Slowing down is always a risky business. For the uninitiated, ERADIKATOR are one of the UK's best and most respected contemporary thrash metal bands. With two excellent albums under their collective cummerbund, the Brits have been proudly flying the flag for a beefy and bruising but fervently melodic strain of thrash: a rather thankless task ...
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Sweetwater Studios, the world-class recording studio owned and operated by music retailer Sweetwater Sound, has announced that it will host a special recording master class with thrash metal architects ANTHRAX. The exclusive two-day class — the ultimate multi-day learning experience for metal fans who want to learn the art of studio recording — will be ...
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QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT kicked off their North American tour Wednesday night (July 10) at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Never known to rest on their laurels, QUEEN on this "Rhapsody" tour unveiled a stage show as experimental and rule-defying as the hit-packed QUEEN back catalog. The band has worked with the ...
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UNVEIL THE STRENGTH has released the official music video for its single "Hell's Never Over", Originally premiered on HeartSupport, the clip was directed by Matt Zane (SOCIETY 1). Says UNVEIL THE STRENGTH: "We believe in HeartSupport because they are doing something no one else has done. They are bridging the gap for mental health in ...
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Legendary U.S. progressive metal band PSYCHOTIC WALTZ has signed to InsideOutMusic for the worldwide release of its first new studio album in 23 years. PSYCHOTIC WALTZ's fifth full-length disc will be recorded with engineer Ulrich Wild and will be mixed by Jens Bogren (OPETH, FATES WARNING, ARCH ENEMY). An early 2020 release is expected. Re-releases ...
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UNVEIL THE STRENGTH is the name of the new band featuring former FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH bassist Matt Snell. He is joined in the group by Mark Wölfe, Andy James, Matt Guillory and Tim Hassemer. An introductory video, featuring UNVEIL THE STRENGTH's upcoming track "War Inside Us All", can be seen below. Says Snell: "We ...
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Australian deathcore masters THY ART IS MURDER will release their fifth album, "Human Target", on July 26 via Nuclear Blast and Human Warfare (Australia and New Zealand). The disc was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey. The artwork was once again painted by Eliran Kantor ...
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DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, kicked off its first tour in nearly two decades Friday night (May 31) in Saarbrücken, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. After the show, DEMONS & WIZARDS took to social media to ...
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DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, will be joined by other members of ICED EARTH and BLIND GUARDIAN when it kicks off its first tour in nearly two decades on May 31 in Saarbrücken, Germany. The DEMONS & WIZARDS touring lineup will be ...
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DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, recently released remastered versions of its first two albums on all digital platforms. Remastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (ICED EARTH, QUEENSRŸCHE, SANCTUARY), "Demons & Wizards" (2000) and "Touched By The Crimson King" (2005) will also be released ...
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Australian deathcore masters THY ART IS MURDER will release their fifth album, "Human Target", on July 26 via Nuclear Blast and Human Warfare (Australia and New Zealand). The disc was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio in Belleville, New Jersey. The artwork was once again painted by Eliran Kantor ...
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SLIPKNOT, BLINK 182 and TOOL will headline the 2019 edition of the Aftershock festival, set to take place October 11-13 at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California. Also scheduled to appear are STAIND, LAMB OF GOD, HALESTORM, SUM 41, ROB ZOMBIE, BRING ME THE HORIZON, MARILYN MANSON, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, KORN, A DAY TO REMEMBER, CHEVELLE, ...
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DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, will embark on the "A Magical Encounter With Demons & Wizards" North American headline tour in the summer. The band will hit the road starting August 17 in Los Angeles and will wrap up the trek with ...
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Massachusetts-based rockers STAIND will perform at this year's Louder Than Life festival, set to take place September 27-29 at the event's new home at Louisville's Highly Festival Grounds at the KY Expo Center. Also scheduled to appear are SLIPKNOT, DISTURBED, GODSMACK, ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON, BREAKING BENJAMIN, CHEVELLE, HALESTORM and many more. "We wouldn't be ...
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DEMONS & WIZARDS, the side project of ICED EARTH mainman Jon Schaffer and BLIND GUARDIAN singer Hansi Kürsch, has released remastered versions of its first two albums on all digital platforms. As of today, the two acclaimed albums "Demons & Wizards" (2000) and "Touched By The Crimson King" (2005) are finally available again. Remastered by ...
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Century Media Records has announced the signing of DEMONS & WIZARDS to a worldwide deal. Founded in 1999 by Hansi Kürsch (BLIND GUARDIAN) and Jon Schaffer (ICED EARTH), DEMONS & WIZARDS released two highly acclaimed albums, 1999s' "Demons & Wizards" and 2005's "Touched By The Crimson King". The band is currently recording its as-yet-untitled third ...
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On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time. With candor, honesty and empathy, Danny Goldberg, one of NIRVANA's managers from 1990 to 1994, shares his memories of his brief but momentous time with Kurt and the band in "Serving The Servant: ...
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U.K. metallers ARCHITECTS have announced their first North American tour in support of their latest album, "Holy Hell". The month-long trek, which will feature support from THY ART IS MURDER and WHILE SHE SLEEPS, will kick off on April 26 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California Tour dates: April 26 - Anaheim, CA ...
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The official lyric video for the song "Control" from Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming 14th album, "The End Of Chaos", which will be released on January 18 via AFM Records. The album will be available as a digipak, on clear orange, gatefold ...
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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 Crimson King" during an appearance on the ICED ...
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Epicenter festival — a new three-day destination music experience from premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents — brings a massive music lineup to its 2019 debut, with over 65 music artists performing on four stages, led by FOO FIGHTERS, TOOL and KORN. The inaugural festival takes place in the heart of the ...
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After a record-breaking year in 2018, Welcome To Rockville returns even bigger in 2019. The ninth annual edition of Florida's Biggest Rock Experience will take place Friday, May 3, Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5 at Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida and will feature must-see headlining sets from some of the biggest names in ...
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The soaring success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" — the Freddie Mercury/QUEEN movie that is set to become the biggest grossing music biopic of all time — has proven that the public's love for QUEEN remains as strong as ever. Longtime fans and recent converts will be thrilled to discover then, that QUEEN — original bandmembers Brian ...
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FOO FIGHTERS, SYSTEM OF A DOWN and DISTURBED will headline the inaugural Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival. The three-day event, set to take place May 17-19, 2019 at Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, replaces the perennially popular hard-rock fest Rock On The Range, which ended its run in 2017 after being held in Columbus ...
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"Demolition Man", the new video from Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's upcoming 14th album, "The End Of Chaos", which will be released on January 18, 2019 via AFM Records. The album will be available as a digipak, on clear orange, gatefold vinyl (limited ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, rock artists responded on Monday (November 12) to the death of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, who passed away that morning at the age of 95 after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Lee was born as Stanley Lieber in Manhattan on December 28, 1922. He ...
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Arizona metal veterans FLOTSAM AND JETSAM have released a new song called "Recover". The track is taken from the band's 14th album, "The End Of Chaos", due on January 18, 2019 via AFM Records. The album will be available as digipak, clear orange, gatefold vinyl (limited to 450 units), black gatefold vinyl (limited to 450 ...
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"Modern Misery", the new video from U.K. metallers ARCHITECTS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth full-length album, "Holy Hell", which will be released on November 9 via Epitaph Records. "Holy Hell" marks the band's first release since the untimely passing of Tom Searle, ARCHITECTS' founding guitarist, principal songwriter and ...
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"Royal Beggars", the new video from U.K. metallers ARCHITECTS, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's eighth full-length album, "Holy Hell", which will be released on November 9 via Epitaph Records. "Holy Hell" marks the band's first release since the untimely passing of Tom Searle, ARCHITECTS' founding guitarist, principal songwriter and ...
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According to the Lincoln Journal Star, 15,000 fans attended METALLICA's September 6 concert at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, which set a record as the heaviest ever, with a "dynamic weight" of up to 240,000 pounds. The five-year-old building's roof held up under the weight which hung from the arena's rigging ...
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