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All Of This For Nothing

For those who haven't yet had the pleasure, THE CRAWLING are the best bad time you will ever have. Defiantly morbid and perpetually tormented by the very concept of existence, they have established their own uniquely grim strain of death/doom metal across two excellent full-length albums. They also...

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GWAR Destroys NPR's 'Tiny Desk Concert Series'

What started as a pipedream from satirical metal news site The Hard Times has become a reality as GWAR stopped by for a performance at NPR's Tiny Desk Concert Series. The performance was recorded at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. and is available to watch now below. GWAR vocalist Blöthar the...

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Watch: Ex-NIGHTWISH Member MARKO HIETALA Joins DELAIN On Stage In Switzerland

Former NIGHTWISH vocalist/bassist Marko "Marco" Hietala joined DELAIN on stage during an open-air concert this past Saturday (July 8) at Z7 Summer Nights in Pratteln, Switzerland to perform the latter band's song "Your Body Is A Battleground". Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below. Ba...

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Spectral Intercession

Another week goes by, and the overwhelming deluge of top-notch death metal releases continues unabated. These are good times for fans of old-school filth, and Scotland's COFFIN MULCH are firmly at the forefront of this reinvigorated underground assault. Death diehards should be familiar with this lo...

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CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, D.R.I. And TROUBLE To Perform At Inaugural HEAVY CHICAGO Festival

Chicago's newest music venue Avondale Music Hall announces a brand-new metal festival — Heavy Chicago — offering three shows happening over two weekends this fall. Saturday, October 28 will host the return of Chicago's own TROUBLE after five long years, along with ACID KING featuring the return of C...

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Born Under A Mad Sign

It's an exquisite formula that the vast majority of metalheads can get behind. Riffs. Serial Killers. This has been the CHURCH OF MISERY way since 1995. Connoisseurs of this stuff will know what an absolute riff machine bassist Tatsu Mikami is, and "Born Under a Mad Sign" adds another absurd splurge...

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Boundless Domain

When a band is named after one of the greatest songs of all time, their music had better be pretty fucking good. CREEPING DEATH certainly impressed with their 2019 debut "Wretched Illusions", which gave the Texas crew's gritty blend of death metal and thrashy 'core a rigorous first workout. The foll...

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Killing Innocence

Stalwarts of the Italian metal scene, GRAVEWORM forged their combination of death, black and gothic metal in the early '90s and have been a sporadic presence ever since. Perhaps best known for a run of albums through NUCLEAR BLAST that began with 2003's excellent "Engraved In Black" (notable for an...

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Watch: SLAYER, MACHINE HEAD, Ex-EXODUS, Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Members Perform At MILWAUKEE METAL FEST Pre-Party

The official Milwaukee Metal Fest pre-party took place last night (Thursday, May 25) at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The very special "Jasta And Friends" lineup included performances by organizer Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED),Paul Bostaph (SLAYER),Chris Garza (SUICIDE SILENCE),Kirk...

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EVANESCENCE To Celebrate 20th Anniversary Of 'Fallen' On Australian Tour This Summer

EVANESCENCE will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its classic debut album, "Fallen", on an Australian tour this summer. The five-date trek, which will launch in late August, will mark the band's first Australian tour since their sublime run with local symphony orchestras in 2018. Starting life when...

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Watch: GHOST Performs Cover Of GENESIS's 'Jesus He Knows Me' Live For First Time At 2023 Tour Kickoff

Swedish occult rockers GHOST performed their cover version of GENESIS's "Jesus He Knows Me" live for the first time last night (Sunday, May 21) at the opening concert of the band's 2023 tour at Zénith in Rouen, France. The band's 20-song setlist also included "Respite On The Spitalfields", the closi...

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KATAKLYSM Announces New Album 'Goliath'

For almost three decades, the American/French-Canadian-based melodic death metal syndicate KATAKLYSM has delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the entire globe. On August 11, the band's fifteenth full-length studio album, "Goliath", will be unleashed unto the masses via Nuclear Blast...

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Glacial Domination

Two observations for you. Firstly, Texas is definitely the epicenter of death metal right now. Secondly, FROZEN SOUL are seriously special. Produced by TRIVIUM's Matt Heafy, and brilliantly so, "Glacial Domination" is the kind of authoritative and substantial album that death metal's new breed absol...

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Born Into The Twisting Rope

It's always good to see people spending their time wisely. INDUSTRIAL PUKE have plainly spent most of their lives listening to ENTOMBED's "Left Hand Path" and DISCHARGE's "Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing" at excruciating volume, and quite conceivably at the same time. That's not to say that t...

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The Old Ways Remain

Sometime before occult rock became cool and ripe for commercial exploitation, BLOOD CEREMONY were very much its standard bearers. Released an alarming 15 years ago now, the Canadians' self-titled debut stylishly nailed the whole proto-metal riffs and flute thing with such natural flair and casual au...