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A confounding, psychedelic one-off in a world that often seems full of dreary, grey sheep, SIGH are one of those bands that can always be relied upon to release music that sounds absolutely nothing like anything else you might have heard lately. It was always the way, at least since the Japanese ban...

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VOLBEAT Releases Music Video For LG PETROV Tribute Song 'Becoming'

Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT have released the official music video for the song "Becoming". The track is a "tribute" to the legendary Swedish death metal band ENTOMBED, whose lead singer Lars-Göran "LG" Petrov died in March 2021 after a battle with bile duct cancer. He was 49 years old....

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KATATONIA Announces First North American Tour In Five Years

Melancholic metal masters KATATONIA will return to North American shores this fall after a five-year absence. The massive 2022 headline tour, featuring support from progressive metal frontrunners THE OCEAN COLLECTIVE and prog-folk force CELLAR DARLING, is set to begin on November 9 in Washington, D....

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TESLA's FRANK HANNON On Drummer TROY LUCCKETTA: 'He's Got Things That He's Dealing With'

TESLA guitarist Frank Hannon has once again said that he doesn't know when drummer Troy Luccketta will return to the band. Last September, Luccketta announced that he would "take a little time from the road" to spend with family and friends. He is being temporarily replaced at TESLA's gigs by Steve...

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NEW YEARS DAY Is 'Going Way Heavy And Way Pop' On Upcoming Album

NEW YEARS DAY singer Ash Costello spoke to Rock Sound about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2019's "Unbreakable" album. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The record is about halfway done right now. And we're not rushing it. We've just been kind of c...

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LEATHER LEONE To Release 'We Are The Chosen' Solo Album In November

CHASTAIN singer Leather Leone will release a new solo album, "We Are The Chosen", on November 25 via Steamhammer/SPV. The LP's first single is scheduled to arrive on September 23. It will mark her first solo material since her 2018 effort "Leather II". Leone has long been considered one of the origi...

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Watch Video Of ALEXI LAIHO's Newly Installed Gravestone

A short video of CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho's newly installed large gravestone can be seen below. The monument, the bottom of which features a line from the CHILDREN OF BODOM song "Kissing The Shadows" ("So together in peace we shall be"),was unveiled earlier this month at the Malmi Cem...

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HOOBASTANK And LIT Announce Co-Headlining 'Tried-N-True' Tour With ALIEN ANT FARM; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

SoCal alt/rock bands HOOBASTANK and LIT will be hitting the road this fall on the co-headlining "Tried-N-True" tour alongside ALIEN ANT FARM and THE ATARIS vocalist Kristopher Roe. The trek will kick off in Nashville, Tennessee on October 14 and run through mid-November, hitting North Carolina, Penn...

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JINJER Announces Fall 2022 USA Tour With Support from P.O.D.; BLABBERMOUTH.NET Presale

Progressive groove metal juggernauts JINJER recently announced that with the support of the Ukrainian Ministry Of Culture, they were granted a special exemption to exit Ukraine in order to help their countrymen the best way they can — through music — and since hit the road on their just-wrapped Euro...

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CRADLE OF FILTH's DANI FILTH Pays Tribute To Former Guitarist STUART ANSTIS

CRADLE OF FILTH frontman Dani Filth has paid tribute to the band's former guitarist Stuart Anstis, who died on August 21 at the age of 48. Anstis was a member of CRADLE OF FILTH from 1995 to 1999, writing and recording on the band's albums "Dusk And Her Embrace" (1996) and "Cruelty And The Beast" (1...

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GRIM REAPER Singer STEVE GRIMMETT To Be Honored At Germany's KEEP IT TRUE RISING Festival

GRIM REAPER's founding guitarist Nick Bowcott will take part in a special tribute concert to the band's late singer Steve Grimmett at this year's Keep It True Rising festival, set to take place from September 30 to October 2 in Würzburg, Germany. Joining Bowcott at the event will be the surviving me...

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Watch MEGADETH Perform In Auburn, Washington During Summer/Fall 2022 U.S. Tour

MEGADETH played the second show of its summer/fall 2022 U.S. tour as the support act for FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Saturday night (August 20) at White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, Washington. Fan-filmed video of the concert can be seen below (courtesy of Christopher Krubsack). MEGADETH's setlist was...

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PARKWAY DRIVE Shares Music Video For 'Darker Still' Title Track

Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE have released the music video for the title track of their seventh album, "Darker Still". The follow-up to 2018's "Reverence" will arrive on September 9 via Epitaph. The track is unlike anything you've previously heard from PARKWAY DRIVE — it's a monumental...

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EVANESCENCE's 'Bring Me To Life' Tops U.S. iTunes Chart 19 Years After Release

EVANESCENCE's breakthrough 2003 hit "Bring Me To Life" is experiencing a resurgence 19 years after its original release. The song, which initially reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was EVANESCENCE's first U.K. No. 1 single, is currently No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes chart. EVANESCENCE comme...

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KREATOR's MILLE PETROZZA Doesn't Let Fan Criticism Influence His Songwriting: 'You Can't Be Everyone's Darling'

In a new interview with El Cuartel Del Metal, KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza was asked if he pays attention to what fans have to say about his band's music on social media, especially after releasing a new album. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I know I shouldn't do this, but th...