Motorhead Present ‘Aftershock’ Cover and Tracklist

Despite issues with Lemmy’s health, Motorhead seems adamant to keep the ball rolling; the legendary frontman announced the new album’s cover and tracklist via Facebook, adding: “We’re half way through a new album right now, and we’re going to Europe for some festivals, to do the usual European thing later in the year. I dunno about the summer yet. We’re trying to get some American shows in the summer.” The release date is still a…

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Opeth working on more ‘sinister’ album

The progressive metal gods are in the studio, working on another studio piece which will thrill our ears and scare off kids on a radius of 3 blocks. According to Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt, they’ve already written 4 songs entirely for the new CD, and three others are in various states of completion. “We’ve been looking at [tracking the next album at] Rockfield Studios in Wales where QUEEN recorded ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, but we haven’t made…

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Avenged Sevenfold and ‘Metalocalypse’ creator announce new project

Avenged Sevenfold have announced a collaboration with “Metalocalypse” creator John Schnepp; the new animated series, entitled “Hail to the King” is just oen of the several creative projects supporting the upcoming album release. Sadly, the new series will only feature six episodes (or at least this is the current plan; if it catches on… who knows). Given the discussions and the amount of work put into the advertising and the… let’s call it ‘extra-musical’ work…

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Trivium: Brave This Storm: Single Review.

  Renowned for their ferocious metal sound, Orlando based band Trivium walk back into the music coliseum with fire in their blood. New single ‘Brave This Storm’ is melodic and brutal, it’s like a beast with sharp claws cutting the underbelly of emotion, you can hear the emotive lyrics resonate. ‘Brave The Storm’ beats hard. We come to expect that from the band. The song commences with hard hitting guitars, that are masked in venom….

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Black Sabbath reveal new video: “The End of the Beginning”

The biggest news of the year, by far, is the Black Sabbath reunion; the metal giants, back in the studio after more than three decades, and coming out with a ‘satanic blues’ kick ass metal album can’t really be topped – bar somebody coming out of their grave. After revealing their album artwork and streaming the entire album “13” on iTunes, now it’s time for the first video. The song was featured in “CSI” Season…

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Avenged Sevenfold Post New Song Snippet

It just seems like Avenged Sevenfold are keen on giving us snipper after snippet – after they gave us a preview of their album and told us about their tracks a few months ago, they now posted another video teaser. Avenged Sevenfold have been very mysterious about this new release – everything was kept a secret, from the release date to pretty much any details regarding the album. The new release will mark the band’s…

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Newsted Unveil New Song ‘Heroic Dose’, disclose full track listing

Newsted, the band recently started by former Metallica bassist and general badass Jason Newsted has released a brand new song – ‘Heroic Dose’, which you can stream below. Discussing the album and the new EP, Jason said: “The EP was always intended to be the primer, a sampler of what was to come on the LP,” he said. “It’s all metal all the time. It’s not all fast, but it is all heavy.” Confirmed! The…

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Dream Theater Reveal New Album Title and Release Date

Progressive metal legends Dream Theater revealed their thirteenth album title and release date. Curiously called “Dream Theater”, their new album will release on September 24. Founding guitarist John Petrucci produced it, and if we can take his word for it, the new album will be adventurous even for them. “I see every new album as an opportunity to start over,” says Petrucci. “To either build or improve upon a direction that has been evolving over…

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Robert Trujillo: ‘Next Album is Going to be an Extension of ‘Death Magnetic”

Well, we’ve talked a lot about Metallica… one could argue that we’ve talked a little too much about them, but call me a hopeless romantic – I’m still hoping for a good Metallica album. Odds are, not going to happen. Taking the time to discuss the new album (after admitting that the last one sucked), Trujillo couldn’t hide his excitement over what he described as “an extension” of the group’s previous release “Death Magnetic.” “The…

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