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Symphonique

For most of the last 40 years, VOIVOD have been the progressive metal gift that keeps on giving. Perpetually ahead of the game, they have weathered every obstacle and pitfall imaginable to arrive at this point, and it seems only fitting that this most adventurous and free-thinking band should celebr...

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Bridge To Resolution

NAPALM DEATH is one of the most important bands in extreme music history and the band's longtime bassist, Shane Embury, is one of the most important musicians and songwriters who have helped to pave the way for the chaotic sounds that have defined grind, death metal, black metal and beyond. Shane an...

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'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' Makers To Commemorate Film's 40th Anniversary With Special Screening

On May 31,1986, emerging filmmakers John Heyn and Jeff Krulik drove into the parking lot of the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland — and into pop culture history — when they caught lightning in a bottle recording amped-up JUDAS PRIEST fans before a concert. Nobody could have imagined that 40 years...

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Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin

The phrase "alternative rock" has become almost entirely redundant over the last 20 years, thanks to a relentless stream of bands and artists with clear commercial intentions, and to a rock / metal media that is often hell-bent on getting really cozy with the pop world. But don't let other people's...

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EMINENCE Shares Music Video For New Single 'Silent March' Featuring SEPULTURA's ANDREAS KISSER

Brazilian metallers EMINENCE reached a definitive career milestone in 2025 by traveling to Denmark's legendary AntFarm Studios to fulfill a long-held dream: recording on European soil. This journey was the culmination of a powerhouse partnership with world-renowned producer Tue Madsen, resulting in...

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The Moth

Many years in the making and very much subject to the restless whims of its creator, "The Moth" is a determinedly off-kilter entry in Devin Towsend's increasingly monolithic catalogue. The long-awaited studio incarnation of a project that he took to the stage in March 2025, to great acclaim and not...

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KAMELOT Announces New Album 'Dark Asylum'

International symphonic metal legends KAMELOT — renowned for their infectious melodies, cinematic storytelling, and electrifying live performances — return with their haunting new album, "Dark Asylum", arriving August 28, 2026 via Napalm Records. Now 14 albums deep into a genre-defining career — inc...

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DEVIN TOWNSEND Says He Landed In A 'Weird Kind Of Existential Quandary' After Completing 'The Moth'

In a new interview with Loud & Clear With Belgian Jasper, Canadian metal maverick Devin Townsend was asked what he is planning to do next, creatively speaking, following the release of his ambitious, orchestral metal opus "The Moth" on May 29 via InsideOut Music. He responded  (as transcribed by...

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Watch: SOLITUDE AETURNUS Performs With Guest Vocalist JASON MCMASTER At 2026 MARYLAND DEATHFEST

Long-running Texas-based doom metallers SOLITUDE AETURNUS performed at this year's Maryland Deathfest on May 21 in Baltimore, Maryland. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Will Bozarth / VLOGJAMMIN'). SOLITUDE AETURNUS's lineup for this year's Maryland Deathfest included s...

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MASTERPLAN Shares Music Video For 'The Call' From Upcoming 'Metalmorphosis' Album

Power metal veterans MASTERPLAN, who are led by former HELLOWEEN guitarist Roland Grapow, will release their new studio album, "Metalmorphosis", on June 26, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl. The official music video for the LP's fourth single, "The Call", can be seen below. Grapow commented: "'The Call'...

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DIMMU BORGIR Releases Music Video For 'As Seen In The Unseen' From 'Grand Serpent Rising' Album

Norwegian symphonic black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have released a cinematic music video for "As Seen In The Unseen", the latest single from their new album, "Grand Serpent Rising", which arrives today (Friday, May 22) via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden with acclaimed producer F...

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ALBERT BOUCHARD, Founding Member Of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, Releases Second Interactive 'Imaginos II' Graphic Novel

Albert Bouchard is best known as a founding member of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT. The band's original lineup sold millions of albums for Columbia Records, with such classic songs as "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" and the No. 1 hit on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart "Burning For You". Bouchard contributed to s...

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CHRIS POLAND: 'I Like All The Different Versions Of MEGADETH'

In a new interview with Omar Rodriguez of The Metal Mixtape, former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland was asked if he thinks all the lineup changes the band has gone though in the last four decades, particularly when it comes to lead guitarists, has negatively affected MEGADETH's ability to stay consi...

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YES Shares New Single 'Turnaround Situation' From Upcoming 24th Studio Album 'Aurora'

Progressive rock legends YES will release their 24th studio album, "Aurora", on June 12 via InsideOut Music/Sony Music. The current lineup of YES features guitarist Steve Howe, whose association with YES began in 1970, along with keyboardist Geoff Downes, a member of the 1980 "Drama"-era lineup. Jon...

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GEOFF TATE Releases Official Performance Video For 'The Answer' From 'Operation: Mindcrime III' Album

Ex-QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate has released an official performance video for "The Answer", a song from his just-released third chapter in the band's classic "Operation: Mindcrime" album series, "Operation: Mindcrime III". The clip was filmed on May 16 at The Rose Music Center At The Heights in Hu...