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Live Review: Rock Castle 2022 – A Medieval Metal Mecca

Posted by on October 10, 2022

  Last year, I performed at the newly re-branded Rock Castle festival in Moravsky Krumlov with my band Dragony. Since we enjoyed the experience so much, I decided to return to the beautiful medieval Czech town in 2022 with a more journalistic focus. This year’s Rock Castle ended up being the shortest of the three […]

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Rock Castle Open Air returns in August with Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia headlining

Posted by on February 28, 2022

  In 2021, I had the pleasure of performing with Dragony at this newly re-christened festival in the beautiful medieval town of Moravsky Krumlov, in one of the very few summer festivals that could even take place in Europe due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Rock Castle festival is set to return in August, and […]

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A conversation with Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) on Pain’s new single “Party in My Head”

Posted by on June 15, 2021

    Life as we knew it came to an abrupt halt following the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been a time of uncertainty where countless lives were lost, many have lost their jobs, and others entered a deep depression as everyone experienced seeing the globe shutdown. Pain, the brainchild of producer/Hypocrisy/mastermind Peter Tägtgren, has shared […]

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Pain share Rolling Stones’ cover “Gimme Shelter”

Posted by on May 14, 2021

  Pain has shared a compelling video for the cover of the hit Rolling Stones song “Gimme Shelter.” The track is a haunting interpretation of the classic tune where the clip holds a powerful message while featuring realistic, bleak images of what many have experienced throughout the war on COVID-19.   Mastermind Peter Tägtgren comments: […]

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Lindemann stream new song “Ich weiß es nicht”

Posted by on October 18, 2019

Lindemann have dropped a new song “Ich weiß es nicht” off the upcoming album F&M. The side project of Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann and Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy/Pain will be released on November 22nd. The project has also released a remixed version by Ministry. Pre-order your copy here.

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Lindemann (Rammstein, Hypocrisy/Pain) share teaser for “Steh Auf” Music Video

Posted by on September 12, 2019

Lindemann, the project featuring Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann and producer, multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy, Pain) are gearing up to release a brand new single for sometime tomorrow (13th). The duo have shared the below teaser of a music video for the song titled “Steh Auf.”    Check out the short trailer below:

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Pain announce first and maybe last North American tour

Posted by on June 6, 2017

Swedish industrial metal act Pain joined forces with Middle Eastern metallers Orphaned Land  embarking a North American Tour with Voodoo KungFu as special guests. It will make Pain’s first North American trek, and according to their Facebook, could be their last. “This might be your only chance to see PAIN in North America … ever…” […]

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Best Music Videos of the Week Ending 1/6

Posted by on January 6, 2017

While many are still recovering from the festivities of the holidays and nursing their week-long hangover, a few bands managed to be productive this week by releasing new music videos. Here are the first five best videos to see in 2017! 5) Forever Still – “Miss Madness” Forever Still  released the new video of the […]

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Metal By Numbers 9/21: The charts are a harsh, cold world

Posted by on September 21, 2016

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. I’ve been writing this column for four years now, and while that might not sound like a super long time, it’s interesting to see how things have changed regarding record sales. Sure, there are […]

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ProgPower USA 2017 line-up announced, Mike Portnoy & Katatonia to headline

Posted by on September 12, 2016

ProgPower USA is the premier U.S. festival for progressive and power metal. For 17 years they have been a paramount part in bringing some of the biggest and best names in the international progressive and power metal scenes to a country not known for either. This past Friday, September 9th, right before headliners Fates Warning […]

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