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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...

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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...

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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...

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TRIVIUM Frontman's IBARAKI Project Releases New Song Feat. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE's GERARD WAY

TRIVIUM singer and guitarist Matthew Heafy has shared another song from "Rashomon", the long-awaited album from his IBARAKI project. Watch the video for the song "Rōnin", which features MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE singer Gerard Way and EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn, below. "'A rōnin is a masterless warrior," stat...

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NILE Announces Fall 2022 'Vile Nilotic Rites' European Tour

South Carolina's Egyptian-themed death metal titans NILE will embark on a European tour in the fall of 2022. NILE mastermind Karl Sanders comments: "I am absolutely on fire with the news that NILE will be returning for touring in Europe with Massive Music. Fuck yes. Metal will take place!" Added dru...

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SEPTICFLESH Announces 'Modern Primitive' Album; First Single 'Hierophant' Now Available

Symphonic death metal architects SEPTICFLESH will release their eleventh studio album, "Modern Primitive", on May 20 via Nuclear Blast. The conceptual music video for the LP's first single, "Hierophant", can be seen below. "Hierophant" tells the first part of story written by guitarist and clean voc...

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Hear BEHEMOTH's NERGAL Guest On Song From TRIVIUM Frontman's IBARAKI Project

TRIVIUM singer and guitarist Matthew Heafy has shared more details about his long-awaited and much-anticipated IBARAKI project. The project's debut album, "Rashomon", will be released on May 6 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band has shared the video for "Akumu", featuring a guest appearance by BEHEMO...

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IRON MAIDEN's 'Legacy Of The Beast' Teams Up With DISTURBED For New In-Game Event

IRON MAIDEN's "Legacy Of The Beast" free-to-play mobile game has announced a major in-game collaboration, this time with American rock legends DISTURBED. Following successful collaborations last year with AMON AMARTH, LACUNA COIL and GHOST, "Legacy Of The Beast" has teamed up with DISTURBED to bring...

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ABBATH And WATAIN Announce September/October 2022 European Tour

Norwegian metal titans ABBATH have announced a brand new co-headlining tour with Swedish black metal outfit WATAIN. The "Chariots Of Fire" trek will kick off on September 15 at the Elysee Montmartre in Paris, France and will wreak havoc in 13 more countries before a final curtain on October 9 at the...

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MANOWAR Shares Pro-Shot Video Of 'Hand Of Doom' Performance From Stuttgart, Germany

A professionally filmed video of MANOWAR performing the song "Hand Of Doom" on April 5, 2019 at Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany can be seen below. According to the band, the clip, which was shot during MANOWAR's "The Final Battle" world 2019/2020 tour, "captures the passion and ene...

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Halo

Rhetorical question coming up: has there even been a more underrated band than AMORPHIS? Despite being insanely consistent and unwaveringly singular for over 30 years, the Finns have never really fit neatly into any ongoing or newly revived category, and the result is that far too little attention i...

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Watch NILE Perform With Fill-In Guitarist/Vocalist SCOTT EAMES In Orlando

Fan-filmed video footage of NILE's February 5 performance at Haven Lounge in Winter Park, Florida can be seen below. NILE guitarist/vocalist Brian Kingsland is sitting out the band's current U.S. tour in order to spend time with his newborn son. Filling in for him is Scott Eames (THY ANTICHRIST, NEV...

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ABBATH Shares Title Track Of 'Dread Reaver' Album

Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name Olve Eikemo),have released the title track of their new album, "Dread Reaver", which will arrive on March 25 via Season Of Mist. The cover artwork for the LP was created by Bjørn Stian Bjoarvik and t...

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NILE Guitarist/Vocalist BRIAN KINGSLAND To Sit Out U.S. Tour; Replacement Announced

NILE guitarist/vocalist Brian Kingsland will sit out the band's upcoming U.S. tour in order to spend time with his newborn son. Filling in for him will be Scott Eames (THY ANTICHRIST, NEVALRA). Featuring support from INCANTATION, SANGUISUGABOGG and I AM, the trek will kick off on February 3 in Nashv...

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AMORPHIS Drops Music Video For New Single 'On The Dark Waters'

Finnish melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS will release their fourteenth studio album, "Halo", on February 11, 2022 via Atomic Fire Records. The official music video for the LP's latest single, "On The Dark Waters", directed by Pekka Hara, can be seen below. Lyricist Pekka Kainulainen commen...