Children Of Bodom's Alexi Laiho died this December.
On December 22nd the following video reviews have been posted:
Mortician_Darkest Day of Horror (English video review):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RdybFyl2e8&feature=youtu.be
Mortician_Darkest Day of Horror (Italian video review):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PACjT7dC_E8&feature=youtu.be
Napalm Death_Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (English video review):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyE_EKSjXKQ&feature=youtu.be
Napalm Death_Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (Italian video review):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCvD44XwsNQ&feature=youtu.be
Napalm Death - Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism (recensione 16° album in italiano):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCvD44XwsNQ&feature=youtu.be
Last Snow - Last Snow (video review in English):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz0BHKr3xaw
Last Snow - Last Snow (recensione video in italiano):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Exr1iR0ZAtc
Sixgun Renegades - Sixgun Renegades (English video review)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuh9IrcaMIs&feature=youtu.be
Sixgun Renegades - Sixgun Renegades (recensione video in italiano):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjrG1_undrU&feature=youtu.be
The best 25 Hard Rock and Metal album artwork covers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw4FDRJ0380&feature=youtu.be
Le migliori 25 copertine di album Metal e Hard Rock di sempre:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg5GAfO7cx8&feature=youtu.be
Napalm Death_Smear Campaign digipack CD English video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj_mxBko7fk
Napalm Death_Smear Campaign digipack CD Italian video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3352LbHPYv4&feature=youtu.be
Billy Idol_Billy Idol English video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZAKqjDgMk&feature=youtu.be
Billy Idol_ Billy Idol Italian video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHVF1FmYL3w&feature=youtu.be
Deep Purple_Slaves and masters Italian video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHIHV-UJ1CM
Deep Purple_Slaves and masters English video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-XJUf3OC2o
My five most memorable live events (concerts and other shows): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euk2_kLca44
I miei 5 eventi più indimenticabili dal vivo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmz13aPMdZs&feature=youtu.be
On Deecember 29, Sarcofagus called it a day.
-On October 16, Former AC/DC bass guitarist Paul Matters died 'health issues related to rock n roll lifestyle'.
-On September 7, Eddie Van Halen Died of Throat Cancer. The rock star had famously blamed his cancer on his habit of holding metal guitar picks in his mouth but was also a heavy smoker.
-On August 20, Frankie Banali, 68, died after his chemotherapy began to stop working and he suffered a series of strokes, according to his wife, Regina Banali. The rockstar was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer on April 17, 2019.
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On May, 29th, Wasp, Doro, Kiss, Meat Loaf, Alice Cooper, Balance, Blackthorne, Skull, Michael Bolton guitarist Bob Kulick passed away at 72.
-On April, 22nd, Falling In Reverse's guitarist passed away.
-Louie Kouvaris, ex Greek guitarist for Riot and recently in Riot V, died of Covid-19 on March, 28th in NY.
-On March, 16th, Jason Rainey, guitar for Sacred Reich, died of a heart attack.
-Strings of Atlas is a Punk Rock band from Austin, TX, which just dropped a new hit single titled 'How far we've come'
Get acquainted with its music thru:
-August 26th: POWER TRIP Frontman Riley Gale Passes On.
-Crossover thrash bassist Josh Pappe, who played on two crucial albums for D.R.I., has passed away on Feb 2, at the age of 53. As of press time, no cause of death has been revealed. Pappe who was in D.R.I. from 1983 -1984, and 1985 -1998 played on both legendary albums for the genre "Crossover" and "4 of A Kind" as well as Gang Green's " Can't Live Without It"
-COC drummer Reed Mullin passed away at 53 on Jan 27.
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Rush drummer Neil Peart passed away at 67 on Jan 2020.
-Cynic/Death drummer Sean Reinert found dead on Jan 24, 2020.
-Ex-Nile bassist
passed away at 35 on Jan 25, 2020.
Absu have called it quits.
- Dec 2020
(12.29) Near Death Condition are in the middle of recording their new album "Ascent from the Mundane" which should be released early 2021.
- (12.18) Aeon have almost finished writing the music for their new album. And the band has parted ways with drummer Timo Häkkinen and replaced him with Janne Jaloma from Dark Funeral, who is local and so easier to use to record the new album in January of 2021.
- (12.18) Ozzy Osbourne is about halfway done writing his new album.
- (12.04) To listen to the new song 'Sere Money' by The Amenta, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHg0xqqLR-k Note, the band states that there are plenty of blast beats on the rest of the album, so don't be too shocked at the different direction this song takes.
- (12.03) To listen to the new song 'Tide' by Humanity's Last Breath, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEmIJhUbO-E
Nov 2020
Oct 2020
- (10.29) Hate Eternal have released an all instrumental version of their album "Upon Desolate Sands", available for purchase here: https://hateeternal.bandcamp.com/album/upon-desolate-sands-the-instrumentals
- (10.29) Analepsy have added vocalist / lead guitarist Calin Paraschiv to their ranks. They continue to work on a new album due late 2021.
- (10.28) Devin Townsend's "Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1" release has been pushed back to Nov 13th.
- (10.23) Periphery will be releasing a live album on Nov 13th called "Live In London". Go here for the song 'Marigold': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ovz6N6tJI
- (10.20) Fear Factory's 2012 album "The Industralist" will get a re-release where the drum machine is replaced with live drums courtesy of drummer Mike Heller.
- (10.16) Here are two videos from the new Devin Townsend live CD / DVD / Bluray "Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1": 'War': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrB8uyWFhyU and 'Why': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgrik7HDKQ4
- (10.13) To listen to the new song 'Nucleus' by Deeds Of Flesh from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbe62tkLLo
- (10.08) Meshuggah are almost done writing their new album, and expect a release in late 2021.
- (10.02) The Amenta are working on a new album.
- (10.02) Brutality have decided to call it quits for the second time.
Sept 2020
- (09.29) Burton C. Bell has announced he is officially leaving Fear Factory. You can read his full statement here, but in short, it seems he's disgusted with the other band member's recent legal fight over the Fear Factory name, the fight has drained his finances, and he's just done with dealing with the drama of the group.
- (09.28) Deeds Of Flesh finally reveal the details of their new (and likely last) album. After founder, songwriter and guitarist / vocalist Erik Lindmark passed away from Sclerosis in 2018, there were a lot of questions about the album he had in progress when he died.
- (09.25) Dream Theater will be releasing a new Live CD / DVD called "Distant Memories - Live In London", which is their recent concert from the Apollo Theatre in London, which includes tracks from their latest album "Distance Over Time" and a play through of "Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes From A Memory", it being the album's 20th anniversary. Release will be Nov 27th.
- (09.22) Morta Skuld's new album "Suffer For Nothing" will be out September 25th.
- (09.21) Depravity's new album "Grand Malevolence" will be released December 4th 2020.
- (09.20) To listen to the new song 'Indulging Psychotic Thoughts' by Depravity from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kj56UFxprQ
- (09.18) To listen to the new song 'Genesis' by Deftones from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbp0bET06wc
- (09.18) To listen to the new song 'Stormcrow' by Benediction from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1vv1zPiJUE
- (09.18) To listen to the new song 'The Long And Winding Bier Road' by Carcass from their new EP, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RrHQalvhbA
- (09.16) A pretty good interview with Dino from Fear Factory explaing more of his side of the story on the whole band situation: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/fear-factorys-dino-cazares-on-burton-c-bell-there-hasnt-been-any-communication-between-us-two-at-all/
- (09.16) Alter Idem have signed with Vicious Instinct Records.
- (09.15) Antropofagus are about to record a new album.
- (09.15) A teaser on the Deeds Of Flesh facebook page seems to indicate that the album Erik Lindmark was working on when he passed away in 2018 from sclerosis has been completed and will be revealed Sept 29th. More details when I have them, would be wonderful to see the album, in whatever form it exists, released as a final chapter in an amazingly influencial band's career.
- (09.11) Apparenrly the legal battle over the Fear Factory name has been resolved, but Dino and Burton need the money to finish off the new album, and so have started a GoFundMe.
- (09.09) To listen to the new song 'Grand Malevolence' by Depravity from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OId2kKTgDY
- (09.04) To listen to the new song 'A Bellyful Of Salt And Spleen' by Napalm Death from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLKjpobj4vg
- Aug 2020
- (08.28) To watch the Devin Townsend song 'Genesis' from his new Live DVD / CD / Blu-ray combo "Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtgv89oLCOU
- (08.21) To listen to the new song 'Ohms' by Deftones from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDbj0oeAj0
- (08.21) To listen to the new song 'Amoral' by Napalm Death from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ChaOiPZGo
- (08.21) Due to COVID, Carcass is postponing the release of their new album, but will be releasing a new 4 song EP called "Despicable", which contains some tracks that didn't make the new forthcoming album. To listen to the track 'The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mr492JcNHc
- (08.20) Deftones new album "Ohms" will be out September 25th. Here's the cover artwork: https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/deftonesohms.jpg
- (08.17) Devin Townsend will be releasing a new Live DVD / CD/ Blu-ray combo of his most recent concerts for Empath entitled "Order Of Magnitude - Empath Live Volume 1" on October 23rd. More info here!
- (08.15) Facelift Deformation will release a 4 song EP before the end of the year.
- (08.14) To listen to the new song 'Pain' by Sensory Amusia from their new EP "Bereavement", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNdnP7L2miY
- (08.09) Very sad news, former Entombed vocalist Lars-Goran Petrov (who performed on their debut album) has been diagnosed with cancer. The tumor can't be removed surgically, but they are trying to treat it with chemotherapy. We wish him the best of luck and outcomes!
- (08.08) Dream Theater are taking the coronavirus downtime to write a new album since they are unable to tour like originally planned.
- (08.07) Benediction will release their new album, "Scriptures", on October 16 via Nuclear Blast. Go here for the cover artwork. And here for the first single, 'Rabid Carnality'.
- (08.07) Obituary are writing music for a new album while in quarantine.
July 2020
- (07.27) The new Depravity album will be called "Grand Malevolence". Go here for the cover artwork.
- (07.24) To listen to the new song 'Backlash Just Because' by Napalm Death from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDHuCeaM_Y
(07.21) Meshuggah hope to have their new album done summer 2021.
- (07.17) Pig Destroyer will release a new 6 song EP called "The Octagonal Stairway" on August 28th. Here's a track called 'The Cavalry': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCCQruCU3bU
- (07.08) Napalm Death's new album "Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism" will be out September 18th.
- (07.06) The new Deftones album should be out sometime in September.
- (07.03) To listen to the new song 'Death' by Sensory Amusia from their new EP "Bereavement", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z36VKImDpI
- (07.03) To listen to the new song 'Neural Adaptation' by Alter Idem from their new EP, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSSaGbRf3p0
- (07.01) Fumes Of Decay will release their second album entitled "Ominous" via Sevared Records later this year.
June 2020
- (06.27) Alter Idem's new EP "Fragments of Consciousness" will be released August 1st.
- (06.15) To listen to the new song 'Fragments Of Consciousness' by Alter Idem (formerly Splatterpuss) from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwYm3VUJvQ
- (06.05) Pestilence will be doing drum recording for their new album June 29th.
- (06.04) Misha Mansoor of Periphery will be releasing a set of 10 digital albums of his Bulb material (some of which ended up becomign Periphery songs. The albums will contain 110 songs in total, and will be released one album every 2 weeks or so. For a full release schedule, visit here: https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/peripherys-misha-mansoor-to-release-10-albums-of-bulb-material/
- (06.01) Cannibal Corpse are apparently in the studio (together or seperately due to covid, we're unsure) recording their new album.
- May 2020
- (05.31) Dino of Fear Factory talks about the band's future: "At the moment, the last three years, unfortunately, Fear Factory has been plagued with lawsuits, so it has been preventing the band from doing anything for the last three years." When asked if the band will come back, he said "We'll see. I can't say yes or no, but I'm gonna be very positive and I hope in the near future that things will change." Hopefully the band works through the legal issues, as they apparently have a new album entitled "Monolith" already in the can.
(05.20) Disavowed's new album "Revocation Of The Fallen" will be released July 31st.
- (05.19) Splatterpuss have renamed themselves Alter Idem, and will be release a 4 song EP called "Fragments of Consciousness" in the near future.
- (05.15) Tony Lazaro of Vital Remains is recovering from Brain Surgery. The band asks if you can buy some merch, it'll really help fund his recovery. https://www.indiemerch.com/vitalremains?fbclid=IwAR35M-1kmolf_009mvsJeKoiJfU2JTaEenmYxPaHk-c6kQh7C0-q6ffqOak
- (05.12) Devin Townsend has started writing a new album.
- (05.11) Yesterday marks the 25th anniversary for Morbid Angel's "Domination" album. Visit here for a short video discussing the album and some facts about it you may not know: https://metalinjection.net/video/25-things-about-morbid-angels-domination-you-may-not-know
- (05.11) To listen to the new song 'The Enlightened One' by Disavowed, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzilU0l7EE&
Apr 2020
- (04.30) Gods Of Eden are almost finished the "first phase" of their second album, whatever that means :)
- (04.29) To listen to the new song 'No Salvation' by Devolved from their new album, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSJgD8SdXk
- (04.26) Despondency have signed a deal with New Standard Elite, where they'll be releasing their next album.
- (04.22) Malevolent Creation has parted ways with drummer Phil Cancilla and vocalist/guitarist Lee Wollenschlaeger and has replaced them with Ronnie Parmer and Ryan Taylor, respectively. Phil was let go due to "due to family related issues and internal problems that were unforeseen to us at the time", and Lee was let go due to several reasons, "One being distance, another being multiple visa issues that caused us to cancel shows in Europe and South America during these last few tours." They hope to start working on a new album soon.
- (04.22) Shattered Skies are hard at work on album 3.
- (04.22) Here's a bass playthrough by Stefano Franceschini of Aborted's 'Gloom and the Art of Tribulation': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PZ5mhTksI
- (04.22) Here's a drum playthrough by Gene Hoglan of Testament's 'Children Of The Next Level': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqWXnyDNyjg
- (04.21) To listen to the new song 'Knife-play' by Abramelin, visit: https://abramelin1.bandcamp.com/track/knife-play
- (04.21) Seems Entities have come out of their hiatus and have posted a new teaser track for their new upcoming EP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtulScB2LQU
- (04.20) Devolved have released a teaser for a new song 'No Salvation' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuvRHlUd5qY
- (04.19) On hiatus Devolved have just posted to their facebook page that new music will be coming soon.
- (04.18) To listen to the new Aborted song 'Serpent Of Depravity", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6JGplQ6aNo
- (04.18) On May 29, Earache Records will release Morbid Angel's "Altars Of Madness: Ultimate Edition". It will include the original classic album, along with a second disc "Juvenilia", recorded live at Rock City November 1989 during the "Grindcrusher" tour with Napalm Death, Carcass and Bolt Thrower. The first disc will also use a full dynamic range mastering, pressed from the original master tapes.
- (04.17) Abramelin's first album in 20 years, "Never Enough Snuff", will be out May 15th.
- (04.13) Due to the coronavirus, release of the new Benediction album has been pushed back to August.
- (04.04) To listen to the new song 'Into Oblivion' by Vader from their new album due this May, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVtC6a_YJV0&
- (04.03) Testament bassist Steve DiGiorgio has tested positive for COVID-19. Vocalist Chuck Billy tested positive a few weeks ago, and is now doing a lot better, so may Steve recover soon as well.
- (04.03) Go here for a teaser of the song 'Nefarious Devourment' by Revulsed, to be released on their new album coming in 2020/2021 https://revulsed.bandcamp.com/track/nefarious-devourment-teaser
- (04.03) Carcass' new album has been delayed due to CD manufacturers closed during the cornona virus pandemic.
Mar 2020
- (03.31) Kadinja have started preproduction work on a new album.
- (03.27) Australian death metal pioneers Abramelin will be releasing a new album this year. To listen to the new song 'Full Gore Whore", visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daa9Wo6OF5A
- (03.23) To watch a guitar playthrough of the new Beneath The Massacre song 'Treacherous', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCBK5ei9SeU&
- (03.23) Chuck Billy, vocalist for Testament, along with his wife and several Testament tour crew members, have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. May he and all those affected get through this with the most mildest of symptoms!
(03.19) To listen to the new song 'Carnal Provision For The Rotten Masses' by Deranged, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQUcPpKBFvk
- (03.18) To listen to the new single 'Born Of Solder' from Shattered Skies, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6PQAx-H_Yg
- (03.18) Aboninable Putridity's new album will be called "Parasitic Metamorphosis Manifestation" and will be released later this year. To listen to the first single 'Non Infinite Sequence', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzkkfCKJarM
- (03.16) To listen to the new Putrid Pile song 'Death Waits for No One", visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or99EBWQ5ZM&
- (03.07) Soreption are in the earliest stages of writing a new album.
- (03.06) To listen to the new Testament song 'Children Of The Next Level", visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDJKVqBvi8
- (03.06) Vader's new album wil be called "Solitude in Madness" and will be out May 1st. Go here for the cover artwork: https://www.ghostcultmag.com/wp-content/uploads/Vader-Solitude-in-Madness-art-ghostcultmag.jpg
- (03.06) To listen to the new Aborted song 'Gloom and the Art of Tribulation", go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQzPRmvHQI
- (03.03) Carcass have set the name of their new album as "Torn Arteries", due Aug 7th 2020.
Feb 2020
- (02.27) Despondency is hard at work writing their new album.
- (02.27) Go here to see a drum playthrough of clips from Hideous Divinity's "Simulacrum" album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHvU_HYz9U
- (02.25) Ozzy Osbourne hopes to begin working on a new studio album next month, even though he has just released a brand new album.
- (02.25) Deftones is currently mixing their new album, to be released late 2020.
- (02.24) Carcass' still unnamed album will be released August 7.
- (02.18) To listen to the new song 'Necro-bulimia Interfering Afterlifes' by Deranged, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6aJenX7nEI&
- (02.18) Aborted will be releasing a new EP called "La Grande Mascarade", which will be 3 brand new tracks of music.
- (02.15) Unmerciful's new album will be called "Wrath Encompassed" and will be released April 24th. To watch a drum playthrough of the song 'The Incineration', go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdNpDqd7SpI
- (02.14) To listen to the new song 'Treacherous' by Beneath the Massacre, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7BTiFYtaho&
(02.07) To listen to the new song 'Means To An End' by Sepultura, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMLed7lL5CU
Jan 2020
(01.27) To listen to the new song 'Shock And Awe' by Vader from their new album due this May, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_SREPVPT0&
- (01.26) Sean Reinert, former drummer for Cynic and Death, has died at the age of 48. He was found unresponsive at his California home January 24th. No cause of death has yet been revealed. His unique drummng style helped propel Death into a new progressive era, and inspired countless drummers who came after him. He will be greatly missed.
- (01.24) Former Nile, Divine Heresy and Lust Of Decay bassist Joe Payne has died at age 35 years old. No cause of death has been announced.
- (01.23) Deranged will release a new studio album titled "Deeds Of Ruthless Violence" on March 27th via Agonia Records.
- (01.19) Testament's new album will be released April 3rd.
- (01.17) Napalm Death will release a Digital EP called 'Logic Ravaged By Brute Force', which includes the brand-new title-track as well as a freshly recorded cover version of "White Kross", originally performed by Sonic Youth.
- (01.12) Disavowed's new album will be called "Revocation of the Fallen", to be released later this year on Brutal Mind Records.
- (01.10) To listen to the new song 'Rise of the Fearmonger' by Beneath the Massacre, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB6f13k5Qxs&
- (01.06) Malignancy plan on releasing a new album this year.
- (01.04) To listen to the new Depravity song 'Grand Malevolence", listen to track 3 here: https://transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com/album/label-sampler-2020
- (01.04) Putrid Pile is done recording, a few edits to go, and the new album should be out in the next few months.
- (01.01) Cannibal Corpse are about to enter the studio to work on their next album.
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