PRIMAL FEAR Takes On ‘Cancel Culture’ With New Single
German metal commandos PRIMAL FEAR will release their new album, “Code Red”, on September 1 through Atomic Fire. The 11-track follow-up to 2020’s “Metal Commando” includes the latest single, “Cancel Culture”, the official lyric video for which — created by Ingo Spörl of Hard Media — can be seen belo…
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EP REVIEW: Beyond Oblivion – Transgressor
Tokyo’s TRANSGRESSOR may have been among the very first extreme metal bands to form in Japan, but they have never gone on to wider acclaim. This is due in no…
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First Look: BilT Rele
PG’s Vanessa Wheeler takes a turn with a smaller, short-scale offset that bristles with bells, whistles, and sonic surprises.
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PHILIP ANSELMO’s DOWN Bandmate KIRK WINDSTEIN Praises PANTERA Reunion: ‘They’re Doing It For The Right Reasons’
CROWBAR frontman Kirk Windstein has once again weighed in on the fact that PANTERA’s surviving members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass) have united with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) for a world tour under the PANTERA bann…
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“Every rock band is trying to write their own Seven Nation Army riff… It’s nice when you write something powerful that even a beginner could learn”: Simplicity is the key to a good guitar anthem – just ask Skindred’s Mikey Demus
The enterprising guitarist discusses his love of UK guitar brands, pedalboard epiphanies, and how he ended up forming a pedal company with the “best pedal designer” in Britain
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POWERWOLF Uses Augmented Reality During Performance At Germany’s SUMMER BREEZE Festival
German metallers POWERWOLF recently set another milestone in their career, and live music as a whole, when they made history with the use of augmented reality at a live music festival in Europe during their August 18 headline set at the 2023 edition of the Summer Breeze festival in Dinkelsbühl, Germ…
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ALBUM REVIEW: HELLMODE: Jeff Rosenstock
JEFF ROSENSTOCK has had about as decorated a career as one possibly can have after only ever releasing independently: five albums, scoring an animated series and a live album putting…
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GEOFF TATE Looks Back On QUEENSRŸCHE’s Early Relationship With Seattle Grunge Acts: SOUNDGARDEN Was ‘An Opening Band For Us’
In a new interview with Rockin’ 101’s “The Johnny Rock Show”, original QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate spoke about his former band’s early relationship with the groups who were in Seattle grunge scene just as it was exploding in the early 1990s. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, SOU…
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ALBUM REVIEW: To The Wolves – Stitched Up Heart
Los Angeles hard rock quartet STITCHED UP HEART are clearly experienced in the alternative music scene. Formed in 2010, over the last 13 years the band have become recognised for their deeply…
Read more » “This is the one that got him hooked”: Slash’s first Guns N’ Roses Les Paul – the ‘Hunter Burst’ – is going to auction
The guitar was bought by Slash in September 1985 and used during a formative period for Guns N’ Roses, in which they wrote many classic Appetite for Destruction tracks
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