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GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE On Being Nominated For Two More GRAMMY AWARDS: 'It's Fantastic'

Last week saw GHOST nabbing two new Grammy nominations, "Best Rock Album" for "Prequelle" and Best Rock Song for "Rats". The latest nods took place nearly three years after GHOST became the first Swedish rock band ever to win a Grammy Award — 2016's "Best Metal Performance" for the song "Cirice". As...

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Post-Apocalypto

TENACIOUS D has returned with its absurdist humor and tunes. The accolades bestowed upon the musical jokesters have been impressive and noteworthy. But while the platinum-selling, Grammy Award-winning, one-of-a-kind comedy metal and hard rock duo started off strong, the duo certainly fumbled the bal...

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MATT BARLOW Doesn't Think ASHES OF ARES Is 'A Carbon Copy' Of ICED EARTH

Chris Akin of "The Classic Metal Show" recently conducted an interview with former ICED EARTH and current ASHES OF ARES vocalist Matt Barlow. You can listen to the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether there was a difference in how ASHES OF ARES appr...

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I Loved You at Your Darkest

BEHEMOTH has come a long way since its humble early days as an obscure, dark, melodic black metal band. It truly has gone on to become behemoth in terms of both its musical and commercial growth, with its outlandish music and performances deemed worthy enough to have earned them a coveted slot on SL...

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KORN's JONATHAN DAVIS: 'I've Had A Really F**ked-Up Year'

KORN frontman Jonathan Davis was interviewed for the latest episode of "The Jasta Show", the podcast hosted by HATEBREED's Jamey Jasta. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his resilience in the wake of adversi...

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Singer And Guitarist Talk About Writing And Recording 'The Stage' In First 'Breakdown' Episode

In the first episode of AVENGED SEVENFOLD's "Breakdown" series, singer M. Shadows and guitarist Synyster Gates talk about the writing and recording process for the song "The Stage" from the album of the same name. Check it out below. Gates told the "Two Doods Reviews" podcast that he feels "The Stag...

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STill Cyco Punk After All These Years

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES are among the elite crew of pioneers and kings of crossover thrash who began with the humblest of beginnings in Venice, California in the early eighties. The group didn't just revel in an aesthetic of the underbelly of West Coast street life—it lived it. And it marched directly a...

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED: 'The Widow's Breed' Lyric Video

The official lyric video for "The Widow's Breed", a new song from the Dutch thrash/death/black metal outfit LEGION OF THE DAMNED, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming comeback album, "Slaves Of The Shadow Realm", which will be released on January 4, 2019 via Napalm Records....

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AVENGED SEVENFOLD Guitarist Looks Back On 'The Stage' Surprise Release: 'We Could Have Done Things Differently'

Earlier this week, Jave Patterson of the "Two Doods Reviews" podcast conducted an interview with AVENGED SEVENFOLD guitarist Synyster Gates. You can now listen to the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On whether he feels AVENGED SEVENFOLD's latest album, "The...

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED To Release Comeback Album, 'Slaves Of The Shadow Realm', In January

Dutch thrash/death/black metal outfit LEGION OF THE DAMNED has returned after a five-year hiatus. On January 4, 2019, the quartet will release "Slaves Of The Shadow Realm" via Napalm Records. The follow-up to 2014's "Ravenous Plague" was produced by Andy Classen and merges the unadulterated fury of...

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Coffin Birth

"Old School Death Metal" is a commonly discussed sub-subgenre these days, and it gives one a ballpark estimation and idea of what they're getting into. The tag brings to mind the aggressive and horrific sounds of AUTOPSY, DEATH or BOLT THROWER—or BLOOD INCANTATION as far as newer bands taking cue fr...

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TRIVIUM's MATT HEAFY: New Drummer ALEX BENT 'Is What We Were Looking For All Along'

TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy has told Inquisitr in a new interview that drummer Alex Bent has brought a new and different energy to the band dynamic. "When we were first writing the music for [last year's] '[The] Sin [And The Sentence' album], it was still great, it was still a lot like the end resul...

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MADDER MORTEM: 'Far From Home' Video Released

Norwegian alternative metallers MADDER MORTEM have released a music video for the song "Far From Home". The track is taken from the band's seventh full-length album, "Marrow", which is due on September 21 via Dark Essence Records. The symbol-laden clip was created by the noted Romanian artist Costin...

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JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD: 'When I Stand On Stage In Saint Petersburg, Russia, That's A Victory For Gay People'

In a brand new interview with the Rochester City Newspaper, JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford was asked if he would ever consider writing songs from a different lyrical perspective, like writing political songs or stepping out of his "metal comfort zone." He responded: "I could do that, and I never...

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GHOST's 'Dance Macabre' Gets CARPENTER BRUT Remix

With 15 million streams worldwide, "Dance Macabre" is already one of the most popular tracks from "Prequelle", the new album from Grammy Award-winning Swedish rock band GHOST. Today "Dance Macabre" is reborn with a provocative remix by the eclectic and mysterious French synthwave artist Carpenter...