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Gene Hoglan says he was pushed to criticise Chuck Schuldiner
In a new interview the drummer says he was asked, during the making of the Death documentary „Death By Metal", to speak badly of the band's founder, who died in 2001. He refused.
Jason Newsted joins Blackberry Smoke — Thin Lizzy's „Jailbreak" in Wilmington
The former Metallica bassist guested with Blackberry Smoke on 9 July, covering Thin Lizzy. On the side, he is headlining North America for the first time with his Chophouse Band.
Besvärjelsen follow up with „Drifters on a Quiet Stream" — new album at the end of August
The Swedish stoner-doom outfit from Dalarna release the second single from „Till Glömskan Ad Oblivionem", out 28 August via Magnetic Eye Records.
Endspace broadcast from the edge of space — debut album „First Contact" due in October
The Canadian sci-fi black metal duo announce their first album. „First Contact" arrives in early October via Transcending Obscurity Records.
Fen send „Massif" ahead — new album „Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth" due in August
The East Anglian post-black metal band unveils the next advance single from their eighth album, out 21 August via Prophecy Productions.
Februus tighten the runtimes — „Construction of Conflict" lands in September
The Swedish progressive death metallers release their second album on 4 September via Transcending Obscurity Records. Opener „Genocide by Default" leads the way.
Corey Taylor on Three Therapists, Beer Kegs and the Night He First Saw Slipknot
For an hour, the Slipknot singer eats his way through his Iowa childhood on the web series 'Last Meals' — and talks about himself more openly than usual.
Four Years, Four Volumes, One Album — The Plot In You Close Out Their Experiment
Instead of a conventional album, the Americans have been dropping songs in batches of three since 2022. On Friday the result arrived as a self-titled record — with two previously unheard tracks.
Queen Back on Stage? Roger Taylor Puts the Decision on Brian May
The drummer would play tomorrow. Whether it happens, he says on BBC radio, is not down to him — it is down to the guitarist.