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Wolves Of Thelema

They are definitely not the first heavy metal act to sing about Aleister Crowley, but at this point in time, CARONTE are easily the most effective. "Wolves of Thelema" is the Italians' fourth full-length album and the audible culmination of a steady evolution that has seen them mutate from relativel...

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AARON STAINTHORPE Says He Considered Asking MY DYING BRIDE To Get Another Vocalist In Wake Of Daughter's Cancer Diagnosis

Frontman Aaron Stainthorpe of U.K. doom metal veterans MY DYING BRIDE says he considered asking guitarist Andrew Craighan to get a temporary replacement for him in the aftermath of his young daughter's cancer scare just so the band could finish its 13th studio album. In September 2018, Stainthorpe...

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KVELERTAK: Making Of 'Splid' Album Part One (Video)

Norwegian rockers KVELERTAK will release their new album, "Splid", on February 14, 2020 via Rise Records. The follow-up to 2016's "Nattesferd" will mark the band's first release since the departure of longtime frontman Erlend Hjelvik and addition of Ivar Nikolaisen. The first in a series of videos f...

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WINO To Release New Solo Album, 'Forever Gone'

Ripple Music has announced the signing of doom metal icon Scott "Wino" Weinrich. Wino's new solo album will launch Ripple's new "Blood and Strings" series, in which some of the most admired names in riff-rock and metal unplug to record albums of acoustic heaviness. Ripple Music will release Wino's...

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CANDLEMASS To Headline Houston's HELL'S HEROES III Festival

On Saturday, April 18, 2020, a worldwide contingent of music fans will convene at Houston's White Oak Music Hall as Pegstar Concerts presents the third annual Hell's Heroes festival. The all-day music fest will showcase a hand-picked selection of international underground metal bands that includes b...

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CANDLEMASS, ENTOMBED A.D., HAMMERFALL, OPETH Among GRAMMIS Awards Nominees

CANDLEMASS, ENTOMBED A.D., HAMMERFALL, OPETH and THE FLOWER KINGS are the five final nominees that are competing for the "Best Hard Rock/Metal" honor at the Swedish Grammis awards (Swedish Grammy equivalent),which will be held February 6, 2020 at Annexet in Stockholm. The bands are all nominated fo...

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Demon Solar Totem

Anything or anyone that encourages people to listen to more interesting forms of heavy music has got to be a good thing. That seems to be the theory that motivates Mat McNerney — also known as Kvohst – whose presence on THE DEATHTRIP's second album makes perfect sense and will doubtless, and quite r...

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A Pyrrhic Existence

If you've ever wondered who the heaviest band of all time is, you might want to consider ESOTERIC as strong contenders for the title. If not the inventors of funeral doom metal, then certainly the band that have taken the genre furthest into the fathomless cosmos. The Brits have amassed a substantia...

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Universal Death Church

The musical nihilists known as LORD MANTIS were, by all accounts, considered a done deal in 2016. That's when founding member and percussionist Bill Bumgardner tragically committed suicide. But the unlikely and very much desired reunion came to fruition once vocalist/bassist Charlie Fell and guitari...

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Edge Of Existence

SILVERTOMB has risen from the ashes of TYPE O NEGATIVE and, more recently, SEVENTH VOID. Half of the drab four, vocalist/guitarist Kenny Hickey and drummer Johnny Kelly, stand at the core of the New York-based act. The pair has jammed together since they were kids. Their tight bond both musically an...

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DELAIN's CHARLOTTE WESSELS: 'I Was Totally Bewitched By KATE BUSH As A Kid'

In an interview with Kel from the "Kel-n-Rich Show", frontwoman Charlotte Wessels of Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN professed her admiration for British artist Kate Bush. The enigmatic Bush established herself as one of the U.K.'s leading female singers in the late '70s and '80s in large part beca...

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GREG MACKINTOSH Says There's 'A Lot Of Quite Eclectic Stuff' On Next PARADISE LOST Album

Josh Rundquist of That Drummer Guy recently conducted an interview with guitarist Greg Mackintosh of British gothic doom metal pioneers PARADISE LOST. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his new side project STRIGOI, which also feature...

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Read Excerpt From PARADISE LOST's Official Book, 'No Celebration'

Decibel Books has posted an excerpt from "No Celebration: The Official Story Of Paradise Lost", which can be read below. The excerpt heavily features Music For Nations founder Martin Hooker, who passed away last month. Authored by American writer David E. Gehlke, "No Celebration" chronicles the Brit...

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DELAIN To Release 'Apocalypse & Chill' Album In February

Dutch symphonic metallers DELAIN will release their new full-length album, "Apocalypse & Chill", on February 7, 2020 via Napalm Records. The disc explores topics of impending doom and human indifference, making this the band's boldest, most daring and undeniable offering yet. Brutal riffs, synth...

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KVELERTAK To Release 'Splid' Album In February

Rise Records has announced the signing of Norwegian rockers KVELERTAK. The band will release its new album, "Splid", on February 14, 2020. The follow-up to 2016's "Nattesferd" will mark the band's first release since the departure of longtime frontman Erlend Hjelvik and addition of Ivar Nikolaisen....