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The mighty Judas Priest could easily rest on their laurels at this stage of their highly successful and influential career. However, the legendary metal band - singer Rob Halford, guitarists Glenn Tipton and Richie Faulkner, bassist Ian …

The New Year has started with a bang for all Sodom fans: vocalist/bassist Tom Angelripper has split up with guitarist Bernd "Bernemann" Kost and drummer Markus "Makka" Freiwald. After much thought and reflection I have decided on this…

On February 9th, Salt Lake City's traditional metal champions Visigoth will release their sophomore album, Conqueror's Oath, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of Conqueror's Oath, the new single "Warrior Queen" can be streamed…

Portland rockers RED FANG have announced a special wine collaboration with Teutonic Wine Company, a small urban winery in their hometown that make wines in the style of the Middle Mosel Valley in Germany and France's Alsace region. The…

Orphaned Land - Unsung Prophets & Dead Messiahs Label: Century Media Release date: January 26th Orphaned Land is an exciting band. They managed to “break” that oriental barrier to enter the western realm of music with oriental metal.…

If you're a metal head in the Greater Toronto Area, and you want to party on a Saturday night, the Coalition T.O (282 Augusta Ave.) is one of the venues you'd seek; they get good bands, the sound guy is on point, and the staff rocks. This…

Corrosion of Conformity - No Cross No Crown Label: Nuclear Blast Release Date: January 12, 2018 I just recently entered into a new decade of my life with my latest birthday. It was relatively low-key affair, which I actually prefer. I…

With each passing year, as the realms of heavy music became vastly wider in scope, culling together the Top 50 list becomes more difficult. Just take a spin through the various Top 10 lists from our own writers and you'll see not a single…

The 80s were heady time for heavy metal in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thrash would emerge along with Americanized speed and power metal. This is where I would first discover Dave Starr. From the first demo for speed-thrash monsters, Lääz…

For 2018, Ministry founder Al Jourgensen forecasts giant political upheaval and geopolitical stress which has been set up in 2017 by the "orange shitgibbon" himself. According to Jourgensen, 2016 and 2017 were similar to having a…