The official visualizer for KORN's new song "Cold", directed and animated by Nicholas Fong, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Nothing", which will be released on September 13 via Roadrunner/Elektra. The follow-up to 2016's "The Serenity Of Suffering" was once again produced by Nick Raskulinecz. KORN guitarist ...
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MERCYFUL FATE bassist Timi Hansen has revealed that he is battling cancer. Hansen went public with his diagnosis after it was announced that he wouldn't participate in MERCYFUL FATE's 2020 reunion. Filling in for him will be ARMORED SAINT and FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera. On Thursday (August 1), Timi released a statement via the ...
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Ex-GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell says that he went to see his former bandmates perform last fall in Texas on a day off during his U.S. tour. The chance encounter took place on November 1, 2018 when GREAT WHITE's current lineup — featuring Mitch Malloy on vocals — was playing a gig at the Proof ...
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SLIPKNOT debuted a brand new look at its concert Tuesday night (July 30) at the Pain In The Grass festival in Auburn, Washington. Replacing the black jumpsuits SLIPKNOT wore at the start of the 2019 touring cycle are mostly white jumpsuits and slightly adjusted masks. SLIPKNOT singer Corey Taylor worked on his new mask with ...
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Long-running Dutch progressive death metallers PESTILENCE have signed a deal with Agonia Records, via the band's imprint Hadeon Records. A new album, titled "Exitivm", will be released in the coming months. Guitarist Patrick Mameli said: "PESTILENCE and Hadeon Records are very excited to be joining forces with Agonia Records in an exclusive, worldwide agreement to ...
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Influential Danish heavy metal act MERCYFUL FATE will reunite for an unspecified number of concerts throughout Europe during the summer of 2020, including next year's edition of the Copenhell festival, set to take place June 17-20, 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark. MERCYFUL FATE's lineup for the shows will consist of King Diamond on vocals, Hank Shermann ...
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New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER will release their first album in 27 years, "Mourn The Southern Skies", on September 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band now features founding members Vinnie La Bella (guitar) and Kyle Thomas (vocals) along with Jason Viebrooks (HEATHEN) on bass, Marzi Montazeri (ex-SUPERJOINT RITUAL, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ...
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Timing, as the saying goes, is everything. And when you're a career artist like Tom Keifer, you know exactly what it takes to get to the pinnacle and just how precarious it can be once you reach the top. After years of touring and growing with his solo band, Keifer feels the timing is right ...
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KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has uploaded a new seven-minute video in which he discusses his 2005 conversion to Christianity and the impact his new awareness has had on his life, his family and the influential rock band that he co-founded more than 25 years ago. In the clip, the musician — whose recently released ...
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"Layers Of Time", the new video from Italian heavy rockers LACUNA COIL, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Black Anima", which will be released on October 11 through Century Media Records. Once more, LACUNA COIL teamed up with director Roberto Cinardi (a.k.a. SaKu) to shoot the video for ...
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With some bands, you can just feel it. With DISENTOMB, it's the difference between voyeuristically watching a massacre and knowingly being complicit in the bloodshed: this is death metal, of course, but "The Decaying Light" cuts much deeper than that. These songs will drag you to the heart of the hellish vortex and make you ...
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DISTURBED has released a performance video for the song "Never Again", filmed on July 2 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The track, from 2010's "Asylum" album, was written about the Holocaust and calls out people who deny it. Says the band: "Our worldwide 'Evolution' tour has been an absolute pleasure, especially sharing it with all of ...
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LACUNA COIL and ALL THAT REMAINS have announced the "Disease Of The Anima" North American co-headlining tour. The trek includes special guests BAD OMENS, TOOTHGRINDER (September 15 - October 10), EXIMIOUS (October 11 - October 19) and UNCURED. Tickets for the tour go on sale starting July 26 at 12 p.m. local time. Tickets will ...
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Alternative rockers and Chicago natives CHEVELLE are thrilled to be teaming up with acclaimed hometown brewery Revolution Brewing for an exclusive craft beer collaboration. The beer, dubbed La Gargola, is a classic German-style Helles Lager and the band's first brewer collaboration. To celebrate, CHEVELLE and Revolution Brewing will be throwing a party at Revolution Brewpub ...
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Prior to their July 20 performance at the Rock Fest in Cadott, Wisconsin, Italian metal veterans LACUNA COIL spoke to Lou Brutus of HardDrive Radio about the band's upcoming album, "Black Anima". The follow-up to 2016's "Delirium" will be released on October 11 worldwide through Century Media Records. Said singer Cristina Scabbia: "We can't really ...
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"Robb's Metalworks" conducted an interview with CREED frontman Scott Stapp prior to his July 10 concert at Aztec Theater in San Antonio, Texas. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On why he waited six years to release the follow up to "Proof Of Life" with "The Space ...
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"Reflections Doubt", the debut demo from QAALM, the new atmospheric doom metal band featuring ACT OF DEFIANCE and ex-SCAR THE MARTYR singer Henry Derek Elis (on guitar), can be streamed below. Starting a band these days may seem like somewhat of an unadorned idea. But among two creative and passionately involved music aficionados materialized a ...
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Janet Gardner spoke to "Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon" about her departure from VIXEN. The singer, who released her debut self-titled solo album in 2017, broke the news of her exit in a social post in January. Elaborating on her reasons for leaving the band, Janet said (hear audio below): "The biggest part of it ...
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KORN performed its new single, "You'll Never Find Me", live for the first time last night (Thurday, July 18) at the opening show of the band's co-headlining tour with ALICE IN CHAINS at Austin360 Amphitheater in Del Valle, Texas. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "You'll Never Find Me" is taken ...
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"Without You", a brand new song from alternative rockers COLD, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's sixth studio album, "The Things We Can't Stop", which will be released on September 13 via Napalm Records. COLD has always documented memories and moments in song, etching them forever in diaristic lyrics, cinematic ...
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KORN's Andzej Gavriss-directed music video for the song "You'll Never Find Me" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Nothing", which will be released on September 13 via Roadrunner/Elektra. The follow-up to 2016's "The Serenity Of Suffering" was once again produced by Nick Raskulinecz. KORN guitarist Brian "Head" ...
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KORN's official music video for the song "You'll Never Find Me" will make its online debut tomorrow (Thursday, July 18). A teaser for the clip is available below. "You'll Never Find Me" is taken from KORN's upcoming album, "The Nothing", which will be released on September 13 via Roadrunner/Elektra. The follow-up to 2016's "The Serenity ...
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In support of their forthcoming Napalm Records debut, "The Things We Can't Stop", alternative rockers COLD will hit the road late this summer and into early fall. Dubbed the "Broken Human Tour", the band's first trek in over eight years kicks off August 29 in Teaneck, New Jersey and runs through October 20 in Lexington, ...
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California glam metal jokesters STEEL PANTHER will embark on the "Heavy Metal Rules Tour" in the fall. A special BLABBERMOUTH.NET presale will begin on Wednesday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, July 18 at 10:00 p.m. local time. When prompted, type in the presale code "SPBBM" to access tickets before ...
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Jerry of Rauta conducted an interview with guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson of Swedish black metal veterans MARDUK after the band's May 18 performance at this year's Steelfest in Hyvinkää, Finland. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On new drummer Simon "BloodHammer" Schilling: Morgan: "The thing ...
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Decibel Geek TV has uploaded video footage of Janet Gardner's July 12 concert at The Venue in Denver, Colorado. Check out the clips below. Gardner's second solo album, "Your Place In The Sun", was released on May 31 via Pavement Entertainment. Like her 2017 debut self-titled solo album, the new LP is a collaboration with ...
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In a recent interview with "Q", the Canadian arts magazine show produced by and airing on CBC Radio One, JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell was asked what the role of artists is in speaking about things and trying to change things if they see problems in the world. He responded (see video below): "Well, we ...
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DISTURBED singer David Draiman, who is of Jewish heritage, says that Israel is facing "particular judgment and preferential boycotting" that no other country in the world has been forced to endure. Draiman made his comments while speaking to i24News ahead of his band's performance in Tel Aviv two weeks ago. He said (see ...
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PUDDLE OF MUDD will release its long-awaited new album, "Welcome To Galvania", on September 13 via Pavement Entertainment. It marks the band's first full-length collection of new material since "Volume 4: Songs In The Key Of Love And Hate". Having sold over seven million albums worldwide and releasing a string of chart-topping hits, including "Blurry", ...
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New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER will release their first album in 27 years, "Mourn The Southern Skies", on September 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band now features founding members Vinnie La Bella (guitar) and Kyle Thomas (vocals) along with Jason Viebrooks (HEATHEN) on bass, Marzi Montazeri (ex-SUPERJOINT RITUAL, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ...
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