The Dirty Nil announce new album ‘The Lash’

THE DIRTY NIL have announced a new album! Titled The Lash, the upcoming album from the Canadian alternative band is the follow-up to 2023’s Free Rein To Passions, and is scheduled to be…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sunset Funeral – Glare

GLARE have been on their come up for some time now, and it’s fair to say that their debut album is well overdue. At last, it arrives. Sunset Funeral is…

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Desolated announce new album ‘Finding Peace’

DESOLATED have announced a new album! Titled Finding Peace, the upcoming album from the UK hardcore band is the follow-up to 2019’s New Realm Of Misery EP, and is scheduled to be released in…

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Udåd release new song ‘Positive Tanker’

UDÅD have released a brand new song! The new song, titled Positive tanker, is the brand new single from MORK‘s Thomas Eriksen‘s darker, more primitive black metal project and marks their first new music…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Necro – Lik

Swedish riff sorcerers LIK have charged back into the forefront of the classic death metal scene with their fourth album Necro.  Incorporating the shock-horror elements as well as all the…

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SAVATAGE’s JEFF PLATE On Touring Without Founding Member JON OLIVA: ‘He Trusts Us To Go Out There And Do This’

A record and a tour. Those were drummer Jeff Plate’s modest career goals once upon a time, but more than three decades after he joined SAVATAGE for their tour in support of 1994’s “Handful Of Rain”, he’s assembled a far more impressive list of accomplishments: three legendary SAVATAGE studio albums,…

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GENE SIMMONS Reflects On His Decision To Call His Second Solo Album ‘A**hole’: ‘I Don’t Have A Problem With It’

During an appearance on Mike Rowe’s podcast “The Way I Heard It With Mike Rowe”, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons reflected on his decision to call his 2004 sophomore solo album, “Asshole”. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It’s supposed to be an insult and all that. I don’t have a pr…

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Jared James Nichols: String “snapping,”and utilizing banjo rolls

For tabs and text of this video lesson, see the May 2025 issue of Guitar World – https://bit.ly/GW2020w SNAP ’N’ ROLL This month, Jared James Nichols delves deeper into what…

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MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT On OPETH’s Musical Evolution: ‘I Don’t Believe In Staying True To The Roots’

In a new interview with Brazil’s Monsters Of Rock TV, OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt spoke about the importance — or lack thereof — of staying true to the band’s roots while taking OPETH’s sound and songwriting to new heights with each successive album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERM…

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CANNIBAL CORPSE’s PAUL MAZURKIEWICZ Sets Record Straight: I Am Not Doing Standup Comedy

In a new interview with the “Iron City Rocks” podcast, CANNIBAL CORPSE drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz spoke about his recent appearances at The Commodore, an improv and sketch comedy theater in the Tampa, Florida area. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, man, it’s funny because I know it…

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