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Canada's The Metal Voice spoke to Grim Reaper guitarist and co-founder Nick Bowcott last year about the passing of his bandmate and friend Steve Grimmett in August 2022
In the chat, Bowcott told The Metal Voice how he planned to assist the Grimmett family with the funeral and aftermath expenses. The tribute cover / video for "See You In Hell" has now been released along with the following message and can be viewed below.
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.
Following an ambitious multi-year tour that saw the band bring their heavy metal power to Europe, Canada and the US, the Australian heavy metal band, Elm Street, finally returns with their third studio album, The Great Tribulation.
The album will be released as CD Digipak, Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats on October 27 via Massacre Records,
Royal Hunt have released a video for "Thorn In My Heart", a track from their new studio album, Dystopia - Part II, out now via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) and NorthPoint Productions (EU/N & S America).
André Andersen: “The working title for this track was 'Betrayal' and if you're familiar with the book Fahrenheit 451, then you probably know the part in which the main character got home and discovers that he's been betrayed by the very person he considered to be his only family.
US power metal band Vainglory, featuring vocalist Kate French (Chastain) and shred guitarist Corbin King recently signed to Animated Insanity Records (USA) and No Dust Records (Netherlands). Both labels are responsible for the joint re-issue of Vainglory's long out of print albums, their 2008 debut album Vainglory and their 2019 second album Manifesting Destiny as a 2-in-1 re-mastered CD package. The official release was on July 28th, 2023.
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.
Last week, US progressive power metal quintet Theocracy announced their signing to Atomic Fire Records, and the new partners aren't wasting any time in revealing details of the group's highly-anticipated forthcoming studio album right away.
As brilliantly showcased by its stain-glass-window-like artwork by Steven Howard, the offering has been given the name Mosaic.
German power metal act, Iron Savior, recently announced the release of their new studio album, Firestar, out on October 6 via AFM.
Following previously released songs, "Through The Fires Of Hell" and the blistering, fast-paced album title track, today, Iron Savior are premiering a music video for their new single "In the Realm Of Heavy Metal".
Swedish heavy metal force, Lancer, have released their fourth studio album, Tempest. To celebrate release day, Lancer also reveal a new lyric video for the album opening track, "Purest Power".
The song title says it all, but still the track reveals a lot of new sides within the bands genre. "It was one of the first songs written for this album, with the original idea dating back to 2018.