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Metallica Celebrates 30 Years of ‘The Black Album’

The sounds of Metallica undergo some unique alterations in a massive collaborative effort celebrating the band’s fifth album.

September 17, 2021 —  It is infrequent that you hear Weezer and Metallica in the same sentence. Maybe even less so that Miley Cyrus’ name gets thrown into the mix. Yet the September 10 release of Metallica’s The Metallica Blacklist brought together a collaboration of artists from all across the spectrum.

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Siniestro Switch Off the Lights For Vortexx

Swedish thrash-metallers “Siniestro” just dropped a second video for ‘Black Acid Rain’ from their upcoming album blacker “Vortexx”.

April 16, 2021 — Stockholm-based thrash-metallers Siniestro have dropped the second video for ‘Black Acid Rain’ from their upcoming album Vortexx. FULL STORY »



Slipknot-Legend Corey Taylor Talks of Next Album

Taylor talks danger of cancel culture in new YouTube video, suggests creative process for band’s next release could make it thoroughly conceptual.

March 12, 2021 — While talking to Matt Pinfield of website/channel 95.5 KLOS’ New & Approved series, Taylor said the band has kept busy working on the follow-up to 2019’s album We Are Not Your Kind. FULL STORY »



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