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FROM THE ABYSS: ASENBLUT ARE ON THE WILD HUNT WITH THEIR FOURTH STUDIO RELEASE ‘DIE WILDE JAGD’

Feeling a bit flat? Like your soul has lost its fire? Then what you need is Viking Metal and ‘Die Wilde Jagd', the latest studio release from German Viking/ Melodic Death Metal...

THIRTEEN YEAR OLD ANTON BREGENDORF RELEASES HIS FIRST DEATH METAL TRACK

Thirteen year old multi-instrumentalist Anton Bregendorf, from Denmark, has released his first song to YouTube - ‘Nut’ – under the 'band' name ‘HAJN’.Having learnt the guitar from a young age, he started...

TESTAMENT / BAY AREA LEGENDS RETURN WITH AN OUTSTANDING ALBUM

Testament Unleashes Their Fierce and Vital 13th Studio Album: Titans Of Creation. A Thrash Metal Masterpiece That Delivers from Start to Finish. Read more!

DEMONIC RESURRECTION CELEBRATE 20 YEARS WITH NEW LYRIC VIDEO

Demonic Resurrection, from India, are celebrating their twentieth anniversary and have today released a new lyric video for the song 'Buddha - The Teacher' taken from their last album 'Dashavatar'.Formed by Demonstealer...

GODSMACK TAKE OVER 400 SCHOOL STUDENTS ON MUSICAL ADVENTURE

Godsmack have released an inspirational video for their new single 'Unforgettable', taken from the 'When Legends Rise' album.The band invited over 400 aspiring musicians to join them for the video shoot, with...

HELLFEST 2020 CANCELLED; ORGANIZERS TAKE EXPLETIVE LADEN ISSUE WITH INSURERS

As we predicted yesterday, Loire-Atlantique Prefecture and the French Ministry of Culture have taken the decision to ban Hellfest 2020. The Hellfest team support their decision and have thanked the Ministry for...

BLOODSTOCK ISSUES 2020 EVENT CLARIFICATION; HELLFEST UPDATE

MetalTalk understands that Hellfest will most likely cancel this summer’s event, as the French Government is likely to announce a longer coronavirus isolation period. With Download and most other May/June festivals already postponed, Bloodstock...

MACHINE HEAD ANNOUNCE RESCHEDULED UK DATES PLUS NEW YORK SHOW ONLINE

Californian Heavy Metal band Machine Head have today announced rescheduled dates for the European leg of their 'Burn My Eyes' 25th Anniversary tour.The tour kicks off in Spain in October and finishes with...

REVIEW: AYREON – ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES

Ayreon is the brainchild of Dutch producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer Arjen Lucassen. The project’s first release was 1995’s 'The Final Experiment' and, like most of Ayreon’s output, is a rock opera...

FROM THE ABYSS: BOMBS OF HADES ECHO THE TOLL OF THE ‘PHANTOM BELL’ WITH THEIR LATEST EP

Swedish Crusty Death Metallers ‘Bombs of Hades’ return with their latest EP ‘Phantom Bell’ to add to their already extensive discography and it may only be sixteen minutes and four tracks, but...

IN CONVERSATION WITH MIYAKO FROM LOVEBITES

Lovebites, maybe one of the most European sounding Japanese Power Metal bands around, recently released the fantastic album ‘Electric Pentagram’ and on the back of a successful UK tour with Dragonforce, they...

ALICE COOPER GUITARIST RYAN ROXIE ANNOUNCES NEW PROJECT

Guitarist Ryan Roxie, best known for his work with the legendary Alice Cooper, has talked in the past about “passing the torch of rock n’ roll” to the next generation of Metal...

DUTCH DARK ROCKERS DOOL RELEASE NEW ALBUM ‘SUMMERLAND’ APRIL 10TH

The Netherlands has an interesting and varied musical hinterland when you dig under the surface. Rotterdam quintet Dool are a case in point.  Words: Ian SutherlandTheir amalgam of Sisters style gothic melodies,...

FROM THE ABYSS: LIVE BURIAL OFFER ‘UNENDING FUTILITY’ WITH THEIR LATEST RELEASE

It is a strange but warming feeling to listen to an album and find it both luscious and brutal. But that’s the feeling I get from the second studio offering, ‘Unending Futility’,...

UMLÄUTING: RICK ASTLEY MODELS PERSONALISED MOTÖRHEAD T-SHIRT

It may be forty years since Motörhead’s seminal ‘Ace Of Spades’ was unleashed, but their legacy remains as strong as ever and now the power and style associated with the band can celebrated...

FROM THE ABYSS: UNHOLY DESECRATION UNLEASH THE ‘UNHOLY HORDE’

“Born from the corrupt, cartel infested region of the Texas-Mexico border, ‘Unholy Desecration’ is a demonic beast set to kill” is a warning statement, not a boast, from Texas Blackened Death Metallers...

DEVIN TOWNSEND TALKS ABOUT THE ULTIMATE EDITION OF EMPATH

Devin Townsend has announced a comprehensive package built around the 2019 album 'Empath' will be released on 5th June, including a fascinating Surround Sound mix.Titled 'Empath - The Ultimate Edition', the set includes...

BROTHER PAIN AND PRINCESS LUXURY QUIT EVIL SCARECROW

Big news from Evil Scarecrow today as founding member Brother Pain and Princess Luxury have left the band.A statement from the group reads:"We are living in strange times and perhaps that is...
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