
Inferno Metal Festival announce three new bands
Inferno Metal Festival have announced three new bands for next year’s festival! Following last month’s announcement, which saw the likes of CARPATHIAN FOREST, CATTLE DECAPITATION, SIGNS OF THE SWARM and more announced for the…
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In Teufels Namen
Everybody knows that Germany loves heavy metal. Less widely known but equally true is that Germany also loves industrial metal and has effectively kept the genre alive over the last few decades. For most of the world, RAMMSTEIN remain the benchmark, but MEGAHERZ are also a pretty big deal in their n…
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Death Goals: Identity & Community
“When you see trans people moshing, when you’ve got trans girlies taking their boots off and beating the shit out of people, that’s when we’re like, oh the riffs are…
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NIKKI SIXX: ‘We Never Saw It Coming That MICK MARS Wasn’t Going To Be Able To Tour’ With MÖTLEY CRÜE
In a new interview with Guitar World magazine, Nikki Sixx spoke about MÖTLEY CRÜE’s decision to hire John 5 to replace Mick Mars, the group’s founding guitarist, who announced his retirement from touring with MÖTLEY CRÜE last October as a result of worsening health issues.
“We never saw it coming…

VELVET REVOLVER Photo Book Coming Soon
Rufus Publications has announced the release of a new photo book, “Velvet Revolver By Ross Halfin”, focusing on VELVET REVOLVER, the band formed in 2002 by then-former GUNS N’ ROSES members Duff McKagan, Slash and Matt Sorum.
Sorum, McKagan, Slash and guitarist Dave Kushner held an exhaustive singer…

Sixto Rodriguez, singer-songwriter of Searching for Sugar Man fame, dies at 81
The Detroit native’s two once-obscure early ’70s albums – filled with distinct, plain-spoken songs focused on oppression, poverty, and racism – found a massive audience in South Africa, which he remained unaware of for decades
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Cannibal Corpse release new music video for ‘Summoned For Sacrifice’
CANNIBAL CORPSE have released a new music video! The new music video, for the track Summoned For Sacrifice, is taken from the American death metal legends’ upcoming new album, Chaos Horrific, which is…
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My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me
We know where we stand with WEREWOLVES at this point. Their agenda has been one of seething misanthropy, bilious hatred and wild, bug-eyed disdain from the start. On 2020’s furious debut “The Dead Are Screaming”, they sang fondly of “Beating Those We Despise”. A year later, sophomore opus “What A Ti…
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CANNIBAL CORPSE Shares Music Video For New Song ‘Summoned For Sacrifice’
Florida death metal veterans CANNIBAL CORPSE have released the official music video for a new song called “Summoned For Sacrifice”. The track is taken from the death metal veterans’ sixteenth studio album, “Chaos Horrific”, which is due on September 22 via Metal Blade Records.
Of “Summoned For Sacri…

AARON LEWIS Presented With Gold Plaque For Controversial ‘Am I The Only One’ Single
STAIND frontman-turned-best-selling-country-artist Aaron Lewis made headlines in the summer of 2021 when “Am I The Only One” (The Valory Music Co.) debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country chart. That feat, which had only been accomplished nine times since 1958, earned Lewis an RIAA-certified gol…
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