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‘Into The Mirror Black’, originally released in 1990, is a truly special, much revered metal record, which received massive critical acclaim back when it came out and is still loved dearly to the very day. Its gloomy atmosphere and thought-provoking lyrics, its brilliant mix borderlining heavy and thrash metal, its stellar guitar work and the …

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Sweden’s OPETH have come a long way in the past 30 years, having evolved from raw death metal to virtuosic and progressive vintage rock. Always forging their own path, the band have delivered 13 albums, each a fresh milestone within its genre and soon, the band centered around frontman and guitarist, Mikael Åkerfeldt, will be celebrating its 30th Anniversary. To …

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Enslaved are sharing the video for their second show of their Cinematic Summer Tour. This special performance is called ‘Below The Lights’ – named after their 2003 ground-breaking 7th studio album which they’ll be playing in full for the very first time. It’s a collaboration with Bergen’s infamous Beyond The Gates Festival. Watch it here: Enslaved commented:  “Below The Lights is a …

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Norwegian black metal fathers – Mayhem have been forced to reschedule their dates for the Northern Ritual Tour for obvious reasons. See below for new dates. The band comments: “It is unfortunate yet neither surprising nor avoidable that the European tour that was to take place this fall will have to be postponed. These are …

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Atlanta hard rock juggernaut Mastodon turns 20 this year! Whilst hard at work on their long awaited ninth full-length album, the band have chosen to celebrating two decades together, by releasing a rarities collection, ‘Medium Rarities’, this September 11th, on all formats including a pink vinyl pressing via Reprise Records. Among the many rare highlights included here …

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Grammy Award-winning, uncompromising Virginia natives Lamb Of God are pleased to announce they’ve rescheduled their European tour dates, which had been postponed/cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Originally intended for April 2020, the dates will now be in November & December 2021. Reconfirmed to join them as special guests are labelmates, German thrash classics Kreator, with Texan thrash squad Power …

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International death metal act Undead is proud to announce the long-awaited vinyl release of their 2019 debut album Existential Horror, due out Sept. 25 via Kadabra Music. Mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Mayhem, Watain, Tribulation), Existential Horror is a fine example of what the death metal of yesteryear is all about. The Spanish/UK-based international outfit’s first attempt …

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Legendary American thrashers Havok have announced a vinyl re-issue series which will bring three of the band’s classic albums back to stores later this year. The vinyl re-issue series begins this autumn with albums Burn, Time Is Up and Unnatural Selection hitting the shelves on 16th October via Candlelight Records. Lovingly re-mastered for vinyl by Turan Audio and artwork restored by Dan Capp design, you can now pre-order the …

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Metallica and San Francisco Symphony’s September 6 & 8, 2019 S&M2 concerts were historic on multiple levels: They served as the grand opening of San Francisco’s Chase Center, reunited the band and Symphony for the first time since the 1999 performances captured on the Grammy-winning S&M album, and featured the first-ever symphonic renditions of songs …

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    “The Black Powder” (Released May 31st) is the fourth album from Lord Vicar. It was, like the previous album “Gates of Flesh”, recorded by audio wizard Joona Lukala at Noise for Fiction studio in Turku, Finland. All studio work took place in February and March of 2019. The studio has the benefit of …

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