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Shadow Work

There are certain, unavoidable consequences to being a humble, unpretentious band. DESPISED ICON could, if their Canadian identities would allow it, be extremely arrogant about their position in deathcore's unwritten hierarchy. Whether or not they were the first to fully express the genre is a moot...

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Chama

Everybody loves Max Cavalera. For those who didn't get the memo, the Brazilian's contribution to the metal world over the last 40 years has been vast and far-reaching. From his days in SEPULTURA to his relentless metal mission with SOULFLY and an assortment of other noisy bastards, he has consistent...

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Watch: Ex-EXODUS Singer STEVE 'ZETRO' SOUZA Plays First-Ever Solo Concert

Former EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza played his first solo concert ever last night (Friday, September 26) at the Brass Mug in Tampa, Florida. Backing Souza on stage at the gig — billed simply as ZETRO — were the following musicians: * Zakk Frye (SLIKK WIKKED) - Rythm Guitar/Backup Vocals * Kyle...

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New Gods, New Masters

Nearly 20 years have passed since David Davidson adopted a new name for his burgeoning metal band, swapping CRYPTIC WARNING for the more succinct and strident REVOCATION. Since then, the guitarist's vision has been laid out for all to see: merciless, thrash-powered death metal with a strong technica...

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Amen

For all its glittering delights, modern metal is still often plagued by the tawdry efforts of the unimaginative. An obvious antidote to all that, IGORRR may have been a bit too deranged and genre-phobic over the years for most mainstream metal fans to cope with, but for anyone who demands that their...

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See First Trailer For New HULU Heavy Metal Docuseries 'Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal'

The first trailer for "Into The Void: Life, Death & Heavy Metal", a new eight-part docuseries premiering on Hulu on September 22, can be seen below. "Into The Void" explores the epic struggles and the cultural impacts made by heavy metal's most compelling artists. Their intensely personal storie...

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I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me

The deathcore tag can be as divisive as any in a now confusingly broad metal world. But when bands have the self-evident originality and ingenuity that has propelled LORNA SHORE over the last few years, arguing over subgenre nomenclature is a total waste of time. After a handful of well-received and...

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We Demand A Permanent State Of Happiness

Life is chaos. People are getting more stupid by the day. So-called civilized society is irrevocably fucked. Rising above the noise is virtually impossible. And that's where DEAF CLUB come in. Motivated by a collective desire to drown out their own tinnitus, and the moronic bleatings of mankind, the...

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Origins Of Aggression

If the UK thrash metal scene of the 1980s was a story of underachievement, its most prominent bands were still every bit the equal of their international counterparts. Originally waist deep in hardcore punk, ONSLAUGHT eschewed both the pagan fury of SABBAT and the Bay Area bombast of XENTRIX, favori...

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DEADGUY Announces First Album In 30 Years

After DEADGUY pulled a Lazarus, the infamous metalcore pioneers reunited on stage to prove that a few decades of dust couldn't keep them from tearing into audiences like old times. But there's a big difference between playing the classics for nostalgic fans and risking your legacy with a new album....

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Übercode Œuvre

Strap your brains in, folks. This going to be a mind-fuck for the ages. Germany's premier exponents of virtuoso jazz metal have been making astonishing records for a long time. From the ultra-progressive madness of early albums like 2008's "Starke Stucke", through to mutant metal monoliths like "Bre...

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Mid Death Crisis

Still voluntarily lost in the depths of a persona he first adopted at least 30 years ago, WEDNESDAY 13 knows exactly who he is. Pitch-black humor remains one of his most effective weapons, but in keeping with the darker, heavier spirit of his last few albums, "Mid Death Crisis" is also no laughing m...

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Hierarchies

To the untrained ear, death metal may not seem like a genre blessed with endless possibilities. But bands like HIERARCHIES think differently. Bands like this yawn, stretch and idly flex their creative muscles, producing music that teeters precariously and exhilaratingly on the edge of insanity, leav...

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Edifice Of Vicissitudes

It may have started with relatively high-profile bands like SUFFOCATION and CRYPTOPSY, but brutal death metal has long since transcended its origins and marched down the left-hand path towards something darker, nastier, more brutal and more gleefully twisted. Over the last couple of decades, a signi...

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Highly Irresponsible

For metal fans of a certain disposition, BETTER LOVERS could hardly be more perfect, at least as an idea. A relatively low-key supergroup featuring vocalist Greg Puciato (ex-DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN),&nbsp guitarists Jordan Buckley (ex-EVERY TIME I DIE) and Will Putney (FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY),&nbsp drumme...