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OPETH Drummer WALTTERI VÄYRYNEN Shares 2022 Audition Video Which Got Him The Gig

OPETH drummer Waltteri Väyrynen has shared the original 2022 "The Devil's Orchard" audition video which eventually landed him the gig with the Swedish progressive metal outfit. The 31-year-old Finnish musician, who had previously played with PARADISE LOST, BLOODBATH and BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT, replace...

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FERNANDO RIBEIRO On MOONSPELL's Metal-Meets-Orchestra Album 'Opus Diabolicum': 'I Wanted Something Raw, Authentic, With No Overdubs'

By David E. Gehlke Frontman Fernando Ribeiro of long-running Portuguese Gothic metal outfit MOONSPELL is acutely aware that the novelty factor of performing with a live symphony orchestra has long since worn off. He's right. METALLICA may have popularized the idea in 1999 with the dodgy "S&M", but h...

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THE DAMNED Shares Cover Of PINK FLOYD's 'See Emily Play' From Upcoming 'Not Like Everybody Else' Album

On January 23, 2026, THE DAMNED will release "Not Like Everybody Else", a deeply personal and celebratory covers album — dedicated to the memory of Brian James, the band's legendary founding guitarist, who passed away on March 6, 2025. Recorded in a blistering five days of emotion and creative fire...

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE's MATT TUCK On Late LIMP BIZKIT Bassist SAM RIVERS: 'He Was The Backbone Of The Foundation Of That Band'

In a new interview with Argentina's Rock & Pop, vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck of Welsh metallers BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, who are supporting LIMP BIZKIT on the Latin American "Loserville Gringo Papi Tour 2025", spoke about the recent passing of LIMP BIZKIT bassist Sam Rivers. He said (as transcri...

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Blood Of The Bull

For a brief but significant period around 15 years ago, UPON A BURNING BODY appeared to be modern metal's next big deal in waiting. Shrewdly hedging their bets between outright brutality and the snappier, more commercially viable end of the metalcore scene, the Texans brought a certain swagger and u...

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GOD FORBID Releases Mini-Documentary As 20-Year Retrospective Of 'IV: Constitution Of Treason' Album

A new documentary on the influential New Jersey metal band GOD FORBID, "20 Years Of Treason", has been made available on YouTube and can be seen below. During its 2025 tour, GOD FORBID celebrated the band's seminal album "IV: Constitution Of Treason" by performing it in its entirety. Through new int...

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New MISS MAY I Album Will Be 'Different': 'I Think It's Gonna Be Really Awesome', Says LEVI BENTON

In a new interview with the Vulgar Display Of Podcast, MISS MAY I frontman Levi Benton spoke about the band's upcoming follow-up to 2022's "Curse Of Existence" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, the funny thing is we have taken two years doing this album, just 'cause our sch...

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2025 'Bowl For Ronnie' Brings In Over $85,000 For RONNIE JAMES DIO 'Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund'

PINZ Bowling Center in Studio City, California was filled to capacity on November 13 with rock musicians, bowling enthusiasts and Ronnie James Dio fans for the annual "Bowl For Ronnie" celebrity bowling party, benefiting the Ronnie James Dio Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund. With sponsor lanes and spe...

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CHUCK BILLY Shares How A New Drummer, Black Metal And A Ballad Allowed TESTAMENT To 'Let It Flow' On 'Para Bellum'

By David E. Gehlke There has been much ado about new TESTAMENT drummer Chris Dovas since his 2023 entrance into the veteran Bay Area thrashers. Tasked with following the legendary drummers Gene Hoglan and Dave Lombardo, Dovas's youth and energy were quickly hailed by TESTAMENT lead conspirators Chuc...

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Ashspawn

With a career that stretches back to the early '90s, ENTHRONED are one of European black metal's most enduring bands. Permanently entrenched in occultism and extremity, they have produced a handful of albums over the years that have been sturdy benchmarks for the genre's militant wing. Fast, furious...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of 'Mother Earth' Album; 'Ice Queen (Acoustic)' Due Later This Month

Dutch symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their second album, 2000's "Mother Earth", over the coming months. The "very first chapter of this journey" is a newly recorded acoustic version of "Ice Queen", the original LP's second single, which was the band's co...

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STYX And CHICAGO Announce Summer 2026 North American Tour

Two of music's biggest bands, legendary multi-platinum rockers CHICAGO and STYX, got their start in Chicago, and now they're joining together for their first-ever co-headlining tour, bringing the best of the Midwest to venues nationwide with "The Windy Cities Tour - All The Hits…Your Kind Of Tour" t...

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PAUL DI'ANNO's Final Live Album To Arrive In 2026: It Will 'Make All Fans Very Proud'

A new live album from late IRON MAIDEN frontman Paul Di'Anno will be posthumously released in 2026. It will be the singer's last live LP, recorded on tour in 2024. More details, including the album title, the track listing, the record label and the concert where the album was recorded, will be revea...

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Watch: LIMP BIZKIT Plays First Concert Following Bassist SAM RIVERS's Death

LIMP BIZKIT played its first concert following bassist Sam Rivers's death Saturday night (November 29) at Explanada Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico. Handling the bass duties for the band at the opening show of LIMP BIZKIT's Latin American "Loserville Gringo Papi Tour 2025" was Kid Not (a.k.a....

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GEORGE LYNCH On DON DOKKEN: 'I've Been The Benefactor Of His Cheating Due To His Lying In A Big Way'

In a new interview with Tone-Talk, legendary DOKKEN guitarist George Lynch was asked about DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken's alleged dishonesty regarding the singer's contributions to the songwriting of the band's classic early material. George said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, I think pe...