Swedish melodic death metallers AMON AMARTH played a surprise set at this year’s Wacken Open Air festival on August 4 in Wacken, Germany. An official video recap of the performance is available below.
In a recent interview with Ireland’s Overdrive, AMON AMARTH guitarist Olavi Makkonen spoke about th…

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The new BLACK STAR RIDERS album, titled “Wrong Side Of Paradise”, will be released on Friday, January 20, 2023 via Earache Records. The LP’s latest single, “Pay Dirt”, can be streamed below.
BLACK STAR RIDERS frontman Ricky Warwick states: “We are overjoyed to be able to give you another track from…

A gleaming model of consistency, REVOCATION have spent the last 20 years establishing themselves as one of the most ferociously ripping metal bands of the modern era. Rooted in death metal and thrash, but by no means terminally tethered to either, lethal virtuoso David Davidson’s crew stand apart th…

SEVEN SPIRES drummer Chris Dovas will sit behind the kit for TESTAMENT on the first six shows of the summer/fall leg of “The Bay Strikes Back Tour”. He will be filling in for regular TESTAMENT drummer Dave Lombardo, who is unable to make the dates due to a scheduling conflict with the MISFITS.
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