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FORBIDDEN Releases 'Burning The Lungs Of Earth' Single From Upcoming Self-Titled Album

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers FORBIDDEN will release their new, self-titled album on October 23 via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. The band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's "Omega Wave" album was tracked at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with e...

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ERIC FORREST Says 'It Was A Real Honor And Privilege' To Play With VOIVOD Again: 'One Of The Best Tours I've Ever Done In My Life'

In a new interview with Sylvain Latour of The Subversive Podcast, former VOIVOD and current E-FORCE vocalist/bassist Eric Forrest spoke about his recently completed European tour with VOIVOD after the band's frontman Denis "Snake" Bélanger sat out the trek in order to "attend to a family matter". As...

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Former GHOST Member HENRIK PALM Announces New Solo Album 'Idiot Plot'

Swedish post-punk multi-instrumentalist songwriter Henrik Palm, who was a member of GHOST from 2015 until 2016, will release a new solo album, "Idiot Plot", on December 4 via Svart Records. Henrik is one of Swedish underground music's most restless and genre-defying figures. A veteran of IN SOLITUDE...

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VOIVOD's AWAY On Long-Awaited 'We Are Connected' Documentary: 'Right Now We Are Aiming For A Christmas Release'

In a new interview with Poland's Noise Magazine, VOIVOD's drummer and founding member Michel "Away" Langevin was asked when fans can expect to finally see the band's long-awaited official documentary, "We Are Connected", which received its world premiere in July 2024 at the Fantasia International Fi...

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MAURIZIO IACONO Talks KATAKLYSM's Evolution After 35 Years In Death Metal: 'We Always Thought Outside The Box'

By David E. Gehlke KATAKLYSM's 1995 "Sorcery" and 1996 "Temple Of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III)" studio albums remain near the peak of death metal extremity and uncontrolled chaos. At the time, the Canadians were fronted by Sylvain Houde, a man whose vocal style bordered on insanity — he had no rh...

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VOIVOD Drummer MICHEL 'AWAY' LANGEVIN's Brother CAROL Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer

Carol Langevin, brother of VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin (pictured),has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to "allow Carol to reduce the financial strain related to his time off work, travel, treatments, and the unexpected expenses...

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SIGH Shares Music Video For New Single 'Unputenpu' Featuring OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT

Japanese metal pioneers SIGH are back with "Unputenpu", the first single to be taken from their upcoming new studio album "Goh-ka", alongside a stunning new music video created by Costin Chioreanu. Speaking about the new track, SIGH frontman and mastermind Mirai Kawashima said: "Honestly, I have no...

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VOIVOD's AWAY On Teaming Up With Orchestra For 'Symphonique' Album: 'It's Like A Soundtrack For A Dystopian Sci-Fi Movie'

By David E. Gehlke Canadian cosmic metal visionaries VOIVOD have an increasingly shorter list of things left to accomplish. With their legacy secure as perhaps one of the most forward-thinking and daring metal bands to emerge from the Great White North, VOIVOD, in the last decade, has performed at t...

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VOIVOD Announces October 2026 U.S. Tour With BAT

Canada's cosmic metal visionaries VOIVOD will embark on a 10-city U.S tour in October. Support on the trek, which will kick off on October 8 in Youngstown, Ohio, will come from BAT, the Richmond, Virginia metal-punk trio consisting of Ryan Waste, Nick Poulos and Chris Marshall. Tour dates: Oct. 08 -...

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FORBIDDEN Announces Self-Titled Album, Shares New Single 'Psyclops'

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal pioneers FORBIDDEN will release their new, self-titled album on October 23 via BLKIIBLK, the heavy metal imprint of Frontiers Label Group. The band's long-awaited follow-up to 2010's "Omega Wave" album was tracked at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California with e...

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See VOIVOD Perform With ERIC FORREST In Budapest During Summer 2026 European Tour

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Bélanger is sitting out the band's European tour this summer in order to "attend to a family matter". He is being temporarily replaced by former VOIVOD and current E-FORCE vocalist/bassist Eric Forrest. Forrest played his fourth show of VOIVOD's summer 2026 tour on July...

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Watch: VOIVOD Reunites With ERIC FORREST At First Show Of Summer 2026 European Tour

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Bélanger is sitting out the band's European tour this summer in order to "attend to a family matter". He is being temporarily replaced by former VOIVOD and current E-FORCE vocalist/bassist Eric Forrest. Forrest played his first show of VOIVOD's summer 2026 tour last ni...

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Japanese Metal Pioneers SIGH Announce New Album 'Goh-ka' Featuring Contributions From OPETH, KREATOR Members

Japanese metal pioneers SIGH are back today with news of their new album "Goh-ka", a new highlight of atmosphere, technical mastery, and meticulously arranged epics of metallic grandeur. SIGH mainman Mirai Kawashima notes this as being as equally personal an album as "Shiki", both musically and lyri...

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VOIVOD Recruits ERIC FORREST For Summer 2026 European Tour After 'Family Matter' Forces SNAKE To Sit Out Shows

VOIVOD frontman Denis "Snake" Bélanger will sit out the band's European tour this summer in order to "attend to a family matter". He will be temporarily replaced by former VOIVOD and current E-FORCE vocalist/bassist Eric Forrest. Earlier today, VOIVOD released the following statement via social med...

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VOIVOD's AWAY On Rising Tour Costs: 'It's Really Hard To Justify Going On The Road Sometimes'

In a new interview with Bill Bailey of Today's Boondoggle Podcast, drummer Michel "Away" Langevin of Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD spoke about how skyrocketing fuel prices as a result of U.S. military action in Iran have affected his band's ability to make ends meet on the road...