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Los Angeles psychedelic doom act OLD BLOOD announce first leg of ‘Acid Doom Over America’ Tour


This Fall, OLD BLOOD will pour Acid Doom over America! The psychedelic doom troupe have announced the first leg of their highly anticipated tour: “Acid Doom Over America” presented by Metal Assault Records. With dates across the West Coast and Pacific Northwest, OLD BLOOD will kick things off on October 22nd in Palmdale CA at Transplants Brewing and conclude part on November 5th in Oceanside CA at Pourhouse.

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Cinematic Rock outfit Earthside unleash earth shattering animation video for new single ‘All We Knew and Ever Loved’


Opening with the haunting cry of screeching lead guitar, timpani, and pipe organ, the ominous introduction sets the stage for a horrifying climax that never seems to lessen in effect with repeated listens. The dastardly arrival of Earthside’s new song All We Knew And Ever Loved is ushered in by a very human spiral of conflict, represented by the dueling drum performance of Earthside’s Ben Shanbrom and featured guest performer, Baard Kolstad of Leprous.

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THE OFFSPRING release deluxe version of their album ‘Let The Bad Times Roll’ , featuring two new, previously unreleased tracks


SoCal icons and one of rock music’s best-selling bands of all time, The Offspring, have announced the deluxe version of their album ‘Let The Bad Times Roll’ which is out now via Concord Records. The album contains two new songs a live rendition of ‘The Opioid Diaries’ and an all French rendition of ‘We Never Have Sex Anymore’, properly titled as ‘Guerre Sous Couvertures’. 

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ARCH ENEMY Co-Headlining Tour with BEHEMOTH postponed to Autumn 2022


ARCH ENEMY’s thunderous co-headlining ‘The European Siege’ tour with BEHEMOTH is regrettably forced to postpone to autumn 2022 due to the ongoing global situation.

However, ARCH ENEMY can comfortingly announce that they will have a brand-new album for you by then! Expect nothing but an outstanding tour with a massive LP behind their back!

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INTERVIEW – AURI: “We don’t know why audio frequencies make us feel the way we do. It’s like the biggest magic trick in the universe”


Interview with Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas Holopainen and Troy Donockley by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy

Auri was born in 2011 when Nightwish’s keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley teamed up with Finnish singer Johanna Kurkela. They first unleashed their magical charms in the form of their debut self-titled album in 2018, which displayed their otherworldly sound that is hard to define in a tremendous sense. Now, fortunately, they are back to stun us again with their sophomore album, ‘Those We Don’t Speak Of’, which is out on the 3rd of September via Nuclear Blast. In a world full of chaos due to Covid-19, Auri is the perfect escape from the madness. We caught up with the creative trio to find out all about the new album.

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Iron Maiden Unleash New Song ‘Stratego’


British Heavy Metal Legends Iron Maiden last month released their first new song in six years titled ‘The Writing On The Wall’. This was their first new material since 2015’s ‘The Book Of Souls’ and now they have released the second teaser from their upcoming anticipated 17th studio album, ‘Senjutsu’ with new single ‘ Stratego’.

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