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Seven months after the death of Pantera / Hellyeah legend Vinnie Paul, Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger has offered his take on Vinnie’s passing. According to Kroeger, Paul was often sad while attending Nickelback gigs and hanging with the band,... More

Seven months after the death of Pantera / Hellyeah legend Vinnie Paul, Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger has offered his take on Vinnie’s passing. According to Kroeger, Paul was often sad while attending Nickelback gigs and hanging with the band, leading Kroeger to believe the drummer “didn’t really wanna be alive anymore” following the murder of Dimebag Darrell. Losing both Abbott brothers has left a hole in metal the size of two larger-than-life brothers. Having witnessed the murder of his brother onstage, Vinnie Paul struggled with that image for the rest of his life, but Kroeger believes “it broke him.” "The story of Dime and Vinnie, it's a pretty tragic story," Kroeger told Silver Tiger Media. "The truth is that I think Vinnie gave up a lot when he had to witness his brother being murdered. I think he lost a lot of his life. And I really felt like he was so sad that he didn't really wanna be alive anymore. He really struggled until the end; it never got better for him. It was a really horrible experience, obviously, seeing your only brother get murdered onstage while performing. But then, following that, he had his band, he played in Hellyeah, and he did some things, but I don't think anything could distract him from how sad he was.” Kroeger continued, “He struggled terribly with it after Dime was killed; he really had a hard time. So it was kind of tragic from the beginning. And [the 14th] anniversary [of Dimebag's death] just went by a few days ago [in December]. I keep in touch with the guy who was the responding police officer [James Niggemeyer] who had to take out the shooter that day. He sends me a text message every year on that anniversary. It just went by last week. And ever since that day, I don't think Vinnie was the same ever again, unfortunately. I think it broke him. And that's a terrible, terrible thing. And it was really hard. Because Vin would come out and see us play — he came out and saw us play in Vegas and stuff. It's just sad. He was really sad." Jan. 24 will see Dimebash 2019 take place, with musicians like Dave Grohl, Corey Taylor, Rex Brown and more set to perform in honor of Dimebag Darrell. Via Loudwire Less

Darkest Horizon from Germany will be joining The Zach Moonshine Show for a live Q&A with fans and listeners on 01/18/19! Show starts at 9pm est and the interview will happen at 10pm est. If you would like to ask questions during the interview... More

Darkest Horizon from Germany will be joining The Zach Moonshine Show for a live Q&A with fans and listeners on 01/18/19! Show starts at 9pm est and the interview will happen at 10pm est. If you would like to ask questions during the interview simply sign in to the MDR chat on site! Follow the event of Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/595817154200516/ for more details! Since the band’s foundation in 2010, Darkest Horizon was positively received from various magazines, webzines and radio stations with their acclaimed CDs "Shattered Skies" (2011), "Scattered Worlds" (2013) and „The Grand Continuum“ (2014). The band has been voted Best Live Act multiple times by jury and fans, proving their skill at international festivals like the Metalfest Open Airs Germany or Metaldays Open Airs Slovenia and winning several band contests, including the Eisenwahn Festival Competition. Darkest Horizon drew the attention of several music, merch, media and beverage sponsors including Washburn Guitars USA (US Music Corperation), Engl Amps,, Cubeaudio (In Flames, Guano Apes) and Absolutely Framed. Own technicians (FoH / Instrument techs / Stage setters) are invaluable assets to the live experience. Over the past years the band shared the stage and befriended many internationally known acts like Cradle of Filth, Dark Tranquillity, Ensiferum, SepticFlesh, Alestorm, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Debauchery and many more. All six members, Aurelius Lie (past)/Enis Lorenz(Vocals), Oliver Sattler (Guitars), Daniel Baum (Guitars), Christian Mühlbauer (Keyboards), Jonas Heinzel (Bass) and Vincent Haas (Drums) have experience in headlining festivals with sets of up to 120 minutes and are always close and true to their fans. In 2016 the band released their first music video which was produced and directed by Absolutely Framed. The productions quality and the artistic style were highly acclaimed by the online community as well as by the press. The band also played their first gig ever outside of europe. They headlined the Maelstrom Festival which takes place in Colombo, the capitol of Sri Lanka. In 2017 the band won the semi-finales of the Wacken Metal Battle and performed on the Dong Open Air 2017. The band as well recorded their second full lenght album „Aenigmata“ which is now awaiting its release in 2018. [jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="mD30v6-AbzM"] [jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="89Y9oMNHUN8"] Less

According to Billboard, LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton's solo song "Cross Off", which features a guest appearance by late LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington, has debuted No. 18 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. The cut sold 2,000... More

According to Billboard, LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton's solo song "Cross Off", which features a guest appearance by late LINKIN PARK singer Chester Bennington, has debuted No. 18 on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart. The cut sold 2,000 downloads, according to Nielsen Music. It also drew 209,000 U.S. streams in the tracking week. "Cross Off" can be found on Morton's full-length solo effort, "Anesthetic", which is due out on March 1. Other guests on the LP include singer Jacoby Shaddix of PAPA ROACH, ALTER BRIDGE's Myles Kennedy, STONE SOUR drummer Roy Mayorga, KORN drummer Ray Luzier, ALICE IN CHAINS bassist Mike Inez and others. "Cross Off" was recorded in April 2017 and written by Morton, Bennington, Jake Oni and producer Josh Wilbur. Morton recorded all guitars with Paolo Gregoletto and Alex Bent (TRIVIUM) handling bass and drums. The composition of the song began between Morton, Wilbur and Oni before the three approached Bennington about singing vocals. Bennington loved the song and came to the studio with additional ideas and lyrics that, together with his unique and incredible vocal style, shaped the song to be what it is today. LINKIN PARK vocalist Mike Shinoda tweeted his reaction to hearing "Cross Off", writing: "I remember when Chester played this song for me in his car, almost finished. He was really happy with it. Good stuff, Mark." Bennington recorded his vocals for the song just three months before taking his own life at his California home. Morton told Metal Hammer magazine about his experience working on "Cross Off" with Bennington: "[Chester] just had a lot of creative input at the ready when he came into the studio," Mark said. "That was my initial, like, wow. He had told me he really liked the song, and we had communicated, but I'd never really hung out with Chester until when we started tracking. I was really impressed for a guy at his level, at the place in the career he was at, someone of his stature and celebrity, to have that level of humility and commitment to come in there and treat this like it would be a LINKIN PARK song, or his own song, or whatever. I was pretty blown away by that. And it was immediate. Fifteen minutes after we met, we were standing over a table, one on either side, each with scraps of paper and pencil, crossing off words and trying different rhyme schemes and stuff. And then after the track was laid out, then we took a breath and started talking about more personal stuff — real-life shit. And yeah… he surprised me the most." Asked how they connected in the first place, Mark said: "I had my people call his people. It was one of those things where we were listening to the song, like, who in our world would we have singing this? And Chester was the name that came out. So we almost didn't try, because it's Chester Bennington; he's such a superstar. We were kind of, like, come on, we can't get him. But if we hadn't tried, we wouldn't have got him, so we tried, we got his ear, I was surprised to find I was on his radar and all, but through LAMB I was. He heard the song and he was in. It is a really good song. I'm sorry; I don't know if I'm allowed to say that, but it's a good goddamn song, right? We had to iron out a couple of things legally and all that kind of stuff, but on the creative side, he was in from the jump. And I didn't realize how in he really was, but when he showed up, I did, and that was humbling for me." [jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="Fv8oTQWaxwc"] Via Blabbermouth Less

Icelandic wrecking crew UNE MISÈRE have signed to Nuclear Blast Records. UNE MISÈRE comment, "As a band we are more than excited to be signing with a label that has hosted many bands that we have listened to and loved since we started listening... More

Icelandic wrecking crew UNE MISÈRE have signed to Nuclear Blast Records. UNE MISÈRE comment, "As a band we are more than excited to be signing with a label that has hosted many bands that we have listened to and loved since we started listening to heavy music. This signing will serve as a jump start to what we aim to achieve - We are nothing but humble for the opportunity and excited for what the future holds. This signing marks the beginning of a cooperation that everyone will know of. We aim for the world, and Nuclear Blast is going to help us get it." In celebration of the signing, the band offer a music video for their song, "Damages". The song was recorded by Leifur Örn Kaldal Eiríksson at Lightweight Studios and was mixed by Sky Van Hoff and mastered by Svante Forsbäck. The video was directed by Amy Haslehurst. Watch the music video for "Damages" here: https://youtu.be/V6gSfs8_iuE The band commented about the song, "'Damages' is about being at your breaking point. It is about being at the very edge and falling over. 'Damages' is about facing the fact that mental diseases may never be cured; although the person can get better, one may never be fully rid of it. Depression, anxiety, addiction and so forth - they will always be there. The shadows - they will always be there. They will follow you - into the grave." UNE MISÈRE formed in April 2016 by a collective of 6 artists who came together to play really heavy music Each of the members were involved with various hardcore bands until they joined forces to write music inspired by Iceland's darkest and most bleak aspects. With only a year under their belt, the band took 2017 by storm playing several shows including winning a Wacken Metal Battle in their hometown which later turned into a performance at the re-known festival. It also marked the release of their first mix-tape entitled ,010717, which was also served as the release date. They continued to make waves landing a slot at Iceland's own Eistnaflug. Throughout the festival they played 3 separate performances, Most notable was when they played at an abandoned pizza parlor where their live performance cemented their name in Iceland's underground hardcore metal scene. Fast forward to 2018 where the band continue making their rounds, performing their memorable live shows at Roadburn Festival, and Bloodshed Fest as well as a tour in Europe. UNE MISÈRE are going full steam into 2019 with performances at Summer Breeze, Metal Days as well as several festivals that have yet to be announced.. The explosive collective is ready to show the world how their sound pushes sonic boundaries. Catch UNE MISÈRE live:16.01.2019 - Eurosonic Noorderslag / Groningen / NL18.01.2019 - Ozzy / Apeldoorn / NL19.01.2019 - Jagersonic / Groningen / NL21-27.07.2019 - metal Days / Tolmin / Sl 14-17.08.2019 - Summerbreeze - Dinkelsbuhl / DE UNE MISÈRE are:Jón Már Ásbjörnsson - VocalsFinnbogi Örn Einarsson - Guitar and vocalsFannar Már Oddsson - Guitar and vocalsGunnar Ingi Jones - GuitarBenjamín Bent Árnason - DrumsÞorsteinn Gunnar Friðriksson - Bass Less

In service to the deities of ancient Etruria, Nuclear War Now! Productions hereby summons the first complete work of Sangue, Culś. International release date has been set for April 15th for the vinyl LP format.Although the band first officially... More

In service to the deities of ancient Etruria, Nuclear War Now! Productions hereby summons the first complete work of Sangue, Culś. International release date has been set for April 15th for the vinyl LP format.Although the band first officially revealed itself only two years ago, Sangue draws its lifeblood from the Etruscan forefathers that inhabited its homeland of current-day Italy approximately three millennia ago. By extension, Sangue’s aural manifestations of pagan darkness pay homage to the ancient rites of a civilization whose denizens sought the favor of gods who wreaked havoc by meddling in earthly affairs. Thus, it is only fitting that this cult’s creations resemble a maelstrom of death that threatens those who bear witness.  With its 2017 self-titled EP, Sangue unfurled its first two hymns as a sampling of what was to come on this album. One of these tracks, “The Rite of Cosmic Void,” has been re-recorded for inclusion on this full-length. This latter version demonstrates the most significant improvement over the earlier EP, a recording already quite solid itself, in that it is enhanced by a quality of production that is better suited to this style of death metal. The album’s production is much more voluminous and cavernous, and it thereby evokes an increased sense of bleak grandeur. Unlike the original version of the “The Rite…” as it was recorded for the EP, instruments are not lost or inextricably blended together, but instead each maintains its own definition, which is particularly remarkable given that this is a five-piece band. It would be remiss not to mention the essential role of the mix and mastering work by The Devil’s Mark Studio in achieving this sound, which is perhaps not surprising when one considers that this studio is run by a compatriot of Sangue from Demonomancy, a band who clearly understands how to properly attain a sound of this type.  The riffs churned out and the leads exercised by the dual guitars of "Yama tattoo" Welt and Valerio Scissor are cemented to the varying tempos by Meta’s bass lines, all of which is driven forward by the percussive onslaughts of Alex Wank, best known for having cut his teeth in the early '90s with Austria’s infamous Pungent Stench. Meanwhile, Offender’s ominous voice reverberates throughout and permeates the massive atmosphere established by the other instruments. The entire work is prefaced by an intro composed and performed by none other than Claudio Simonetti, renowned member of progressive rock band Goblin and specialist in horror movie scores. Finally, the pedigree of the musicians and producers is equaled by that of the visual art that accompanies the release. Timo Ketola was invoked to contribute yet another grim masterpiece for the cover, and poster art was provided by Enzo Sciotti, famous for the horror art he has created since the 1980s for films such as The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. Indeed, the final product is one that would be sure to please the malevolent gods of Etruria, perhaps even temporarily sparing its doomed citizens from their eventual fate.In the meantime, hear the new track "They Do Not Rest (Clock of the Giants)" HERE at Nuclear War Now!'s Bandcamp. Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows: Culś by Sangue Tracklisting for Sangue's Culś1. In the Church2. They Do Not Rest (Clock of the Giants)3. Eerie Murmuring / Infinity Abysmal4. Interlude / Call of the Gorgon5. Shifting into Necrocosmos6. Her Cold Breath7. Interlude / Tuchulcha8. The Rite of Cosmic Void9. When the Magus Whispers to the Skies  www.nwnprod.comwww.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-War-Now-Productions/114864651994141 Less

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick their long-anticipated North American headlining tour Saturday January 19th in San Antonio, Texas. Sponsored by Revolver Magazine, the month-long journey will run through February 27th in Nashville, Tennessee... More

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will kick their long-anticipated North American headlining tour Saturday January 19th in San Antonio, Texas. Sponsored by Revolver Magazine, the month-long journey will run through February 27th in Nashville, Tennessee and features support from Crowbar and Mothership, as well as Weedeater and The Obsessed on select shows. Additionally, the tour includes a free CORROSION OF CONFORMITY solo performance at Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut February 15th. Upon the tour's conclusion, band will play a special show Mardi Gras weekend with Crowbar at Southport Music Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana.   In October, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY will appear on the inaugural MegaCruise alongside Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, and so many others with more shows to be announced in the months to come. See all confirmed dates below.   CORROSION OF CONFORMITY released the critically-adored No Cross No Crown full-length early last year via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Recorded in North Carolina with longtime producer John Custer, the record marks the first studio recording with vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan in over a decade and, earning the #67 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, #12 on the Billboard Top Current Albums Chart, and #3 on the Top Hard Music Albums Chart upon its first week of release, is the highest charting album of the band's career. Hailed Decibel Magazine of the release, "The record is filled with the kind of Sabbath meets Black Flag meets Lynyrd Skynyrd jams that were so infectious and wildly influential back when Bill Clinton seduced interns...COCdoesn't try to change direction but instead revisits the approach that made the Keenan-fronted version so successful: powerful hooks, instrumental asides that will remind you of Sabbath's 'Planet Caravan' and a rich use of textures and dynamics."   No Cross No Crown is available on CD, digital, vinyl, and cassette formats. Various order bundles are available at nuclearblast.com/coc-nocrossnocrown.   Watch the band's video for "The Luddite" as well as their animated clip for "Wolf Named Crow" HERE.   CORROSION OF CONFORMITY w/ Crowbar, Weedeater (1/19 - 2/13), The Obsessed (2/16 - 2/27), Mothership: 1/19/2019 Alamo City Music Hall - San Antonio, TX [tickets]1/20/2019 Diamond Ballroom - Oklahoma City, OK [tickets]1/21/2019 The Riot Room - Kansas City, MO * SOLD OUT 1/22/2019 Gothic Theatre - Denver, CO [tickets]1/24/2019 Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ [tickets]1/25/2019 Fremont Country Club - Las Vegas, NV [tickets] 1/26/2019 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA * SOLD OUT1/27/2019 Teragram Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA [tickets]1/29/2019 Slim's - San Francisco, CA [tickets]1/31/2019 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR [tickets]2/01/2019 Neumos - Seattle, WA * SOLD OUT 2/02/2019 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC [tickets]2/04/2019 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB [tickets]2/05/2019 Marquee - Calgary, AB [tickets]2/07/2019 Park Theatre - Winnipeg, MB2/08/2019 Fine Line - Minneapolis, MN [tickets]2/09/2019 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL * SOLD OUT2/10/2019 Machine Shop - Flint, MI * SOLD OUT2/12/2019 Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH [tickets]2/13/2019 The Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY [tickets] 2/15/2019 Wolf Den @ Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, CT * COC only 2/16/2019 Brighton Music Hall - Boston, MA * SOLD OUT 2/17/2019 Underground Arts - Philadelphia, PA [tickets]2/18/2019 Ottobar - Baltimore, MD [tickets]2/20/2019 Opera House - Toronto, ON [tickets]2/21/2019 Mr. Smalls Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA [tickets]2/22/2019 Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC [tickets]2/23/2019 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA [tickets]2/24/2019 Orpheum - Tampa, FL [tickets]2/26/2019 Vinyl Music Hall - Pensacola, FL [tickets]2/27/2019 The Cowan - Nashville, TN [tickets] End Tour 3/01/2019 Southport Music Hall - New Orleans, LA [tickets] 10/13/2019 MegaCruise 2019 - Los Angeles, CA [tickets]   "...burly, surly and southern-fried - basically, everything fans could hope for." - Revolver   "...undoubtedly one of finest releases in CORROSION OF CONFORMITY's storied career." - Pop Matters   "...No Cross No Crown positively erupts with anthemic vitality..." - Louder Sound   "...a return to excellence." - Metal Insider   "...a release that proves that the gentlemen are back on their game and ready to rumble." - Blabbermoutth   "...powerful and unstoppable as an avalanche." - Kerrang!       http://www.coc.comhttp://www.facebook.com/corrosionofconformityhttp://www.twitter.com/coccabalhttp://www.nuclearblast.comhttp://www.facebook.com/nuclearblastusa Less