TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy, who was one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, says that he is concerned some people are not taking the spread of the virus more seriously. "It hits so close, because being the ones on the road, watching people talk ...
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According to TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy (pictured), DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll is on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at a Northern California hospital. Like Billy, the drummer has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Billy and the rest of TESTAMENT recently spent more than a month on ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers DEATH ANGEL have thanked fans for their support while drummer Will Carroll is being treated at a Northern California hospital for an undisclosed ailment. Carroll and the rest of DEATH ANGEL recently spent more than a month on the road in Europe with TESTAMENT and EXODUS as part of "The ...
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TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy, who was one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, spoke to Canada's The Metal Voice about how the virus has temporarily put his life on hold. The 57-year-old Billy had been feeling unwell since returning home ...
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In a new interview with The Aquarian Weekly, TESTAMENT frontman Chuck Billy was asked how his band has been able to adapt to the access-over-ownership business model of streaming music. "I have also asked the same question going in to work on the last few albums: why do we even make ...
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EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza has offered an update on his bandmates and the members of TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL, some of whom have become sick since returning from a recent European tour, with some testing positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. EXODUS, TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL spent more than a ...
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TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The band said he received his test results on Saturday (March 21). According to TESTAMENT, Billy had "been feeling unwell" since returning home to the San Francisco Bay Area last week following the completion of "The Bay Strikes Back ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson spoke to Midlands Metalheads Radio about the songwriting process for the band's upcoming album, "Titans Of Creation", which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2016 album "Brotherhood Of The Snake" was produced by singer Chuck Billy and Peterson while Juan ...
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Gary Holt (pictured) says that DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll is "very ill" in an intensive care unit at a Northern California hospital. The EXODUS guitarist, who revealed earlier in the week that he was exhibiting all the symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, took to his Instagram today to write: ...
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Swiss avant-garde extreme metal band TRIPTYKON will release "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" on May 15 via Prowling Death Records/Century Media Records. "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" marks the bombastic conclusion of a project over 30 years in the making: The legendary CELTIC FROST/TRIPTYKON "Requiem" performed for the first time in its entirety and with ...
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Two previously unreleased live songs from METAL ALLEGIANCE have been made available for digital download, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to pay the salaries of the long-running West Babylon, New York record store Looney Tunes during the coronavirus outbreak. "Pledge Of Allegiance" and "Can't Kill The Devil" were recorded ...
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DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll is being treated at a Northern California hospital for an undisclosed ailment. Will's fiancée Leeshawn Navarro checked in from San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center on Wednesday (March 18) to say that she brought him to the emergency room because he has been "very sick" since returning from a European ...
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Former SKID ROW singer Sebastian Bach has laid down vocals for Stern Pinball, Inc.'s upcoming "Heavy Metal" pinball machine. Also scheduled to appear on the game's soundtrack are DETHKLOK's Brendon Small and THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, among others. Earlier today, Bach took to his Instagram to write: "Quarantine rocks! Had a blast in my home ...
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EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt says that he is exhibiting all the symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The San Francisco Bay Area-based axeman, who spent most of the past nine years touring with SLAYER, broke the news of his condition earlier today in an Instagram post. He wrote: "So I've been ...
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TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson spoke to Australia's Subculture Entertainment about the band's upcoming album, "Titans Of Creation", which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2016 album "Brotherhood Of The Snake" was produced by singer Chuck Billy and Peterson while Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios handled co-producing, recording and ...
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In a new interview with Ireland's Overdrive, TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson looked back on SLAYER's decision to retire after a 35-year run. Asked if he thinks SLAYER calling it quits was "like a shot in the arm for the thrash scene, especially with older audiences," Eric responded: "Oh yeah. Totally. Before ...
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The March 11 concert in Hannover, Germany featuring TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL has been canceled due to a fast-spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus. The three bands, who have spent the past month on the road in Europe as part of "The Bay Strikes Back 2020" tour, previously had their February 25 show in ...
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HOUSE OF LORDS' 10th studio album, "New World - New Eyes", will be released on May 8 via Frontiers Music Srl. Recorded and produced by the band's singer and mastermind, James Christian, the follow-up to 2017's "Saint Of The Lost Souls" has an incredible flow of up-tempo and mid-tempo rockers mixed with power ballads, which ...
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Swiss avant-garde extreme metal band TRIPTYKON will release "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" on May 15 via Prowling Death Records/Century Media Records. The release will be available for pre-order in various formats starting March 20. "Requiem (Live At Roadburn 2019)" marks the bombastic conclusion of a project over 30 years in the making: The legendary ...
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Acclaimed American producer Keith Olsen, who has worked with such artists as OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE, SCORPIONS and WARRANT, has passed away. Olsen's death was confirmed by SCORPIONS, who wrote on their Facebook page earlier today (Monday, March 9): "We just learned about the passing of our dear friend and producer Keith Olsen. Keith produced many ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT performed their new song "Children Of The Next Level" live for the first time last night (Friday, March 6) at the Kentish Town Forum in London England. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. "Children Of The Next Level" is taken from TESTAMENT's upcoming album, "Titans ...
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The official visualizer for "Children Of The Next Level", a brand new song from San Francisco Bay Area metallers TESTAMENT, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Titans Of Creation", which will be released on April 3 via Nuclear Blast. The long-awaited follow-up to 2016 album "Brotherhood Of The ...
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Although their now impressive catalogue is largely immaculate, the biggest factor in MY DYING BRIDE's unassailable reputation has been their ruthlessly sustained mystique. Neither susceptible to the lure of the usual touring circuits nor to even the slenderest outside influence, the Brits' epic, avant-garde doom metal almost seems to exist out of time or recognizable ...
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In a brand new interview with Nick Perkel of Aquarian Weekly, vocalist Kyle Thomas of New Orleans-based thrash metal pioneers EXHORDER was asked if he was aware of his band's influence on PANTERA's decision to move from a power metal act to a more aggressive form of thrash. He responded: "A ...
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British extreme metal pioneers CARCASS have set "Torn Arteries" as the title of their new album, due on August 7 via Nuclear Blast. The name of the follow-up to 2013's "Surgical Steel" was revealed by guitarist Bill Steer in a recent interview with Australia's Heavy. According to Steer, the title of ...
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San Francisco Bay Area metallers HEATHEN have set "Empire Of The Blind" as the title of their new album, due later in the year via Nuclear Blast Records. A flyer showing the "Empire Of The Blind" artwork can be found at the merchandise table during "The Bay Strikes Back" 2020 European tour featuring TESTAMENT, DEATH ...
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TODAY IS THE DAY is simply one of a kind. The band's charming, maniacal, visionary frontman, Steve Austin, has been the constant figure who has remained steadfast for three decades as he has explored everything from noise rock to experimental metal. He has overcome everything from lineup instability and the coldness of the music business ...
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LACUNA COIL singer Cristina Scabbia says that she is going about her "regular life", despite the fact that Italy is struggling with the worst flare-up of coronavirus cases in Europe. Italy is now the third worst-hit country in the world after China and South Korea, with 220 cases reported and seven dead. Earlier today, Scabbia ...
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HINDER will hit the road to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its debut album, "Extreme Behavior", playing the LP live in its entirety for the first time ever. "Extreme Behavior" reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Rock Albums chart and second single "Lips Of An Angel" became one ...
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The February 25 concert in Milan, Italy featuring TESTAMENT, EXODUS and DEATH ANGEL has been canceled due to a fast-spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus. The three bands, who are currently on the road in Europe as part of "The Bay Strikes Back 2020" tour, will perform in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday (February 24) and ...
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