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SWALLOW THE SUN Releases 'Upon The Water' Single From 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' Album

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN have released a new song called "Upon The Water". The track, which was inspired by the tragic death of South African singer Aleah Liane Stanbridge, is taken from the band's upcoming album, "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light", which wil...

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DEMONS & WIZARDS Feat. JON SCHAFFER And HANSI KÜRSCH: Long-Awaited Third Album To Arrive In January 2020

DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, is tentatively planning to release its long-awaited third album in January 2020. Schaffer spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the follow-up to 2005's "Touched By The Cri...

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KURDT VANDERHOOF Says METAL CHURCH Would Have Probably Changed Its Name Had MIKE HOWE Not Returned

Scotty J of Rock Titan recently conducted an interview with guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof of West Coast metal veterans METAL CHURCH. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On getting vocalist Mike Howe to rejoin METAL CHURCH in 2016: Kurdt: "It w...

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POUNDER Feat. CARCASS, EXHUMED Members: 'Uncivilized' Album Due In February

Hells Headbangers has set a February 22, 2019 release date for POUNDER's debut album, "Uncivilized", on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. POUNDER specializes in dealing out classic heavy metal tunes, expertly crafted and executed, drawing from their NWOBHM influences with hints of early '80s...

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A&R Executive Who 'Discovered' METALLICA: 'That Signing Helped Change The Face Of Hard Rock And Heavy Metal'

Michael Alago, the New York City native who signed METALLICA to Elektra three and a half decades ago, spoke to the "Juliet: Unexpected" podcast about what it was about the James Hetfield-fronted group that initially caught his attention. "Well, I [was] out every night as an A&R person," Alago said (...

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SAXON Teases 'Largest, Loudest, Brightest' And 'Most Explosive Show Ever' For 40th Anniversary In 2019

British heavy metal legends SAXON will celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2019 with what they promise will be the band's "largest, loudest, brightest, most explosive show ever!" The trek — the details of which will be announced soon — will see the group accompanied by 60 tons of light and sound, an...

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Internal Affairs / Skyline Whispers

While modern rock radio bands are busy mining the early blues-rock of LED ZEPPELIN and younger metal bands are stripping the New Wave of British Heavy Metal songbook for parts, Swedish supergroup THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA scratch an itch for those with nostalgia for a different specific moment in r...

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Way of the Road

At this point in the year of 2018, the modern heavy metal scene is heavily saturated with newer bands throwing back to the sounds of the early 1980s. Scores of bands are aping the riffs and chord progressions popularized by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Bay Area thrash, and the heavier ends o...

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NITA STRAUSS On JILL JANUS's Suicide: 'I Did Not See It Coming'

Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, says that she was surprised by the death of her THE STARBREAKERS bandmate Jill Janus. Janus, who was also the frontwoman for the California heavy metal band HUNTRESS, passed away on August 14. A longtime sufferer of menta...

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ALICE COOPER Guitarist NITA STRAUSS: How I Finally Got Sober Three Years Ago

In a recent interview with "Chasing Glory With Lilian Garcia", ALICE COOPER guitarist Nita Strauss recalled how she got finally sober in September 2015 with the help of her longtime boyfriend and manager Josh Villalta. She said (hear audio below): "[Josh and I] were in New Orleans, and I had already...

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GEOFF TATE Is Working On 'Phenomenal' QUEENSRŸCHE 'Empire' 30th-Anniversary Box Set

Seattle progressive rockers QUEENSRŸCHE are working on a 30th-anniversary edition of their landmark "Empire" album. Released in 1990, the set included the hit ballad "Silent Lucidity", which reached No. 9 on the Billboard singles chart, helped propel "Empire" to No. 7 on the album chart and earned t...

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STATUS QUO's FRANCIS ROSSI Announces Album, Autobiography And Spoken-Word Tour

STATUS QUO's Francis Rossi is gearing up for a busy 2019. He has confirmed the release of a collaborative album with vocalist Hannah Rickard, a brand-new autobiography written with Mick Wall, and a spoken-word U.K. tour that will see him and Wall tour the country discussing the guitarist's illustrio...

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SWALLOW THE SUN To Release 'When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light' Album In January

Finnish melancholy death-doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN will release their new album, "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light", on January 25, 2019 through Century Media Records. Only one month earlier, on December 21, they will release a standalone 14-minute epic single track called "Lumina Aur...

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JAMES MALONE Thinks ARSIS Stands Out Because None Of Its Members 'Necessarily Like Extreme Metal'

Alex Haber of Heavy New York conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist James Malone and bassist Noah Martin of melodic tech-death overlords ARSIS prior to their October 26 concert at The Kingsland in Brooklyn, New York. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by...

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KISS's PAUL STANLEY On Possibility Of 'End Of The Road' Live Album And/Or DVD: 'It Seems Logical'

Paul Stanley says that a live album and/or DVD/Blu-ray recorded during KISS's "End Of The Road" tour would be the "logical" way to document the band's final run of shows. A month ago, KISS announced its "End Of The Road" farewell tour on NBC's "America's Got Talent", and last week, the band revealed...