CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline this year's edition of "The Summer Slaughter Tour", set to take place between July 23 and August 21. The dates are as follows: Jul. 23 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live Jul. 24 - Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor Jul. 26 - Knoxville, TN @ The International Jul. 27 ...
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Veteran German power prog band MOB RULES returns following its "Timekeeper" compilation and 2012's "Cannibal Nation" prior to that. "Tales From Beyond" is as meticulous and grand-scoped as anything MOB RULES has attempted, including the self-contained trilogy based on Andy Weir's book "The Martian". The album opens with the eight-and-a-half-minute "Dykemaster's Tale", based upon Theodor ...
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On June 24, Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL will release their sixth full-length album, "Mark Of The Blade", via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the new record "remains true to the band's roots while venturing into previously unexplored territory, both sonically and lyrically." The song "The Void", taken from "Mark Of The ...
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CANNIBAL CORPSE will headline this year's edition of "The Summer Slaughter Tour", set to take place between July 23 and August 21. The trek will feature the following acts: CANNIBAL CORPSE NILE AFTER THE BURIAL SUFFOCATION CARNIFEX REVOCATION KRISIUN SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL INGESTED "The Summer Slaughter Tour" is an annual event that began in 2007, ...
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Metal Life conducted an interview with bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS in February. You can now listen to the chat below. Asked about the progress of the songwriting sessions for CARCASS's follow-up to 2013's "Surgical Steel" album, Walker said: "Well, I could bullshit you and tell you that we've already written ...
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The first in a series of track-by-track videos for HATEBREED's new album, "The Concrete Confessional", can be seen below. Due on May 13 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment, the follow-up to 2013's "The Divinity Of Purpose" was produced by longtime collaborator Chris "Zeuss" Harris (ROB ZOMBIE, SUICIDE SILENCE, WHITECHAPEL) and mixed by Josh Wilbur (LAMB OF ...
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Danish heavy metal singer King Diamond (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE), who has lived in suburban Dallas, Texas for more than two decades, has weighed in on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He told Metal Hammer magazine: "I never talk openly about my political beliefs. I am an entertainer, and don't believe I should ...
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On June 24, Knoxville, Tennessee death metallers WHITECHAPEL will release their sixth full-length album, "Mark Of The Blade", via Metal Blade Records. According to a press release, the new record "remains true to the band's roots while venturing into previously unexplored territory, both sonically and lyrically." The lyric video for the first single from "Mark ...
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Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL recently spoke to Music Choice about the group's second album, "Metal Resistance"; playing U.S. shows; and their latest single, "Karate". Check out the clips below. "Metal Resistance" debuted at No. 38 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 12,914 equivalent album units in the week ending April ...
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The official video for the song "Abandon" from progressive death metallers FALLUJAH can be seen below. The clip was directed by Robert Graves, who has previously worked with THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and ABYSMAL DAWN. "Abandon" is taken from FALLUJAH's third full-length album, titled "Dreamless", which will be released on April 29 via Nuclear Blast ...
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HATEBREED's video for the song "Looking Down The Barrel Of Today" can be seen below. Directed by David Brodsky (CANNIBAL CORPSE, WHITECHAPEL, ALL THAT REMAINS) the performance piece was shot earlier this month at the band's rehearsal space in Connecticut. The video opens with the preface "Welcome To Two Minutes And Forty-Seven Seconds With Hatebreed," ...
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Helmuth Lehner, the frontman of the Austrian black metal band BELPHEGOR, was allegedly assaulted by a Russian orthodox activist when the group arrived at the Saint-Petersburg airport for a concert with NILE. A video clip posted on the Ria Katyusha YouTube channel (see below) shows Anatoly Artyukh, the local chair of the Orthodox Christian nationalist ...
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British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have scheduled 17 shows in the U.S. between their appearance at the Chicago Open Air festival in late July and the August 6 performance at the Heavy Montreal festival. Support on these dates will come from CROWBAR, GHOUL and NIGHT DEMON. Commented CARCASS frontman Jeff Walker: ""We're here on the ...
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According to The Pulse Of Radio, late NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain will be the subject of an original graphic novel by Nicolas Otero called "Who Killed Kurt Cobain?", to be released by comics publisher IDW this October. Based on a French novel titled "Le Roman de Boddah", the book is a work of fiction that ...
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"Metal Resistance", the second album from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, debuted at No. 38 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 12,914 equivalent album units in the week ending April 7. The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week based on multi-metric consumption, which includes traditional album sales, ...
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Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL performed its song "Gimme Chocolate!!" on last night's (Tuesday, April 5) episode of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert". You can now watch video footage of the group's appearance below. BABYMETAL's second album, "Metal Resistance", was released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and ...
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KATAKLYSM was honored in the "Heavy Metal Album Of The Year" category at this year's Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards), which was held on Sunday, April 3 at Calgary, Alberta's Scotiabank Saddledome. "Heavy Metal Album Of The Year" nominees were as follows: * CANCER BATS - "Searching For Zero" * DIEMONDS ...
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"Metal Resistance", the second album from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, is featured in the latest episode of "Overkill Reviews", the weekly look at the latest metal releases from Canadian documentary filmmaker Sam Dunn of Banger Films. "Metal Resistance" was released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and ...
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Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL recently spoke to U.K.'s Metal Hammer magazine about its favorite tracks off the group's second album, "Metal Resistance". Check out the clip below. "Metal Resistance" will be released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and earMUSIC in Europe. The CD features songs that have ...
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Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL will perform on the April 5 episode of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert". The show airs at 11:35 p.m. EST / 10:35 p.m. CST on CBS. BABYMETAL's second album, "Metal Resistance", will be released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and earMUSIC in ...
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The official music video for "The One", a brand new song from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, can be seen below. The clip was filmed on December 13, 2015 at Yokohama Arena in Japan. "The One" is taken from BABYMETAL's second album, "Metal Resistance", which will be released on April 1 via ...
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Bassist/vocalist Jeff Walker of British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS broke the the proximal fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot prior to the band's March 19 concert in Seattle, Washington as the support act for SLAYER and TESTAMENT. Walker has received medical treatment for his injury and is expected to complete the tour, which will ...
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Progressive death metallers FALLUJAH will release their third full-length album, titled "Dreamless", on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The CD was recorded at Sharkbite Studios with producer Zack Ohren (ANIMOSITY, SUFFOCATION, ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH), and was mixed and mastered by Mark Lewis (DEVILDRIVER, CANNIBAL CORPSE, WHITECHAPEL, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, CARNIFEX) at ...
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The official music video for "Karate", a brand new song from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, can be seen below (courtesy of the official BABYMETAL YouTube channel). The track is taken from the group's second album, "Metal Resistance", which will be released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. ...
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Paul Mazurkiewicz, who plays drums for Florida-based death metallers CANNIBAL CORPSE, and is a founding member of the band, tells the Phoenix New Times that he isn't concerned about how his ten-year-old daughter will perceive the gore-filled lyrics that he writes for the group. "I think she is still too young for her ...
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Progressive death metallers FALLUJAH will release their third full-length album, titled "Dreamless", on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The second in series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Dreamless" can be seen below. "Dreamless" was recorded at Sharkbite Studios with producer Zack Ohren (ANIMOSITY, SUFFOCATION, ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH), ...
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Progressive death metallers FALLUJAH will release their third full-length album, titled "Dreamless", on April 29 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The first in series of video clips featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Dreamless" can be seen below. "Dreamless" was recorded at Sharkbite Studios with producer Zack Ohren (ANIMOSITY, SUFFOCATION, ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH), ...
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"Karate", a brand new song from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, has been made available via iTunes and can be streamed below. The track is taken from the group's second album, "Metal Resistance", which will be released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and earMUSIC in Europe. Pre-orders ...
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The official lyric video for the song "God Is You" from Finnish death metal veterans CONVULSE can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's forthcoming album, "Cycle Of Revenge", due on March 18 via Svart Records. As one of the oldest Finnish death metal bands, CONVULSE has a somewhat interesting history, to ...
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Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL will release its second album, "Metal Resistance", on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and earMUSIC in Europe. The effort will be made available in three different formats: a CD, 2LP and special limited-edition box set with exclusive T-shirt. The official trailer for "Metal Resistance" ...
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