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Beyond The Reach Of The Sun

Canada's ANCIIENTS were arguably amongst the most promising prog metal bands following their 2013 debut "Heart Of Oak". They were instantly a force to be reckoned with, wielding finesse and diversity of expression that was accessible and easily digestible, rooted with the tools of the extreme metal...

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Watch: ROB ZOMBIE Plays First Concert With Bassist ROB 'BLASKO' NICHOLSON In 18 Years

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper launched the 2024 leg of their "Freaks On Parade" tour on Tuesday, August 20 at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The concert marked Zombie's first live appearance with bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson in 18 years. According to Setlist.fm, the setlist for...

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NILE Shares New Song 'Under The Curse Of The One God' From Upcoming 'The Underworld Awaits Us All' Album

American death metal icons NILE will finally drop their highly anticipated tenth album, "The Underworld Awaits Us All", this Friday, August 23 via Napalm Records. In celebration of this week's album release, the band has unleashed their third single – pinnacle burner "Under The Curse Of The One God"...

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WOLFHEART Shares 'Trial By Fire' Music Video

Finnish winter metallers WOLFHEART will release their seventh studio album, "Draconian Darkness", on September 6 via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). The official music video for the band's latest single, "Trial By Fire", can be seen below. "Trial By Fire" throws listeners straight into the furnace wit...

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Wormwitch

A persistent, maverick menace amid a crowded black metal marketplace, WORMWITCH have been one of the most convincingly grim and violent bands of the last decade. All three of the Canadian band's albums to date ("Strike Mortal Soil", "Heaven that Dwells Within" and "Wolf Hex") deserved more attention...

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MOTÖRHEAD And ROB ZOMBIE To Headline WARGAMING's 'Metal Fest' In 'World Of Tanks Modern Armor'

Brace yourself for the ultimate metal experience, as Wargaming is back with the biggest and loudest music event of the year: Metal Fest. This summer, World Of Tanks Modern Armor is bringing a heavy dose of hard-rock insanity that'll blow your mind! The wait is over as Metal Fest announces its headli...

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Hálios

Five years after releasing one of the most terrifying debut records in recent memory, Slovakia's CEREMONY OF SILENCE have become even more twisted. There are certainly a few moments on "Hálios" which could, at a push, be described as blackened death metal, or at least some skewed facsimile. But what...

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The Unforgiving Reality In Nothing

Stalwarts of the UK deathcore scene since the mid-noughties, TURIN (formerly known as THIS IS TURIN) have undergone a subtle but significant transformation. Observant folk will have noticed that deathcore has been mutating in all kinds of directions over the last few years, rehabilitating what was o...

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NILE Announces 2025 USA Tour With SIX FEET UNDER

Death metal veterans NILE recently announced their highly anticipated tenth album, "The Underworld Awaits Us All", out August 23 via Napalm Records. The LP's breakneck first single, "Chapter For Not Being Hung Upside Down On A Stake In The Underworld And Made To Eat Feces By The Four Apes", arrived...

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CARMINE APPICE: 'I Will Never, Ever Play A Song On SPOTIFY'

Legendary drummer Carmine Appice, who is promoting the new CACTUS album, "Temple of Blues - Influences & Friends", has told the Toilet Ov Hell podcast that he is not a big fan of the access-over-ownership business model of streaming music. "Keep pushing this album," he said (as transcribed by BL...

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Memoria Viva

Few bands have the kind of progressive death metal intuition that WHITE STONES are packing. Formed by OPETH bassist Martin Mendez just over five years ago, the Barcelona-based quintet have already released two well-received and intriguing studio records. The spirit of his other band was undeniably p...

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Towards Idiocracy

Thrash or be thrashed: That is the code. Formed 20 years ago but increasingly active and prominent since 2017's face-removing "Annihilate…Then Ask!" debut, HOLYCIDE play brutal, old-school thrash with echoes of everything from HEATHEN's tech-thrash grandeur to the gritty violence of D.R.I. and CRO-M...

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CARMINE APPICE Argues BLACK SABBATH Isn't A Heavy Metal Band: 'They're Heavy Hard Rock'

Legendary drummer Carmine Appice was recently interviewed on "The Adventures Of Pipeman", which airs on W4CY Radio. When host The Pipeman noted that bands like QUIET RIOT weren't considered real heavy metal back in the early 1980s at the start of the thrash metal movement with bands like METALLICA a...