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Metallica have released the official live video below for "Whiplash", filmed at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, AZ, on September 9.
The full audio recording of the above mentioned concert is now available for pre-order. Expected availability is November 24, 2023. In other Metallica news, the band have launched a new line of holiday merchandise.
NW Metalworx Books has launched the pre-order for the new book, Beyond The Black: The Story Of Metal Church, by James R. Beach and Brian L. Naron. Estimated release/shipping date is November.
Synopsis: In 1983, former Lewd guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof joined forces with vocalist David Wayne, guitarist Craig Wells, bassist Duke Erickson, and drummer Kirk Arrington, to form one of the heaviest bands to ever come out of the Pacific Northwest.
On August 19th, German thrash legends, Tankard, performed at the 2023 edition of Germany's Summer Breeze festival. You can now watch professionally-filmed footage of the band's full set, courtesy of ARTE Concert.
Setlist:
Rectifier
The Morning After
Metallica have shared more video from their concert at Stade Olympique in Montréal, QC, Canada, on August 11. "Leper Messiah" joins the previously released "Hardwired", and you can watch both clips below...
You can pre-order the full audio recording of the above-mentioned show on CD and/or digital...
Megadeth returned to Germany's Wacken Open Air 2023 and welcomed their former guitarist, Marty Friedman, on stage as a guest musician to play a great set at sundown.
Professionally-filmed video of the band performing "A Tout Le Monde", "Symphony Of Destruction", and "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
Following their recent signing with AFM Records and a first single, "I Witness", taken off their upcoming new album, today, Bavarian modern metal act Dust Bolt has unleashed a music video for the thunderous album anthem "Sound And Fury"! The band will release their much-awaited, fifth studio album, titled Sound & Fury, on February 23, 2024.
February 2024 will see the Germans release their fifth album, Sound & Fury, via AFM Records, an album that refines and noisily redefines the Dust Bolt sound for a new era.
Flashback to 1982. It is spring in Essen, Stauderstraße in the Altenessen district, a small musty rehearsal room in an industrial wasteland area. Three long-haired hopefuls have tuned their instruments and are hard at work, recording their first demo tape at top volume.
The track they’re cutting is called "Witching Metal" and becomes bludgeoning thrash metal of the purest variety.
Nuclear Blast Records is reissuing Slayer’s final album, 2015’s Repentless on Transparent Red with Solid Orange and Black Splatter vinyl and orange cassette on October 13.
Repentless was BraveWords #1 album of 2015. The album peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and acheived Gold certification in Poland (10,000 units sold).
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.
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.