AEW wrestler MALAKAI BLACK debuted his black metal entrance last night (Aug. 4) on the latest episode of AEW Dynamite. Black entered the ring area to black metal band AMENARA and their song “Ogentroost”, all while sporting a full-on look of the subgenre complete with antlers. Black signed with AEW after being cut from the...
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SINSAENUM Remember JOEY JORDISON: ‘We Did Everything In Our Power To Help And Couldn’t Get Through To Him’
The late Joey Jordison’s SINSAENUM bandmates have paid tribute to the recently deceased ex-SLIPKNOT drummer. Joey Jordison passed away “peacefully in his sleep” on July 26 of an unspecified cause. He was 46 years old. Earlier today (Thursday, August 5), the remaining members of SINSAENUM issued the following statement: “We are deeply saddened by the...
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FEAR FACTORY’s DINO CAZARES To Join SOULFLY As Guitarist On U.S. Tour
FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares will be playing guitar for SOULFLY on their upcoming U.S. tour. The 33-date run kicks off on August 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and wraps up in Tempe, Arizona on September 25. The final date will be a family celebration as it will include performances by INCITE, GO AHEAD AND...
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WATAIN Sign With NUCLEAR BLAST; Announce New Album For 2022
Nuclear Blast Records has announced the signing of the Swedish black metal collective WATAIN. The band has now entered Necromorbus Studios, located inside of a church north of their hometown Uppsala, to record a new album and follow-up to the ferocious 2018 opus “Trident Wolf Eclipse”. The new full-length is scheduled for a release in...
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GENE SIMMONS’ Original Art Pieces To Be Displayed At Las Vegas Gallery
KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has joined forces with Nicholas Leone of Animazing Gallery at Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas for the debut of Gene Simmons ArtWorks October 14 through 16. The gallery showing will include a broad variety of artwork by Simmons — from sketches and drawings to small and...
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HAVOK Bassist BRANDON BRUCE Quits Band
HAVOK bassist Brandon Bruce has quit his position with the Colorado thrash metal act after less than two years in the band. A statement from Bruce reads as follows: “As of a couple weeks ago I have officially left Havok. This is something I thought a lot about and is what I believe is the best...
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DEE SNIDER On GENE SIMMONS Saying ‘Rock Is Dead’: “I Wish He Would Just Shut The Hell Up”
Remember when a few years ago, KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons told Esquire magazine that “rock did not die of old age. It was murdered. Some brilliance, somewhere, was going to be expressed and now it won’t because it’s that much harder to earn a living playing and writing songs. No one will pay you to...
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THE ROLLING STONES Drummer CHARLIE WATTS To Sit Out For Band’s U.S. Tour
THE ROLLING STONES drummer Charlie Watts will not be joining his bandmates on their fall USA tour. The 80-year-old Watts was planning to take part in the “No Filter” tour, which is set to commence on September 26 in St. Louis, however now it seems his “great friend” Steve Jordan will be sitting behind the...
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TESTAMENT’s CHUCK BILLY On ‘The Bay Strikes Back’ Tour: “If You’re Not Vaccinated, Wear A Mask”
TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy has gone over some of the changes that will be made to the meet-and-greet sessions on the band’s upcoming ‘The Bay Strikes Back’ tour, due to ongoing covid-19 restrictions. The TESTAMENT frontman was actually one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, and discussed the band’s plan to...
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MAYHEM Premiere The Music Video For “Black Glass Communion”
MAYHEM have released a video for the song “Black Glass Communion” from their latest EP, “Atavistic Black Disorder / Kommando“. MAYHEM had the help of Zev Deans (GHOST, BEHEMOTH) with the visuals for the clip for which he stated: “When approaching a metal music video, some might roll their eyes and think to themselves ‘how many...