New York-based black metal crew BLACK ANVIL will release its third full-length album, "Hail Death", on May 27 via Relapse Records. The CD includes the stunning cover art of Metastazis (BEHEMOTH, ALCEST, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER). According to a press release, "Hail Death" is BLACK ANVIL's most epic and fully realized album to date. It's ...
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of rock and roll giants KISS and in true KISS fashion, the band plan to make 2014 the biggest and loudest, non-stop rock and roll party of the century. Rock legends KISS were the first signing to Neil Bogart's newly formed Casablanca Records label after he saw and recognized ...
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Canadian prog-thrashers VARGA had a brief run from 1989 through the mid-Nineties, which is to say, they were doomed from the start for obvious reasons if you were paying attention to the North American music climate of that period. They released two albums, "Prototype" and "Oxygen" as well as their 1991 debut cassette, "Multiple Wargasms", ...
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French metallers EXISTANCE will release their full-length debut, "Steel Alive", on April 25 via Mausoleum Records. The CD was recorded in late 2013 at Boss Hog Studios in Ham en Artois, France and is described in a press release as "one hell of an ass-kicking album that proves true metal is." It was mastered by ...
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Heavy Metal Television's Jamie En Fuego recently conducted an interview with vocalist Ray Alder of American progressive metallers FATES WARNING. You can now watch the chat below. FATES WARNING's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #41 The Netherlands: #90 USA: #162 "Darkness In A ...
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FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos has completed work on "Halo Effect", an experimental guitar album. The effort will be available February 17 via Burning Shed. Says Matheos: "This is a guitar album. There are no keyboards or sound effects on this recording. All the sounds were created by an acoustic guitar (for those ...
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BLACK SABBATH's "13" took the number one spot in WJCU's "Metal On Metal" Top 25 year-end album countdown show, which aired on January 3. "13" dominated the listener poll, receiving 30% more votes than second-place finisher, SAXON's "Sacrifice". AMON AMARTH's "Deceiver Of The Gods", MOTÖRHEAD's "Aftershock" and DEATH ANGEL's "The Dream Calls For Blood" finished ...
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"Firefly", the new video from American progressive metallers FATES WARNING, can be seen below. The clip was directed David Solbjørg and Kjetil Kolbjørnsrud of Twitchyfilms. "Firefly" is taken from FATES WARNING's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", which registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #41 The Netherlands: #90 USA: #162 "Darkness In ...
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Video footage of QUINTANNICA — the band featuring guitarist Doug Piercy (formerly of HEATHEN and ANVIL CHORUS) and drummer Tom Hunting (of EXODUS) performing the BUDGIE classic "Melt The Ice Away" and the ANGEL WITCH song "Atlantis" live at the Jon Torres memorial show on December 7 at 23 Club in Brisbane, California can be ...
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Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! conducted an interview with vocalist Ray Alder of American progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING before the band's November 23 concert in New York City. You can now watch the chat below. FATES WARNING's North American tour launched November 15 in Joliet, Illinois and will wrap December 14 in Seattle, ...
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"Badass Rock N Roll", the new video from Canadian metal legends ANVIL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's new album, "Hope In Hell", which sold a little under 800 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The disc follows up "Juggernaut Of Justice", which opened with ...
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"Robb's MetalWorks" conducted an interview with bassist Joey Vera of American progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING on December 4 in San Antonio. You can now watch the chat below. FATES WARNING's North American tour launched November 15 in Joliet, Illinois and will wrap December 14 in Seattle, Washington. The band is touring in support of ...
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The Age Of Metal conducted an interview with bassist Joey Vera of American progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING on December 7 in Tempe, Arizona. You can now watch the chat below. FATES WARNING's North American tour launched November 15 in Joliet, Illinois and will wrap December 14 in Seattle, Washington. The band is touring in ...
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DARKOLOGY, the Texas-based band featuring guitarist Michael Harris (VITALIJ KUPRIJ), drummer Brian Harris (ex-FIREWIND), bassist Mike Neal and vocalist Kelly "Sundown" Carpenter (FIREWIND, BEYOND TWILIGHT, OUTWORLD), will release its sophomore album, "Fated To Burn", in early 2014 through Prime Eon Media. The follow-up to 2009's "Altered Reflections" was mixed and mastered by legendary producer Chris ...
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Fan-filmed video footage of FATES WARNING's November 23 concert at The Studio at Webster Hall in New York City can be seen below. FATES WARNING's North American tour launched November 15 in Joliet, Illinois and will wrap December 14 in Seattle, Washington. The band is touring in support of its eleventh studio album, "Darkness In ...
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"A Dark Prison", the new video from Italian metallers KALEDON, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Goffredo Passi and features a guest appearance by Italian vocalist Fabio Lione (VISION DIVINE, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, KAMELOT, ANGRA). "A Dark Prison" is taken from KALEDON's latest album, "Altor: The King's Blacksmith", which was released on ...
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Two Bay Area thrash scene veterans, Strephon Taylor (SACRILEGE B.C. vocalist; November Fire owner) and Mark DeVito (artist for METALLICA, MOTÖRHEAD, ANVIL CHORUS; Metal Babies owner), have teamed up to create a documentary on the infamous Tower Records art department. "Art Gods" takes you through the origins of what was exclusively originated at Tower Records ...
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"Into The Warzone", the debut album from the U.S. power metal act SCREAMS OF ANGELS, is scheduled for release on December 27 via Skol Records. The CD is decribed in a press release as "a collection of high-energy metal anthems such as its title track, a fast-paced homage to Marvel comics The Punisher, the galloping ...
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Video footage of progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING performing the song "I Am" during soundcheck on November 15 in Joliet, Illinois can be seen below. The track comes off the band's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", which registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #41 The Netherlands: #90 USA: #162 "Darkness In ...
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"I Am", the official live video from progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING, can be seen below. The song comes off the band's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", which registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #41 The Netherlands: #90 USA: #162 "Darkness In A Different Light" sold around 2,700 copies in the ...
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Dave Smiles of Full Throttle Rock recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow of Canadian metal legends ANVIL. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Full Throttle Rock: What effect has your recent success, and all the extra attention, had on your life? Lips: The largest effect is that ...
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Ash and Marquis Thomas comprise the Cincinnati death metal duo FAITHXTRACTOR. While the moist sci-splat artwork for their second album "The Great Shadow Infiltrator" would lead one to believe a tech-heavy conceptual album awaits their listeners, that notion is a misnomer. Instead, the Thomas brothers open their gory portal to a low-tuned slime pit filled ...
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On October 13, vocalist Ray Alder of progressive metal veterans FATES WARNING was interviewed by the "Heavy Demons" radio show in Circolo Colony, Brescia, Italy. You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below. "Darkness In A Different Light", the eleventh studio album from FATES WARNING, registered the following first-week chart positions: ...
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On Saturday, October 19 at The Legendary Dobbs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain will co-host Savfest USA, a music festival scheduled to support a great charity, Ian's Chain, which was founded by English DJ Alan Savill after his son Ian committed suicide last year. The charity benefits people who are suffering from ...
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"Darkness In A Different Light", the eleventh studio album from American progressive metallers FATES WARNING, has registered the following first-week chart positions: Germany: #41 The Netherlands: #90 USA: #162 "Darkness In A Different Light" sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was issued in North America ...
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"Darkness In A Different Light", the eleventh studio album from American progressive metallers FATES WARNING, sold around 2,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The CD was issued in North America on October 1 via InsideOut Music. Featuring founding guitarist Jim Matheos alongside classic-lineup members Ray Alder (vocals) and Frank ...
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Vocalist Ray Alder of American progressive metallers FATES WARNING was interviewed on the latest edition of "The Classic Metal Show", which is heard live on Saturdays from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below. FATES WARNING's eleventh studio album, "Darkness ...
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Audio samples of "Darkness In A Different Light", the eleventh studio album from American progressive metallers FATES WARNING, can be streamed in the YouTube clip below. The CD will be released in North America on October 1 via InsideOut Music. Featuring founding guitarist Jim Matheos alongside classic-lineup members Ray Alder (vocals) and Frank Aresti (guitar), ...
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Few genres of music have been more entwined with the imagery that the music invokes more than heavy metal. Since the late 1960s, the imagery of the heavy metal genre has been closely connected with the music itself. Classic albums evoke memories of famous cover artwork; metal bands have become forever synonymous with their iconic ...
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"I Am", a brand new song from American progressive metallers FATES WARNING, can be streamed below. The track comes off the band's eleventh studio album, "Darkness In A Different Light", which will be released on September 27 via InsideOut Music. Featuring founding guitarist Jim Matheos alongside classic-lineup members Ray Alder (vocals) and Frank Aresti (guitar), ...
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