During my interview with Max (or Massimilliano Antonio Cavalera , if you prefer!) on 411 Underground, we discussed ~ amongst many other topics ~ Soulfly’s new album Archangel (a departure from previous Soulfly albums that is still a showcase for Max’s signature, unapologetically hard-hitting, diverse style), which hit the streets on August 14, […]

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  ******   Bad Seed Rising ~ hailing from Baltimore, MD ~ is the youngest band ever to be signed to Roadrunner Records. Francheska Pastor (vocals), 18; Mason Gainer (guitar), 14; Aiden Marceron (drums), 13, and Louey Peraza (bass), 17 ~ released their third EP, A Place Called Home, on May 5, 2015.   The […]

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  In today’s world, we live and breathe side by side with (or sometimes seeming more like inside of) cyberspace, technology and social media… watching and being watched…experiencing a wide range of emotions that simply weren’t part of life even less than two decades ago.  In his current single “Little Brother Is Watching,” guitar virtuoso, […]

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  Pre-Orders for New Album Long Live ~ Out September 18 ~ Have Launched!   Video for Title Track Premieres Via Vevo   Headline Tour Slated For Fall    ***    Approximately a year ago, ATREYU, one of the most pivotal and definitive bands of the American hard rock and heavy metal scene that dominated the ’00s, emerged from a period of […]

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      ******   The Bulletboys proved they were back and ready to tear the house down with their massive release Elefante, which took the world by storm on June 9. This long awaited album showed that the Bulletboys are unstoppable thanks to their suggestive “rock candy”- hard style and incredible vocals courtesy of singer and founding member Marq Torien, […]

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  By Patty Seifert     I’m fresh off sitting down ~ not once, but twice…more on that a little further on ~ for a chat with Ryan McCombs (far right, above) of Chicago heavy rockers SOil, who had recently returned from touring Europe and the U.K. in support of Coal Chamber and in a […]

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  Long Beach, CA hard rockers Sunflower Dead ~ Michael – vocals, piano, accordion, Jaboo – lead guitar, Jamie Teissiere – guitar, Leighton “Lats” Kearns – bass, Jimmy Schultz – drums ~ have been/will be spending June and July on their first overseas tour, capping it off in grand style by opening two dates (Wednesday, […]

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  ***   On June 15, just a day after their rockin’ live appearance on StageIt, Madame Rockstress had the pleasure of sitting down with Kelly Ogden (vox, bass) of The Dollyrots as she, Luis Cabezas (guitar, vox) and the Dollytot (instrument of choice not yet declared, but there have been sightings of him strapping […]

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  New Jersey’s progressive metal masters SYMPHONY X ~ Michael Romeo, guitar, Russell Allen, vocals, Michael Pinnella, keyboards, Michael LePond, bass guitar, Jason Rullo, drums ~ are set to release their ninth studio album, Underworld, on July 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.   SYMPHONY X have triumphed in an era cursed with diminishing attention spans, […]

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    Cradle Of Filth ~ Dani Filth, vocals, Richard Shaw, guitar, Ashok, guitar, Daniel Firth, bass, Martin Skaroupka, drums, Lindsay Schoolcraft,  keys & female vocals ~ the UK’s most visionary and hellish outfit, have unveiled the serene, alluring, yet somewhat disturbing and harrowing cover artwork for their upcoming 11th studio album and opus nocturne entitled Hammer Of The Witches.   […]

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  Intro by Madame Rockstress, Sr. Contributor, and Lara Dean, interview by Madame Rockstress     There has been a lot of talk claiming that “Rock is dead,” a new mantra that took off after Kiss’s Gene Simmons made the controversial declaration.  I strongly disagree. Granted, the heydays of many of the great rock bands from […]

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  By Madame Rockstress, Sr. Contributor   Everlit ~ Ryan Panfil – Vocals, Jordan Panfil – Bass, Jacob Castro – Drums, Anthony Michael – Guitar ~ is creating quite the buzz after having earned their place as Philadelphia’s most promising rock act. Despite their recent emergence into the spotlight, they really aren’t all that new […]

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Saturday night, Coal Chamber and a particularly long list of special guests headed up by Filter and including Combichrist (a band we knew little about and hadn’t yet seen live but inspired the text “Combichrist is fucking killing it!” from FW photog and writer Craig Lindberg), American Head Charge, Saint Ridley, Devlyn Sydus, Mongrel (a longtime part of the FW […]

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  And the band is proving they don’t just deal with an insane schedule, they thrive on it!   By Madame Rockstress     Adelitas Way ~ Rick DeJesus, Tre Stafford, Robert Zakaryan, Andrew Cushing ~ recently wrapped up a run on a national tour, released a 5-track EP, has their single “I Get Around” currently […]

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    Manchester, NH in early March  ~ not exactly the typical setting for monsters to be out and about, but then again, John 5 and The Creatures aren’t your typical monsters,  so they recently added a tour stop at Jewel Nightclub to their itinerary and emerged from the wintery shadows to give us and […]

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  After successfully completing an extensive trek with Dark Tranquillity in January, Finnish melodic death metallers INSOMNIUM ~ Niilo Sevänen – Vocals/Bass, Ville Friman – Guitars/Vocals, Markus Vanhala – Guitars, Markus Hirvonen – Drums ~ are excited to announce their return to North America this Summer/Fall for their first ever USA headlining tour! Featuring OMNIUM GATHERUM as […]

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  As Band Prepares to Headline the Blood For Blood 2015 Tour, FlashWounds Talks with New Bassist Kyle Sanders   By devidresseddown   “Super group” is a term coined to describe the result of established musicians from existing and usually extremely successful bands coming together to form a new band.  These new bands allow the musicians […]

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  In case you missed it, OK Go’s Damian Kulash was featured in this week’s New Yorker. He detailed the band’s plan to release their new album, Hungry Ghosts, in the form of DNA.  Read the entire article here.     “I Won’t Let You Down,” the new single from the album, has a fantastic new remix from […]

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The following is an additional statement from Tera Wray Static to friends and fans (and there were many) who genuinely cared about and will miss Wayne, as well as to posts from Wayne’s peers who are spreading negative, disrespectful speculation as to the cause of his death. “Today is my husband’s birthday and instead of celebrating […]

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    By Mark McKellar   Heavy metal and craft beer ~ even if you’re not an expert on either (and I’m guessing a lot of our FlashWounds readers have at least a very healthy appreciation for both), it’s hard to argue that the two aren’t made for each other and more than likely to […]

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  Revolver.com Premieres “My Last Words” Lyric Video   Seasons After has returned with the release of Calamity Scars And Memoirs, just issued to digital and physical retailers.  The band’s first commercial release in four years is the first featuring Tony Housh (vocals), Chris Dawson (guitar), Jim Beattie (lead guitar), Tim Rails (drums) and Jesse […]

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By FW Staff Editor’s note:  While reveling in fearsome fun that was Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare in Scottsdale, Arizona, we were lucky enough to grab John-5 for a few minutes before the mega-talent ~ who has become a frequent and very welcome guest on FlashWounds’ pages ~ headed onstage for the opening night concert (and you […]

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 Single “War Hero” Video Banned on Russian TV Available Digitally Now   A Portion of The Proceeds from Song To Be Donated To The Books For Soldiers Fund Drive   New York based (by way of Iran, Vienna & London) artist Rob Decoup’s thought- provoking video for the song “War Hero” from his forthcoming full-length […]

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  Docuseries Coming October 17 On HBO Watch “A Conversation with Foo Fighters About ‘Sonic Highways’” here.      Click here to pre-order.  Foo Fighters ~ Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear ~ are set to play this year’s Voodoo Experience on Sunday, November 2.   Get your tickets now!   facebook.com/foofighters

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FEAR FACTORY ~ Burton C. Bell – Vocals, Dino Cazares – Guitars, Matt DeVries – Bass, Mike Heller – Drums ~ the pioneers of industrial-tinged extreme metal, have signed a deal for North America & Europe with Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989, FEAR FACTORY changed the world of metal and […]

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  Five-piece, multi-platinum alternative rock band Flyleaf ~ Kristen May (vocals), Sameer Bhattacharya (guitars), Jared Hartmann (guitars), Pat Seals (bass) and James Culpepper (drums) ~ is gearing up for a 29-date national fall tour (Tickets are on-sale now; for the full tour itinerary and more information including where to purchase tickets, click here.) supporting their […]

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  Newcomer Oliveira Jr. rebuilds relationship with estranged father through boxing   Father-son relationships in boxing are often as unpredictable as the sport itself. Some work, some don’t. Renowned trainer Enzo Calzaghe guided his son, Joe Calzaghe, to five world championships, including a stretch as the longest-reigning super middleweight champion of all time, in addition […]

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  By Alyce Hayes   Charm City Devils is making waves across the country with their unique blend of alternative, southern and hard rock. Their new album, Battles (check out my full review here ~ yeah, advance copies is definitely a job perk!), is set for release on September 23, and as luck would have […]

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    By Jason W. Prokowiew LGBT musicians in pop culture exist on a timeline, finding fame and fans however they can/choose to within their comfort zone given where they are on that timeline ~ and for those who remain in the public eye for more than 15 minutes, sometimes that comfort zone changes. Think […]

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  Witch County England’s finest, DEVILMENT, featuring the master of horrors, Dani Filth (Cradle Of Filth, Temple Of The Black Moon), have announced that Bam Margera (MTV’s “Jackass,” Viva La Bam, Fuckface Unstoppable) will be featured on the band’s upcoming debut album, The Great And Secret Show, scheduled to be released on Halloween 2014 (October 31). Margera can be heard duetting on Devilment‘s cover of the Midnight […]

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  Just in time for the beginning of our Halloween season (we like to get a jump on things and start it in September), we met an evil band…PRIME EVIL, to be precise, who was up for taking on one of our…How did someone just describe it?  “Hmm.  Ok.  Yeah,  Definitely different, but cool…” interviews. […]

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  By Alyce Hayes   Sunflower Dead has been around for barely two years, yet they’ve already toured with some major names in the industry: Hellyeah, Nonpoint, Ill Niño, and now Powerman 5000 along with (hed) p.e. Call it luck, call it the Robert Johnson Crossroads curse, or just pure talent, but two facts are […]

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In the world of heavy music, there are two types of people: the chosen ones who recognize Electric Wizard as the heaviest, most evil, most decimating, most exciting, most bad-ass purveyors of heavy rock band of all time, and those unfortunate souls who are yet to receive enlightenment ~ enheavyment, as it should more accurately […]

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Band Announces Signing With Napalm Records Napalm Records is pleased to announce the signing of Los Angeles, California’s COAL CHAMBER, a band that stood as leaders at the forefront of new genres, constantly reinventing their sound and not fitting any mold except their own.   With sold out tours and millions of records sold, COAL CHAMBER […]

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    By FW staff   There are many ingredients that go into the making of a rock icon.   You’ve got to have the 3ds ~ discipline, determination and dedication ~ (contained, not so ironically, in my moniker), the uber-cliché (but accurate) combination of “hard work and a little luck,” and, most importantly, an […]

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Continuing with the momentum of celebrating their 25-year anniversary, Sweden’s extreme metal deviants MESHUGGAH proudly announce the upcoming fall re-issue of 2004’s one song EP, I, via Nuclear Blast. Album artwork & concept are courtesy of MESHUGGAH drummer Tomas Haake, who comments on the EP’s mutant resurrection: “This 21 minute madness that is the song […]

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  It’s been a long, hard day…the stress has taken its toll and all you want to do is get lost in the kind of music that somehow manages to speak to that intangible part of you ~ call it your spirit ~ not just through its lyrics, but through the emotion in communicates, the […]

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Band Also Announces Fall Tour  The definitive Primus line-up ~ Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander ~ is back together and set to release their first full-length studio set in nearly 20 years, Primus & the Chocolate Factory, due out on ATO Records on October 21.   “The idea was to combine the […]

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    New Album Between The Stars Set for September 16 Release on Loud & Proud Records ~ iTunes Pre-Order Starts HERE Today   Flyleaf ~ the five-piece, multi-platinum alternative rock band ~ debuted their brand new video for “Set Me On Fire” today, Tues., July 29. Watch the clip and read the Q&A with the […]

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  …Along with Some Personal Observations and Commentary   By Alyce Hayes ~ Photos by Julie Williams   And in our continuing coverage of Mayhem Fest, here’s a glimpse of what it was like to just sit and chill with one of my favorite bands after several of us at FlashWounds had, over the past […]

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FlashWounds was lucky enough to have the entire band ~ Ernesto (guitar, piano, vocals), Chimo (drums), Pedro (bass and vocals) and Shaggy (guitar and vocals) ~ participate in this interview, and we thank them so much for their time…As always, the artists ~ who are based out of both South America and the Wynwood Art District, […]

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  Amy Rose.  How does one describe Amy Rose?  She’s part down-home country girl, part sophisticated musical pro (the list of accomplishments, talents, awards, and collaborations with major industry vets attributed to Amy already is nothing short of amazing) and all “Redneck Diva,” Amy Rose has already earned a reputation for being one of Ontario, […]

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  We introduced you to 7Horse back in May and thought that it would be great to get to know a little bit more about the band, this time in their own words.  Joie was brave enough to take us up on the offer of an interview and we’re very glad to now be able to […]

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Now if ever there were a band who took us at our word and didn’t alter their personalities at all, it’s SLEEZE.  FlashWounds introduced you to the guys a while back, so take a look our article before or after you check out the interview below…it’ll give you an idea of the two very different […]

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  Ed Roman is the only artist I’ve met or interviewed (and there have been a lot) who has managed leave me completely speechless and unprepared for what he had in store for me…but I’m not going to reveal any other details ‘til you know a little bit more about Ed and his music ~ […]

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Author Commits Percentage of All Personal Income from Book to NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals   Revolver Premieres Teaser Produced By Spencer Today!  Five Finger Death Punch co-founder and drummer Jeremy Spencer and publisher HarperCollins have jointly announced a September 2 release date for Spencer’s autobiography Death Punch’d, Surviving Five Finger Death Punch’s Metal […]

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We threw a whole bunch of questions about a lot of different topics at Joe and asked him to choose the ones he’d most like to answer ~ and here are his choices and his answers! FW: Which do you find more difficult/intimidating ~ performing for a comparatively small audience (especially one that you know […]

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