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Thrash Metal Veterans VIO-LENCE, WHIPLASH And ARTILLERY To Team Up For European Tour This Fall

VIO-LENCE will team up with fellow thrash metal veterans WHIPLASH and ARTILLERY for the European "MTV Headbangers Ball Tour 2022" this fall. The trek will kick off on November 23 in Amersfoort, Netherlands and end on December 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden. One more band will be added to the bill at a late...
March 4, 2022
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X JAPAN's YOSHIKI Donates $87,000 To Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Assistance Fund

Japan's legendary rock star Yoshiki, who currently resides in Los Angeles, donated 10 million yen (approximately $87,000) to the Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Emergency Assistance Fund and is calling for his worldwide fans to donate as well. Together with his fans, they have raised $500,000 in under 2...
March 2, 2022
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JESSE LEACH Shares Two New 'Atonement' 2022 Tour Video Blogs

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE singer Jesse Leach, whose band kicked off a headlining tour on January 28 at Stage AE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has uploaded two new installments of his YouTube tour blog in which he reflected on the last couple of weeks of the trek. Support on the KILLSWITCH ENGAGE tour is comi...
March 1, 2022
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Let There Be Witchery

Cleveland speed demon Athenar, the one-man force behind the studio recordings released under the name MIDNIGHT, built that name in the decade following its mid-2000's formation by piling layers of sleaze, grime, and filth on top of blackened riffs cribbed from VENOM and MOTORHEAD's playbooks. This f...
February 28, 2022
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CANNIBAL CORPSE Drummer Says 'It's A Complete Compliment' Being Called The 'MOTÖRHEAD Of Death Metal'

In a new interview with the "Metal Mayhem" podcast, CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer and founding member Paul Mazurkiewicz was asked if he takes it as a compliment when his band is referred to as the "MOTÖRHEAD of death metal," as was the case in a recent review in the U.K. magazine Kerrang! He responded (as...
February 25, 2022
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Watch: JOURNEY Performs In Philadelphia During 'Freedom' 2022 U.S. Tour

JOURNEY played the second show of its U.S. "Freedom" tour with TOTO last night (Wednesday, February 23) at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. JOURNEY's current touring lineup features bassist Todd Jensen, a veteran musician wh...
February 24, 2022
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Colossal Gods

It may not be instantly obvious what a "grand electric skull" is, but by the end of the opening track on COBRA THE IMPALER's debut album, most discerning listeners will definitely want one. This Belgian mob have the perfect post-millennial metal sound: thunderous, melodic and proudly progressive, it...
February 24, 2022
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VIO-LENCE Hopes To Record Another EP By The Fall

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE will release their new EP, "Let The World Burn", on March 4 via Metal Blade Records. The five-song collection, VIO-LENCE's first original release since 1993's "Nothing To Gain", was tracked at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California by Juan Urteaga (MACHINE...
February 24, 2022
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Early Recordings From METALLICA And RATT Featured On 'Metal Massacre Volume One' 40th-Anniversary Vinyl Reissue

Marking its 40th anniversary this year, Metal Blade Records will make its debut release, "Metal Massacre Volume One", available for the first time since 1984 on limited-edition vinyl. Originally released on June 14, 1982, "Metal Massacre" showcased the best of Los Angeles's unsigned acts of the time...
February 23, 2022
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Watch: CANNIBAL CORPSE Fans Chant 'F**k CHRIS BARNES' At Reading Concert

A group of CANNIBAL CORPSE fans at the band's concert in Pennsylvania shouted an insulting epithet for the band's former frontman Chris Barnes, apparently inspired by his recent comment that he "despises" what the death metal genre has become. Last month, Barnes — who exited CANNIBAL CORPSE in 1995,...
February 23, 2022
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AMON AMARTH Releases Ode To Epic Viking Row With New Single 'Put Your Back Into The Oar'

Acclaimed Viking overlords and modern masters of heavy metal AMON AMARTH have today revealed their brand new, pulverizing single "Put Your Back Into The Oar", an ode to the epic Viking row. The standalone single was recorded and mixed in January 2021 at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden with prod...
February 17, 2022
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JOURNEY Announces New Album, 'Freedom'

Legendary rockers JOURNEY have set "Freedom" as the title of their long-awaited new album, to be released later in the year. Founding JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon shared the news of the LP's title and track listing in an Instagram post earlier today (Wednesday, February 16). He wrote in an accompany...
February 16, 2022
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SEAN KILLIAN Believes ROBB FLYNN Would Play With VIO-LENCE Again 'If The Moment Was Right'

Sean Killian says that he believes Robb Flynn would play with VIO-LENCE again "if the moment was right." Although Flynn was part of VIO-LENCE's classic incarnation and played on the band's debut album, "Eternal Nightmare", the longtime MACHINE HEAD frontman wasn't approached about taking part in VIO...
February 15, 2022
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VIO-LENCE Releases Official Music Video For 'Let The World Burn'

San Francisco Bay Area thrashers VIO-LENCE have released the official music video for "Let The World Burn", the title track of their upcoming EP. The five-song collection, their first original release since 1993's "Nothing To Gain", will be available worldwide on March 4 via Metal Blade Records. "Le...
February 14, 2022
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AMON AMARTH Teases New Single/Video 'Put Your Back Into The Oar'

Sweden's celebrated Viking overlords and undisputed modern masters of epic heavy metal AMON AMARTH will release a new single and video, "Put Your Back Into The Oar", this Thursday, February 17. A teaser for the clip is available below. AMON AMARTH will team up with MACHINE HEAD for the "Vikings And...
February 14, 2022