Metal News for February 23, 2018
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12 news articles posted on this day.
Psycho Las Vegas 2018 Lineup Revealed
This years headliners for Psycho Las Vegas include Dimmu Borgir, The Hellacopters, Sunn O))) and Godflesh. Also announced on Friday for the fest, which runs August 17-19 at venues throughout the Hard Rock Hotel: CKY, Red Fang, Rocket From the Crypt, Venom Inc., Eyehategod, Tinawiwen, Pallbearer, Integrity, With the Dead, Church of Misery, Voivod, Coven, Lucifer, Dopethrone, Helms Alee, Big Business, Monolord, Today Is the Day, Mutoid Man, Unearthly Trance, Batushka, All Pigs Must Die, Acid Witch, Spirit Adrift, Primitive Man, Wormwitch, Eight Bells, Cloak, Magic Sword, Wolvhammer, Necrot, Homewrecker, Brain Tentacles, Aseethe, Disastroid, Uada, Ghastly Sound, Dreadnought, King Buffalo, Forming the Void, Howling Giant, Venomous Maximums, Glaare, Black Mare, The Munsens, Night Horse and Temple of Void. More...
Behemoth Detail New Blu-ray/DVD “Messe Noire”
Behemoth‘s new live Blu-ray/DVD “Messe Noire” has been scheduled for an April 13th release date. The official trailer for the set is streaming below. The outing will be made available as a Blu-ray/CD combo, a DVD/CD combo, on vinyl and probably digitally as well.
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Dimmu Borgir Debut “Interdimensional Summit”
Dimmu Borgir debut the band’s new song, “Interdimensional Summit“streaming below. The single is now available both digitally and as a 7''. The group’s upcoming new album “Eonian“ - their first since 2010 - will be out in stores on May 04th.
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Trivium Debut New Live Video
Trivium debut the below tour recap and live video for the band's track “Betrayer“, check it out:
Ihsahn Premieres New Music Video “Arcana Imperii”
Ihsahn debuts the first single from his forthcoming new effort “Àmr“. Below you can check out “Arcana Imperii” from the album, which features also a guest solo from Opeth‘s mainman Fredrik Åkesson. “Àmr” will be released on May 04th.
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Vale Of Pnath Debut New Video “Unburied”
Vale Of Pnath premiere their official music video for “Unburied” streaming for you below.
This May will find the group out playing on select dates of this year’s ‘Devastation On The Nation Tour‘ with Aborted, Psycroptic, Ingested and more. More...
Thy Art Is Murder Singer Guests On Strychnia Track
Strychnia debut the below lyric video for their song “Volcanic Winter“, which features a guest turn from Thy Art Is Murder frontman CJ McMahon. That track is available as part of Strychnia‘s upcoming new effort “Into The Catacombs“, which will see a March 09th release via Bandcamp.
All That Remains Singer & Trivium Bassist Beefing
All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte has fired back at Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto in a series of tweets and a YouTube video after Gregoletto reacted to Labonte‘s recent appearance on Infowars, in which Labonte argued against gun control.
Stick to this and not music @philthatremains https://t.co/A54v1tyGf0
— Paolo Gregoletto (@TriviumPaolo) February 21, 2018
This incited some Twitter beefing, that included the following tweets: More...
Watch Margot Robbie On BBC's ‘Heart Rate Monitor’
Margot Robbie ("Suicide Squad", "The Wolf of Wall Street", "I, Tonya") is well known for her love of metal. She recently chatted about that on the BBC Radio 1‘s ‘Heart Rate Monitor’ segment. In addition to mentioning Metallica and attending a Slipknot concert as being big to her in her adolescent life, she also mentioned liking Thrice and Bullet For My Valentine.
Bullet For My Valentine then continued to surprise her with a special live dedication to Margot Robbie while performing a show in Saskatoon, SK. Slipknot/Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor also makes a surprise appearance at the end of the segment, with no big heart rate reaction though...
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Metallica: No Re-Mix For “…And Justice For All” ?
Metallica‘s 1988 effort “…And Justice For All” is the next effort in line for Metallica to re-release a deluxe edition for and it doesn’t look like the - according to many fans' opinion - album’s biggest defects will be righted with the release. Since its publication, fans have decried the drum sound being weird and bassist Jason Newsted‘s bass parts being buried in the mix.
Steve Thompson, who originally mixed the album alongside Michael Barbiero, has stated that he recently contributed some material to the forthcoming deluxe edition and got the impression that Metallica won’t be re-mixing “…And Justice For All”.
Appearing on the Talk Toomey Podcast, Thompson spoke about the original mixing sessions and how the bass came to be buried.
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Underoath Premiere New Video “On My Teeth”
Underoath officially confirm their signing with Fearless Records. The group will have their first new full-length effort since 2010 out on April 06th via the label. That album was produced by Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, 3OH!3) and was mixed by Failure‘s Ken Andrews. It is entitled “Erase Me” and a clip for the first single from it, “On My Teeth“, has debuted below.
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Outer Heaven Inks Deal w/ Relapse Records
Outer Heaven have signed with Relapse Records and will soon enter the studio to begin recording their new album. The tracking sessions will take place at Developing Nations Recording Studio in Baltimore, MD with Kevin Bernsten (Full Of Hell, Integrity) behind the boards with a late 2018 release scheduled.
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