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Tag: Classic Metal

Sons of Apollo Announce New Live Record

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Sons of Apollo, the supergroup-esque project featuring a lineup of Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, Billy Sheehan, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, and Jeff Scott Soto, are on their way to a follow-up to the debut full-length Psychotic Symphony, with their sophomore studio record planned for early 2020. In the meantime, the band plans to hold over their fans with a live release this summer, a recording of a one-off live symphonic performance in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, featuring the band alongside a full orchestra and choir in Live With The Plovdiv Psychotic Symphony. Here’s what Mike Portnoy has to say about the record: “I’ve released […]

Death Angel Unveils Music Video To Coincide With “Humanicide” Album Release

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Death Angel just wrapped up a North American tour alongside Overkill, and are now headed to Europe for a summer-long run, but falling right in between is their brand-new record release this past weekend, Humanicide on Nuclear Blast Records. In celebration of the release, the band has also unveiled a music video for the track “I Came For Blood”, which you can check out right here. For more of the latest on Death Angel, head to: https://www.facebook.com/deathangel/. 

Destruction Releases First Single Off Seventeenth Studio Album

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Destruction is getting ready to unleash the 17th chapter in their lengthy German Thrash discography this summer, with Born To Perish set to be out on August 9th via Nuclear Blast Records. The first single off the record has just been revealed this week in visualizer video form – check out “Born To Perish” via the Nuclear Blast official YouTube Channel right here. Frontman Schmier says of the track, and of the band’s latest additions to their lineup: “The title track was the first song we wrote for the new record and it definitely shows the strength that DESTRUCTION has […]

Interview: Chris Caffery

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Spirits of Fire recently made their debut as a new project on Frontiers Music Srl with their self-title album, and just before its release, I had the chance to get on the phone with Chris Caffery to discuss the new band, the background and process behind it, Chris’ influences over the years as a guitarist, songwriter, and musician overall, being a part of TSO, plus a secret new project that’s in the works. Check out the interview below:  I want to start things right off with the main topic right now, Spirits of Fire, exciting self-titled album just about to […]

Avantasia Unveils New Lyric Video for “Alchemy” Featuring Geoff Tate

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Avantasia just released their highly anticipated album Moonglow last month, and now the band has a brand-new lyric video to showcase a track featuring one of many special guests on vocals, Geoff Tate. “Alchemy” is the name, and the video can be found via the Nuclear Blast Records Official YouTube Channel right here. Here’s what Avantasia frontman Tobias Sammet had to say about the track: “When I wrote ‘Alchemy’ I had no one but Geoff Tate in mind. He is one of the most influential singers in the history of Melodic Metal and I have always adored albums like Queenryche’s Rage […]

Possessed To Release First Album In Over 30 Years

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Death Metal originators Possessed are back, and on their way to releasing their first album in over 30 years this spring. Revelations of Oblivion is set for a May 10th release on Nuclear Blast Records, and the first single is already out and available in visualizer video form right here. Here’s what Possessed frontman Jeff Becerra has to say about the record: “This album from start to release has been a fantastic experience. All of us in Possessed hope you enjoy this newest release and we look forward to touring and creating much more new music in the future. We […]

Dee Snider Unleashes Brand-New Music Video

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Dee Snider has just unleashed a brand-new music video, the sixth to come off of last year’s successful Jamey Jasta-produced Napalm Records release, For The Love of Metal. “Lies Are A Business” is the track, and who better to describe the concept than Dee Snider himself?: “The socio-political message of ‘Lies Are a Business’ is more important at this moment in time than ever before. The movement toward more controlling, all-powerful governments continues to grow and the current nightmarish situation in Venezuela is emblematic of the direction our world is sadly heading in. The incredible video for this song by […]

Entombed To Unleash Live Album

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Entombed has a new live album on the way, revisiting one of the Swedish Music Hall of Famers’ classic records, 1991’s Clandestine, on its 25th Anniversary. Featuring the band’s original members Nicke Andersson, Uffe Cederlund and Alex Hellid, the live album includes two acts, the first of which is an orchestral arrangement of Clandestine, before part two sees the band performing the album in its original style in full for the first time ever. Entombed has just revealed the first taste of this live album in the form of the single, “Sinners Bleed”, which you can check out right here. For […]

Doro Unleashes Brand New EP To Kick Off World Tour

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Doro has just released a brand-new EP, following up on 2018’s double release of Forever Warriors, Forever United. Now, 2019 brings Backstage to Heaven, a half-studio/half-live four-track vinyl featuring special guests Doug Aldrich, Johan Hegg and Helge Schneider alongside the Metal Queen. The record has just been released this week, on the same day Doro kicked off the second leg of her European run. Next month, Doro will be hitting the States on the U.S. run alongside Metal Church, with support from Images of Eden – April 17th marks the start of the run in Las Vegas, NV, spanning through […]

Fifth Annual “Ride For Ronnie” Charity Event Announced

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The Fifth Annual Ride for Ronnie has just been announced, and the motorcycle ride/concert for charity will take place on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at the usual starting location of Harley-Davidson of Glendale. Los Encinos Park in Encino will be the destination for the concert portion of the event, hosted by Eddie Trunk and featuring a new group of rock musicians personally curated by the personality and known as Eddie Trunk’s All Star Band, in addition to Budderside, Petty Cash, DC4, and Dio cover band Dia. 2018’s Ride for Ronnie brought in over $50,000 for the Ronnie James Dio Stand […]

Interview: Tony Harnell

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Starbreaker released their first new album in over ten years at the start of 2019, to great critical acclaim and a solid spot in the Billboard charts. I had the chance to talk with frontman Tony Harnell (best known as the former frontman of TNT) just after Dysphoria came out, discussing the making of the record in depth, the experience of recording an album remotely across multiple countries, Tony’s side work as a vocal coach, and a bit about his recent move to Nashville. What brings you on the phone with me today is the recent release of Starbreaker’s new […]

Interview: Alex Skolnick

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Between Testament, Metal Allegiance, an improvisational jazz trio, and other collaborations, Alex Skolnick is one busy guitarist. Shortly after the simultaneous release of the latest Metal Allegiance record, Power Drunk Majesty, and the Alex Skolnick Trio record, Conundrum, I had the chance to do a phoner with Alex, where we discussed all of his various musical projects and how he finds the balance between it all, his involvement with Shredders of Metal, the Slayer tour, and his appreciation for New York. Check out the interview below: The new record Power Drunk Majesty from Metal Allegiance is officially out, you just […]

Overkill to Spread “Wings Over The USA”

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Overkill has just announced an upcoming U.S. tour for the spring, in support of their forthcoming studio album The Wings of War. Wings Over The USA will kick off on April 25th, spanning most of the East Coast in addition to hitting some Midwestern and Southern dates before wrapping it all up in Boston on May 11th. Joining these New Jersey Thrash legends on tour will be Bay Area Thrashers Death Angel and Act of Defiance. The Wings of War is set for a February 22nd release on Nuclear Blast, with a special Record Release party, featuring guests DJ Alex […]

Brick By Brick Tease Album Release Show for “Hive Mentality”

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Brick By Brick is getting ready to release the next chapter of their heavy New York Hardcore with the seventh studio record, Hive Mentality, set for a February 22nd release on Upstate Records, with a Clifton Park, NY album release show party set for the same night. This week, the band has released a brief teaser clip to promote the show, which you can check out right here: https://youtu.be/xszTwNSu3eg, and in case you missed the recent title track music video release, featuring Alekhine’s Gun vocalist Jessica Pimentel, you can check that one out here: https://youtu.be/7URYB3kb6Mo. Brick By Brick will be […]

I.N.C. To Unleash “Terrible Things”

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Indestructible Noise Command, aka I.N.C., are continuing on with their legacy of Thrash from 1985 to the present, as they’ve just announced a return-to-Thrash-roots style record to form their fifth full-length album. Entitled Terrible Things, the record is set for a March 8th release date, and the band has just revealed the first single by the name of “Declaration” via an official premiere on Metal Insider, which you can check out right here: https://www.metalinsider.net/new-music/song-premiere-indestructible-noise-command-declaration. To keep an eye out for updates on Terrible Things, and other news in the world of I.N.C., head to: https://www.facebook.com/incmetal/.