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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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IAN ASTBURY Says THE CULT Still Performs With 'So Much Passion'

In a new interview with Barbara Caserta of Italy's Linea Rock, THE CULT frontman Ian Astbury spoke about the tour celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. The trek will see the long-running British rock outfit perform songs spanning its 11-album discography. "We're in a renaissance," the 62-year-old...

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The Formless Fires

The brainchild of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Jacob Björnfot, KVAEN earned themselves a formidable underground reputation with their two previous albums, "The Funeral Pyre" (2020) and particularly "The Great Below" (2022),&nbsp which was sufficiently buzz-worthy to lure Metal Blade Records into th...

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ASKING ALEXANDRIA Announces Second Leg Of 'All My Friends' North American Tour

British rock luminaries ASKING ALEXANDRIA have announced the second leg of their successful headlining "All My Friends" U.S. tour. Produced by Live Nation, the trek will kick off Tuesday, September 24 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and wrap Saturday, November 2 in Chico, California. The band has invit...

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RITCHIE BLACKMORE And CANDICE NIGHT To Return To Live Stage With BLACKMORE'S NIGHT

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, the renaissance-inspired rock band formed by Ritchie Blackmore and his wife Candice Night, will return to the stage in June and July 2024 in the United States. Blackmore and Night comment: "Join us this summer as the mystical fires glow at midnight. To all our friends, fans, BLACK...

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STEEL PANTHER Announces August/September 2024 U.S. Tour

With their recent U.S. headline tour now wrapped and before the band heads over to continue their global domination in Europe, California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER have announced the final batch of headline dates in the U.S. as part of their "On The Prowl" world tour 2024. The band will ret...

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CHARLIE BENANTE On His Original Score For 'John Wick' Pinball Games: 'I Watched The Movies And Then We Just Took It And Ran'

Charlie Benante of ANTHRAX and PANTERA fame has composed the original score for Stern Pinball, Inc.'s newest line of pinball games featuring the world's greatest assassin, John Wick. Created in collaboration with Lionsgate, players will experience the thrilling and action-packed billion-dollar gross...

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Neon Pill

CAGE THE ELEPHANT broke out in the 2010s, a time when alternative rock was trying to find its identity and separate itself from heavier styles of rock, such as post-grunge and nu-metal. The band was among the alt-rock heroes of the decade, bringing a refreshing pop and indie-focused sound to the alt...

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ANTHRAX/PANTERA's CHARLIE BENANTE Composes Original Score For 'John Wick' Pinball Games

Charlie Benante of ANTHRAX and PANTERA fame has composed the original score for Stern Pinball, Inc.'s newest line of pinball games featuring the world's greatest assassin, John Wick. Created in collaboration with Lionsgate, players will experience the thrilling and action-packed billion-dollar gross...

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Banished By Sin

Satan be praised. Uncle Glen is back. DEICIDE were always special. The rabid, vitriolic embodiment of everything that made death metal destructive and dangerous, the Floridian legends were the genre's most notorious band. Still to this day, those first three albums beat the living crap out of just a...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE And SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL To Headline 2024 NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival launched back in 1999 and took place at the famed Palladium in Worcester through 2018. It was often held over two or three days, with multiple stages and top-tier acts like MEGADETH, MANOWAR, DRAGONFORCE, OPETH, BETWEEN THE BURIED & ME, MESHUGGAH, KILLSW...

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Unextinct

As observant folk will attest, death metal is a many-splendored thing, perhaps more now than ever before. But if the current scene tends to favor either a dirty, old-school approach or the all-out war of brutal slam, it is still the genre's technical and progressive wing that wields the most creativ...

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In The Twilight Grey

Admirers of blackened death metal can always rely upon NECROPHOBIC to keep things simple. Ever since the release of the instantly iconic "The Nocturnal Silence" (1993),&nbsp these stalwarts of the underground have sustained their uncompromising vision of extremity, rarely deviating from the blueprin...

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VILLE VALO Says His New Music Will 'Still Be Emotional' And 'Melancholy'

In a new interview with Zisis Petkanas of Rock Overdose, former HIM frontman Ville Valo spoke about his plans for the coming months, including work on a possible follow-up to his debut solo album, "Neon Noir", which was released in January 2023 under the VV banner. He said (as transcribed by BLABBER...