According to Public Radio International, a Brazilian biologist who happens to be a heavy metal fan has named four new spider species after members of from IRON MAIDEN, SCORPIONS, DEF LEPPARD and ANGRA. Cristina Rheims, a researcher at Sao Paulo'a biological research center Instituto Butantan, named the new spider species Extraordinarius ...
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Morten Stützer, guitarist and founding member of Danish thrash metal veterans ARTILLERY, has died. He was only 57 years old. The surviving members of the band broke the news of Morten's passing in a Facebook post earlier today. They wrote: "Dear loyal friends and fans, it is with a heavy heart, a great deal of ...
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Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name Olve Eikemo), have released the official music video for the song "Hecate", taken from the band's latest full length, "Outstrider". The clip was shot by Francisco Munoz and can be seen below. The video release comes ahead of ABBATH's North ...
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Horror and erotica make familiar bedfellows in a brand-new series coming this fall from 6ex Films, WG Films and Whore Gore, "LadyKiller TV", a collection of eight erotic horror parodies pulled from iconic slasher films — but made better with the biggest adult film stars. Jeremy Spencer, the former drummer of hard rock outfit FIVE ...
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KISS drummer Eric Singer has been sworn in as an "honorary corporal" by the police department in Wharton, Texas. Wharton police chief Terry David Lynch performed the swearing in before the band's concert Monday in Houston, with Singer in full "Catman" makeup and the police chief wearing a KISS t-shirt. Singer accepted the lifetime position, ...
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"Nowhere To Run", the new video from FOZZY — the band featuring former WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming follow-up to 2017's "Judas" album, tentatively due in the spring of 2020 via RED Music. Jericho recently said that ...
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CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka Seppälä (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith) spoke to Kaaos TV about the fan response to the band's tenth studio album, "Hexed", which came out in March via Nulcear Blast Records. "Well, surprisingly, we got a lot of positive feedback," he said (see video below). We haven't been expecting any positive feedback ...
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"Nowhere To Run", a brand new song from FOZZY — the band featuring former WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming follow-up to 2017's "Judas" album, tentatively due in the spring of 2020 via RED Music. Jericho recently said ...
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"Nowhere To Run", a brand new song from FOZZY — the band featuring former WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — will receive its world premiere tomorrow (Friday, August 23) at 6:00 p.m. EST on Jericho's SiriusXM show "The Rock Of Jericho". FOZZY has spent the last few months recording the ...
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HIGH ON FIRE frontman Matt Pike married Alyssa Maucere in an intimate ceremony at the Silver Wedding Chapel at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (August 17). The wedding took place one day after HIGH ON FIRE's performance at the Psycho Las Vegas music festival, where Matt and his bandmates filmed an upcoming ...
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea spoke to Publishers Weekly about his long-awaited memoir, "Acid For The Children", which will be released on November 5 via Grand Central Publishing. Asked why he decided to focus on his youth in his book, Flea said: "I didn't want to write a rock star book. It ...
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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bassist Flea's memoir, "Acid For The Children", will be released on November 5 via Grand Central Publishing. Featuring a foreword by Patti Smith, the 400-page book, which was originally due last year, "takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of [Flea's] formative years, spanning from Australia to the New ...
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Currently slotted as the opening act for the ALICE COOPER/HALESTORM North American summer tour, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has been subjected to an older, perhaps less understanding crowd than what it is normally used to. In an interview with Cameron Buchholtz of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma radio station Rock 100.5 The KATT, vocalist Chris "Motionless" Cerulli ...
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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has announced a major U.S. headline tour. The new dates begin September 29 at Jacksonville, North Carolina's Tarheel and run through late October. Support throughout comes from special guests WE CAME AS ROMANS, AFTER THE BURIAL and TWIZTID. Limited VIP packages for "The Trick 'R Treat Tour" will be available beginning Tuesday, ...
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L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns has defended GRETA VAN FLEET over accusations that the Michigan rockers have ripped off LED ZEPPELIN. Despite the fact that GRETA VAN FLEET has managed to sell out shows all over the world, the four-piece has been criticized for channeling a sound uncannily similar to LED ZEPPELIN, with some music ...
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The iconic riff of Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train" and the SCORPIONS' hit song "Rock You Like A Hurricane" are featured in the trailer for "Trolls World Tour", a sequel to the 2016 hit animated musical comedy "Trolls". "Trolls World Tour" picks up where the first film left off, as Troll Town's Queen Poppy and Branch ...
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Ozzy Osbourne will lend his voice to the animated motion picture "Trolls World Tour", due for release in April 2020. The sequel to DreamWorks Animation's 2016 hit musical-comedy "Trolls", will see the legendary heavy metal singer voicing the movie's villain, King Thrash, leader of the rock trolls. "Trolls World Tour" will continue to where the ...
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The progression of extreme metal legends DARKTHRONE from black metal genre pioneer to ambassadors of pure heavy metal expression has been fun to experience. While some of their contemporaries continue to put out competent-yet-watered-down rehashes of works that defined the genre and others self-destructed under the weight of their own psychological excesses, Fenriz and Nocturno ...
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Sleeping Giant Glossolalia has set a July 26 release date for the self-titled debut album by NASTIE BAND. With leather, chains, macabre makeup, and a cast of characters including an 81-year-old vocalist, shirtless twin brothers, and iconic keyboard player Roddy Bottum (FAITH NO MORE, IMPERIAL TEEN), NASTIE BAND is one of New York City's most ...
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"Outstrider", the title track of the second album from ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name Olve Eikemo), can be streamed below. Due on July 5 via Season Of Mist, the disc was recorded at Dub Studios in Kristiansand, Norway with producer Endre Kirkesola, who has previously worked with BLOOD RED ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of CHILDREN OF BODOM's June 1 performance at the FortaRock festival at Goffertpark Nijmegen, the Netherlands can be seen below. CHILDREN OF BODOM's latest album, "Hexed", was released in March via Nuclear Blast Records. The disc saw the return to Finland's Danger Johnny Studios where COB was reunited with Mikko Karmila ("I ...
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FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho has confirmed to the FM99 WNOR radio station that the band will enter the studio later this year to begin recording its new album, but that the follow-up to 2017's "Judas" won't arrive until 2020. Jericho explained (see video below): "We were just listening to some new riffs today, and Rich ...
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CROBOT has released a video for a new song called "Keep Me Down". Directed by Mike Danger, the hilarious clip marks the first new music from the band in three years. CROBOT describes the song and video as "a kick to the teeth and a punch to the dick. 'Keep Me Down' lets all y'all ...
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Hellions rejoice! POSSESSED are back and this is absolutely no kind of false dawn. Full disclosure: this is not so much a review, more an extended love letter to Jeff Becerra. Why? Because comebacks are not supposed to be this convincing or this thrilling. Legendary bands are not generally inclined to return after a lengthy ...
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OF MICE & MEN has released the official music video for a new song called "Mushroom Cloud". Check it out below. Commented singer/bassist Aaron Pauley: "I was pretty young when I became aware of the danger of spending too much time in my own head. My mind has never been a safe place for me ...
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The official lyric video for "Calm In Ire (Of Hurricane)", a new song from ABBATH, the solo project of former IMMORTAL frontman Abbath (real name Olve Eikemo), can be seen below. The track is taken from ABBATH's second album, "Outstrider", which will be released on July 5 via Season Of Mist. The disc was recorded ...
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TOKYO MOTOR FIST, the band featuring DANGER DANGER vocalist Ted Poley and TRIXTER guitarist Steve Brown, has re-signed with Frontiers Music Srl. The follow-up album to the group's 2017 self-titled debut is expected sometime in 2020. Brown says: "Rejoice FISTonians worldwide! My lions of the melodic rock world, TOKYO MOTOR FIST, have re-signed with the ...
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MOTIONLESS IN WHITE has released the official music video for the title track of its new album, "Disguise". The clip, which was directed by Jeremy Danger and Travis Shinn, can be seen below. Due on June 7 via Roadrunner Records, "Disguise" is available for pre-order today at all DSPs, with exclusive bundles including a special ...
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According to ABC News, a judge has denied bail for the 21-year-old black metal fan who is suspected of having set fires at three churches in Louisiana. Holden Matthews appeared in court on Monday. He entered a not guilty plea via his court-appointed lawyer. Matthews did not speak at the hearing, where ...
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Kati Rausch of Music Interview Corner conducted an interview with bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith of Finnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM prior to the band's April 2 concert at The Observatory in Santa Ana, California. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the recording process for ...
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