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Heavy Metal in 2020 / Interviews in Pictures – From getting pied by Iron Maiden to more cowbell

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From getting pied by Iron Maiden, to what it is like to be in Iron Maiden (and more cowbell), here are some of the people who spoke with MetalTalk during the year...

YOSHIKI / Joined by Roger Taylor and Brian May on Japan NYE Show

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Queen's Roger Taylor and Brian May will join YOSHIKI and Sarah Brightman in a performance of 'Endless Rain' on Japan's popular TV broadcast 'Kohaku Uta Gassen' on New Years Eve.'Endless Rain' was composed...

Kimmo Kuusniemi / Sarcofagus comes to an end after 43 year “rollercoaster”

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Filmmaker and guitarist Kimmo Kuusniemi has told MetalTalk that "there is no space for Sarcofagus in my mind anymore." This brings to an end the band's 43 year career and means that...

Arhat / Ukrainian Groove Metal with fantastic Eastern exotic edge

Extreme Metal
With their distinctive exotic sound, you could easily be mistaken in thinking Ukrainian Groove Metal band Arhat, whose name in Buddhism means "one who has gained insight into the true nature of...

UK Petition raised as Brexit Trade Deal largely ignores Heavy Metal over Fishing

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The UK Government (and many UK tabloid newspapers) have been using the Fishing industry as a popularist stick to batter through the basic agreement for the UK-EU trade deal. Musicians and other...

MetalTalk 2020 Review / The Writers: Liz Medhurst

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Continuing our review of 2020, we spoke with MetalTalk writer and gig lover Liz Medhurst.Did you go to any real gigs earlier this year. What was your favourite? Any great memories?There were...

Kuritarvitaja / Brutal ‘Screams of Misery’ is an engagingly fascinating listen

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That 2020 has been a brutally harsh year is an understatement, so it makes sense, to me anyway, for one of my final reviews of the year to be of an album...

MetalTalk 2020 Review / The Writers: Kahmel Farahani

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Continuing our review of 2020, we spoke with esteemed MetalTalk journalist and MTTV host Kahmel Farahani.Gigs of the year:Dream Theater The Black Crowes (unplugged) Phil X Burrfest Matt Pearce & The MutinyMost Missed Gig of the...

The Beatles / Peter Jackson releases five minute film Sneak Peak

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Filmed in January 1969, 'The Beatles: Get Back' is a documentary of the fab four as they planned their first live show in over two years and shows the writing and rehearsing of...

Prowler / NWOBHM band sign to Metal Nation Records and release single

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Prowler, who appeared on the legendary MCA 1980's NWOBHM compilation album 'Brute Force', have signed to Metal Nation Records and are working on an album slated for release in Summer 2021.The band have...

Perfect Plan / Melodic Rockers share fantastic live session

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Perfect Plan released their second album 'Time For A Miracle' in September and recently the band shared a fantastic live recorded studio session via the Frontiers Music YouTube channel, with one observer...

MetalTalk 2020 Review / Sally Newhouse, Robert Adams and Brian Boyle

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Continuing our review of 2020, we spoke with Sally Newhouse, Robert Adams and Brian Boyle.Real gigs this year:Sally Newhouse: "Metalworks every Sunday at World’s End until Lockdown., and the wonderful ‘Legends Of...

Leslie West / Former Mountain Frontman dies at 75

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Dean Guitars have reported that Leslie West, the Mountain guitarist and singer, has tragically passed away. This follows reports that Leslie was gravely ill and near death after his heart stopped and he was put...

Inglorious up the Christmas cheer by Metalling up Mariah Carey

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It has been a mixed bag of new Christmas music this year from the really good to the... well you know who we are talking about.However a late entry to raise the...

Albert Bouchard / Back in the Charts and releasing vinyl ‘Re Imaginos’

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Albert Bouchard's 'Re Imaginos' has cracked the Billboard Top 100 (No. 97), his first time back in the charts for 32 years. The album will now be released in limited-edition vinyl.In a recent...

MetalTalk 2020 Review / The Writers: Jools Green

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Continuing our review of 2020, next up is MetalTalk's From The Abyss columnist Jools Green.Did you go to any real gigs earlier this year? What was your favourite? Any great memories?Yes, in...

Ward XVI / Unplugged and speaking of huge ambition

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It’s without doubt that Ward XVI have become the new royalty of shock rock and their stunning ‘Metamorphosis’ album was a huge highlight of the year. As the last embers of a...

MetalTalk 2020 Review / The Writers: Andy Rawll

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Continuing our review of 2020, we spoke with MetalTalk writer Andy Rawll.Did you go to any real gigs earlier this year. What was your favourite? Any great memories?Chris Braide and Marc Almond,...
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