all-female British band ever to perform live in Japan, and one of the very first NWOBHM bands to do so as well. And on November 6, Cleopatra Records' ongoing roll-out of classic GIRLSCHOOL live shows co...

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STAIND Announces Second Leg Of North American 'Break The Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour' With SEETHER, HOOBASTANK And HINDER

Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling American rock band STAIND has announced a second leg of its sold-out "Break The Cycle 25th Anniversary Tour". STAIND's "Break The Cycle" album was released in 2001 via Flip Records and certified seven times platinum, selling over seven million units in the U....

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JOHN 5 And FENDER Announce Three New Signature Telecasters

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) and the Fender Custom Shop (FCS) have announced three new signature Telecasters celebrating the genre-defying artistry of John 5: the Fender John 5 Phantom Telecaster, Fender John 5 Ghost Telecaster and Fender Custom Shop John 5 "Phantom" Telecaster. Eac...

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MUDVAYNE's CHAD GRAY On His Vocal Injury: 'I'm F***ing Scared To Death'

MUDVAYNE and HELLYEAH frontman Chad Gray spoke to The Jesea Lee Show about the vocal injury that resulted in the cancelation of two of his previously announced solo shows in California — at the House Of Blues in San Diego on October 5 and at the Observatory OC in Santa Ana on October 6. His solo tou...

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DAVE MUSTAINE Plans To Review Leftover 'Half-Songs' From Recent MEGADETH Recording Sessions To 'See If There's Anything There'

During a question-and-answer session prior to MEGADETH's September 24 performance at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, band founder Dave Mustaine said that while stands by his pledge that the group's chart-topping 17th studio album will be its last, there may yet be additional MEGADETH material rele...

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The Battle Between Metal And Orchestra Still Goes On For SEPTICFLESH

By David E. Gehlke SEPTICFLESH and an orchestra are now inseparable. The long-running Greek extreme metal outfit has taken a union that was originally popularized by the likes of CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR and even METALLICA, via 1999's "S&M", making it such an integral part of their core sound t...

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Watch: ALICE COOPER Plays Three-Song Set At Halftime Of Las Vegas Raiders Vs. Kansas City Chiefs Game

Alice Cooper and two of his longtime musicians, guitarist Nita Strauss and drummer Glen Sobel, performed a three-song set during the halftime of the Kansas City Chiefs' 30-27 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders Sunday (October 4) at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were joined for "School...