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Resurrection Of The Flesh
When HELLHAMMER first emerged and terrified the metal establishment, they were routinely mocked as an unlistenable abomination. What critics and cynics failed to understand then — as indeed many continue to fail to understand today — is that an unlistenable abomination was exactly what heavy music n...November 7, 2023
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CHILDREN OF BODOM's Final Concert To Be Released As Live Album This December
CHILDREN OF BODOM's final concert, which took place on December 15, 2019 at the Black Box in Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland, will be released as a live album, "A Chapter Called... Children Of Bodom (Final Show In Helsinki Ice Hall 2019)", on December 15, 2023 via Spinefarm. Released with the...October 27, 2023
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Mosaic
With a sound that makes DRAGONFORCE seem a bit gloomy, THEOCRACY have always put the necessary effort into spreading their power metal gospel. The Atlanta, Georgia quintet are extremely highly rated among the genre's diehard fraternity, and the recent addition of lead guitarist Taylor Washington (PA...October 12, 2023
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Venera
In a moderately unexpected turn of events, KORN guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer has thrown himself wholeheartedly into the shadowy world of experimental electronic music. A collaboration with US composer and filmmaker Chris Hunt, VENERA switches Munky's focus from his day job's unpredictable but rel...October 11, 2023
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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER To Aspiring Guitarists: 'Play Every Day' And 'Practice As Much As You Can'
During an interview that was recorded last month at the Guitar Summit guitar show in Mannheim, Germany, MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher was asked by Thomann if there is any piece of advice he would give to aspiring guitarists. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Play every day. Prac...October 10, 2023
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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT To Release '50th Anniversary Live - First Night' In December
Frontiers Music Srl will release BLUE ÖYSTER CULT's "50th Anniversary Live - First Night" on December 8, 2023. The first single and video from the album, "I'm On The Lamb But I Ain't No Sheep (Live)" are out today. The legendary American hard rock band BLUE ÖYSTER CULT celebrated its 50th anniversa...October 4, 2023
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Watch METAL CHURCH Perform In Roseville, California
The Hadesmetal YouTube channel has uploaded video of METAL CHURCH's September 27 concert at Goldfield in Roseville, California. Check out the clips below. METAL CHURCH made its live debut with the band's new vocalist Marc Lopes (ROSS THE BOSS, LET US PREY) on June 3 at the Legions Of Metal fest...October 2, 2023
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Impii Hora
Every discerning VOLBEAT fan knows about Michael Poulsen's dark past. Prior to conquering the world with an inspired mixture of massive riffs and rock 'n' roll crooning, the Dane was guitarist and frontman with DOMINUS: a scabrous, pure-breed death metal band, with little in the way of rockabilly vi...September 26, 2023
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MASTODON's BILL KELLIHER: 'Next Year We Are Gonna Write A New Record'
During an interview that was recorded earlier today (Saturday, September 23) at the Guitar Summit guitar show in Mannheim, Germany, MASTODON guitarist Bill Kelliher was asked if there are plans for extended touring and a new studio album from him and his bandmates. He responded (as transcribed by BL...September 23, 2023
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Polar Veil
One of the underground's most respected enigmas, Mat "Kvohst" McNerney has been involved with a huge amount of great music over the years. The Brit's discography extends from the barbarous black metal of CODE and THE DEATHTRIP to the priapic post-punk of GRAVE PLEASURES, but HEXVESSEL is plainly his...September 20, 2023
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TOM GABRIEL WARRIOR's TRIUMPH OF DEATH Announces Live Album 'Resurrection Of The Flesh'
The impact of Swiss extreme metal forefathers HELLHAMMER is one that still resonates around the global metal scene today, such was their influence on the early extreme, death, and black metal genres. In the 40 years that have passed since their humble beginnings in Nurensdorf, Switzerland, in May 19...September 20, 2023
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New Book About METAL CHURCH, 'Beyond The Black', Due In November
NW Metalworx Books has set a November 2023 tentative release date for "Beyond The Black: The Story Of Metal Church", a new book by author James R. Beach and co-author and archivist Brian L. Naron. Culled from extensive research, interviews with both past and current METAL CHURCH bandmembers, crew me...September 12, 2023
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METAL CHURCH's KURDT VANDERHOOF Says He 'Hates' Black Metal: 'It's Garbage To Me'
In a new interview with Ruben Mosqueda of We Go To 11, METAL CHURCH guitarist and founding member Kurdt Vanderhoof spoke about his disdain for a lot of the newer extreme metal bands, particularly groups of the "darker metal" variety. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I hate it. I hate t...September 1, 2023
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Outside The Spiral
The evolution of heavy music has been influenced by all kinds of eccentric and fearless artists, and Kelly Shaefer deserves to be near the top of the list. As the man behind Floridian death metal mavericks ATHEIST, he has done more than most to push the genre away from the mundane and toward a more...August 24, 2023
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Here Is August 2023 Video Of VINNIE PAUL's And DIMEBAG's Gravesite
Uncle Yaga of the Geekedelic YouTube channel has uploaded video of his August 15, 2023 visit to the graves of PANTERA founders Vinnie Paul Abbott and "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott at the Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, Texas. Check out the footage below. In 2021, a protective fence was...August 16, 2023
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