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August 21, 2023
MEGADETH REHEARSE WITH MARTY FRIEDMAN PRIOR TO WACKEN OPEN AIR PERFORMANCE

On August 4, Marty Friedman joined his former band, Megadeth, onstage during their performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival. Friedman took part in four songs – “Trust”, “Tornado Of Souls”, “Symphony Of Destruction”, and “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due”.

Megadeth's guitarist, Kiko Loureiro, has shared the recap video below, featuring behind the scenes footage from the day.

August 14, 2023
DESTRUCTOR ANNOUNCE BLOOD, BONE, AND FIRE ALBUM DETAILS

America's Destructor has revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting for their fifth album, Blood, Bone, and Fire, which will be released later this fall via Shadow Kingdom Records on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Destructor formed in 1984, hailing from the steel town of Cleveland, Ohio. The original lineup consisted of guitarist Pat Rabid, drummer Matt Flammable, bassist Paul Warhead, and vocalist/guitarist Dave Overkill.

August 01, 2023
DEATH ANGEL IS "SLOWLY" WORKING ON NEW ALBUM

In a new interview with Vikram Chandrasekar of Tales From The Road, DEATH ANGEL guitarist Ted Aguilar spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's next studio album. He said: "[We're] slowly working on it. I'll, I'll say we have some [song] skeletons. They've still gotta be worked on.

There's stuff there. We've just gotta work on 'em more and write more.

July 31, 2023
EVILDEAD SHARE NEW SINGLE “BATHE IN FIRE”

Thrash-metal legends Evildead have released their new single, “Bathe In Fire”. 

The track is taken from their upcoming new studio album; a follow up to their album United States of Anarchy that was released in 2020. The new single has a lyrical theme that deals in depression and suicide.

July 25, 2023
SLOVAKIA'S ACID FORCE TO RELEASE WORLD TARGETS IN MEGADEATHS ALBUM; "PRAISE THE ATOM" MUSIC VIDEO STREAMING

Jawbreaker Records announce the release of the new album, World Targets In Megadeaths, by Slovakian heavy thrashers, Acid Force.

Following a brief hiatus and several lineup changes, Acid Force has returned stronger than ever. The band, now consisting of Andrej Petro on guitars and vocals, Erik Leško on guitars, Federico Petrík on drums, and Juraj Ondrejmiška on bass, has expanded their sonic palette while staying true to their roots.

July 21, 2023
EXODUS - LIVESTREAM FOOTAGE FROM FIRST DATE ON GARY HOLT'S WEST COAST ESP GUITAR CLINIC TOUR AVAILABLE

Exodus guitarist Gary Holt recently announced a string of clinic dates in July for the US West Coast  in support of ESP Guitars. During the Q&A session during the  first date - at Pitbull Audio in National City, CA on July 17th - Holt revealed he has thought about doing a solo album "for years."

Holt "I give everything I've got to Exodus and always have, and when the rest of the band are sitting around doing nothing...

July 21, 2023
OVERKILL - FAN-FILMED VIDEO OF ENTIRE SCORCHING THE EARTH US TOUR KICK-OFF SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO STREAMING

For four decades, Overkill have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. Earlier this year, the New Jersey thrash legends unleashed their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched, via Nuclear Blast Records.

The band is out on their "Scorching The Earth" US tour with labelmates Exhorder and Heathen.

July 13, 2023
ART OF SHOCK ANNOUNCE SHINE BLACK LIGHT ALBUM; “DRAG ME TO HELL” VIDEO STREAMING

Hollywood's Art Of Shock — frontman Art Geezar, lead guitarist Nicholas Ertel, bassist Brice Snyder, and drummer Adrian Geezar — have announced their second album Shine Black Light, out September 8 via Century Media.

New video for “Drag Me To Hell” is streaming below. The clip was lensed by Chilean director Carlos Toro.

July 06, 2023
HOLY MOSES PERFORMS "INVISIBLE QUEEN" AT ROCK HARD FESTIVAL 2023; OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO STREAMING

Holy Moses and their label, Fireflash Records, have released video footage of the band performing "Invisible Queen" - the title track of the band's new and final album - live at Rock Hard Festival 2023.

2023 marks the final chapter in the long history of Germany’s legendary thrash metal act, Holy Moses, celebrated with the album, Invisible Queen, released back in April...

July 06, 2023
BLESSED CURSE PREMIER OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE "SUBSPECIES"

Blessed Curse are excited to present the music video for “Subspecies”, the next sample of the Nor Cal group’s next album.

Filmed by Kenji Tsunami at Tsunami Films (Hatchet, Tegmentum) the band’s first music perfectly captures the trio’s venomous thrash metal perfectly as the band rip and shred through a classic performance-based breakdown of the track.

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