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KING DIAMOND: First Trailer For 'The Institute' Album

The first trailer for KING DIAMOND's first studio album in 12 years, "The Institute", is available below. The disc will be released in 2020 via Metal Blade Records. KING DIAMOND's namesake frontman comments: "For reasons unknown to you, it is clear that you have no way of making it to 'The Institute...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR Says Politicians Who Blame Music And Video Games For Mass Shootings Are 'Idiots'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has once again pushed back against comments from politicians linking the most recent spate of mass shootings to popular culture. Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump called for curbing "gruesome and grisly video games" that contribute to a "culture of violence"...

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SLIPKNOT's CLOWN On Politicians Blaming Popular Culture For Mass Shootings: 'It's Because They Don't Know What The Hell They're Doing'

SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan has followed singer Corey Taylor's lead in pushing back against comments from politicians linking the most recent spate of mass shootings to popular culture. Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump called for curbing "gruesome and grisly video games"...

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SLIPKNOT's COREY TAYLOR: 'There Are Too Many F**king Guns In America'

SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor has pushed back against comments from politicians linking the most recent spate of mass shootings to popular culture. In televised remarks from the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump called for curbing "gruesome and grisly video games" that contribute to a "...

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TOMMY LEE To DONALD TRUMP: 'Wake The F**k Up'

Tommy Lee has slammed President Donald Trump for citing video games as one of the reasons behind mass shootings in the US. The MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer's criticism comes just a day after back-to-back shootings in the United States left at least 29 dead and 53 injured in Texas and Ohio on August 3 and Aug...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About Making Of 'Mechanix' Song For 'Death By Design' Graphic Novel (Video)

MEGADETH's 35th-anniversary greatest-hits compilation, "Warheads On Foreheads", is accompanied by a 350-page graphic anthology, featuring comic book stories inspired by the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled "Death By Design", features stories written and illustrated by top talent from th...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Talks About Making Of 'Rattlehead' Song For 'Death By Design' Graphic Novel (Video)

MEGADETH's 35th-anniversary greatest-hits compilation, "Warheads On Foreheads", is accompanied by a 350-page graphic anthology, featuring comic book stories inspired by the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled "Death By Design", features stories written and illustrated by top talent from th...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE To Sign Copies Of 'Death By Design' Graphic Novel At San Diego's COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL

According to Bleeding Cool, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine will sign copies of the band's graphic novel, "Death By Design", at the Heavy Metal magazine booth #1529 at San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 on Sunday, July 21 between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Only 400 copies of the book will be availab...

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KING DIAMOND Performs New Song, 'Masquerade Of Madness', At GRASPOP METAL MEETING (Video)

KING DIAMOND played a brand new song, "Masquerade Of Madness", live for the second time during its June 22 concert at Graspop Metal Meeting in Dessel, Belgium. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. This past March, King Diamond told Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated...

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KING DIAMOND Performs New Song, 'Masquerade Of Madness', At HELLFEST (Video)

KING DIAMOND played a brand new song, "Masquerade Of Madness", live for the first time during its June 21 concert at Hellfest in Clisson, France. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. This past March, King Diamond told Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show tha...

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From Ozzy Osbourne's iconic cry, "Oh no, please god, help me!" onwards, heavy metal has always been primarily concerned with confronting horrors, both real and imagined. The genre's close, almost symbiotic relationship with horror literature and film hardly needs restating here, but there is a world...

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MARDUK Guitarist On Whether He Owns Pieces Of MAYHEM Singer DEAD's Brain And Skull: 'That's Old News'

MARDUK guitarist and founding member Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson confirmed several years ago that he owns pieces of MAYHEM vocalist Per "Dead" Ohlin's brain and skull, adding yet another layer to one of black metal's most infamous and enduring stories. MAYHEM's reputation has been brought back into...

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KING DIAMOND's Next Two Albums Will Tell 'Gruesome' Story: 'It's Gonna Be Very Creepy,' He Says

King Diamond was interviewed on the March 22-24 edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. You can now listen to the chat using the Podbean widget below. A couple of excerpts follow. Full Metal Jackie: Since your last studio album, you underwent very serious heart surgery and y...

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NOCTURNUS AD To Release 'Paradox' Album In May

NOCTURNUS AD will release its debut album, "Paradox", on May 24 via Profound Lore Records. Resurrected from the ashes of influential death metal band NOCTURNUS, NOCTURNUS AD was initiated by founding mastermind/death metal legend Mike Browning (also co-founder of MORBID ANGEL). His intention? To con...

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Death Metal Fans Are 'Nice People'

According to BBC News, the song "Eaten" from the death metal supergroup BLOODBATH was used in a psychological test by Macquarie University's music lab. The university concluded that neither the cannibalism-themed track — nor the gruesome lyrics of others of the genre — inspire violence. Thirty-two s...