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December #11: The Halo Effect

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Swedish melodic death metallers The Halo Effect will be releasing their second studio album sometime in 2024 via Nuclear Blast. The band played a show in Finland at John Smith Rock Festival in Jyväskylä, Finland on July and during the festival appearance the band participated into a signing session with their fans hosted by Chaoszine. We got the band to sign us couple of extra band promo pictures and we will be giving away three lucky winners those signed cards. You can enter the competition by entering your details below:

Winners:
Kristian Räsänen
Jani Gustafsson
Mika Koski

Interviews

“Tori Amos was very inspirational for me” – Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation) shares the top 5 albums of her life

Within Temptation vocalist Sharon den Adel sat down recently with Chaoszine before their show in Helsinki, Finland, to discuss five albums that have made the biggest impact on her as an artist. Check out Sharon’s picks below: If you like the content we do on Chaoszine subscribe also on our YouTube channel. You can do it here. For...

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Ukrainian metalcore unit Space of Variations releases new single “Lies” with an official video

Ukrainian metalcore unit Space Of Variations reveals a brand-new song and digital single “Lies”, an emotionally driven track that starts out calm with a beautifully arranged verse that smoothly transitions into a melancholic chorus. The intensity rises to another level when vocalist Dmytro Kozhukhar switches from soothing clean vocals to aggressive shouts. The song is now available...

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Saxon announce Girlschool as main tour support

Saxon are excited to announce that their great friends, Girlschool, will be joining them as main support on the band’s upcoming Hell, Fire and Steel European tour. Great to be working with our longtime friends Girlschool metal titans… Bring it on! Biff Byford Saxon are also super excited to announce the addition of an extra German date on March 6th in Düsseldorf at the Mitsubishi Electric Halle...

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Smith/Kotzen reunite for “Black Light/White Noise” second studio album out March 7th

BMG are proud to announce the worldwide release of the second album by Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, entitled “Black Light / White Noise” on March 7th. The news comes alongside the release of the album’s first single, ‘White Noise’. Recorded at The House, Los Angeles, California, produced by Richie and Adrian and mixed by Jay Ruston, the ten track album is a masterclass...

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Green Day will headline Coachella festival 2025 – but they’re not the only one from rock and metal on the bill

Seven rock and metal performers have been announced as part of the Coachella 2025 roster. The show will take place this spring at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. Although it’s no secret that Coachella has shifted its lineup away from rock and metal in previous years in favor of a more pop-centric lineup,...

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“You could feel the excitement and the love and the emotions at every show” – Mike Portnoy shares his feelings about the feedback from the audience during the tour

“Coffee With Ola,” a YouTube program hosted by Swedish musician, record producer, and Solar Guitars owner Ola Englund, interviewed guitarist John Petrucci and drummer Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater. After a 13-year break, he was asked how it felt to be back in the band. It feels great. I mean, it’s funny because for the...

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“I have a different outlook on nu metal” – Shavo Odadjian reveals his point of view on this subgenre

Bassist Shavo Odadjian of System Of A Down discussed his involvement in the so-called “nu-metal” movement, which dominated the airwaves and briefly peaked in the late 1990s and early 2000s, in a recent interview with Matt Pinfield of 95.5 KLOS’s “New & Approved” broadcast. Someone asked me recently about being a ‘nu metal’ band. And...

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This is not a prank: Fred Durst becomes Gary and chats with a goblin

Using the alias Gary, Fred Durst has made appearance on a goblin-hosted podcast. On the Right Now podcast, the Limp Bizkit singer adopts a new role as a performance artist who paints teabags. John Goblikon, the lead singer of the American melodeath group Nekrogoblikon, hosts this. Throughout the episode, “Gary” and Goblikon engage in a...

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