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Yngwie Malmsteen / Parabellum showcases a surreal level of talent

Some artists need no introduction, whether due to their prodigious talent or larger than life personality. There are a rare handful who have defined their genre for years, if not decades, and...

Bloodstock 2021 / The Crawling ready to create memories lasting forever

Bloodstock 2021 is a go, and The Crawling, the Doom/Death Metal band from Northern Ireland, are ready and willing to hit The Sophie Lancaster stage on Thursday. MetalTalk spoke with Andy Clarke...

Bernie Marsden / New album Kings is an inspired winner

Bernie Marsden has a new album out, and it is a winner. Kings, out now via Conquest Music, is Marsden's first solo album in seven years and is the first of an...

Bloodstock 2021 build is go, Kurokuma tell us they are ready

With only a matter of days before Bloodstock 2021, the build is well underway, weekend tickets are sold out, and Kurokuma told MetalTalk they are ready to bring their "power, energy and...

Sari Schorr / Releases version of 1870s blues classic

Sari Schorr has released her version of the 1870s folk-blues classic Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, along with a haunting black and white video, which you can watch below.Where Did You...

Mick Wall / This tour with Francis Rossi has something extra special

The Francis Rossi I Talk Too Much tour is back underway, and MetalTalk spoke with the event host and co-author of Rossi's autobiography Mick Wall to find out how the legendary writer...

Black Sabbath / Technical Ecstasy next for super deluxe treatment

Technical Ecstasy, the seventh Black Sabbath studio album, is next in line for the super deluxe treatment and will be released on 4-CD and 5-LP versions 1 October 2021, via BMG.The set...

All spin, no win / UK Government statement misleads on post-Brexit touring

Yesterday, the Department For Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said that "performers don't need visas or work permits for short-term tours" in 19 EU Member states, following "extensive discussions."This is widely reported...

Alcatrazz / First Doogie White vocal track released, new album announced

Alcatrazz will release their fifth studio album, V, on 15 October 2021, via Silver Lining Music. The excellent first single, Sword Of Deliverance, can be seen below."Sword of Deliverance is a mighty,...

Rudy Sarzo rejoins Quiet Riot, Epic thought Metal Health “would flop”

Rudy Sarzo has rejoined Quiet Riot for a third time, with current bassist Chuck Wright "graciously stepping aside to continue his recent solo efforts." Wright will also work on his award-winning residency...

The Offspring / Pete Parada fired after refusing Covid vaccine

The drummer with the Californian band The Offspring, Pete Parada, has been fired from the band over his refusal to be vaccinated for COVID-19 on medical grounds.He quotes advice for not taking...

Steve Howe / Making the world a brighter, and immeasurably more interesting place

In a career spanning over fifty years, Steve Howe has been never less than prolific. Be it in his groundbreaking work with Yes or his writing and playing with Asia, GTR and...

Jerry Cantrell / From Pico Union to new album Brighten

Jerry Cantrell will release his new solo album Brighten on 29 October. The Alice In Chains co-founder has shared the first song, Atone, along with a mesmerising black and white video."As a...

Competition / Manipulations Of The Mind, the complete Geezer Butler solo boxset

Being one of the most influential bassists in Metal history and the primary lyricist of Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler has much to offer both musically and lyrically. In the mid-'90s, he would...

Skarlett Riot / Tour set for November 2021

Skarlett Riot will tour England over five dates in November 2021 to support their very well received recent album Invicta.Invicta debuted at No. 14 in the National Independent Chart, No. 4 iTunes...

Album Of The Week / Troy Redfern, an honest, raw heart full of soul

There's a real sense of Marty McFly with Troy Redfern, the artist straddling both the past and the present with equal aplomb. As well as this ability to time travel, he can...

Yngwie Malmsteen / A forty-year career, “It still feels so fresh to me”

With a career that has spanned over 40 genre-defining years, Yngwie Malmsteen needs no introduction. Often viewed as the guitarist's guitarist, Yngwie has inspired two generations of players with his neo-classical flair...

Joey Jordison/ When ‘Metal lives within your heart..you can accomplish anything’

Joey Jordison the former Slipknot drummer who died aged 46, was awarded The Golden God at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards at the O2 in London on 13 July 2016.MetalTalk's Sally Newhouse...
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