Fires In The Distance: Unity Within Melo-Death
Every so often an album comes along that appears to unite an entire collective of metal fans with its delivery. A collection of tracks, crafted and produced to such a…
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VOLBEAT’s MICHAEL POULSEN Proves He’s A Death Metal Lifer With ASINHELL: ‘It’s In My DNA’
By David E. Gehlke
VOLBEAT founding member and vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen practically turns into a giddy teenager when talking about classic death metal. It’s a side that likely many of VOLBEAT’s rock radio-loving fans will never get to see, but to the underground denizens who bought everyth…
Album Premiere: Bergfried – ‘Romantik II’
Hear Ancient Mastery mainman and prolific multi-instrumentalist Erech Leleth indulge his old-school heavy metal itch with Bergfried.
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ATHEIST’s KELLY SHAEFER Goes Beyond Technical Death Metal In New Band TILL THE DIRT: ‘It’s A Totally Different Animal’
By David E. Gehlke
ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer was productive during the throes of Covid. Armed with only a guitar, basic home recording software and speakers atop a child’s desk, Shaefer burned the midnight oil throughout lockdown and came away with over a dozen new compositions. While ATHIEST i…
DOG EAT DOG Shares ‘Never Give In’ Single From Upcoming ‘Free Radicals’ Album
Crossover legends DOG EAT DOG have released “Never Give In”, the second single taken from the forthcoming new studio album “Free Radicals”, which will be released on October 20 via Metalville Records.
DOG EAT DOG returns with a modern crossover anthem. Their message of sticking together and standing…
“He completely floored me. I hadn’t been so gung-ho about a guitar player since Jeff Beck”: How David Bowie helped launch Stevie Ray Vaughan’s career – and why their joint tour was canceled at the last minute
Bowie’s Let’s Dance album introduced the future blues icon to the world. The pair were slated to perform together in support of the record, but SRV never got on the tour bus…
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TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Announces 2023 Tour, ‘The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve – The Best Of TSO & More’
Multi-platinum, progressive rock group TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA (TSO) today announced the dates for its highly anticipated 2023 winter tour, “The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve: The Best Of TSO And More”. This year TSO brings a completely updated presentation of the unforgettable, multi-generational holida…
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Go Ahead And Die announce new album ‘Unhealthy Mechanisms’
GO AHEAD AND DIE have announced a new album! Titled Unhealthy Mechanisms, the upcoming album from the band (featuring vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera joining forces with his son, singer, guitar and bass player Igor Amadeus…
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Air Drawn Dagger announce new EP ‘Songs To Fight The Gods To’
AIR DRAWN DAGGER have announced a new EP! Titled Songs To Fight The Gods To, the upcoming EP from the Sheffield-based electro-emo, angst-pop trio is their brand new EP, and is scheduled…
Read more » “People tell me my big mistake was not learning guitar right-handed… No, my big mistake was not learning guitar upside-down!” Meet Nat Myers, the Dan Auerbach protégé updating rootsy blues for the post-pandemic era
An unlikely email led the southpaw singer-songwriter to the Black Keys frontman’s Nashville studio. Here’s how they made an authentic old-school blues album – and why it featured just one guitar
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