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FERNANDO RIBEIRO On MOONSPELL's Metal-Meets-Orchestra Album 'Opus Diabolicum': 'I Wanted Something Raw, Authentic, With No Overdubs'

By David E. Gehlke Frontman Fernando Ribeiro of long-running Portuguese Gothic metal outfit MOONSPELL is acutely aware that the novelty factor of performing with a live symphony orchestra has long since worn off. He's right. METALLICA may have popularized the idea in 1999 with the dodgy "S&M", but h...

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GOD FORBID Releases Mini-Documentary As 20-Year Retrospective Of 'IV: Constitution Of Treason' Album

A new documentary on the influential New Jersey metal band GOD FORBID, "20 Years Of Treason", has been made available on YouTube and can be seen below. During its 2025 tour, GOD FORBID celebrated the band's seminal album "IV: Constitution Of Treason" by performing it in its entirety. Through new int...

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EVERGREY Releases New Single 'Oxygen'

Before EVERGREY embark on their European tour with KATATONIA, the Swedish metal titans return with a new song, "Oxygen", channeling their essence with renewed intensity. Blending eerie atmospheres and crushing riffs, it delves into themes of depression and inner struggle. Fueled by their new drummer...

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KATATONIA Announces 'Waking State Of North America 2026' Tour, BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

Swedish grandeurs of melancholic heaviness KATATONIA have announced the "Waking State Of North America 2026" tour. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale for the newly announced KATATONIA headlining shows will begin on Wednesday, November 5 at 2:00 p.m. ET and end on Thursday, November 6 at 10:00 p.m. l...

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EXHORDER Is Starting To Work On New Music; Next Album Tentatively Due In 2027

In a new interview with "Reckless" Rexx Ruger of the Pod Scum podcast, vocalist Kyle Thomas of thrash and groove trailblazers EXHORDER was asked about a possible follow-up to the band's fourth full-length album, "Defectum Omnium", which came out in March 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. The 55-year-o...

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Reunited MNEMIC Is 'Absolutely' Working On New Music: 'We're Super Excited About It'

In August 2024, the original lineup of Danish djent metal pioneers MNEMIC returned to the stage for the first time in nearly 20 years, reigniting the fire that put them on the world map in the early 2000s. The band, featuring vocalist Michael Bøgballe, guitarists Mircea Gabriel Eftemie and Rune Stig...

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OPETH Announces February 2026 North American Tour With KATATONIA; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale Available

Swedish progressive metallers OPETH will embark on "The Last Will And Testament North American Tour Part 2" in February 2026. Support on the trek will come from KATATONIA. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Wednesday, September 24 at 2:00 p.m. ET and end on Thursday, September 25 at 10...

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Progressive metal has been on a curious journey over the last 20 years. Symptomatic of a fervently modern approach to the genre, bands like IHLO are carefully redefining it for a more sophisticated future. These UK-based direct descendants of djent generation are among the most highly rated bands ar...

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PARADISE LOST Shares Music Video For New Single 'Tyrants Serenade' From Upcoming 'Ascension' Album

British gothic metal pioneers PARADISE LOST have released the official music video for "Tyrants Serenade", the third single from their long-awaited 17th album, "Ascension", due on September 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band's first album in five years, following 2020's critically acclaimed "Obs...

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AMON AMARTH Shares Lyric Video For Latest Single 'We Rule The Waves'

Sweden's Viking metal titans AMON AMARTH have released the official lyric video for their new single, "We Rule The Waves". Check it out below. With "We Rule The Waves", AMON AMARTH returns with its first new song in years and unleashes a war cry worthy of the gods — an unstoppable surge of galloping...

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Watch: AMON AMARTH Performs New Single 'We Rule The Waves' Live For First Time

Sweden's Viking metal titans AMON AMARTH played their new single, "We Rule The Waves", live for the first time last night (Thursday, July 17) at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan during the band's North American tour as the support act for PANTERA. Fan-filmed video of the performance ca...

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AMON AMARTH Releases New Single 'We Rule The Waves'

Sweden's Viking metal titans AMON AMARTH have released a new single, "We Rule The Waves", and its accompanying video. With "We Rule The Waves", AMON AMARTH returns with its first new song in years and unleashes a war cry worthy of the gods — an unstoppable surge of galloping riffs, wave splitting me...

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GRAND CADAVER Feat. Current/Former Members Of DARK TRANQUILLITY And KATATONIA: New Single 'Darkened Apathy' Released

Swedish old-school death metal behemoth GRAND CADAVER, featuring current and former members of DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE HALO EFFECT, TIAMAT, NOVARUPTA and KATATONIA, return with their most explosive material yet: the new EP "The Rot Beneath", set to be released on August 15 via Majestic Mountain Recor...

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JONAS RENKSE Takes KATATONIA Down The 'Least Expected Path' On 'Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State'

By David E. Gehlke Swedish masters of dark progressive metal KATATONIA have long enjoyed the latitude to do as they please, which in this case, circa 2025, is continuing down the path started on 2020's "City Burials". Originally slated as a solo album for frontman Jonas Renkse, "City Burials" opened...

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KATATONIA's JONAS RENKSE On Split With Founding Guitarist ANDERS NYSTRÖM: 'It Wasn't Really A Surprise At All'

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, KATATONIA vocalist Jonas Renkse spoke about the Swedish band's recent split with founding guitarist Anders Nyström. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It's been on our radar for quite some time, and to us it wasn't really a...