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CHUCK BILLY Shares How A New Drummer, Black Metal And A Ballad Allowed TESTAMENT To 'Let It Flow' On 'Para Bellum'

By David E. Gehlke There has been much ado about new TESTAMENT drummer Chris Dovas since his 2023 entrance into the veteran Bay Area thrashers. Tasked with following the legendary drummers Gene Hoglan and Dave Lombardo, Dovas's youth and energy were quickly hailed by TESTAMENT lead conspirators Chuc...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of 'Mother Earth' Album; 'Ice Queen (Acoustic)' Due Later This Month

Dutch symphonic metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION will celebrate the 25th anniversary of their second album, 2000's "Mother Earth", over the coming months. The "very first chapter of this journey" is a newly recorded acoustic version of "Ice Queen", the original LP's second single, which was the band's co...

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BEHEMOTH, DIMMU BORGIR And DARK FUNERAL Announce October 2026 European Tour

In October 2026, two of the most influential forces in extreme metal join together for a monumental live assault: BEHEMOTH and DIMMU BORGIR will embark on the "In League With Satan" co-headline tour, storming across Europe. As special guests, the Swedish black metal icons DARK FUNERAL will add even...

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AMON AMARTH Announces October/November 2026 European Tour With ORBIT CULTURE And SOILWORK

Sweden's Viking metal titans AMON AMARTH have announced a huge string of live dates that'll see them splitting oceans and rowing their way through Europe in autumn 2026. The all-Swede invasion includes ransacking support from modern death metal up and comers ORBIT CULTURE and classic melodic death m...

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Director of Upcoming KISS Biopic 'Shout It Out Loud' Says Band's Story Is 'The Ultimate Rock N' Roll Fantasy'

On November 15, during the "KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas" event at Las Vegas' Virgin Hotels resort and casino complex, director McG (full name: Joseph McGinty Nichol) and producer Mark Canton discussed the forthcoming KISS "biopic" "Shout It Out Loud". McG — a former music producer and music vid...

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Watch: SABATON Debuts Massive New Stage Show At First Concert Of 'The Legendary Tour'

Swedish metallers SABATON kicked off their "The Legendary Tour" Friday night (November 14) at Lanxess Arena in Cologne, (or Köln in German),Germany. The band teased the 20-city European trek as "a huge celebration of SABATON's music, storytelling and the incredible bond they share with their fans",...

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EPICA's December 2025 Asian Tour Postponed Due To SIMONE SIMONS's Health

EPICA's previously announced Asian tour, which was scheduled to take place in early December 2025, has been postponed to September 2026. Earlier today (Tuesday, November 11),EPICA released the following statement via social media: "With great regret, we must inform you that we have had to reschedul...

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WITHIN TEMPTATION's RUUD JOLIE Explains How He Got IRON MAIDEN's STEVE HARRIS To Write Foreword For His Book

WITHIN TEMPTATION guitarist Ruud Jolie has released a book, "In Spotlight And Shadow: My Road Trip With Within Temptation", featuring a foreword by IRON MAIDEN's Steve Harris and a heartfelt afterword by WITHIN TEMPTATION singer Sharon Den Adel. WITHIN TEMPTATION states: "For over two decades, Ruud...

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SIRENIA Releases Music Video For New Single 'Nightside Den'

Symphonic metallers SIRENIA have released the official music video for "Nightside Den", the first single from the band's upcoming album, "Amanita Messis". The follow-up 2023's "1977" picks up the trail where the previous LP left off, with SIRENIA continuing to deliver melodic and catchy metal with a...

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SIRENIA Releases 'Nightside Den' Single From Upcoming 'Amanita Messis' Album

Symphonic metallers SIRENIA have released "Nightside Den", the first single from the band's upcoming album, "Amanita Messis". The follow-up 2023's "1977" picks up the trail where the previous LP left off, with SIRENIA continuing to deliver melodic and catchy metal with a symphonic vibe. True to the...

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SHARON DEN ADEL On WITHIN TEMPTATION's Political Lyrics: 'It's Important For A Band To Take A Stand'

In an August 2025 interview with Germany's Rock Antenne, Sharon Den Adel of Dutch metallers WITHIN TEMPTATION was asked what the response has been like from the band's fans to WITHIN TEMPTATION members voicing their political views in some of their recently released songs, including "Wireless" and t...

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MARK JANSEN Says EPICA Splits Songwriting Credits Equally Within The Band: 'Everybody Gets The Same' Amount Of Money

In a new interview with Panama's Café Rock, EPICA guitarist/vocalist Mark Jansen was asked if writing the material for the group's ninth studio album, "Aspiral", in a series of camps with his bandmates and producer changed the way they create and connect as a band. He responded (as transcribed by BL...

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SHARON DEN ADEL: How WITHIN TEMPTATION Found Commercial Success

In an interview with Paolo Phoenix of Magenta TV conducted at this month's Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany, WITHIN TEMPTATION frontwoman Sharon Den Adel was asked how she and her bandmates have managed to create songs that are so catchy that "even mainstream people can't resist it". She...

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EPICA's SIMONE SIMONS On Her Introduction To Symphonic Metal: 'I Thought It Was Magical'

In a new interview with Brazil's Gustavo Maiato, EPICA singer Simone Simons was asked if she was "already a fan" of the symphonic metal genre before the making of the band's debut album, 2003's "The Phantom Agony". She responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yes. Yeah, I was. Before I knew...

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Opvs Noir Vol. 1

LORD OF THE LOST have become one of the biggest goth metal bands on the planet, with a huge following in their native Germany, and an increasing presence elsewhere. Recent albums have gone stratospheric at home, and an appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 did nothing to harm the band's...