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BLACK SABBATH's TONY IOMMI To Guest On New CANDLEMASS Album, 'The Door To Doom'

Swedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS will release their 12th album, "The Door To Doom", on February 22, 2019 via Napalm Records. The disc unsurprisingly follows the plotline mastermind, songwriter and bass player Leif Edling established in the past years: epic world-class doom metal that relies on...

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Video: LUCIFER Performs Acoustic Versions Of 'Dreamer' And 'Phoenix' In Dortmund, Germany

Heavy rockers LUCIFER performed acoustic versions of the songs "Dreamer" and "Phoenix" on October 9 at Black Plastic Records in Dortmund, Germany. Video footage of their appearance can be seen below (filmed and edited by Dirk Behlau). "Dreamer" and "Phoenix" are both taken from LUCIFER's new album,...

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FOZZY's CHRIS JERICHO: 'It's Our Mission To Destroy IRON MAIDEN' At Next Summer's Concert In Los Angeles

FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho says that it will be his band's "mission to destroy IRON MAIDEN" when the two groups share the stage in California next summer. It was announced last month that Jericho and his bandmates will support the British heavy metal legends on September 14, 2019 at the Banc Of Ca...

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Watch GLENN TIPTON Perform With JUDAS PRIEST At Two Tokyo Concerts

Guitarist Glenn Tipton rejoined his JUDAS PRIEST bandmates on stage on November 28 at Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan and November 29 at Musashino Forest Arena in Tokyo to perform the two concerts' three-song encore: "Metal Gods", "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight". Fan-filmed video...

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Former ACCEPT Singer DAVID REECE: 'Two Coins And A Dead Man' Video

The official music video for the song "Two Coins And A Dead Man" from former ACCEPT and BONFIRE singer David Reece can be seen below. The track is taken from Reece's new solo album, "Resilient Heart", which was released on November 9 through Mighty Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Compromise" is an L...

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BLACK STAR RIDERS Tap Producer JAY RUSTON For Fourth Studio Album

BLACK STAR RIDERS have demoed more than a dozen songs for their fourth studio album, which they will begin recording next month in Los Angeles. Speaking to Planet Rock ahead of this past weekend's appearance at Planet Rockstock, frontman Ricky Warwick and guitarist Scott Gorham said that the recent...

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BREAKING BENJAMIN Frontman Explains 'Heavier' Sound Of 'Ember' Album

In a brand new interview with the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station, BREAKING BENJAMIN frontman Benjamin Burnley said that the band's latest album, "Ember", could very well be the group's heaviest release so far. "There's things that we have on all BREAKING BENJAMIN albums that are heavy, and I thin...

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Watch DEE SNIDER And TARJA TURUNEN Perform With Finnish Christmas Rock Project RASKASTA JOULUA

Dee Snider (TWISTED SISTER) and Tarja Turunen (NIGHTWISH) are among the guest musicians who performed with Finland's annual, all-star symphonic Christmas rock project RASKASTA JOULUA, which translates to "Heavy Christmas," earlier tonight (Tuesday, December 4) in Rauma, Finland. Fan-filmed video foo...

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SAXON Teases 'Largest, Loudest, Brightest' And 'Most Explosive Show Ever' For 40th Anniversary In 2019

British heavy metal legends SAXON will celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019 with what they promise will be the band's "largest, loudest, brightest, most explosive show ever!" The trek — the details of which will be announced soon — will see the group accompanied by 60 tons of light and sound, an...

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Internal Affairs / Skyline Whispers

While modern rock radio bands are busy mining the early blues-rock of LED ZEPPELIN and younger metal bands are stripping the New Wave of British Heavy Metal songbook for parts, Swedish supergroup THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA scratch an itch for those with nostalgia for a different specific moment in r...

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Way of the Road

At this point in the year of 2018, the modern heavy metal scene is heavily saturated with newer bands throwing back to the sounds of the early 1980s. Scores of bands are aping the riffs and chord progressions popularized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Bay Area thrash, and the heavier ends o...

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SLAYER Performs With Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL For First Time (Video)

Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel made his live debut with SLAYER earlier tonight (Monday, December 3) at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. After the show, Demmel took to his social media sites to write: "Never ha...

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NITA STRAUSS On JILL JANUS's Suicide: 'I Did Not See It Coming'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, says that she was surprised by the death of her THE STARBREAKERS bandmate Jill Janus. Janus, who was also the frontwoman for the California heavy metal band HUNTRESS, passed away on August 14. A longtime sufferer of menta...

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Original MORGOTH Guitarist CARSTEN OTTERBACH Dies After Battle With Multiple Sclerosis

Founding MORGOTH member Carsten Otterbach has died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. The 48-year-old guitarist, who also headed up his own artist management company Direct Management, played on the band's first two EPs, "Resurrection Absurd" (1989) and "The Eternal Fall" (1990),as well a...

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Ex-MACHINE HEAD Guitarist PHIL DEMMEL: 'It's Beyond My Utmost Honor' To Fill In For GARY HOLT On SLAYER Tour

Former MACHINE HEAD and VIO-LENCE guitarist Phil Demmel says that he is "beyond honored" to fill in for Gary Holt on a SLAYER tour. Holt, who also plays with EXODUS, announced on Sunday that he would miss the rest of the current SLAYER European trek in order to return home and be with his dying fat...