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Chilean metal band RATZINGER has announced that they are writing new material for the next album, to be released of next year. The band has already written half of the music for the new album (20 tracks approximately, so they…

Black metal, to the common man, is a music scene whose followers only consist of ne’er-do-wells. Pariahs who, when destructing, perform dark rituals, burn churches, defile and even kill themselves and their own; outcasts who, when constructing, choose to continually…

Sometimes a single element that a band introduces to their music makes a huge difference. It may be one small thing, such as distinct, soaring vocals (such as cleans in Jamie’s Elsewhere or Sleeping With Sirens) or perhaps polished bass…

Former METAL CHURCH singer Ronny Munroe‘s track-by-track breakdown of his new solo album, “Lords Of The Edge”, can be seen below (courtesy of ArmyOfOneTV) “Lords Of The Edge” came out on October 18 via Rat Pak Records. The CD features…

Thall. For those of you who don’t know (which must mean you’re living under a rock or something since it’s even mentioned of the Wikipedia page for djent), thall was a term coined by Swedish septet Vildhjarta. While I despise…

The word that I’m about to say may frighten you. Some might want to turn the computer off immediately, sprint to the shower and try to exfoliate these words from your very brain. After hearing this word, some may even…

It’s been a wonderous year for pop punk. Fireworks, The Wonder Years, Man Overboard, The Story So Far and Transit have all released new albums this year, and were all met with great success. However, some pop punk bands who…

Embracing your genre is something that very few bands seem to do these days. Now it’s always “Oh, we’re just a metal band”, “Oh, we’re just a heavy band”, and “Oh, we don’t want to ‘pigeon-hole’ ourselves”. Granted, there are…