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War Of Being

Amidst a colossal mess of pandemic-scuppered plans, TESSERACT seem to have undergone an extraordinary evolution. The UK band's fifth full-length album since emerging with that jaw-dropping "Concealing Fate" EP 13 years ago, "War Of Being" sees their collective imagination run wild across an hour of...

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CMF2

Corey Taylor has proven himself to be quite the versatile musician. First, the world got to know Taylor as the masked, furious frontman of metal band SLIPKNOT. Then, he showed off his softer, more melodic side as the leader of STONE SOUR. Then, once again, Taylor reinvented himself on his debut solo...

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SUFFOCATION Announces New Album 'Hymns From The Apocrypha'

New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION will release their ninth full-length album, "Hymns From The Apocrypha", on November 3 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2017's "...Of The Dark Light", the first release featuring new vocalist Ricky Myers pushes the band to the very edges of extremity and is...

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Esto Es Brujeria

From their brutal beginnings, BRUJERIA, Spanish for "witchcraft", has commandeered a notorious reputation. The maniacal death-grind unit's over-the-top album artwork has depicted the madness of cartel violence in the least subtle manner imaginable. While the imagery overtly suggests an exclusive Mex...

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Watch: JOB FOR A COWBOY Plays First Official Concert In Seven Years At BLUE RIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL

Arizona extreme metallers JOB FOR A COWBOY played their official first concert since 2016 this past Friday (September 8) at this year's edition of the Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Alton, Virginia. One day earlier, they played a "secret" show at The Warehouse in Richmond, Virginia, where they were bil...

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HERMAN LI Explains How DRAGONFORCE Ended Up Partnering With NAPALM RECORDS For Next Studio Album

In an interview with EMP conducted at last month's Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germany, DRAGONFORCE guitarist Herman Li spoke about the band's recent announcement that it had signed a new record deal with Napalm Records. Regarding how DRAGONFORCE ended up partnering with the Austrian labe...

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NICKELBACK's CHAD KROEGER Explains Why He Decided To Cut His Hair Short More Than A Decade Ago

In a new interview with the CHUM 104.5 radio station conducted at this month's Toronto International Film Festival, NICKELBACK frontman Chad Kroeger was asked about his decision to cut his hair more than a decade ago. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "It was an accident. And that's the...

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Watch: MEGADETH Plays Second Concert With New Touring Guitarist TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI

MEGADETH played its second concert with new touring guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari (WINTERSUN, SMACKBOUND) last night (Thursday, September 7) as part of the Navajo Pearl Anniversary Concert Series in Window Rock, Arizona. Teemu is filling in for the band's longtime axeman Kiko Loureiro, who announced ea...

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Make Them Beg For Death

The death metal scene is in such absurdly good health at the moment that there is little room for error at the top of the tree. DYING FETUS have deservedly become a benchmark for brutality over the last 32 years and have rarely been outgunned along the way. But however you slice (or stab) it, bands...

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MICHAEL POULSEN's Death Metal Band ASINHELL Shares New Single 'Desert Of Doom'

ASINHELL, the new death metal band led by VOLBEAT frontman Michael Poulsen, has released the official lyric video for the song "Desert Of Doom". The track is taken from ASINHELL's debut album, "Impii Hora" (Latin for "Ungodly Hour"),which will arrive on September 29 via Metal Blade. For more than 2...

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P.O.D.'s New Single 'Drop' To Feature LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE, 'Veritas' Album Due In Early 2024

In an interview with Ethan Jackson of Topeka's rock radio station KDVV/V100 conducted at last weekend's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, P.O.D. guitarist Marcos Curiel was asked if he and his bandmates are working on any new material. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Yes, s...

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HENRY ROLLINS: 'I Would Hope All Young People Who Can Vote Will Do So'

In a new interview with music journalist Joel Gausten, punk rock icon Henry Rollins shares his thoughts on drug use, health, the upcoming American presidential election, and more. Asked how politically minded he would say people in their late teens/early 20s are these days, based on his various trav...

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Watch MEGADETH Play First Concert With New Touring Guitarist TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI

MEGADETH played its first concert with new touring guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari (WINTERSUN, SMACKBOUND) last night (Wednesday, September 6) at Revel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Teemu is filling in for the band's longtime axeman Kiko Loureiro, who announced earlier this week that he would sit out the n...

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Ex-FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Guitarist Wanted To Find 'Mentally Stable' Guys For His New Band FLAT BLACK

In an interview with Jake Daniels of the Rock 100.5 The KATT radio station conducted at this past weekend's Rocklahoma festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook spoke about his new band FLAT BLACK, in which he is joined by singer Wes Horton, bassist Nick Diltz...

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It's 'Heartbreaking' For OZZY OSBOURNE To Not Be Able To Perform At POWER TRIP: 'All He Wants Is Just One More Show'

Ozzy Osbourne's wife Sharon and daughter Kelly spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about his recent decision to withdraw from the upcoming Power Trip festival. The historic three-day event set for October 6, 7 and 8 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California will bring together six iconic bands that d...