The clock is ticking… on February 10th, Swedish modern metal visionaries IN FLAMES will release their fourteenth studio album Foregone – the new masterpiece from a band whose artistry and influence on modern metal is undeniable. Today, IN FLAMES release the fifth single from Foregone – ‘Meet Your Maker‘ is a pulsating track with a hypnotizing power and furious anger. Like …
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BLOODSTOCK is hurtling towards the Xmas season at a rapid pace, but planning for August 2023 is still in full swing. The Deposit Scheme is also ready to go, so if you’ve not already grabbed your ticket, secure yours now by signing up and making paying for your ticket a little more …
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This past weekend, Swedish metal legends IN FLAMES tore up the stage at KNOTFEST Germany with their world-renowned live show. Today, the band released a brand-new track titled ‘The Great Deceiver‘- a crushing piece of high-class modern metal that reinforces IN FLAMES‘ unique mark deep in the foundations of the genre. The band states:“The Great Deceiver was born …
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Today, two international metal heavyweights celebrate an extension of their alliance: Swedish metal legends In Flames have re-signed with Nuclear Blast Records –extending their partnership on a worldwide level. As one of the most influential metal bands of all time, the news foreshadows some exciting plans for the Gothenburg legends, soon to be rolled …
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FUELED BY FEAR Main Support To IN FLAMES in St.Petersburg and Moscow! ALPHA OMEGA Management has a huge pleasure to announce that the Swiss Metalcore act FUELED BY FEAR are confirmed, as main support, for the Swedish death metal heroes, IN FLAMES on their tour in St.Petersburg and Moscow! See …
Read More »The Bloody Beetroots Announce ‘The Great Electronic Swindle’ Due out 20th October 2017 on Last Gang Records. THE BLOODY BEETROOTS (Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo) doesn’t just want to entertain audiences; he strives to engage and challenge them, emotionally and intellectually; to share stories with them. Changes in his personal life and the …
Read More »It seems like forever since Download Festival last made an announcement of bands, but good things come to those who wait and the bigwigs have officially made their first announcement of 2017 – and what an announcement! 48 new bands have been added to the bill including several big names …
Read More »LIVE AT WACKEN 2015 26 YEARS LOUDER THAN HELL 2 DVD / 2 CD Release: 5. August 2016/ UDR Louder Than Hell and also Rain or Shine, both are W:O:A slogans and true it is, a great festival that will …
Read More »Marilyn Manson sang about The Beautiful People. Machine Head gave us Beautiful Mourning. And although not common, The Beautiful Game intertwines with metal on a number of occasions, from Download Festival’s 5-a-side tournament to Steve Harris’ West Ham crest on his bass (but more about that in Part 2…). With …
Read More »It’s an earlier kick-off today at the Tuska Open Air Festival and even though the heavens opened and spilled their disapproval over Helsinki a few hours before the gates opened, it has cleared up and another pleasant day in the concrete cauldron is assured. First up, death metal “open-door supergroup” …
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The first Download announcement of 2015 is upon us – and what a stellar bill it’s turning out to be! Andrew WK, In Flames, Testament, We Are Harlot and L7 lead the latest addition to the bill which also includes Black Star Riders, Thunder, former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley and the recently reformed The Ghost …
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Gothenburg based IN FLAMES is confirmed to play at Tuska. In 2015 Tuska-festival will be held from 26th to 28th of June at Suvilahti, Helsinki. In Flames is one of the forefathers of death metal and Gothenburg based metal scene. Numerous world tours and 11 studioalbums under their belt the …
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RED FANG have premiered their new video for “Crows In Swine,” the third single off the Portland-based rock group’s critically acclaimed third album WHALES AND LEECHES (Relapse) via Loudwire. Watch the full video for the propulsive rock track and read the Q&A with RED FANG’s guitarist/vocalist BRYAN GILES up now …
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It’s a busy Friday night in Glasgow, and I find myself on Sauchiehall Street lined with hundreds of restaraunts serving food from around the world, trendy wine bars and fantastic shops. But none of these things interest me this evening. The mass of bodies snaking away from the from door …
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Swedish metallers In Flames are back with 11 cracking new songs on their 11th studio album ‘Siren Charms’, which is out now on Sony Music. After a brief electronic intro, album opener ‘In Plain View’ kicks the record to life with a nice little tapped riff. As always the twin …
Read More »Wacken Open Air has just released its 2015 trailer featuring footage from the festival and names already confirmed for next year. Bands announced include: TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and SAVATAGE Only live shows in Europe in 2015! Paul O´Neill and Jon Oliva are coming to W:O:A with their most important projects! Trans-Siberian …
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Final day of Hellfest :( which we have been affectionately calling ‘Dustfest’ this year due to the amount of dust that is being churned up from the parched earth. It’s even hotter today but is overcast on the way into the festival and we do get a 4 minute long shower …
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@planetmosh reviews Extremist by .@demonhunterband out on .@solidstate Two years since their last release Seattle 5 piece Demon Hunter have released ‘Extremist’, the well-publicized follow-on to 2012’s ‘True Defiance’. Not as well known of this side of the Atlantic as they probably should be for a band with sales in …
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12 new bands have been announced! They are...The Offspring, Status Quo, Steel Panther, Trivium, In Flames, While She Sleeps, Letlive, The Black Dahlia Murder, Crossfaith, Miss May I, Blessthefall and Dying Fetus! Download Festival’s 12th year is shaping up to be one of its best as the 2014 line up …
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Ordo Ab Pax, released in 2013, is the debut album from Gauteng, South African progressive thrash metal outfit, Arx. The band has an engaging, melodic extreme metal sound, a bit reminiscent (but not derivative) of Dark Tranquillity or later In Flames. The album ranges from instrumental, to thrash, to ‘hatecore’ …
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