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OBSCURA Announces New Album 'A Sonication'

With "A Sonication", Germany-based metal band OBSCURA launches the second of its trilogy concept, set to be released on February 7, 2025 via Nuclear Blast. The group's second (seventh overall) album for Nuclear Blast pivots on many fronts. Advanced, elegant, and yet refreshing, "A Sonication" sums u...

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PESTILENCE's PATRICK MAMELI Explains Why He Is Planning On Moving To Thailand

In a new interview with Tom Wilson of Australia's Sense Music Media, guitarist/vocalist Patrizio "Patrick" Mameli of long-running Dutch progressive death metallers PESTILENCE revealed that he is planning on leaving his birth country "in a few years" and "moving to Thailand." Asked what prompted that...

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DISMEMBER Rules Out Full-Length Tours: 'We Don't Do More Than Two Shows In One Weekend'

In a new interview with Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock, drummer Fred Estby and guitarist David Blomqvist of long-running Swedish death metallers DISMEMBER spoke about the band's current reunion, which began nearly six years ago. Regarding how he and his bandmates decided to return to playing li...

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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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HAMMERFALL's JOACIM CANS: CHUCK SCHULDINER Was 'Living Proof That You Shouldn't Judge People By What Other People Say'

In a new interview with Jaimunji, vocalist Joacim Cans of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL reflected on his band's 1998 U.S. tour as the support act for the pioneering American death metal band DEATH. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Touring with [DEATH mastermind] Chuck Schuldiner, it was...

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DAN LILKER On Playing With ANTHRAX Again After 40 Years: 'All Those Shows Were Killer'

In late March 2024, ANTHRAX announced that, due to personal reasons, bassist Frank Bello would not be able to accompany the band on its South American tour, which kicked off on April 13 at MXMF The Metal Fest in Mexico City. Filling in on those dates, as well as two U.S. festival shows in May, was A...

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TESTAMENT Is '95 Percent Done Recording' New Album: 'It's Gonna Be An Amazing Record'

In a new interview with Francisco Zamudio of KNAC.COM, TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson spoke about the band's upcoming follow-up to 2020's "Titans Of Creation" album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):  "I wrote a record with [new TESTAMENT drummer Chris Dovas] and it's gonna be an amaz...

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PHILIP ANSELMO's SCOUR To Release 'Gold' Album In February

SCOUR, the extreme metal collective featuring an impressive lineup of heavy music veterans, including Philip H. Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN),Derek Engemann (PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS),John Jarvis (NEST, AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED),Mark Kloeppel (MISERY INDEX) and Adam Jarvis (PIG DESTROYER, MISE...

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THE HELLACOPTERS Share 'Leave A Mark' Single From Upcoming 'Overdriver' Album

Swedish high-energy rock 'n' roll royalty THE HELLACOPTERS have released the first single from their upcoming studio album "Overdriver", which will see the light of day on January 31, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. The aptly titled track "Leave A Mark" unites two styles that THE HELLACOPTERS have...

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MACHINE HEAD Releases New Single 'These Scars Won't Define Us' Featuring IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL And UNEARTH

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have released a new single, "These Scars Won't Define Us". The official lyric video for the track, which features guest appearances by the other three bands which will accompany MACHINE HEAD on the Robb Flynn-fronted outfit's spring 2025 North America...

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HAMMERFALL's OSCAR DRONJAK Is 'Not Interested' In Seeing KISS Avatar Show: 'I've Seen' KISS Live 'A Million Times'

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, guitarist Oscar Dronjak of Swedish metallers HAMMERFALL weighed in on a debate about people using an A.I. (artificial intelligence) music generator as a tool to create melodies, harmonies and rhymes based on artificial intelligence (A.I...

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Luck Forever

These are chaotic times. Everyone is busy. Everyone is pissed off. No one has the time to get their shit together. This is punk rock time, and MUGGER are the perfect band to meet the moment. "Luck Forever" lasts for barely 25 minutes, which means that everybody should be able to find time to at leas...

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GARY HOLT Says He Is 'Protecting The Innocent' In His Upcoming Memoir: 'I Know Where All The Bodies Are Buried'

In a new interview with Mike Palm of TribLIVE, EXODUS and SLAYER guitarist Gary Holt spoke about the status of his memoir, which is due next year via Hachette Books. "A Fabulous Disaster: From The Garage To Madison Square Garden, The Hard Way" is described in a press release as "a no-holds-barred me...

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AVANTASIA Signs With NAPALM RECORDS

Rock and metal flagship AVANTASIA has inked a record deal with Napalm Records. Led by vocalist Tobias Sammet, AVANTASIA's celebrated sound has been perfected throughout more than 25 years of existence, and the band's success story has so far featured No. 1 chart entries, gold awards, hundreds of mil...

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MACHINE HEAD Announces 2025 North American Tour With IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL And UNEARTH

San Francisco Bay Area metal titans MACHINE HEAD have announced a massive North American tour alongside Swedish metal icons IN FLAMES, Italian alt-metallers LACUNA COIL and American metalcore maestros UNEARTH. The crushing five-week jaunt begins in Oakland, California at the legendary Fox Theater, t...