Author: Music World

A fundraising campaign has been launched for former MALEVOLENT CREATION frontman Brett Hoffman, who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. The GoFundMe page, which was started by Brett‘s “very close friend/family member” Tina Kuntz Mielcarek, is asking for donations to cover his “medical expenses and treatments.” Brett performed on the first three MALEVOLENT CREATION releases until he left the band after 1993’s “Stillborn” album. Five years later, he returned and performed on “The Fine Art Of Murder” and “Envenomed” before leaving again and being replaced by Kyle Symons. He rejoined MALEVOLENT again in 2006 and appeared on the … Continue reading

Joe Lynn Turner “has every intention of returning to the stage” once he has recovered fully from a heart attack he suffered more than a week ago. The former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE frontman’s hospitalization was first reported by the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, which quoted the press service of the Ministry of Health of Belarus as saying that the singer’s condition was “stable” after he was treated at a Minsk facility for “myocardial infarction,” commonly known as a heart attack. Joe‘s Finnish booking agent, Thomas Ståhl of Stahl Entertainment, later confirmed that the singer was “postponing all … Continue reading

Blasphemy do things ultra raw and ultra nasty and ultra heavy; we get that, and we’re totally on board, as we’re certainly no strangers to Fallen Angel of Doom or Blood Upon the Altar. For the battalion leaders of war metal, the ultra extreme makes perfect sense, so a ripping recording in a subterranean setting seems almost mandatory. But team Decibel was extra surprised to get word on the recent digital release (LP/CD/tape forthcoming) of Victory (Son of the Damned) which had the following description: The aforementioned rehearsal session took place in the basement of then-bassist Bestial Saviour of the Undead Legions, and … Continue reading

Tired of all that talk of Sleep and their stoned, doomed counterparts? We’ve got you covered with something that’s quite the opposite: a brand new song from Portuguese grind/death maniacs Axia. They’re releasing a record called Pulverizer on April 27, and they live up to the name, as evidenced by new song “Fading Into Nothing.” Axia strike with palpable feelings of rage, going straight for the throat before pumping the breaks and veering into a crawling mosh part. The quartet’s ability to pummel and, well, pulverize comes as no surprise when you learn that members of Axia also play in The Ominous Circle, Holocausto, … Continue reading

JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford and guitarist Richie Faulkner were recently interviewed by British journalist and broadcaster Alan Ovington. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): On how PRIEST came to title its new album “Firepower”: Rob: “Whenever we make a record, it’s important to try and get some kind of suggestion of the content of the whole experience. In this case, when we were looking through the titles that we had, we felt that this word — ‘firepower’ — was going to be the best representation of the ‘Firepower’ experience.” On … Continue reading

Following a tease on socials earlier this week, BAD WOLVES have revealed “Hear Me Now” featuring Diamante, out now on Spotify. The surprise duet sees BAD WOLVES frontman Tommy Vext and Diamante join forces in a powerful display of intertwined vocals on the soaring ballad. “It is undeniable what Diamante brought to the song as a final touch,” explains Vext of the collaboration. “In retrospect, it always felt like ‘Hear Me Now’ was a duet. In the process of recording together, I think we all fell in love with Diamante a little bit. And we think you will too.” The … Continue reading