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Mortal

NECROT followed a series of now revered demos with their debut album, "Blood Offerings", one of 2017's breakout death metal albums. Now, in 2020, Oakland's beastly purveyors of punk-fueled death metal have returned. NECROT's sophomore, full-length album, "Mortal", finds the Californians realizing a...
August 25, 2020
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Guru Meditation

The problem with micro-subgenres like digital grindcore is that, for most of us at least, there is only so much of the stuff one can consume before your brain gives up and sends you howling back to your SLAYER collection. There has always been much to be said for drinking too much coffee and listeni...
August 23, 2020
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Ex-BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Drummer MICHAEL 'MOOSE' THOMAS Says Band's Music Became 'Too Safe' And 'Very Stale'

Longtime BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas says that the band's music became "too safe" in the years before his departure. In December 2017, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE announced that it was officially parting ways with Thomas and replacing him with Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, AXEWOU...
August 19, 2020
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NONPOINT's ELIAS SORIANO: 'I've Had People Call Me The N-Word More Times Than I Can Count On Both Hands'

NONPOINT frontman Elias Soriano recently spoke to the "Aftershocks" podcast about the importance of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, which recently gained momentum in the wake of protests over the heinous killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed black people. He said (see video b...
August 15, 2020
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Nija

Life is unfair. We know that. But there's still something deeply irritating about the way bands as manifestly great as ORBIT CULTURE are still on a small label (with all due respect etc) and largely undetected by the mainstream metal radar. If you're new to the band, congratulations! "Nija" is exact...
August 12, 2020
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QUEEN Guitarist BRIAN MAY Thanks Firefighters For Saving Home From Wildfire

QUEEN's Brian May has thanked firefighters for combatting a forest fire which threatened his home over the weekend. The legendary guitarist took to Instagram yesterday to say that he was forced to evacuate his home and studio property after the wildfire broke out and spread less than a mile from his...
August 11, 2020
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NAMM 2021 Convention Canceled Due To Coronavirus

The 2021 NAMM Show, which was scheduled to take place in January 2021 in Anaheim, California, has officially been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic which is sweeping the globe. Instead of staging an in-person event, organizers will bring music merchants, industry insiders and musicians together...
August 11, 2020
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LIVE NATION Second-Quarter Revenue Down 98% Due To Pandemic Shutdowns

Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. has released financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The touring giant posted net revenue of $74.1 million — 98% lower than the $3.16 billion a year earlier — and an adjusted operating loss of $431.9 million. Live Nation had just 24 con...
August 5, 2020
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MACHINE HEAD Cancels Rescheduled 2020 Tour Dates In Europe And Australia

San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD have canceled their previously announced rescheduled 2020 tour dates for Europe and Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. The second run of European dates was originally scheduled to kick off in Zaragoza, Spain on April 1...
July 31, 2020
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KILL THE LIGHTS Feat. Ex-BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Drummer: 'The Sinner' Album Due In August

KILL THE LIGHTS, the band featuring former members of BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, STILL REMAINS and THROW THE FIGHT, will release its debut album, "The Sinner", on August 21 via Fearless Records. The official music video for the new track "Through The Night" can be seen below. "The song very personally...
July 30, 2020
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Listen To New (HED) P.E. Single 'First Blood'

The official lyric video for the song "First Blood" from (HED) P.E. can be seen below. The track is the first single from (HED) P.E.'s twelfth studio album, "Class Of 2020", which will be released on August 21 via Suburban Noize Records. The date also coincides with the 20th anniversary of the group...
July 23, 2020
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Fan-Made DONALD TRUMP Ad Featuring LINKIN PARK's 'In The End' Pulled From Twitter In Response To Copyright Claim

A video soundtracked by LINKIN PARK's "In The End" that President Donald Trump posted to his Twitter on Saturday (July 18) was removed from the social media platform due to a claim by the copyright owner. The two-minute, fan-made clip revolved around quotes from Trump's 2017 inaugural address, inclu...
July 18, 2020
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SOUNDGARDEN Drops Benefit Concert Claims Against CHRIS CORNELL's Widow

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the surviving members of SOUNDGARDEN have dropped their counterclaim against Chris Cornell's widow Vicky Cornell and the Chris Cornell estate regarding a Chris Cornell tribute concert. Last December, Vicky Cornell filed a lawsuit against Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron...
July 17, 2020
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We Are One

There comes a time in nearly every veteran metal musician's life when the urge to collaborate with an orchestra becomes irresistible. It's actually quite surprising that Udo Dirkschneider waited so long to conjure a project as unashamedly overblown as "We Are One", but if anyone has earned the right...
July 14, 2020
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SLIPKNOT's JAY WEINBERG On Replacing JOEY JORDISON: 'I'm Not Gonna Emulate Anybody'

SLIPKNOT's Jay Weinberg spoke to Spain's The Metal Circus about the pressure he felt about joining a band that he discovered when he was a pre-teen, through his father Max, of Bruce Springsteen's E STREET BAND, and leader of the house band on Conan O'Brien's talk show. Asked if he felt like he had t...
July 12, 2020