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From the opening bars of their self-titled 2007 debut onwards, GRAVEYARD were strong candidates to endure. The Swedes' sound, which ticked all the desirable psychedelic, stoner rock and '70s proto-metal boxes, emerged fully formed, and nothing that the band have released since has even hinted at a d...

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Impii Hora

Every discerning VOLBEAT fan knows about Michael Poulsen's dark past. Prior to conquering the world with an inspired mixture of massive riffs and rock 'n' roll crooning, the Dane was guitarist and frontman with DOMINUS: a scabrous, pure-breed death metal band, with little in the way of rockabilly vi...

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STATIC-X's 'Project Regeneration: Vol. 2' Pushed Back To January; New Music Clips Available

Industrial music icons STATIC-X have set a January 26, 2024 "final" release date for their eighth studio album, "Project Regeneration: Vol. 2". The LP is a collection of 14 brand-new songs that contain the final vocal performances and musical compositions of founding vocalist Wayne Static, along wit...

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SC\SSRS

Sure, a lot of nu-metal rose up from California; think LINKIN PARK or KORN. But, the movement wasn't confined to one geographical locale as other movements were, think Seattle or the Sunset Strip. Instead, nu-metal ravaged its way across America, often popping up in places you would least expect. Su...

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Reissue Of Eighties Metal All-Star Project HEAR 'N AID Will Arrive 'Sometime Soon', Says WENDY DIO

Ronnie James Dio's widow and longtime manager Wendy Dio has once again said that there are plans to reissue "Stars", the 1985 charity single for famine relief released under the HEAR 'N AID banner. On May 20 and May 21, 1985, 40 artists from the metal community gathered at A&M Records Studios in...

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RILEY'S L.A. GUNS To Release 'The Dark Horse' Single This Week

RILEY'S L.A. GUNS will release a new single, "The Dark Horse", on September 29 via Golden Robot Records. The track is taken from the band's upcoming sophomore album of the same name, tentatively due in early 2024. "The Dark Horse" ventures into a soul-stirring narrative, encapsulated in a raw, hard-...

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Watch: EMPIRE STATE BASTARD (Feat. DAVE LOMBARDO) Plays First-Ever U.S. Concert

EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, the extreme metal band founded by Simon Neil (BIFFY CLYRO) and Mike Vennart (BIFFY CLYRO live guitarist and solo artist, ex-OCEANSIZE),played its first-ever U.S. headline show this past Saturday (September 23) at Brooklyn, New York's Saint Vitus Bar. Fan-filmed video of the co...

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LORDI Frontman: 'The Mainstream Media Is Not Interested In Us Anymore, Which Is A Good Thing'

Mr. Lordi of the Finnish hard rock band LORDI, whose members never appear without their elaborate ghoulish skeleton and zombie masks and makeup, was asked in a new interview with Czech Republic's Backstage TV if it's hard for him and his bandmates to maintain their anonymity after all these years. T...

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DON DOKKEN: 'My Whole Right Arm Is Paralyzed'

In a new interview with Cassius Morris, DOKKEN frontman Don Dokken spoke about how the complications from his November 2019 neck and spinal surgery affected the making of the band's upcoming thirteenth studio album, "Heaven Comes Down", which will arrive on October 27 via Silver Lining Music. The 70...

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DEF LEPPARD Releases Live Video For 'Take What You Want' From 'Diamond Star Halos' Album

DEF LEPPARD has released a live video for "Take What You Want", the opening song from the band's 2022 album "Diamond Star Halos". The footage for the clip was filmed during DEF LEPPARD's 2023 "The World Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE. "Diamond Star Halos" sold 34,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in it...

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CANNIBAL CORPSE Releases Music Video For 'Chaos Horrific' Title Track

Florida death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE have released the official music video for the title track of their new album, "Chaos Horrific". The band's sixteenth studio LP is being released today (Friday, September 22) via Metal Blade Records. The "Chaos Horrific" clip was directed by David Brodsky...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Announces Remastered And Expanded 25th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Infinity'

Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Devin Townsend, who has spent his entire career making unique inroads with many styles of music, celebrates the 25th anniversary of his landmark solo album "Infinity" in 2023 with a brand new edition of the record being released on November 24, 2023. This new...

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Confessions Of The Fallen

When it comes to the post-grunge genre, a handful of rockers can be credited as pioneers of that dark, tormented, introspective sound. STAIND are one of them. Considering that the band — founded in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the mid-'90s — were at the forefront of the post-grunge and nu-metal mo...

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DARK ANGEL's GENE HOGLAN On Late Guitarist JIM DURKIN: 'He Is An Absolute Godfather Of Thrash Metal'

On a recent episode of the "Talk Louder" podcast, hosted by veteran music journalist "Metal Dave" Glessner and lifelong hard rock/metal vocalist Jason McMaster (DANGEROUS TOYS),Gene Hoglan touched upon the progress of the songwriting sessions for DARK ANGEL's long-awaited new album. He said (as tra...

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Polar Veil

One of the underground's most respected enigmas, Mat "Kvohst" McNerney has been involved with a huge amount of great music over the years. The Brit's discography extends from the barbarous black metal of CODE and THE DEATHTRIP to the priapic post-punk of GRAVE PLEASURES, but HEXVESSEL is plainly his...