DARK ANGEL Shares First New Song In 34 Years, ‘Extinction Level Event’
California thrash metal pioneers DARK ANGEL will release “Extinction Level Event”, their first new album in 34 years, later in 2025 via Reversed Records. The LP’s first single, the “Extinction Level Event” title track, can be streamed below. It was recorded and mixed at the Armoury Studios in Vancou…
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GHOST Shares Music Video For New Single ‘Lachryma’ From Upcoming ‘Skeletá’ Album
Swedish occult metallers GHOST have released the official music video for “Lachryma”, the second single from their upcoming sixth album, “Skeletá”. Check it out below.
Arriving in tandem with a lucid nightmare of a video featuring Papa V Perpetua’s first full performance as newly anti-christened fro…
Ex-BUTCHER BABIES Singer CARLA HARVEY Shares Debut THE VIOLENT HOUR Single Feat. CHARLIE BENANTE, JOHN 5
Founding vocalist for the metal band BUTCHER BABIES, comic book author, artist, novelist, and the holder of multiple degrees in mortuary science and thanatology, singer/musician Carla Harvey has released “Sick Ones”, the first single from her new project THE VIOLENT HOUR, via Megaforce Records. The…
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Watch: AC/DC Launches First North American Tour In Nine Years
Legendary hard rockers AC/DC kicked off their North American tour Thursday night (April 10) at the US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The band’s setlist was as follows:
01. If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)
02. Back In Black
03. Demon Fire
04. Shot Down In Flames
05. Thunderstruck
06. Have A…
PAPA ROACH’s JACOBY SHADDIX On Nu Metal Resurgence: ‘It’s So Cool’
In a new interview with Ned of Iowa’s Rock 108 radio station, PAPA ROACH frontman Jacoby Shaddix once again spoke about how he feels about the supposed nu metal resurgence in recent years, partly thanks to a whole new wave of exciting revivalists. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Dude,…
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SAXON’s BIFF BYFORD: PAUL QUINN Is ‘Still Sending Ideas’ For New Songs
In a new interview with Gustavo Maiato, SAXON frontman Biff Byford was asked if guitarist Paul Quinn, who announced two years ago that he was stepping back from touring with the band, is still contributing to the songwriting process in SAXON or if Quinn’s replacement, DIAMOND HEAD’s Brian Tatler, is…
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JUDAS PRIEST’s RICHIE FAULKNER On GLENN TIPTON: ‘He’s Doing What He Can To Keep Going’
In a new interview with Igor Miranda of Brazil’s Rolling Stone magazine, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner was asked if there will be any setlist changes on the band’s upcoming South American tour — which kicks off on April 16 in Brasilia, Brazil — compared to the songs he and his bandmates pla…
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Rhythm guitar with Cory Wong: How to stack and blend your guitar parts
Rhythm guitar master Cory Wong offers some effective approaches to weaving together multiple guitar parts, whether you’re working with another guitarist or layering parts for a recording. For tabs of…
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MIKE PORTNOY: ‘Sometimes People Overlook The Importance Of The Metal Side To DREAM THEATER’
In a new interview with Dylan Gowan of Banger TV, DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy spoke about the band’s sixteenth studio album, “Parasomnia”, which came out on February 7, 2025 via InsideOut Music. The LP marks DREAM THEATER’s first release with Portnoy since 2009’s “Black Clouds & Silver Li…
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RACHEL BOLAN Shoots Down TRACII GUNS’ Claim SKID ROW Is Leaving ‘Millions’ On Table By Refusing To Reunite With SEBASTIAN BACH
During an appearance on the latest episode of “The Candid Mic With Fran Strine” podcast, SKID ROW bassist Rachel Bolan was asked to respond to L.A. GUNS guitarist Tracii Guns’ recent comment that Bolan and his SKID ROW bandmates are leaving “millions of dollars on the table” by refusing to reunite w…
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