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Heavy Pendulum

For all kinds of noble reasons, CAVE IN are one of the most widely revered bands in all of heavy music. Whether reinventing hardcore, exploring psychedelic and progressive rock or simply being instinctively inventive and idiosyncratic, they have been a potent (if intermittent) force for creative goo...

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Personal Computer

In contrast to the majority of his synthwave / chiptune-era peers, MASTER BOOT RECORD is very much in the business of making metal records. To be more specific, the Italian deals exclusively in "100% synthesized, 100% dehumanized," symphonic electro-metal insanity, and "Personal Computer" — his seco...

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ANVIL's LIPS Says His First Battle With COVID-19 Was 'F***ing Brutal': 'That Was A Nightmare'

In a brand new interview with The Bay Ragni Show, ANVIL frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow revealed that he "just got over COVID". He explained (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "[It was] my second case, and it was, like, 'That was COVID?' I tested positive, and to me, it was nothing more than two day...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Is 'Still Finishing Up' New Album: 'We're Getting In A Great Place As A Band Again'

AVENGED SEVENFOLD bassist Johnny Christ says that the band is "still finishing up" the follow-up to 2016's "The Stage" album. The 37-year-old Huntington Beach, California-based musician offered an update on AVENGED SEVENFOLD's new LP while speaking to HELLYEAH and MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray during an...

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SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN: How Grunge Put 1980s Hard Rock Bands Out Of Business

SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan spoke to Rodrigo Altaf of Sonic Perspectives about how the rise of grunge in the early 1990s forced most hard rock bands off the radio and MTV, with album and tour sales plummeting. "When a musical genre becomes just a point of sale, that's kind of the beginning of the...

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AT THE GATES Announces 'Slaughter Of The Soul' Summer 2022 North American Tour

Swedish melodic death metal pioneers AT THE GATES will embark on a special "Slaughter Of The Soul" North American tour this summer. Originally planned for the 25th anniversary of "Slaughter Of The Soul" in 2020, the COVID-19 situation forced the band to postpone the trek until 2022. AT THE GATES wil...

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ANDREAS GEREMIA Says TANKARD 'Failed' At Shedding 'Beer Metal' Image In The 1990s

By David E. Gehlke Frankfurt, Germany's TANKARD enjoyed the kind of hands-off relationship with their first record company, Noise Records, that their labelmates in CELTIC FROST, HELLOWEEN and KREATOR could have only dreamed of. Notoriously acerbic Noise head Karl-Ulrich Walterbach made it a point to...

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PHIL DEMMEL Says 'It Was Kind Of Hard' For BOBBY GUSTAFSON To Be Involved In New VIO-LENCE EP

By David E. Gehlke VIO-LENCE quietly, if not unceremoniously, bowed out in 1993 after the less-than-enthusiastic response to "Nothing To Gain". The album was perpetually delayed under a fog of creative squabbles and record company issues — usual roadblocks for the San Francisco Bay Area thrash bands...

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FERNANDO RIBEIRO Says MOONSPELL Considered Breaking Up After The Departure Of Drummer MIGUEL 'MIKE' GASPAR

By David E. Gehlke MOONSPELL's situation is hardly unique at the moment: The veteran Portuguese metallers have a new album to promote in "Hermitage", but are unsure how they can tour behind it amidst Europe's lockdown protocols. It has almost resigned the band to having a shortened album cycle that...

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VOIVOD's MICHEL 'AWAY' LANGEVIN Says 'Synchro Anarchy' Is A 'Pretty Dark Album'

By David E. Gehlke It would have been understandable for VOIVOD to permanently call it a day in 2009 after the release of "Infini" — the last studio album to feature guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, who passed away from colon cancer in 2005. The guitarist gave his bandmates access to a laptop with p...

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Rock Band SANTA CRUZ Blasted For Allegedly Using Pre-Recorded Tracks During Los Angeles Concert (Video)

SiriusXM radio personality Eddie Trunk has blasted the rock band SANTA CRUZ for allegedly using pre-recorded tracks during a recent concert, saying it's "unreal" how fans and promoters are seemingly okay with the practice. This past Wednesday (April 6),SANTA CRUZ — whose current lineup consists of...

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TOOL's ADAM JONES Teams Up With GIBSON For New Les Paul Standard Guitar

Gibson and Adam Jones have announced their third guitar collaboration with the Adam Jones Les Paul Standard from Gibson USA. Multi-platinum selling and four-time-Grammy Award-winning guitarist Adam Jones from the band TOOL is one of rock's most talented and sonically innovative guitarists. The new A...

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LITA FORD Joins SAMMY HAGAR On Stage In In Las Vegas To Perform LED ZEPPELIN, MONTROSE Classics (Video)

Lita Ford joined SAMMY HAGAR & THE CIRCLE on stage this past Friday, March 25 as part of Hagar's 2022 "Sammy Hagar & Friends" residency at The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod to perform cover versions of MONTROSE's "Rock Candy" and LED ZEPPELIN's "Rock And Roll". Fan-filmed video of her app...

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DON DOKKEN And ROBERT ENGLUND Celebrate 'Dream Warriors' 35th Anniversary On GIBSON TV's 'Metal And Monsters'

Gibson TV, the iconic, American guitar maker's award-winning, worldwide online network — features original series about music and culture from the world's best storytellers. Today, Gibson TV has unveiled the brand new original series "Metal And Monsters", the network's first show dedicated to the wo...

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JUDAS PRIEST's GLENN TIPTON On K.K. DOWNING: 'He Never Approached Any Of The Band And Asked To Rejoin'

Glenn Tipton says that Kenneth "K.K." Downing never approached any the members of JUDAS PRIEST about rejoining the band before the launch of the "Firepower" world tour. K.K. left PRIEST in 2011 amid claims of band conflict, shoddy management and declining quality of performance. In 2018, Downing rev...