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SYSTEM OF A DOWN's SERJ TANKIAN Guests On O.R.K.'s 'Ramagehead' Album

SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has contributed his vocals to a song from O.R.K., featuring Italy's celebrated vocalist, producer and award-winning film score composer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF (lead vocals),KING CRIMSON's Pat Mastelotto (drums),PORCUPINE TREE's Colin Edwin (bass...

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JOHN CYRIIS Resurrects AGENT STEEL: First Festival Appearances Announced, New Album On The Way

Reformed '80s metallers AGENT STEEL, featuring original vocalist John Cyriis, will perform at the Keep It True festival in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany at the end of April and at the Metalheadz Open Air festival on June 1 in Oberndorf am Lech, Germany. According to a press release, Cyriis and his new...

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SWALLOW THE SUN: 'Firelights' Video

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN have released the official music video for a new song called "Firelights". The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light", which will be released on January 25. The disc was inspired by the tragi...

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INCITE Joined by SIX FEET UNDER's CHRIS BARNES on New Song 'Poisoned By Power' (Audio)

INCITE, the Phoenix, Arizona-based band fronted by SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson Richie Cavalera, will release its fifth full-length album, "Built To Destroy", on January 25 via Minus Head Records. Produced by Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SUICIDE SILENCE) and mastered by Chris "...

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STATUS QUO: 'Over And Done' Book To Feature Foreword By JOHN COGHLAN

Wymer Publishing will release the new STATUS QUO book "Over And Done" on April 11. The hardback book comes in a block foil denim blue presentation box with a set of five prints. "Over And Done" is a lavish, coffee-table-style book that is a celebration of the classic QUO lineup of Francis Rossi, Ric...

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BIFF BYFORD Says A Lot Of SAXON Fans Still Buy Band's Physical Product

SAXON frontman Biff Byford was recently interviewed by Italy's Metalforce. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the decline in digital music sales as the music business inches closer to an access-over-ownership model, Biff said: "My son's in a band, and they're streaming their new EP. So...

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SWALLOW THE SUN Releases 'Upon The Water' Single From 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' Album

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN have released a new song called "Upon The Water". The track, which was inspired by the tragic death of South African singer Aleah Liane Stanbridge, is taken from the band's upcoming album, "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light", which wil...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS Feat. JON SCHAFFER And HANSI KÜRSCH: Long-Awaited Third Album To Arrive In January 2020

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, is tentatively planning to release its long-awaited third album in January 2020. Schaffer spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2005's "Touched By The Cri...

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KURDT VANDERHOOF Says METAL CHURCH Would Have Probably Changed Its Name Had MIKE HOWE Not Returned

Scotty J of Rock Titan recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof of West Coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On getting vocalist Mike Howe to rejoin METAL CHURCH in 2016: Kurdt: "It w...

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POUNDER Feat. CARCASS, EXHUMED Members: 'Uncivilized' Album Due In February

Hells Headbangers has set a February 22, 2019 release date for POUNDER's debut album, "Uncivilized", on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. POUNDER specializes in dealing out classic heavy metal tunes, expertly crafted and executed, drawing from their NWOBHM influences with hints of early '80s...

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A&R Executive Who 'Discovered' METALLICA: 'That Signing Helped Change The Face Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal'

Michael Alago, the New York City native who signed METALLICA to Elektra three and a half decades ago, spoke to the "Juliet: Unexpected" podcast about what it was about the James Hetfield-fronted group that initially caught his attention. "Well, I [was] out every night as an A&R person," Alago said (...

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SAXON Teases 'Largest, Loudest, Brightest' And 'Most Explosive Show Ever' For 40th Anniversary In 2019

British heavy metal legends SAXON will celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019 with what they promise will be the band's "largest, loudest, brightest, most explosive show ever!" The trek — the details of which will be announced soon — will see the group accompanied by 60 tons of light and sound, an...

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Internal Affairs / Skyline Whispers

While modern rock radio bands are busy mining the early blues-rock of LED ZEPPELIN and younger metal bands are stripping the New Wave of British Heavy Metal songbook for parts, Swedish supergroup THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA scratch an itch for those with nostalgia for a different specific moment in r...

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Way of the Road

At this point in the year of 2018, the modern heavy metal scene is heavily saturated with newer bands throwing back to the sounds of the early 1980s. Scores of bands are aping the riffs and chord progressions popularized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Bay Area thrash, and the heavier ends o...

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NITA STRAUSS On JILL JANUS's Suicide: 'I Did Not See It Coming'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, says that she was surprised by the death of her THE STARBREAKERS bandmate Jill Janus. Janus, who was also the frontwoman for the California heavy metal band HUNTRESS, passed away on August 14. A longtime sufferer of menta...