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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH: 'It Feels Like Hard Rock Is Kind Of Outside Of The Mainstream Again'

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Lars Ulrich was asked if feels the mainstream understand heavy music any better now than it did back in 1989 when METALLICA was up for its first Grammy in the metal category but lost to non-metal band JETHRO TULL. Lars responded: "We've probably had the biggest...

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The Weight Of The Mask

A wonderfully distinctive force from the very start, SVALBARD never fit squarely into any particular genre definition. Ostensibly a post-hardcore band with shoegaze tendencies, the British quartet have long since outgrown those reference points. Following up the widely acclaimed splendor of 2020's "...

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ICE NINE KILLS Announces 'Meat & Greet: The Horrorwood Saga Comes To A Tasteful End' Livestreamed Event

After a career-defining, chart-topping album and the two-year unfolding of the "Horrorwood" saga over seven previously released music videos, murdersome metal trailblazers ICE NINE KILLS are ready to bring the curtain down on their blood-soaked "Welcome To Horrorwood" era. On October 12, ICE NINE KI...

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Necromanteum

Proud stalwarts of a deathcore scene that many predicted would never last, CARNIFEX become more distinctive and imperious with every passing year. Having leant enthusiastically into the realms of horror and the occult and written multiple albums that brutishly backed up that dark intent, the San Die...

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Ex-JOURNEY Singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO Would Play With NEAL SCHON Again 'In A Heartbeat'

In a new interview with David Spuria of The Real Music Observer, former JOURNEY singer Jeff Scott Soto was asked if he would accept the invitation to jam with Neal Schon if the JOURNEY founder and guitarist called him up and wanted to play together again. "In a heartbeat. In a heartbeat," Jeff respo...

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BRENDON SMALL Talks DETHKLOK's Ongoing Relevance To Metalheads: 'It Speaks To An Audience That Isn't Spoken To'

By David E. Gehlke After several years of dormancy, the fictional metal band DETHKLOK has returned with a new album, "Dethalbum IV" and an animated movie, "Metalocalypse: Army Of The Doomstar". It was hard fought since the Adult Swim television network abruptly pulled the plug on the "Dethklok: Meta...

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Sonic Moons

A lot of people have expended a lot of energy trying to conjure the ultimate blend of huge riffs and psychedelic adventure. From HAWKWIND to UFOMMAMUT, this noble endeavor has produced some extraordinary music, along with a lot of slightly mediocre stuff that we need not concern ourselves with here....

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As Gomorrah Burns

35 years is a long time, even in death metal, and CRYPTOPSY have lived a few lives during that time. At first, with drummer Flo Mounier as their not-so-secret weapon, they appeared to be the last word in brutality. 1996's "None So Vile" is still a benchmark for nauseating heaviness, regardless of ho...

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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER Knew For 'A Long Time' PETER BALTES Was Going To Leave ACCEPT

In a new interview with Robert Cavuoto of Metal Rules, original ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider was asked if he was surprised to see bassist Peter Baltes exit the band in 2018 after spending more than three decades with the Wolf Hoffmann-led outfit. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):...

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Memento Mori

Five years is the longest pause between albums that MARDUK have ever taken. Admittedly, the world has had other things to be concerned with during that time, but even taking global pandemics into account, the Swedes' prolonged silence had a certain eeriness to it, as if they were quietly building to...

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DISTURBED Shares 2023 Performance Video For 'Never Again' Filmed In Tel Aviv, Israel

DISTURBED has released a Monster Filmmakers-produced performance video for the song "Never Again", filmed this past June in Tel Aviv, Israel. The track, from 2010's "Asylum" album, was written about the Holocaust and calls out people who deny it. DISTURBED frontman David Draiman sang a mid-show a ca...

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ATHEIST's KELLY SHAEFER Goes Beyond Technical Death Metal In New Band TILL THE DIRT: 'It's A Totally Different Animal'

By David E. Gehlke ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer was productive during the throes of Covid. Armed with only a guitar, basic home recording software and speakers atop a child's desk, Shaefer burned the midnight oil throughout lockdown and came away with over a dozen new compositions. While ATHIEST i...

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Ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist JASON HOOK's FLAT BLACK Releases First Two Songs, Performs Live For First Time

Guitarist Jason Hook is storming out of the gates with his new band FLAT BLACK. The former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist has recruited a trio of young and talented turks, and the band has signed with Fearless Records for its debut album, the details of which have not yet been announced. The albu...

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FIRSTBORNE Feat. CHRIS ADLER And JAMES LOMENZO: Debut Album To Be Recorded In November

FIRSTBORNE, the band featuring Grammy Award-winning artist Chris Adler and MEGADETH bassist James LoMenzo, will enter the studio in November with longtime collaborator and producer Eugene "Machine" Freeman to begin work on its debut full-length album. FIRSTBORNE has released a new single (or two) ea...

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Ghost At The Gallows

One of the main things that keeps heavy music afloat after all this time is the diehard's undiluted passion. Nate Garrett has been on a mission for a full decade now, leading SPIRIT ADRIFT from their low-key origins to their burgeoning status as one of the best and purest heavy metal bands on the pl...