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Ghost / First new music in two years released; European tour announced

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Ghost will embark on their most extensive headline tour to date, with 23 shows scheduled across 14 countries during April/May 2022. The band have also released the new single Hunter's Moon, which...

Epica / Dutch symphonic Metallers win at lockdown with their Omega Alive experience

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Like many other fans of live music around the world, during the various lockdown periods, I tried to satisfy my craving for live music by watching various streamed performances by many artists...

MetalTalk Top Five / Best Stoner Metal Songs Ever

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We all know that if something is great for inspiration, it's marijuana. Artists all around the globe from all kinds of different contexts and even different periods of time have been using...

Porcupine Tree / Prog rock trio share new single; Album and European tour to follow

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UK progressive rock band Porcupine Tree shocked their fans by suddenly releasing a new single, Harridan, and announcing details of their forthcoming album due on 24 June 2022 via Music For Nations...

Lordi / The undisputed tainted visionaries of Heavy Metal

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Okay, this is a seven-album, yes, seven-album box set by Finnish monster rockers, Lordi. Seven albums? Where did they come from? And didn't they release an album less than two years ago?Lordi...

Premiere / Nightrage share new ominous and eerie single Nauseating Oblivion

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Greek melodic extreme Metal band Nightrage have released their third single, Nauseating Oblivion, today via MetalTalk. The song is taken from the new album Abyss Rising, due for release in February 2022.Abyss...

Exclusive: Jerry Cantrell / Brighten “was super organic and made with friends”

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Well, if anything was going to 'brighten' this year, it's the release of Jerry Cantrell's latest solo album Brighten. I bloody love Alice In Chains, having worked with the group for 30...

Mick Rock / Legendary photographer dies aged 72

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The legendary photographer Mick Rock has died at the age of 72. Often referred to as "The Man Who Shot the Seventies," Mick met David Bowie in early 1972, an event which...

Praying Mantis / Twelfth studio album Katharsis set for January release

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Praying Mantis will release their new album Katharsis on 28 January 2022, via Frontiers Music. The first single from this, their twelfth studio album, is Cry For The Nations.Praying Mantis, formed by...

Kip Winger to play acoustic show at the Black Heart in Camden

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Kip Winger will play his seventh annual solo acoustic show at the Black Heart in the heart of Camden on Saturday, 27 November 2021. This is Kip's only UK event this year.The...

Cancelled / Win tickets to see Gypsy’s Kiss, Buffalo Fish and Ironed Maiden in Hammersmith

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Rock fans and Iron Maiden connoisseurs are in for a treat this weekend as Gypsy's Kiss, Buffalo Fish, and UK tribute act Ironed Maiden are teaming up as part of the Maiden...

Asia / The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1 out 26 November

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Asia will release the ten CD boxset, The Official Live Bootlegs Volume 1, through BMG records on 26 November 2021. The version of Heat Of The Moment, which was recorded live at...

The Treatment to be joined by Piston and South Of Salem for April 2022 tour

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The Treatment have announced a headline UK tour for April/May 2022. The Devil In The Detail UK Tour will see The Treatment supported by Piston and South Of Salem.The Treatment, who embarked...

Monsterfest 2021 is underway today in the city of Inverness

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A year later than planned due to the global pandemic, Monsterfest 2021 begins today, 10 November. The Scottish festival, now in its third year, has grown from a rock weekender to a...

Slade / Slade In Flame set for limited edition red and yellow splatter vinyl release

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Slade will reissue their fifth studio album Slade In Flame, on limited edition red and yellow splatter vinyl on 26 November 2021. Originally released on 29 November 1974, the album was the...

Five Heavy Metal Artists Who Love Gambling

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Heavy Metal music is thought to have developed from psychedelic rock and blues-rock. While the former offered music fit for those who love chemical stimulation, the latter is more synonymous with its...

Foo Fighters to star in horror comedy Studio 666

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Studio 666 is the new horror-comedy film starring Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee. The Open Road Films piece is set for release in over...

Defying Decay / “No one should ever die from a different political opinion”

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Thailand's Defying Decay have released a new single, The Law 112: Secrecy & Renegades, which calls out the political misuse of Article 112 in their home country. Opponents say Article 112 is...
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