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In 2025 Carlo Knöpfel will no longer be Breakdown of Sanity’s vocalist

Author Benedetta Baldin - 8.10.2024

Carlo Knöpfel, the founder member and vocalist of the Swiss deathcore/metalcore band Breakdown of Sanity, announced his departure. You can read both the band and Carlo’s statement here:

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Finishing the year with a bang – report of In Extremo’s final show in Cologne for their Wolkenschieber Tour 2024

All I wanted for Christmas was to see some concerts before the year ended. And boy, did Santa made my wish come true. From Munich to Cologne, I was so fortunate to witness the last leg of the Wolkenschieber Tour, with In Extremo, Korpiklaani and Rauhbein. I think it’s only fair now that I will...

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Venom Inc. welcome Curran Murphy as their new guitarist

Venom Inc. have added Curran “Beleth” Murphy as their new lead guitarist in the wake of Jeff “Mantas” Dunn exiting the group. Earlier this month, Dunn announced he would not be returning to the veteran heavy metal outfit, citing both health and personal issues. It would appear that the decision was made without much discussion...

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Spotify founder Daniel Ek has amassed an astonishing $6.8 billion fortune

According to Forbes, Spotify streaming service founder and CEO Daniel Ek has achieved a historic position. His net worth has reached $6.8 billion. Ek founded Spotify in 2006 with Martin Lorentzon, and the service was officially launched two years later. Currently, the platform has an astounding 381 million users, of which 172 million are paying...

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Kerry King names his five favorite guitarists – one of them is criminally underrated according to the Slayer guitarist

Slayer guitarist Kerry King was asked to name his five all-time favorite guitarists during an interview on the Lipps Service With Scott Lipps podcast. “I can’t rank them in order, but I can throw out five names. Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night), Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), and Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen) without...

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Hayley Williams of Paramore could be announcing a 2025 solo tour

Vocalist Hayley Williams of Paramore hinted at maybe going on her first solo tour sometime next year when she celebrated her 36th birthday on Instagram Stories on December 27th. The idea of witnessing Williams play her solo work live has, of course, sparked a lot of excitement among her fans. Fans probably know that Williams...

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Michael Keene is working on new music

What started as an instagram post about haircuts, turned into one about revelations. For The Faceless and their co-founder Michael Keene, the past few years have been silent. Since 2022, the progressive technical death metal band from California has virtually been out of business. Although the band demonstrated promise on a number of albums, their...

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Patrick Mameli of Pestilence is pro A.I. for album covers

Patrizio “Patrick” Mameli of Pestilence is all about artificial intelligence, which can be considered strange given that the band completely rejected the concept for an album cover earlier this year. On the band’s Facebook page on December 29th the Dutch progressive metal band’s guitarist and singer shared his intriguing perspective, stating how helpful it may...

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Ulver create a Kickstart to fund their new animated music video

For a new animated music video of Ulver‘s track “Hollywood Babylon,” Ulver and AKFF! are hoping to collaborate once more. The Norwegian black metal band turned ambient experimentalists’ most recent album, “Liminal Animals,” includes that song, which made its premiere this past July. Ulver previously collaborated with AKFF! on their animated “It Is Not Sound”...

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