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VOLBEAT Announces Spring 2020 U.S. Tour With CLUTCH
Danish/American rock band VOLBEAT has announced 15 U.S. headlining dates as part of its "Rewind, Replay, Rebound" world tour, bringing the trek to cities including Las Vegas, Nashville, Atlanta, Baltimore, and New York. Special guests CLUTCH will be direct support on all dates, with the exception of...January 13, 2020
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DAVE GROHL On NEIL PEART: 'His Power, Precision And Composition Was Incomparable'
Former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl has paid tribute to RUSH's Neil Peart, who passed away on Tuesday (January 7) in Santa Monica, California after a three-year battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Grohl, who inducted RUSH into the Rock And Ro...January 11, 2020
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MAYAN/Ex-STREAM OF PASSION Singer MARCELA BOVIO Is Battling Cervical Cancer
Marcela Bovio, the Mexican singer, violinist, songwriter, and vocal teacher, who is currently a member of the Dutch symphonic death metal band MAYAN, is undergoing treatment for cervical cancer. Known for her melancholic, emotional voice and her other work with bands like STREAM OF PASSION, AYREON,...January 4, 2020
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Lone
In the sobering, slow motion world of funeral doom, certain traits are non-negotiable. The excruciating tempos, the profound sense of existential despair, the thick wall of grandiloquent reverb: it's a robust and fertile formula, but one that is easy enough to harness that it only occasionally throw...December 31, 2019
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MASTODON Has Been 'Sifting Through Ideas' For Next Album
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON have been " sifting through ideas" for their next album, according to bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders. The follow-up to 2017's "Emperor Of Sand" will mark MASTODON's first release since the death of longtime manager Nick John and the passing of tour manager Bob D...December 29, 2019
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Decades: Live In Buenos Aires
NIGHTWISH were always a strong live act. Whether fronted by the elegantly reticent Tarja Turunen or the ill-fated but underrated Anette Olzon, the Finnish symphonic metal titans have such a bombastic and grandiose sound that failing to project beyond the front row was never a realistic option. But i...December 21, 2019
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DEF LEPPARD's JOE ELLIOTT On 'The Stadium Tour''s Strong Early Ticket Sales: 'This Is Kind Of Like 'Hysteria' All Over Again'
DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott spoke to SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation" about the band's upcoming "The Stadium Tour" with MÖTLEY CRÜE, POISON and JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS. Asked if he is surprised by the trek's out-of-the-gate's success, Joe said: "When you put something on of this magnitude, you h...December 21, 2019
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Listen To New SEPULTURA Song 'Last Time'
"Last Time", a brand new song from Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Quadra", which will be released on February 7, 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. After relentless touring for its previous opus, 2017's "Machine Messiah...December 20, 2019
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MASTODON's Next Album 'Will Probably Come Out In 2020,' Says BRANN DAILOR
Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will "probably" release their next studio album in 2020, according to the band's drummer, Brann Dailor. Dailor offered an update on the writing process for the follow-up to 2017's "Emperor Of Sand" while reflecting on the past decade during an interview with Ro...December 16, 2019
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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Announce Five Additional Shows At London's O2 Arena
Following a phenomenal demand for tickets, QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT have added a further five shows to their June 2020 hugely anticipated "Rhapsody" residency at London's O2 Arena — bringing the total of London performances to 10. The extra shows will take place on June 8, 17, 18, 20 and 21. In what wi...December 11, 2019
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A Pyrrhic Existence
If you've ever wondered who the heaviest band of all time is, you might want to consider ESOTERIC as strong contenders for the title. If not the inventors of funeral doom metal, then certainly the band that have taken the genre furthest into the fathomless cosmos. The Brits have amassed a substantia...December 8, 2019
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ENSLAVED Enters Studio To Record New Album
Norwegian metal avant-gardists ENSLAVED have entered the studio to record their new album. The disc is tentatively due in May 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. ENSLAVED founding member and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson stated about the recordings: "The days are growing darker in the Northern hemisphere — an...December 4, 2019
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ENSLAVED Re-Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST
Norwegian progressive black avantgardists ENSLAVED have re-signed with Nuclear Blast, renewing a collaboration that has been ongoing for around ten years and two years ago produced the universally lauded album "E". Band founding member and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson stated about the re-signing: "It is...November 13, 2019
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Songs The Night Sings
Although her contribution to the NIGHTWISH story will be overshadowed by those of her predecessor and successor, Anette Olzon always had the right voice for bright and pop-driven symphonic metal. In many ways, THE DARK ELEMENT is a much more fitting project for her talents. On "Songs The Night Sings...November 12, 2019
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Watch SLAYER Perform In Hershey, Pennsylvania
Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's November 6 concert at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania can be seen below (courtesy of YouTube user "Jim Powers"). SLAYER has just kicked off "The Final Campaign", the seventh and final leg of its farewell world tour. This last hurrah started at the ExploreA...November 7, 2019
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