Heavy Metal

• KERRY KING Says He Is 'Still Tight' With GARY HOLT, Explains Why PHIL DEMMEL Was Right Guitarist For Solo Band

  15-05-2024 01:31 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, Kerry King was asked if he felt more pressure writing music for his upcoming solo album, "From Hell I Rise", than he did putting ideas together for SLAYER. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I understand the question,...
  
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• SERJ TANKIAN Wanted To Address SYSTEM OF A DOWN's Creative Differences By Taking The Sensationalist Aspect Out Of It

  15-05-2024 00:47 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Tom Power, host of "Q" on Canada's CBC Radio One, SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian, who is promoting his memoir, "Down With The System", was asked about how his relationship with the band's primary songwriter, guitarist Daron Malakian, has evolved over the years, particul...
  
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• LION'S SHARE Releases New Single And Video, 'We Will Rock'

  15-05-2024 00:08 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Swedish heavy metal band LION'S SHARE has made a new song, "We Will Rock", available on streaming services and digital service providers.
  LION'S SHARE singer Nils Patrik Johansson commented: "Get ready to ignite your summer soundtrack with a turbocharged anthem that demands to be cranked up! Whether...
  
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• THE PINEAPPLE THIEF Announces Final Dates Of 'It Leads To This' North American Tour

  14-05-2024 23:28 via blabbermouth.net
  
  THE PINEAPPLE THIEF has announced an additional six U.S. shows for the band's "It Leads to This" North American tour later this year. The U.K. based four-piece has added shows in Florida, Pennsylvania, California and Washington and will be playing songs from its latest album, "It Leads to This", alo...
  
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• See SLIPKNOT's Entire Performance At 2024 WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival

  14-05-2024 22:20 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Fan-filmed video of SLIPKNOT's entire May 12 headlining performance at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida can be seen below.
  Featured songs:
  00:00 - People = Shit
  05:32 - Eyeless
  10:03 - Disasterpiece
  17:15 - Before I Forget
  22:03 - Custer
  27:54 - Psychosocial
  33:15 - The De...
  
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• Watch: SEBASTIAN BACH Performs SKID ROW Classics At WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE Festival

  14-05-2024 22:02 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Fan-filmed video of Sebastian Bach's May 12 performance at the Welcome To Rockville festival in Daytona Beach, Florida can be seen below.
  Bach's setlist was as follows, according to Setlist.fm:
  01. What Do I Got To Lose?
  02. Slave To The Grind (SKID ROW song)
  03. 18 And Life (SKID ROW song)
  04. Here...
  
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• METAL CHURCH Guitarist KURDT VANDERHOOF's HALL AFLAME Releases Music Video For 'Ripcord'

  14-05-2024 21:14 via blabbermouth.net
  
  HALL AFLAME, the rock band led by METAL CHURCH founding guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof, released its sophomore album, "Amplifire", on May 3 via Rat Pak Records. The official music video for the LP's third single, "Ripcord", can be seen below. The clip was filmed, produced and edited by Rick Moyer in Abe...
  
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• Longtime EVERGREY Drummer JONAS EKDAHL Announces His Departure

  14-05-2024 20:58 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Jonas Ekdahl, longtime drummer for Swedish metallers EVERGREY, has announced his departure from the band.
  Earlier today, Jonas released the following message via EVERGREY's social media: "Over the last couple of years, my passion within music has gradually shifted from touring and playing live shows...
  
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• GODSMACK Announces September/October 2024 U.S. Tour

  14-05-2024 20:47 via blabbermouth.net
  
  GODSMACK will embark on a fall 2024 U.S. tour with support from NOTHING MORE, FLAT BLACK, HALESTORM and DOROTHY on select dates.
  The GODSMACK artist presale will begin on Wednesday, May 15 at 10 a.m. local time and end on Thursday, May 16 at 10 p.m. local time. Use the password "LIGHTING" to access...
  
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• ATREYU To Perform Entire 'The Curse' Album At 20th-Anniversary Concert

  14-05-2024 20:05 via blabbermouth.net
  
  ATREYU will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the band's 2004 sophomore album "The Curse" by performing the gold-certified LP in its entirety at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, California on October 18. Support at the gig will come from EIGHTEEN VISIONS, which will play the group's "Obsession" album...
  
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• …And Jasta For All

  14-05-2024 19:32 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Nobody embodies metal's ability to unite tribes and change lives more than Jamey Jasta. As frontman with HATEBREED for a staggering 30 years, he has earned the love and respect of heavy music fans from all corners of the stylistic spectrum, not least for his self-evident, undying passion and devotio...
  
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• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Shares Behind-The-Scenes Footage From Making Of 'This Is The Way (Featuring DMX)' Video

  14-05-2024 19:15 via blabbermouth.net
  
  FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has released behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the music video for "This Is The Way", featuring the late rapper DMX. The clip was directed by none other than highly influential filmmaker Hype Williams, a longtime friend and close collaborator of DMX. Hailed by The...
  
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• STRYPER's OZ FOX To Undergo Another Brain Surgery; Guitarist To Sit Out Band's Acoustic Tour

  14-05-2024 18:55 via blabbermouth.net
  
  STRYPER guitarist Oz Fox will sit out the band's upcoming "To Hell With The Amps" acoustic tour in order to undergo another brain surgery.
  Earlier today, STRYPER released the following message via social media: "We want to share an important update regarding our guitarist, Oz Fox.
  "Many of you might...
  
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• RISE AGAINST Announces Fall 2024 North American Tour

  14-05-2024 18:22 via blabbermouth.net
  
  RISE AGAINST has announced a North American headlining tour that will begin on October 14 in Denver, Colorado. The nearly six week-long run will see the venerable band performing songs from across its multi-gold and platinum catalog.
  "We can't wait to head out this fall with some old friends and new...
  
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• Cascading Memories Of Immortality

  14-05-2024 17:57 via blabbermouth.net
  
  If the relentless onslaught of great new death metal bands and albums is becoming overwhelming, do feel free to dip out for a bit and get your breath back. But listen to "Cascading Memories Of Immortality" first.
  The UK death metal scene is in its rudest state of health since the '90s, but even amon...
  
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• VISIONS OF ATLANTIS Release 'Monsters' Single From Upcoming 'Pirates II - Armada' Album

  14-05-2024 17:55 via blabbermouth.net
  
  The pirates of VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have released "Monsters", the second single from their upcoming studio album, titled "Pirates II - Armada", which is set for release on July 5, 2024 via Napalm Records. The new successor to their high-charting previous release, "Pirates" (2022), is set as high as t...
  
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• MARK TREMONTI Announces December 2024 Solo Tour Dates

  14-05-2024 17:29 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Mark Tremonti, Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, author as well as founding member of hard rock bands CREED, ALTER BRIDGE and TREMONTI, has announced his next batch of solo headline dates in support of his recent releases "Tremonti Sings Sinatra" and "Christmas Classics New & Old". Mark w...
  
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• LORNA SHORE Announces North American Tour With WHITECHAPEL, KUBLAI KHAN TX, SANGUISUGABOGG

  14-05-2024 16:55 via blabbermouth.net
  
  LORNA SHORE has announced a North American tour with WHITECHAPEL, KUBLAI KHAN TX and SANGUISUGABOGG, set to take place this September/October. LORNA SHORE will play its latest album, "Pain Remains", in its entirety on this this Live Nation-produced special run of headline dates, making this is one s...
  
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• HIGHLY SUSPECT Announces New Album 'As Above, So Below', Shares 'Summertime Voodoo' Single

  14-05-2024 16:29 via blabbermouth.net
  
  HIGHLY SUSPECT, the trailblazing rock outfit comprised of Johnny Stevens (vocals, guitar), Ryan Meyer (drums, vocals), Rich Meyer (bass, vocals), Matt Kofos (guitar) and Mark Schwartz (keyboards/guitars), will release its new album, "As Above, So Below", on July 19 via Roadrunner/300/Elektra. Known...
  
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• OZZY OSBOURNE And Family Reflect On MTV Reality Show 'The Osbournes' And Impact It Had On Their Lives

  14-05-2024 16:08 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, along with their children Jack and Kelly, have released the latest episode of their revived podcast in which they talk about recently sitting down together and re-watchingclassic moments from their MTV reality show "The Osbournes", which followed the lives of the BLACK SA...
  
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• FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Will Probably Release New Studio Album In 2025

  14-05-2024 15:41 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with The Metal Podcast, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory was asked if he and his bandmates are working on the follow-up to their 2022 album "AfterLife". He responded: "We always have music in the vault. We're always working on something. Probably next year, we will...
  
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• MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Brings Climate Change Fight To Metal Scene With SAVAGE LANDS

  14-05-2024 14:46 via blabbermouth.net
  
  By David E. Gehlke
  Environmental topics in metal are nothing new — ANNIHILATOR has "Stonewall", OBITUARY made a rare topical salvo with "Don't Care" and GOJIRA has been writing about saving the whales and the oceans for years. Penning metal songs about the challenges the earth faces against relentle...
  
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• PESTILENCE's PATRICK MAMELI Brushes Off Talk That He's A 'Dictator' And Shares How HATE ETERNAL 'Saved' His Life

  14-05-2024 14:37 via blabbermouth.net
  
  By David E. Gehlke
  PESTILENCE founding and lone consistent member Patrick Mameli is aware that appreciation for his band hasn't come easy. After the influential (and excellent) one-two punch of 1989's "Consuming Impulse" and 1991's "Testimony Of The Ancients", PESTILENCE ventured off into space with...
  
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• MARTY FRIEDMAN To Release 'Dreaming Japanese' Autobiography In December

  14-05-2024 14:12 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman will release his autobiography, "Dreaming Japanese", on December 3 via Permuted Press.
  The 61-year-old musician, who has lived in Japan since 2003, announced the completion of the book in a social media post on Monday (May 13). He wrote: "After an exhaustive...
  
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• Post Black Metal Band Deliria Release A Visualizer For New Album "Phantasm"

  14-05-2024 08:13 via metalunderground.com
  Post-black metal band Deliria have released a visualizer for their spectral new album Phantasm, released May 3, 2024.The band comments, "We are thrilled that Phantasm is now available. The album reflects darkness and struggle, and this time we bring a more focused, ghostly approach. All of the time we spent tracking this shines through, a...Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
  
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• SLASH On Upcoming 'S.E.R.P.E.N.T.' Festival Tour: 'The Spirit Will Be There'

  14-05-2024 01:01 via blabbermouth.net
  
  This summer, Slash will bring his brand-new "S.E.R.P.E.N.T." festival to cities across the U.S. throughout 2024. S.E.R.P.E.N.T. is an anagram and stands for Solidarity, Engagement, Restore, Peace, Equality N' Tolerance. The festival is a celebration of the blues, featuring an all-star line-up that w...
  
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• KERRY KING On Upcoming SLAYER Reunion Shows: 'I Thought This Might Be The Right Time To Test The Water'

  14-05-2024 00:23 via blabbermouth.net
  
  Kerry King says that "it will be great to play for the fans again" as part of SLAYER's upcoming festival shows.
  Five years after SLAYER played the last concert of what was being billed as the band's farewell tour and just weeks after the SLAYER guitarist unveiled the details of his solo project, Ker...
  
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• See Trailer For BILLY CORGAN's New Unscripted Series 'Adventures In Carnyland'

  13-05-2024 23:30 via blabbermouth.net
  
  A trailer for "Billy Corgan's Adventures In Carnyland", the new eight-episode unscripted series from Nacelle ("The Movies That Made Us", Disney's "Behind the Attraction", "Icons Unearthed") and Billy Corgan, can be seen below.
  "Billy Corgan's Adventures In Carnyland" is set to premiere on the CW app...
  
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• WOLF HOFFMANN Responds To PETER BALTES's Comment That ACCEPT Albums 'Started To Sound The Same'

  13-05-2024 22:56 via blabbermouth.net
  
  In a new interview with Sakis Fragos of Rock Hard Greece, ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann was asked about former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes's recent comment that ACCEPT's albums "started to sound the same towards the end" of his tenure with the band. I didn't like it anymore and felt like we were al...
  
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• Rotten Sound Ushers In Incineration Fest 2024 With Escuela Grind And Skinflint

  13-05-2024 22:40 via metalunderground.com
  From the Rolling Stones to Iron Maiden, sometimes the most exciting gigs take place in a London pub. So it was this past Friday, when in anticipation of Incineration Fest happening the following day, the event put on a pre-party, featuring some of the most ferocious music going. Hosting this fiesta was The Black Heart, an essential pub for all head...Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com
  
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