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Download Festival 2023 Sells Out In Record Time, Headlined by Metallica, Slipknot, and Bring Me The Horizon

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Download Festival 2023 has broken their own record this summer with weekend, day and camping tickets now completely sold out. Metallica, Bring Me The Horizon and Slipknot headline a remarkable year for the UK’s biggest rock festival. Download Festival’s 20th anniversary has become a double celebration, as today the festival sells out, marking 2023 as the fastest-selling year of all time. Day, weekend and camping tickets have been snapped up by fans eager to celebrate an incredible 20 years for the legendary festival. The special anniversary edition, taking place for the first time over four days on 8-11 June 2023 at Donington Park, will feature headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica, who will perform two headline sets with no repeat songs.

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ALBUM REVIEW: Chrome Waves – Earth Will Shed Its Skin

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Chicago-based Chrome Waves brings together members of various Black Metal bands from the thriving underground US scene, with guitarist Jeff Wilson (Abigail Williams) taking over as the driving force in the band, which has undergone significant change since its inception in 2010 following the unexpected passing of drummer Bob Fouts (Gates Of Slumber), and the departing of The Atlas Moth guitarist Stavros Giannopoulos. 

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Super7 Toys Releases New Headbangers Ball Beavis and Butthead ReAction Figures

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Super7 Toys has released new Beavis and Butthead ReAction Figures, Wave 3, with Headbangers Ball packaging and a slight redesign. You can buy them at the link below! In addition to the ReAction figures, Super7 has released a Slayer Live Undead playset as well as figures based on other music, movies, toy lines, and other pop culture icons. Other reaction figures in the line include Ozzy Osbourne, Cliff Burton of Metallica, Johnny Cash, Misfits, Alice Cooper, several versions of Papa Emeritus and Nameless Ghouls, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Agnostic Front, Anthrax, Lemmy of Motörhead, Beastie Boys, Venom, Circle Jerks, Gorilla Biscuits, King Diamond, Megadeth, Rancid, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, The Sex Pistols, Discharge, Alice Cooper, Run DMC, Doctor Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, Paul Baloff of Exodus and many more! Order right now since these usually sell out.Continue reading →


Watch Ghost’s – “Chapter 17: Nap Time” Video

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Ghost has shared another new video from their YouTube channel, in the form of chapters in an ongoing threaded anthology. You can watch Chapter 17: Nap Time” now. in the video Cardinal Copia chats with his risen from the dead on Good Friday father Papa Nihil on Good Friday and gives him a gold record placard for Kiss The Go Goat/Mary On A Cross single. The band will embark on the Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023 summer tour with special guest Amon Amarth. Produced by Live Nation & FPC Live, the 27-date tour kicks off on Wednesday, August 2nd in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion, with stops in Salt Lake City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Austin and more before wrapping up with the band’s Monday, September 11th return to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Pre-sales will be available throughout this week before the general on-sale, starting Friday, February 17th at 10am local time at the link below. Ghost continues to tour behind their 2022 album. There is mass speculation among Ghost fans that at the end of the tour we will either get a new version of Papa Emeritus, or an old-reborn version of Papa at the Los Angeles shows that close the tour.  Impera (Loma Vista). Read our review of this current tour here, our review of the first leg of their 2022 tourand our review of the Impera album! 

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Today is the Last Day to Order Super7 Toys’s Cliff Burton – Metallica “Day On The Green” 7-Inch Ultimates Edition Figure

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Today is the last day to order the Super7 Toys – Cliff Burton of Metallica Ultimates Edition figure! Pre-orders are live now at the link below, running until March 10th 2023 at 5 PM PST, and will start shipping in Winter of 2024. Each figure is custom made-to-order, limited-edition, 7” scale and immortalizes the thrash metal icon, right down to his bass and infamous double fist skull rings! In addition to Ultimates based on King Diamond and Lemmy,  the ReAction figures, Super7 has released a Slayer Live Undead playset as well as figures based on  other music, movies, toy lines, and other pop culture icons. Other reaction figures in the line include Ozzy Osbourne, Cliff Burton of Metallica, Johnny Cash, Misfits, Alice Cooper, several versions of Papa Emeritus, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Agnostic Front, Anthrax, Motörhead, Venom, Circle Jerks, Gorilla Biscuits, King Diamond, Megadeth, Rancid, Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Paul Baloff of Exodus and many more! Order right now since these usually sell out.Continue reading →


ALBUM REVIEW: Enslaved – Heimdal

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At this point some thirty years into their illustrious career, Enslaved have truly transcended into their own musical entity. Creating a genre in their own image with a highly unique sound that still stays true to their extreme metal roots, but also blends the darkness with the light of progressive rock, and providing two distinct and opposing vocal styles in a way that no other band does. 

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Funko to Releases its POP! Vinyl Figure of Black Sabbath Singer Ronnie James Dio

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Funko, the global sensation of popular vinyl collectible toys company has finally released the POP Rocks! Vinyl Collecable figure of iconic Heavy Metal singer for Black Sabbath, Rainbow, and his solo career- Ronnie James Dio. Other artists who have gotten the Pop! Rocks treatment includes Slipknot, N.W.A., Kiss, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Prince, Rob Zombie, FFDP, Alice In Chains,  PanterA, Dee Snider, Twisted Sister, a set of the guys in Twizted, Glow in The Dark Iron Maiden, and more. The Funko brand, which sells other figures and licensed merchandise, went public with an IPO in 2018.  

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Download Festival 2023 Adds Halestorm, Neck Deep, Hot Milk, Alter Bridge, Bob Vylan, Electric Callboy, Carcass, Five Finger Death Punch, Palaye Royale, Jinjer and More

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Download Festival 2023, celebrating 20 years as a festival has added 40 new bands to the lineup and announced its day-splits for the weekend! Newly added to the festival are Halestorm, Neck Deep, Hot Milk, Alter Bridge, Bob Vylan, Electric Callboy, Carcass, Five Finger Death Punch, Palaye Royale, Jinjer, and many more. The full list can be viewed below. Already the fastest-selling event in its 20-year history. Day tickets are on sale now! The four-day festival (first time ever) is headlined by Metallica, who are performing two unique headline sets over the weekend with no songs repeated, and will be joined by fellow headliners Slipknot, and Bring Me The Horizon. Over 60 bands announced including Evanescence, Parkway Drive, Disturbed, Pendulum, Architects, Ghost, The Distillers, Placebo, Alexisonfire, Asking Alexandria, Motionless In White, I Prevail, The Blackout (reunion), Fever 333, Stray From The Path, Lorna Shore, Nova Twins, Within Temptation, many and more.

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Watch Ghost’s – “Chapter 16: Tax Season”

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Ghost has shared another new video from their YouTube channel, in the form of chapters in an ongoing threaded anthology. You can watch Chapter 16: Tax Season now. The band revealed details of its upcoming Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023 summer tour with special guest Amon Amarth. Produced by Live Nation & FPC Live, the 27-date tour kicks off on Wednesday, August 2nd in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion, with stops in Salt Lake City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Austin and more before wrapping up with the band’s Monday, September 11th return to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles. Pre-sales will be available throughout this week before the general on-sale, starting Friday, February 17th at 10am local time at the link below. Ghost continues to tour behind their 2022 album.Impera (Loma Vista). Read our review of this current tour here, our review of the first leg of their 2022 tour and our review of the Impera album! 

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Ghost and Amon Amarth Book the Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023

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Ghost has revealed details of its upcoming Re-Imperatour U.S.A. 2023 summer tour with special guest Amon Amarth. Produced by Live Nation & FPC Live, the 27-date tour kicks off on Wednesday, August 2nd in Concord, CA at Concord Pavilion, with stops in Salt Lake City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Austin and more before wrapping up with the band’s Monday, September 11th return to the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.  Tickets will be available starting with a Citi cardmember presale (details below) and Artist presale on Tuesday, February 14th. Additional presales will be available throughout the week before the general on sale starting Friday, February 17th at 10am local time at the link below. Ghost continues to tour behind their 2022 album Impera. 

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