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AVANTASIA Releases New Single 'Misplaced Among The Angels' Featuring NIGHTWISH's FLOOR JANSEN

EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet's AVANTASIA project will release its ninth album, "A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society", on October 21 via Nuclear Blast. The disc will be the follow-up to "Moonglow", which came out in 2019. The official lyric video for the LP's third single, "Misplaced Amo...

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Watch Former EXODUS Singer ROB DUKES Perform 'Toxic Waltz' In Akron

Former EXODUS singer Rob Dukes performed the band's classic song "Toxic Waltz" on August 2 at the Empire Concert Club And Bar in Akron, Ohio. He was backed by members of his current group GENERATION KILL as well as musicians from DEAD BY WEDNESDAY, which is providing support on the "Generation Dead"...

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AIRBOURNE Frontman On Importance Of Small Music Venues: 'If You Kill That, Then You Kill The Future Of Rock And Roll'

Guitarist and vocalist Joel O'Keeffe of Australian hard rockers AIRBOURNE was interviewed by Janne Innanfors of the Rock Klassiker radio station when his band supported IRON MAIDEN on July 22 at Ullevi stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. One of the topics they discussed was that the fact that the pandemi...

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Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Says EXODUS Would Have To Be Included In Expanded 'Big Four'

In a brand new interview with Yes! You CAN Play Guitar!, former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked if the so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — were ever expanded to a "Big Five," who would get the extra slot. He responded (as transcribed by BL...

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SOULFLY's MAX CAVALERA Says MARC RIZZO 'Soap Opera' Added 'Anger' And 'Fire' To 'Totem' Album

SOULFLY will release its twelfth album, "Totem", on August 5 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2018's "Ritual" was recorded at Platinum Underground in Mesa, Arizona by John Aquilino and Arthur Rizk with assistance from John Powers. Produced by frontman Max Cavalera alongside Arthur Rizk (KREATOR,...

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BLACK FLAG And MADBALL Among Confirmed Artists For WHEN WE WERE HUNGRY Festival

What started as a meme created by MODERN DAY ESCAPE bassist and songwriter William Wenz about hosting a festival in a Denny's parking lot turned to reality as he created the When We Were Hungry festival alongside co-founder/director and artist manager Mal Levy. The inaugural event will take place in...

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BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Says He Has Become 'The Biggest METALLICA Fan', Calls LARS ULRICH 'An Amazing Human Being'

In a new interview with Sweden's Rock Sverige, BEHEMOTH frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski was asked what METALLICA has meant to him throughout the years. He responded: "Fucking hell, man. I mean, I remember when I was a kid, I wasn't the biggest METALLICA fan. I was more of a [IRON] MAIDEN fan and SODOM...

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MAX CAVALERA wasn't joking when he gave his post-SEPULTURA band such a wide-eyed and hopeful name. SOULFLY have now been around for a quarter of a century, and if the band can be defined by anything, it is that they have been in a constant state of delighted evolution. From those early days when eve...

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MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN On 'Of Kingdom And Crown': 'Most Of This Record Was Written At Three In The Morning'

In a new interview with El Cuartel Del Metal, MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn spoke about the lyrical inspiration for the band's tenth studio album, "Of Kingdom And Crown", which will be released on August 26 via Nuclear Blast/Imperium Recordings. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The...

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Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON: 'Rock Iconz' Collectible Statue Coming From KnuckleBonz

KnuckleBonz, Inc. and the Cliff Burton estate have announced a Cliff Burton KnuckleBonz limited-edition collectible statue, with a portion of all proceeds going to the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Fund for rising youth musicians. Pre-sales now available at knucklebonz.com; only 3,000 available wor...

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Did Grunge Kill 1980s Heavy Metal? PEARL JAM's STONE GOSSARD Weighs In

In a new interview with Andrew Daly of VWMusic, PEARL JAM guitarist Stone Gossard was asked for his take on the long-running narrative that grunge killed the career of many hard rock and heavy metal musicians. He replied: "I think there's always renewal in the world, and with that renewal, comes new...

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DEE SNIDER Blasts Retroactive Censorship: 'You Can't Change The Past'

In a May 2022 interview with Spain's Hellpress, TWISTED SISTER frontman Dee Snider, who was famously called to testify before the U.S. Senate against the proposition to have warning labels be placed on albums deemed "offensive" to listeners, once again spoke about the rise of political correctness i...

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Watch Pro-Shot Video Of METALLICA Performing 'Bleeding Me' At Denmark's COPENHELL

Professionally filmed video of METALLICA performing the song "Bleeding Me" on June 15 at the Copenhell festival at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen, Denmark can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Whiplash 02. Creeping Death 03. Enter Sandman 04. Harvester Of Sorrow 05. Trapped Under Ice...

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Watch EXODUS Perform With THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Guitarist BRANDON ELLIS At Italy's LUPPOLO IN ROCK Festival

Fan-filmed video of EXODUS's July 17 performance at the Luppolo In Rock at Parco Ex Colonie Padane in Cremona, Italy can be seen below. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves) 02. A Lesson In Violence 03. Blood In, Blood Out 04. The Years Of Death An...

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MUSE Explores 'Modern Metal' Sound With New Single 'Kill Or Be Killed'

Grammy Award-winning English rock band MUSE has shared another new song, "Kill Or Be Killed", ahead of the "Will Of The People" album release on August 26. Featuring granite-heavy riffs, industrial production flourishes and an expansive, off-kilter prog structure, the track is one of the band’s heav...