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Rites Of Love And Reverence

Now that synthwave has been fully embraced by the mainstream, thanks as much to STRANGER THINGS as to THE WKND, it feels like a good time to point out that the likes of PERTURBATOR, CARPENTER BRUT and, in particular, GOST were always exceptions to the genre's musical rules. A quick dalliance with th...

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HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS Drops Title Track Of New Album 'The Rain Just Follows Me'

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS has released the emotive title track from their upcoming eighth full-length album, "The Rain Just Follows Me". Singer JT Woodruff commented: "I really wanted to name this album after those lyrics. It perfectly described what I've been going through. During the day, everything seems...

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SKILLET's JOHN COOPER Says His 'Burning Desire To Play Music' Is 'A Calling From God'

In a new interview with "The Paula Faris 'Faith & Calling' Podcast", John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, spoke about his intensely strict religious upbringing where all pop music, black clothes and even Christian rock music was banned. He s...

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WATAIN Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS; New Album Due In 2022

Nuclear Blast Records has announced the signing of the Swedish black metal collective WATAIN. The band has now entered Necromorbus Studios, located inside of a church north of their hometown Uppsala, to record a new album and follow-up to the ferocious 2018 opus "Trident Wolf Eclipse". The new full-...

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OZZY OSBOURNE's 'No More Tears' To Be Celebrated With 30th-Anniversary Expanded Digital Deluxe Edition

More than 30 years after its release, OZZY OSBOURNE's sixth solo album — the Top 10 (#7) and quadruple platinum "No More Tears" — will be celebrated with an expanded digital audio album due out September 17 (Sony). Two special editions — a 2LP black vinyl version and a special yellow and red 2LP vin...

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THE DARKNESS's JUSTIN HAWKINS On Upcoming LP 'Motorheart': 'We Didn't Wanna Make A Lockdown Album'

THE DARKNESS frontman Justin Hawkins spoke to Chaoszine about the band's upcoming album, "Motorheart", set for release on October 15 via Cooking Vinyl. Asked what it was like making an LP during the pandemic, Justin said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The [other] guys [from the band] were wr...

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HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS To Release 'The Rain Just Follows Me' Album In September

HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS have announced their eighth full-length album, "The Rain Just Follows Me", which will be released digitally on September 10, 2021 via Pure Noise Records. The LP will also be released in stores with limited edition vinyl variants on October 22, 2021. "The most unbelievable part of t...

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INSOMNIUM Drops New Single 'The Antagonist', Announces 'Argent Moon' EP

Finnish melodic death metal pioneers INSOMNIUM have released a new single, "The Antagonist". The track, along with previously issued singles "The Conjurer" and "The Reticent", will appear on the band's upcoming EP, "Argent Moon", due on September 17 via Century Media Records. INSOMNIUM frontman Niil...

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TIMES OF GRACE Feat. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Members: 'Mend You' Music Video Released

TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, has released its second album, "Songs of Loss and Separation", via the band's own imprint label, Wicked Good Records, distributed by ADA Worldwide. A decade removed from their debut album "The Hymn Of A Broken Man", it b...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Members Wanted To Show 'A More Personal, Darker Side' On New TIMES OF GRACE Album

TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, will release its second album "Songs Of Loss And Separation", on July 16 via the band's own imprint label, Wicked Good Records, distributed by ADA worldwide. Speaking to Australia's Heavy about the musical direction of t...

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EVANESCENCE's AMY LEE Reflects On Loss Of Her Two Siblings: 'I Will Always Be Their Sister'

During an appearance on the "Hardcore Humanism" podcast, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee reflected on the losses of two of her siblings, sister Bonnie and brother Robby. Bonnie died in 1987 at the age of three from an undisclosed illness, while Robby passed away in 2018 after struggling with severe epile...

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TIMES OF GRACE Feat. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Members: 'Rescue' Music Video Released

TIMES OF GRACE, featuring Adam Dutkiewicz and Jesse Leach of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, will release its second album "Songs Of Loss And Separation", on July 16 via the band's own imprint label, Wicked Good Records, distributed by ADA worldwide. The official music video for the song "Rescue" can be seen bel...

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DAWN FADES To Release 'Ode' Album In September; 'Taste' Music Video Available

While pandemic restrictions impacted every aspect of heavy music, Los Angeles, California post-metal purveyors DAWN FADES refused to be shaken by the uncertainty of the return of live stage shows and tapped deeper into their well of talent to create their next and perhaps most impressive offering ye...

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MAYHEM Drops Visualizer For New Song 'Everlasting Dying Flame'

Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM return this year with an EP called "Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando" with additional material from the "Daemon" session, including a homage to bands that laid the foundation for what was to come. The EP will be released on July 9. The official visualizer for the...

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The Nightmare Of Being

The eternal challenge for a legendary band is to convince fans, both old and new, that new material is intrinsically more exciting and interesting than cherished relics of the past. That may be especially true for AT THE GATES, such is the unassailable status of "Slaughter of the Soul", the band's c...