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AVATAR Announces 'Dance Devil Dance' Album, Shares Title Track

Swedish metallers AVATAR will release their ninth album, "Dance Devil Dance", on February 17 via Thirty Tigers. The NSFW and sanguine video for the LP's title track can be seen below. The clip was directed by AVATAR's longtime director Johan Carlèn. "I woke up to the truth one day," says vocalist Jo...

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OZZY OSBOURNE: 'Patient Number 9' Album Theme Revealed Via Accompanying Comic Book

To learn about what inspired the theme for Ozzy Osbourne's "Patient Number 9" album, look no further than the 26-page comic book available solely in some limited-edition album packages. Featuring a story by Todd McFarlane and illustrations by Jonathan Glapion (the beautiful haunting interior pages w...

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Former Members Of MACHINE HEAD, FORBIDDEN And D.R.I. Announce Only BAY AREA INTERTHRASHIONAL U.S. Concert

After playing its only European show at the Dynamo Metalfest in The Netherlands on August 21, BAY AREA INTERTHRASHIONAL will make its U.S. live debut on October 29 at San Francisco's legendary Great American Music Hall. The players for the evening will consist of the core band featuring Craig Locice...

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Watch LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE Sing METALLICA's 'Fight Fire With Fire' With BAY AREA INTERTHRASHIONAL

LAMB OF GOD's Randy Blythe joined the BAY AREA INTERTHRASHIONAL project — featuring Matt Camacho (FORBIDDEN),Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN) and Chris Kontos (MACHINE HEAD),among others — at this year's Dynamo Metalfest in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Sunday, August 21 to perform a cover of the METALLICA...

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TONY MARTIN Hopes EDDIE VAN HALEN's Writing Session With BLACK SABBATH Will Be Included On Upcoming Box Set

During an appearance on "The Rock And Metal Profs: The History And Philosophy Of Rock And Metal" podcast, former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin spoke about recently announced plans to reissue the albums he recorded with the band. Asked when fans can expect to see the box set released, Martin said...

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VICIOUS RUMORS Recruit Former METAL CHURCH Vocalist RONNY MUNROE

U.S. metal veterans VICIOUS RUMORS have announced the addition of vocalist Ronny Munroe to the group's ranks. Munroe rose to notoriety in the metal world as lead vocalist for METAL CHURCH and cemented his name even further in TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA. Along with three solo albums and a new release w...

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PHIL CAMPBELL Blasts New Law Banning 'Noisy Protests': 'I Was In MOTÖRHEAD For Over 30 Years. Now That's Noise.'

MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell has blasted a strict new law in Britain that's designed to curb protests which have brought parts of the country to a standstill over the past year. Under the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts Act, noisy protests are forbidden in a designated area outside the House...

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Back To The Grind

No matter how many new subgenres and futuristic mutations are thrown at us, there will never be a more righteously entertaining or invigorating phenomena in heavy music than crossover thrash. Diehards and obsessives may recall THE BONELESS ONES from four decades ago, when the Bay Area quartet releas...

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TESTAMENT's Original Drummer LOUIE CLEMENTE Attends Band's Concert On Long Island (Photo)

TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has shared a photo of the band's current touring drummer Dave Lombardo and original TESTAMENT drummer Louie Clemente, taken backstage before the group's May 5 concert at The Paramount in Huntington, New York. Skolnick wrote in an accompanying message: "FULL CIRCLE (...

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Watch: MACHINE HEAD's ROBB FLYNN Performs BLACK SABBATH Covers With San Francisco Bay Area Tribute Band

Rob Flynn (MACHINE HEAD) and Craig Locicero (FORBIDDEN) joined the BLACK SABBATH tribute band BACK STABBATH on stage on March 19 at the Elbo Room Jack London in Oakland, California to perform a set of BLACK SABBATH classics. Fan-filmed video of the concert is available below. Back in 2015, Flynn tol...

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SEPTICFLESH Announces 'Modern Primitive' Album; First Single 'Hierophant' Now Available

Symphonic death metal architects SEPTICFLESH will release their eleventh studio album, "Modern Primitive", on May 20 via Nuclear Blast. The conceptual music video for the LP's first single, "Hierophant", can be seen below. "Hierophant" tells the first part of story written by guitarist and clean voc...

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TONY MARTIN Believes There's Still An 'Opportunity' For BLACK SABBATH To Do Something With BILL WARD

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin, who sang on six of the band's albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was asked in a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece if he had an inkling he would be fired after the release of 1995's "Forbidden" in order to allow guitarist Tony Iommi to...

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TONY MARTIN Says A Box Set Of His Recordings With BLACK SABBATH Will Arrive This Year: 'It Won't Be Individual Albums'

During an appearance on "The Ron Keel Podcast", former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin confirmed that a new record deal has been secured to reissue the albums he recorded with the band. "I only found out yesterday," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). "I had no idea. You don't get informa...

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TONY MARTIN Recalls Meeting RONNIE JAMES DIO: 'I Thought Maybe He Was Gonna Hit Me'

Tony Martin, who fronted BLACK SABBATH from 1987 to 1991 and then again from 1993 to 1997, told the "Metal Mayhem ROC" podcast that he only met Ronnie James Dio once — and he described it as a "short-lived" experience. "Actually, [BLACK SABBATH guitarist] Tony Iommi had invited me backstage to one o...

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TONY MARTIN Says Record Deal Has Been Secured For Reissues Of Albums He Recorded With BLACK SABBATH

Former BLACK SABBATH singer Tony Martin says that a new record deal has been secured to reissue the albums he recorded with the band. On Wednesday (January 19),Martin took to his Facebook to write: "So i got a call from [BLACK SABBATH guitarist] Tony Iommi's manager ... it seems there is now a reco...