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FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Teams Up With IRON MAIDEN For 'Legacy Of The Beast' In-Game Event
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has announced a major in-game collaboration with IRON MAIDEN's "Legacy Of The Beast" free-to-play mobile game. "Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast" needed a character that would fit perfectly into a story with Magma Beast Eddie, a scheming denizen of Hell itself, born of fire a...July 12, 2022
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Primordial
Oh, the riffs. THE RIFFS! It would be easy to get hysterical and evangelical about TELEKINETIC YETI. There is never a shortage of great doom and stoner rock bands, so ageless and undeniable is that musical code. But not every band delivers a consistent stream of riff-centric greatness, and even fewe...July 7, 2022
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NILE Parts Ways With Bassist/Vocalist BRAD PARRIS
South Carolina's Egyptian-themed death metal titans NILE have announced the departure of bassist/vocalist Brad Parris. On Friday (July 1), NILE released the following statement via social media: "It's time for us to share with our fans and the metal community that Brad Parris is leaving NILE th...July 2, 2022
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The Eternal Fanfare
Anyone nerdy enough to have heard HULDER's early demos (which have since been collated on 2019's "De Oproeping Van Middeleeuwse Duisternis" comp) will have spotted that dark magic was brewing from the get-go. Belgian born but US-based, Marliese Beeuwsaert owes an obvious debt to classic, early '90s...June 30, 2022
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VOLBEAT Announces Fall 2022 European Tour With SKINDRED, NAPALM DEATH And BAD WOLVES
Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT have announced a European headlining tour for the fall. Support on the trek will come from SKINDRED, NAPALM DEATH and BAD WOLVES. Says VOLBEAT: "VOLFAM!!! Finally after so much time away, we're thrilled to be able to bring a proper VOLBEAT headline tour to ou...June 27, 2022
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Watch: MANOWAR Performs In Athens During 'Crushing The Enemies Of Metal Anniversary Tour'
Fan-filmed video of MANOWAR's June 22 concert in Athens, Greece during the "Crushing The Enemies Of Metal Anniversary Tour" can be seen below. Earlier this week, MANOWAR released a new digital EP, "The Revenge Of Odysseus (Highlights)", via Magic Circle Entertainment. For this project, which is base...June 24, 2022
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Origins
An exponent of a very different kind of frostbitten extremity, SAOR mastermind Andy Marshall has been steadily exploring the uncharted territory between black metal's grim grandeur and the widescreen, emotional potency of atmospheric folk music. In truth, his music has always seemed entirely organic...June 23, 2022
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MANOWAR Releases 'The Revenge Of Odysseus (Highlights)' EP
MANOWAR has just released a new digital EP, "The Revenge Of Odysseus (Highlights)", via Magic Circle Entertainment. For this project, which is based on "The Odyssey", Homer's tale of the great hero Odysseus and his long and perilous quest to return to his wife and son, MANOWAR went to great lengths:...June 22, 2022
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Watch: MANOWAR Plays 'Secret' Show In Germany As THE LORDS OF STEEL
MANOWAR played the first of two "secret" warm-up shows on Saturday, June 4 at Jovel Music Hall in Münster, Germany. Bassist/leader Joey DeMaio and his bandmates were billed as THE LORDS OF STEEL (performing "the music of MANOWAR") for the gig, which marked MANOWAR's debut live appearance with new dr...June 6, 2022
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MANOWAR Announces New Drummer DAVE CHEDRICK
Drummer Anders Johannson has announced that he will be unable to join MANOWAR on the band's upcoming "Crushing The Enemies Of Metal Anniversary Tour '22/'23" due to "family commitments." He will be replaced on the trek by Dave Chedrick, who has previously played with RAVEN and KILL RITUAL, among oth...June 4, 2022
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NILE's KARL SANDERS To Release 'Saurian Apocalypse' Solo Album In July
NILE mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Karl Sanders has announced that the subterranean slumber of his Eastern-ambient Saurian series has finally ceased with the impending release of its dark third chapter, "Saurian Apocalypse", out July 22 via Napalm Records. This segment of the hypnotizing saga...May 25, 2022
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DEF LEPPARD's RICK ALLEN Guests On New Single From His Wife LAUREN MONROE, 'If You Want'
DEF LEPPARD drummer Rick Allen is featured on "If You Want", the new single from his wife, singer, songwriter, and healing artist Lauren Monroe. The track, which was co-produced by Monroe with the renowned Jim Scott, will appear on her third album, "Messages From Aphrodite". With its old-school Amer...May 16, 2022
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It's Time… To Rise From The Grave
These are heady days indeed for fans of death metal. Some may question the value of the genre's ever-expanding diversity, but few would argue that we are experiencing anything other than a new golden age. Pleasingly, for old bastards at least, it is the defiantly uncommercial, old-school wing of dea...April 19, 2022
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VOLBEAT Releases Music Video For 'Temple Of Ekur'
Danish/American rock and rollers VOLBEAT have released the official music video for the song "Temple Of Ekur". The clip, which was directed by Shan Dan and VisualHype, can be seen below. "Temple Of Ekur" is taken from VOLBEAT's eighth studio album, "Servant Of The Mind", which was released in Decemb...April 13, 2022
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Raised On Radio
By this point, everybody should know who Ronnie Romero is. Arguably best known as the one man Ritchie Blackmore decreed fit to front his recent, RAINBOW-shaped return to amplified rock 'n' roll, Romero has been a perpetually charismatic presence in hard rock and heavy metal for the last decade. Curr...April 12, 2022
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