NO JOY, the project of Jasamine White-Gluz, sister of ARCH ENEMY frontwoman Alissa White-Gluz, will release its first full-length album in five years, "Motherhood", on August 21 via Joyful Noise and on Hand Drawn Dracula in Canada. The official music video for the disc's new single, "Dream Rats", featuring a guest appearance by Alissa, will ...
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Iconic rockers THE CULT have entered the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales to begin recording their new album. The band's follow-up to 2016's "Hidden City" is being helmed by producer Tom Dalgety, who has previously worked with GHOST and ROYAL BLOOD, among others. Earlier today (Saturday, August 15), THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy posted an ...
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If you're a fan of heavy music, there is seldom a shortage of exciting music that fits the bill. Then, of course, there are bands that make the vast majority of so-called heavy bands sound like absolute lightweights. PRIMTIVE MAN definitely fit into that category, and for those who have enjoyed (if indeed 'enjoyed' is ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian's NORTH KINGSLEY musical collaboration with producer Saro Paparian and lyricist/vocalist Ray Hawthorne has released its first three-song collection, "Vol. 1", via 22 Red Media, a subsidiary of Odadjian's lifestyle and cannabis brand 22 Red. "Vol. 1" features the hard-hitting, previously released debut track "Like That?" and two other ...
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An animated music video for SEETHER's new single, "Beg", can be seen below. The track will be included on the band's eighth album, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", which is due on August 28 via Fantasy Records. The clip was helmed by noted Turkish director Mertcan Mertbilek (Santana, Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar, Elvis Costello). SEETHER ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian will release a new solo EP called "Elasticity" in the fall. Tankian recently filmed a video for the disc's apparent first single, "Rumi". Several stills from the shoot can be seen below. This past May, Tankian described "Elasticity" as a collection of "rock songs" that were first meant ...
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KING DIAMOND will get the jigsaw puzzle treatment this fall. "Abigail" will be made available on October 9, 2020 as a 500-piece puzzle. Zee Productions will release the album cover as a jigsaw via its Rock Saws imprint. The iconic arts of some of rock's most influential and highly regarded albums is presented in puzzle ...
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STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet is the latest musician to take issue with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's suggestion that artists need to be more prolific in the streaming age. For years, Spotify has been criticized for offering paltry payouts to musicians and songwriters, with some claiming that the service gives major-label artists an unfair advantage via ...
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On October 23, ARMORED SAINT will release its eighth full-length album, "Punching The Sky", via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the album, a video for the new single "End Of The Attention Span", directed by Robert Graves, can be seen below. Bassist Joey Vera comments: "We've teamed up with video director Robert ...
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METALLICA took part in an interview and short performance on "The Howard Stern Show" earlier today (Wednesday, August 12). Recorded live from METALLICA's headquarters in San Rafael, California, the group's set consisted of the following songs (with time stamps in YouTube clip below): 00:00 - Wherever I May Roam 06:37 - The Unforgiven 12:57 - ...
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It's only been a few months since dark industrial heroes POWERMAN 5000 concluded the recording of their latest opus, "The Noble Rot", which is set to be unleashed on the world August 28 via Cleopatra Records. But not even vocalist/founder Spider One could have predicted the "rot" that would infect the world in that short ...
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Video of SEETHER's Shaun Morgan and Corey Lowery performing an acoustic version of the band's new single, "Dangerous", can be seen below. The clip was filmed and recorded at SEETHER's home studio in Nashville, Tennessee. "Dangerous" is taken from SEETHER's eighth album, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", which is due on August 28 via Fantasy ...
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METALLICA has posted another video as part of its new concert series, "#MetallicaMondays", where the band is streaming a complete live show for fans on the group's YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. The latest concert to be shared was recorded on June 13, 2004 at Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany. The band's setlist was ...
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METALLICA will guest on "The Howard Stern Show" on Wednesday, August 12. The band announced its appearance on the long-running talk show airing on SiriusXM satellite radio earlier today. They wrote: "Our great friend, and ever loyal METALLICA supporter, Howard Stern has invited us to pay a virtual visit to his show this Wednesday, August ...
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METALLICA has confirmed its return to the stage for the first time since the September 2019 "S&M²" concerts that opened Chase Center in San Francisco. METALLICA will be the first rock band to be featured in the Encore Drive-In Nights series, with a full set showing August 29 at hundreds of drive-in and outdoor theaters ...
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METALLICA is rumored to be preparing for an appearance on "The Howard Stern Show". Speculation about the heavy metal giants' return performance on the long-running talk show airing on SiriusXM satellite radio gained strength after METALLICA posted a couple of rehearsal videos from its headquarters in San Rafael, California and followed it up with a ...
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FOO FIGHTERS have canceled their "Van Tour". The trek, which was originally scheduled to take place in April and May, was postponed two months ago to this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the globe. FOO FIGHTERS says in a statement: "We look forward to seeing you all as soon as ...
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Finnish troll horde FINNTROLL has an animated music video for "Forsen", the second single from its highly anticipated seventh studio album — the first in long seven years. "Vredesvävd" will be out on September 18 via Century Media Records. The title translates to "Wrath-woven," which aptly implies what the vigorous, unapologetic and ill-spirited record is ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has officially launched NORTH KINGSLEY, his long-awaited and hotly anticipated new musical collaboration with producer Saro Paparian and lyricist/vocalist Ray Hawthorne. The collective has released its debut single, the hard-hitting "Like That?" and has announced the release of the first three-track collection of music, "Vol. 1", which will ...
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METALLICA has uploaded video to its Instagram stories showing the the four members of the band playing together at their headquarters in San Rafael, California. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo can be seen playing the intro to "Creeping Death", with everyone except Hetfield wearing face masks. It ...
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Veteran punk rock band BAD RELIGION has just released a radically reimagined version of its 1990 humanist anthem "Faith Alone". The re-recording uses an uncharacteristic orchestral arrangement to further accentuate the song's remarkably relevant lyrics. It is a philosophy BAD RELIGION has extolled since its very formation and has inspired songs like "The Answer", "Atheist ...
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MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has paid tribute to the band's original drummer, Tony Costanza, who died on Tuesday (August 4). He was 52 years old. Costanza was the singer of the Las Vegas metal band PAPSMEAR before relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area and joining MACHINE HEAD in 1992. He sat behind the ...
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Original MACHINE HEAD drummer Tony Costanza has died. He was 52 years old. Costanza's passing was confirmed by his former CRISIS bandmate Afzaal Nasiruddeen, who wrote in a Facebook post: "It is with a very heavy heart that I have to accept and inform everyone concerned that I lost my brother, band mate, home boy ...
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If you prefer albums that arrive bloated with shocks, surprises and subversive sonic values, there seems little chance that you'll be bothering with the second WARKINGS album. And that's perfectly fair enough, because this is the kind of record that exists solely to delight and inspire fans of ruthlessly straightforward, melodic and bombastic power metal. ...
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METALLICA has posted another video as part of its new concert series, "#MetallicaMondays", where the band is streaming a complete live show for fans on the group's YouTube channel and on Facebook every week. The latest concert to be shared was recorded exactly 20 years ago, on frontman James Hetfield's 37th birthday, on August 3, ...
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JANE'S ADDICTION frontman Perry Farrell and his wife Etty Farrell talked to METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich as part of Lollapalooza's Lolla2020, a free four-night broadcast event which took place on the original dates of the Chicago-based festival, Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 2. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about how he ...
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During an appearance on this past Wednesday's (July 29) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", Lars Ulrich spoke about METALLICA's penchant for covering classic songs from artists that he and his bandmates were influenced or inspired by. The drummer said: "You have to remember that, for all intents and purposes, METALLICA started as ...
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Los Angeles quintet HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD has dropped a blazing new track, "Idol", featuring a guest appearance from rapper Tech N9ne. Continuing to push the boundaries of ingenuity, "Idol" sees HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD effortlessly blend heavy riffs, huge hooks, dubstep tinged industrial bombast and impassioned lyrical dexterity into a hard hitting sonic canvas that is uniquely and ...
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Metal's endless malleability has never been more widely exploited than it is in these genre-hopping, rule-defying times, but IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT will still make your synapses throb in confusion. Building on and casually surpassing the jazz-infused madness of 2018's "Vile Luxury", New York City's masked masters of malevolent madness have upped the ante again with their ...
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During an appearance on yesterday's (Wednesday, July 29) episode of SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk", METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich was asked to name a song that, in his opinion, best represents what METALLICA does, both musically and lyrically. He responded: "'[Master Of] Puppets' is definitely a very, very, very close to the top choice, ...
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