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DIMMU BORGIR Shares Cover Of DEEP PURPLE's 'Perfect Strangers' From 'Inspiratio Profanus' Collection

Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR have released their cover version of the DEEP PURPLE classic "Perfect Strangers". The song is taken from DIMMU BORGIR's upcoming collection of cover songs, "Inspiratio Profanus", which will be made available on December 8 via Nuclear Blast Records. DIMMU BORGIR...

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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...

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1982

There is no exaggeration in acknowledging that Teutonic thrash legends SODOM were seminal in the genesis of black, thrash and speed metal. Not to downplay VENOM's significance to black metal and in spite of the namesake of their second album and its title track, "Black Metal", which pre-dated SODOM'...

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DORO PESCH 'Could Tell' METALLICA Was Going To Be Big When She First Saw Them In 1984

In a new interview with DJ Ramo (a.k.a. Omar Rodriguez) of The Metal Mixtape, German metal queen Doro Pesch reflected on the first time she met the members of METALLICA, in particular the band's then-bassist Cliff Burton. The singer, who was fronting the band WARLOCK at the time of her METALLICA enc...

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Watch: BUSH Performs 'Machinehead' On CBS's 'The Talk'

BUSH took part in a live performance and an interview earlier today (Tuesday, October 31) with CBS's daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show "The Talk". BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale celebrated Halloween and dished on fatherhood and setting his schedule around his kids' sports." Later in the program, BU...

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Original VENOM Guitarist JEFF 'MANTAS' DUNN On 'Welcome To Hell' Album: 'That Was A Moment Captured In Time'

In an interview with Neuborn Open Air festival in Wörrstadt, Germany, original VENOM and current VENOM INC. guitarist Jeff "Mantas" Dunn reflected on the former band's early albums, particularly 1981's "Welcome To Hell", which had a low-budget raw production that many black metal bands took influenc...

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BUSH's GAVIN ROSSDALE: 'It Would Be Pretty Fun To Play' Entire 'Sixteen Stone' Album For 30th Anniversary

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, BUSH frontman Gavin Rossdale was asked if there are any plans for him and his bandmates to celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the band's debut LP, 1994's "Sixteen Stone". He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I don't...

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Venom: Live From The Hammersmith Odeon Theatre

Arguably one of the most important bands in extreme music and extreme metal history, VENOM needs little introduction. After the ensemble's already infamous performance released as "The 7th Date of Hell - Live at Hammersmith Odeon 1984", the pioneering beast that is VENOM returned to the venue in 198...

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DIMMU BORGIR Announces Covers Album 'Inspiratio Profanus'

After their last two successful albums "Abrahadabra" and "Eonian", Norwegian black metallers DIMMU BORGIR herald their 30-year legacy by releasing, together for the first time, a collection of their cover songs. The album "Inspiratio Profanus" is being announced with the arrival of the thunderous fi...

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SODOM Shares Music Video For '1982 (Remix)'

German thrash metal pioneers SODOM have released the official music video for the song "1982 (Remix)". The track is taken from the band's upcoming EP, "1982", due on November 10 via SPV/Steamhammer. SODOM frontman Thomas "Angelripper" Such said: "These days we'd probably compose those songs differen...

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Watch: THROWDOWN Performs Live For First Time In Eight Years

THROWDOWN made its return to Furnace Fest in Birmingham, Alabama last night (Friday, September 22). The New Wave Of American Heavy Metal band's mainstage set was their first performance since 2015, first in the United States since 2011, and first with the "Venom & Tears" lineup since 2007. Fan-f...

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VENOM INC. Recruits Former VENOM Guitarist MIKE HICKEY For U.S. Tour

Guitarist Mike Hickey, known for his work with VENOM, CARCASS, CATHEDRAL and CRONOS, will join VENOM INC. on the band's upcoming U.S. tour. The trek, with support from SATAN, RINGWORM and 72 LEGIONS, will kick off on September 27 in New York and conclude on October 15 in Boston, Massachusetts. Hicke...

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As Gomorrah Burns

35 years is a long time, even in death metal, and CRYPTOPSY have lived a few lives during that time. At first, with drummer Flo Mounier as their not-so-secret weapon, they appeared to be the last word in brutality. 1996's "None So Vile" is still a benchmark for nauseating heaviness, regardless of ho...

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REPENTANCE Releases New Version Of 'Down In The Water' Music Video

Chicago, Illinois-based metallers REPENTANCE have released their sophomore album, "The Process Of Human Demise", via Noble Demon. Listeners can expect an album that combines aggressive riffs, powerful vocals, and thought-provoking lyrics, creating a captivating musical journey through the depths of...

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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...